Can I be successfully sued?

[L_A_Love]

What is the name of your state? Florida

I have a neighbor who often plays electronic devices in their home at a loud volume. I have called the police when it is louder than what I am trying to watch or when I am trying to go to sleep and it is keeping me awake. After the most recent call to the police, I received a couple of answering machine messages from an attorney who happens to own the unit and she has been trying to determine the identity of the complainant. I chose to remain anonymous each time and state law protects my identity. Essentially, this attorney is conducting her own investigation to circumvent state law. I did not respond to the messages, but did send a letter to her boss (info I was able to glean from the net) complaining about her behavior and also sent copies of the letters to the developer of the property and management of the property. In the letter, I stated that she was using her position to intimidate and threaten citizens and I included the full text of both answering machine messages. She used her work number as a contact number, so I thought it perfectly reasonable to inform her boss, but did not admit to making the calls. Basically, I am just trying to get this woman to stop harassing me. She has now written me a letter stating that I have made civilly actionable statements and that I should have consulted an attorney before I wrote it. Before that she wrote me a really nasty letter saying that if I was sensitive to sound I should have bought a house. Does she really have a case against me? I sent this one letter to her boss, but she has left me two phone messages and sent me two letters.

 

[CheeseBlotto]

She's blowing smoke, and behaving unethically.

 

[BelizeBreeze]

First of all the initial contact with her boss was really stupid.

Save all her correspondence and recorded messages and send her one last letter Certified (RRR) informing her that she is to cease and desist all contact with you immediately or that you will have no recourse but to file harrassment charges against her AND her firm.

Then if and when you hear from her again, follow through and hire an attorney.

 

[cbg]

And for the love of Pete, don't contact her boss again. WHAT were you thinking?

The chances are high that her boss simply dropped your letter in the circular file. Trust me, her boss doesn't care what she does in her private life. The fact that she used a work number as a contact doesn't mean her boss is interested in what she's doing off hours.

But on the off chance that I'm wrong and her boss is one of the few who would make an issue of it, there's at least a 50% chance that it won't be her that will be in trouble - it could be. That could be considered tortuous interference with her workplace.

 

[BelleAmie]

Hi!

What is the name of your state? Florida

I have a neighbor who often plays electronic devices in their home at a loud volume. I have called the police when it is louder than what I am trying to watch or when I am trying to go to sleep and it is keeping me awake. After the most recent call to the police, I received a couple of answering machine messages from an attorney who happens to own the unit and she has been trying to determine the identity of the complainant. I chose to remain anonymous each time and state law protects my identity. Essentially, this attorney is conducting her own investigation to circumvent state law. I did not respond to the messages, but did send a letter to her boss (info I was able to glean from the net) complaining about her behavior and also sent copies of the letters to the developer of the property and management of the property. In the letter, I stated that she was using her position to intimidate and threaten citizens and I included the full text of both answering machine messages. She used her work number as a contact number, so I thought it perfectly reasonable to inform her boss, but did not admit to making the calls. Basically, I am just trying to get this woman to stop harassing me. She has now written me a letter stating that I have made civilly actionable statements and that I should have consulted an attorney before I wrote it. Before that she wrote me a really nasty letter saying that if I was sensitive to sound I should have bought a house. Does she really have a case against me? I sent this one letter to her boss, but she has left me two phone messages and sent me two letters.

She may have something actionable but you might also just ignore her. She sounds like the type of person who will run after you if you show any fear, don't. And keep filing complaints against your neighbor.