tallguy201
Junior Member
Illinois
I have an interesting dilemna to say the least and will start at the beginning.
I own a business and attempted to help an employee in a landlord dispute.
My employee has a judgement against her for $4,600.00. I called the landlord and asked what he wanted to do in order to settle this.
He stated he wanted to settle this fairly and the only thing he wanted was $1,200.00 for their last months rent and then $800.00 and then he would issue a satisfaction and release for this case.
Of course after writing the checks he denied all of this and proceeded with wage garnishment proceedings.
My employee filed a motion as the $2,000.00 was not accounted for in the wage garnishment paperwork. The motion was denied.
The landlord then filed a motion naming me, my company and my employee claiming falsification on the motion filed by my employee and looking for sanctions in excess of $10,000.00 (mostly from me and my company).
My employee quit her position a week prior to the court date, however we all showed up for court and my attorney got the motion dismissed as my company nor myself are even defendants in this case.
The landlord is now appealing the dismissal of the motion claiming my company should pay all of the garnishment and sanctions and listing my company and myself as Defendants-appellees in the Notice of Appeal.
This guy is harassing me and my company with absolutely no legal standing. This is beginning to cost a great deal of time and money to defend.
To top it all off he has also filed a small claims case for $10,000.00 claiming I conspired with the previous tenants as well as with new tenants to cause damage to his property. From what I understand toxic mold was found in the dwelling 4 months after my employee moved out of the dwelling. I was at this dwelling once to do a final inspection and the landlord was also there.
This guy is basically a greedy slumlord that does nothing to take care of his own property and has filed over a dozen suits over the last 12 years against people that cannot defend themselves.
How can I stop this nut job from harassing me???What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
I have an interesting dilemna to say the least and will start at the beginning.
I own a business and attempted to help an employee in a landlord dispute.
My employee has a judgement against her for $4,600.00. I called the landlord and asked what he wanted to do in order to settle this.
He stated he wanted to settle this fairly and the only thing he wanted was $1,200.00 for their last months rent and then $800.00 and then he would issue a satisfaction and release for this case.
Of course after writing the checks he denied all of this and proceeded with wage garnishment proceedings.
My employee filed a motion as the $2,000.00 was not accounted for in the wage garnishment paperwork. The motion was denied.
The landlord then filed a motion naming me, my company and my employee claiming falsification on the motion filed by my employee and looking for sanctions in excess of $10,000.00 (mostly from me and my company).
My employee quit her position a week prior to the court date, however we all showed up for court and my attorney got the motion dismissed as my company nor myself are even defendants in this case.
The landlord is now appealing the dismissal of the motion claiming my company should pay all of the garnishment and sanctions and listing my company and myself as Defendants-appellees in the Notice of Appeal.
This guy is harassing me and my company with absolutely no legal standing. This is beginning to cost a great deal of time and money to defend.
To top it all off he has also filed a small claims case for $10,000.00 claiming I conspired with the previous tenants as well as with new tenants to cause damage to his property. From what I understand toxic mold was found in the dwelling 4 months after my employee moved out of the dwelling. I was at this dwelling once to do a final inspection and the landlord was also there.
This guy is basically a greedy slumlord that does nothing to take care of his own property and has filed over a dozen suits over the last 12 years against people that cannot defend themselves.
How can I stop this nut job from harassing me???What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
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