Hello,
I have been the victim of harassment by my neighbors. I had to call the police on them once because the verbal abuse in front of my 3 year old would not stop for the second day in a row. Since then they have unleashed a harassment campaign threatening to kill my son’s pet, reporting me to the city for alleged code violations and continuing verbal abuse.
I wrote an apologetic letter, asking them for reconciliation. In response I received a letter from a lawyer making a demand that I am not allowed to talk to them or even to look at them. I invited them to mediation through their lawyer which they declined.
This is a 2 part question;
For one, what exactly is a “demand”? There is no legal vehicle behind the lawyer’s demand (there has never been an incident where I responded in profanity or threatened them in any way). What can the lawyer do if I talk to them anyway (of course I cannot enter their property).
Second, since this situation is no acceptable for me I have to do something. The only thing that could work is to tell the community exactly what happened but putting up a sign in my front yard telling the whole story and naming my neighbors and telling the community that they filed a complaint about me (the issue is about a solar shed I built which the community has loved).
I believe that if the community is upset at them that they will change their behavior and stop harassing my family.
So my second question is, what could possibly happen to me if I post such a sign. Could this be construed as harassment although it is actual and non-defamatory or do I have a right to express myself in this way? Of course I would not tell neighbors to go their house to harass them.
Thank you kindly for you advice.
I have been the victim of harassment by my neighbors. I had to call the police on them once because the verbal abuse in front of my 3 year old would not stop for the second day in a row. Since then they have unleashed a harassment campaign threatening to kill my son’s pet, reporting me to the city for alleged code violations and continuing verbal abuse.
I wrote an apologetic letter, asking them for reconciliation. In response I received a letter from a lawyer making a demand that I am not allowed to talk to them or even to look at them. I invited them to mediation through their lawyer which they declined.
This is a 2 part question;
For one, what exactly is a “demand”? There is no legal vehicle behind the lawyer’s demand (there has never been an incident where I responded in profanity or threatened them in any way). What can the lawyer do if I talk to them anyway (of course I cannot enter their property).
Second, since this situation is no acceptable for me I have to do something. The only thing that could work is to tell the community exactly what happened but putting up a sign in my front yard telling the whole story and naming my neighbors and telling the community that they filed a complaint about me (the issue is about a solar shed I built which the community has loved).
I believe that if the community is upset at them that they will change their behavior and stop harassing my family.
So my second question is, what could possibly happen to me if I post such a sign. Could this be construed as harassment although it is actual and non-defamatory or do I have a right to express myself in this way? Of course I would not tell neighbors to go their house to harass them.
Thank you kindly for you advice.