Brookejasmine
Junior Member
RE: small claims contract case. How do I serve papers in this instance?
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
How do I serve papers to a women or business when the contact info I have is; phone number, P.O.Box address, lawyers info and e-mail address?
What is the statute of limitations for my case?
How can I found out if what I did was harassment as she has claimed? I don't think I did so. I never called her any names or threatened her.
The contracted work was to be done in Contra Costa County so this is where I plan to file. The P.O. Box is near Sacramento and I reside down south in Ventura,Ca. The contract was signed and sent through mail and e-mails. I never met her in person. She was referred by a friend who later also had problems with her and doesn't know her address.
My story is: I signed a contract, with a women / business to be our wedding photographer plus her husband as a videographer and a 3rd person as a photo booth photographer, and gave her a $400.00 deposit 7 months before my wedding date. Two months before my wedding she said she didn't have a photographer for the photo booth and wanted to offer some extra prints instead. We started going back and forth E-mailing about the details in the contract. I started having a lot of questions because she wrote it herself and the changes she was doing were confusing. I asked her to amend the contract to reflect the changes, but she refused. I did tell her I felt she was being unprofessional and unclear in the contract, so then she claimed I was harassing her and subsequently cancelled all services and kept the deposit stating it was non refundable and to refer to her no harassment clause. After more E-mails, she agreed to give me a refund but only if I signed some funky release of liability. When I refused and demanded my refund she referred me to her lawyer as the only point of contact going further. The lawyer sent me a new release of liability form to sign. It stated she would refund the money even though it's against her policy, but I have to agree to never discuss the matter in a way that disparages her or the company and if there are any further issues I would have to file in court in Sacramento. I really feel if I signed it I may never see that money and people deserve to be warned about how unprofessional she is. Now I feel the only recourse is to sue in order to get back the $400.00 plus she may owe me for the difference in cost of finding last minute replacements for her cancelled services. Also I sent the lawyer a demand letter and received no response.
I would really appreciate any info or advice you have to offer. Thank you for your time.
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
How do I serve papers to a women or business when the contact info I have is; phone number, P.O.Box address, lawyers info and e-mail address?
What is the statute of limitations for my case?
How can I found out if what I did was harassment as she has claimed? I don't think I did so. I never called her any names or threatened her.
The contracted work was to be done in Contra Costa County so this is where I plan to file. The P.O. Box is near Sacramento and I reside down south in Ventura,Ca. The contract was signed and sent through mail and e-mails. I never met her in person. She was referred by a friend who later also had problems with her and doesn't know her address.
My story is: I signed a contract, with a women / business to be our wedding photographer plus her husband as a videographer and a 3rd person as a photo booth photographer, and gave her a $400.00 deposit 7 months before my wedding date. Two months before my wedding she said she didn't have a photographer for the photo booth and wanted to offer some extra prints instead. We started going back and forth E-mailing about the details in the contract. I started having a lot of questions because she wrote it herself and the changes she was doing were confusing. I asked her to amend the contract to reflect the changes, but she refused. I did tell her I felt she was being unprofessional and unclear in the contract, so then she claimed I was harassing her and subsequently cancelled all services and kept the deposit stating it was non refundable and to refer to her no harassment clause. After more E-mails, she agreed to give me a refund but only if I signed some funky release of liability. When I refused and demanded my refund she referred me to her lawyer as the only point of contact going further. The lawyer sent me a new release of liability form to sign. It stated she would refund the money even though it's against her policy, but I have to agree to never discuss the matter in a way that disparages her or the company and if there are any further issues I would have to file in court in Sacramento. I really feel if I signed it I may never see that money and people deserve to be warned about how unprofessional she is. Now I feel the only recourse is to sue in order to get back the $400.00 plus she may owe me for the difference in cost of finding last minute replacements for her cancelled services. Also I sent the lawyer a demand letter and received no response.
I would really appreciate any info or advice you have to offer. Thank you for your time.
