mlattkisson
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? KY
I had hired a painter to complete some work in my home. Unfortunately, I did not get it in writing. He finished some of the work, and not all of it. I prepaid him 350.00 for work in my kitchen. He completed half of it, and then said he would return to complete the other half two days later. He never showed up. I called him and he said he would be back over and still did not show up. At that point, he stopped taking my phone calls. At that point, I called him and left him a message that I was taking him to small claims court. I explained I could have the sheriff serve his papers at his home or place of employment. He still did not respond. I called his girlfriend and she told me that his cell phone had been dropped in water and that he would contact me to arrange finishing the work. He still never called. He has no home phone and ignored my messages. he then had his mother start calling me and threatining me with their "family attorney" I told her this was an issue with her son and me, not her and that I still intended on filing a small claims form. the next day, his girlfriends mother called me and claimed that the girlfriend and the painter had spotted me driving in front of their home and that later that night her fathers car was vandalized. Then, today, I received two court mediation notices in the mail from both the painter and his girlfriend demanding I show up for pretrial mediation on the complaint filed of driving by their home. I feel they are trying to scare me out of going to small claims court and issuing him court papers at his new place of employment. What does this mean and can they try to arrest me for false claims of vandalism?
I had hired a painter to complete some work in my home. Unfortunately, I did not get it in writing. He finished some of the work, and not all of it. I prepaid him 350.00 for work in my kitchen. He completed half of it, and then said he would return to complete the other half two days later. He never showed up. I called him and he said he would be back over and still did not show up. At that point, he stopped taking my phone calls. At that point, I called him and left him a message that I was taking him to small claims court. I explained I could have the sheriff serve his papers at his home or place of employment. He still did not respond. I called his girlfriend and she told me that his cell phone had been dropped in water and that he would contact me to arrange finishing the work. He still never called. He has no home phone and ignored my messages. he then had his mother start calling me and threatining me with their "family attorney" I told her this was an issue with her son and me, not her and that I still intended on filing a small claims form. the next day, his girlfriends mother called me and claimed that the girlfriend and the painter had spotted me driving in front of their home and that later that night her fathers car was vandalized. Then, today, I received two court mediation notices in the mail from both the painter and his girlfriend demanding I show up for pretrial mediation on the complaint filed of driving by their home. I feel they are trying to scare me out of going to small claims court and issuing him court papers at his new place of employment. What does this mean and can they try to arrest me for false claims of vandalism?
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