What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Indiana is where the small claims court is. I reside in Tennessee. At the time of the break in contract I was located in Ohio.
I answered a job ad in the paper for a paid training trucking company out of Indiana. Their training is through another company out of Indiana as well, but I lived in Ohio. They had a technical school do my training.
It was a short training and while a lot of my older classmates were able to get the hang of the training I was not. I was advised by the technical school in Ohio that I would need a couple more weeks.
I paid $3000 for the training at the Technical School and continued on. I broke the contract I had with the training school out of Indiana.
The contract is a paper without any kind of legal jargon on it. There isn't a "you sign here, while I sign here." It's just a word document printed out with places for me to initial. EDIT: And sign by me. I've never even seen the plaintiff face to face.
The contract clearly states that if I do not complete training I owe $725.
This all happened in mid-2006 May/June. The training company out of Indiana has had debt collectors call me and has reported on my credit.
I was going to bite the bullet and pay the debt collector because I signed the thing and I guess morally I know I should pay it.
My concern now that I am being sued is... How long will they keep this up even if I did pay the debt collector? It seems to me that they are trying to double dip in my pocket.
It seems to me that I already paid enough for my tuition with the $3000? I have a receipt.
Being that I live in Tennesee and have to travel to Indianapolis it's pretty tough thing to do mid-week.
Any advice? I'd like to just pay the $725 in two monthly payments or have the judge toss the contract out altogether. They are also sueing for reasonable costs in court.
EDIT: Called the Courthouse. They do a change of venue for $136. I'm hoping that if I have the venue changed to Chattanooga, TN the plaintiff will just give up on the $725.
I answered a job ad in the paper for a paid training trucking company out of Indiana. Their training is through another company out of Indiana as well, but I lived in Ohio. They had a technical school do my training.
It was a short training and while a lot of my older classmates were able to get the hang of the training I was not. I was advised by the technical school in Ohio that I would need a couple more weeks.
I paid $3000 for the training at the Technical School and continued on. I broke the contract I had with the training school out of Indiana.
The contract is a paper without any kind of legal jargon on it. There isn't a "you sign here, while I sign here." It's just a word document printed out with places for me to initial. EDIT: And sign by me. I've never even seen the plaintiff face to face.
The contract clearly states that if I do not complete training I owe $725.
This all happened in mid-2006 May/June. The training company out of Indiana has had debt collectors call me and has reported on my credit.
I was going to bite the bullet and pay the debt collector because I signed the thing and I guess morally I know I should pay it.
My concern now that I am being sued is... How long will they keep this up even if I did pay the debt collector? It seems to me that they are trying to double dip in my pocket.
It seems to me that I already paid enough for my tuition with the $3000? I have a receipt.
Being that I live in Tennesee and have to travel to Indianapolis it's pretty tough thing to do mid-week.
Any advice? I'd like to just pay the $725 in two monthly payments or have the judge toss the contract out altogether. They are also sueing for reasonable costs in court.
EDIT: Called the Courthouse. They do a change of venue for $136. I'm hoping that if I have the venue changed to Chattanooga, TN the plaintiff will just give up on the $725.
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