People can be arrested but released from police custody pending charges or sentencing.I think they took a deal with the DA to get out of jail free. I never saw any money from it. In fact, police have ignored my FOIA request on more information on the incident. ...
What insurrection are you referring to? The American revolution against England? So business should be victim of flash mob and theft of they hard-earned money because its not the other things you are saying? We live in a country where cops literally arrest people over things like loitering, J-walking, no seat belt, giving them the middle finger and will shoot at people who are handcuffed in a police car because a squirrel dropped an acorn on the roof of the car and startled. Perhaps shoot is an understatement, more like unload multiple clips with multiple cops from different angles.Of course. Far worse than rape, murder, kidnapping, treason, insurrection...
I don't indent to sue twice but I am asking if I can sue for $20,000 now even know the limit is $15,000. These cases usually take a lot longer than expected before they are concluded. If it last until 2025, then in 2025, it will be allowed to be awarded. Alternatively, I could sue for $15,000 now then amendment the lawsuit to be $20,000 in 2025?You cannot sue twice, once now under the $15,000 small claims limit and again in 2025 under the $20,000 small claims limit.
The time and effort you spent in cleaning up the mess left behind is not compensable. If you had to spend extra money for cleaning supplies or had to hire someone to clean up the mess for you, those expenses could/would be compensable (you should have invoices or receipts to support the expenditure). You did report the vandalism to your homeowners insurer to cover some of your losses, correct?
A claim for pain and suffering/emotional distress must be supported by evidence. Have you seen a mental health professional? Do you have bills for counseling and prescriptions? Do you have records of missed work?
Here is a link to Utah’s definition of emotional distress and the elements required for an action to be successful: https://legacy.utcourts.gov/utc/muji-comment/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2017/01/Emotional-Distress-Jury-Instructions-CV-1501-1506-Final.pdf
If you have evidence to support $20,000 or more in damages, I recommend you speak to an attorney in your area to go over your legal options.
Right, but if someone works for 10 years to save up to buy something, and then it's stolen from him. You effectively stole 10 years of that man's life. That is not cool either. Just like if you wrongfully imprison someone for 10 years, which has happened to people also.Not just you. Inanimate objects are replaceable. Living things aren’t.
Who poisoned your dog and did you ever go after the person who did it in court?When I was a kid, we had a dog poisoned. I consider that more heinous. Might just be me...
How do I find which one of them has the most money? Is there a tool or database which shows this kind of information, or just like stalk them on social media to look for assets they have?To expand on this just a bit. If you win against them all, then you can collect against any or all of them, up the amount of the judgment. So, for example, if 10 guys don't have two nickels to rub together, but the 11th guy has tons of money, you go after the guy with tons of money.
Or, if 9 have no money and two do, you go after the two that do.
Etc.
Where do you read that everyone has to be sued as a group and not individually?Unless the individuals can be identified as committing separate specific crimes (e.g., one was responsible for spray paint vandalism, another for theft), separate actions make little sense. The damages that can be collected cannot be inflated artificially by filing the same suit several times seeking the same damages against several different defendants.
https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78A/Chapter8/C78A-8_1800010118000101.pdf
In California where they have basically legalized shoplifting, there is beloved an In-and-out burger which had to be closed down, same for a Denny, Walmart, CVS and many other stores. These are big companies, I am just a single person so these things hurt me a lot more than they hurt a big company.You got robbed. Terrible but hardly devastating. Even if you were able to sue the individuals that did it and win, good luck getting them to pay you a penny. If they had pennies, they wouldn't have robbed you. Can't get blood out of a turnip.
As I read the statute, the limitation increases are based on the date on which the small claims court action is filed. But the statute is not crystal clear; it could mean that the act that gave rise to the claim had occur within the time period stated. That's something the courts will have to sort out. But what is clear is that nothing in it suggests you may amend the complaint after filing it to seek more damageswhen the limit goes up. I don't know the pace of small claims court in your state, but in my state a small claims action filed today would be concluded well before the end of the year. Part of the purpose of small claims court is to provide a fairly quick and relatively inexpensive way to resolve disputes that involve relatively small amounts of damages — claims in which litigation in higher level courts may end up costing the plaintiff more in attorney's fees and costs than the plaintiff would win.I don't indent to sue twice but I am asking if I can sue for $20,000 now even know the limit is $15,000. These cases usually take a lot longer than expected before they are concluded. If it last until 2025, then in 2025, it will be allowed to be awarded. Alternatively, I could sue for $15,000 now then amendment the lawsuit to be $20,000 in 2025?
You can sue for $20,000 now - but not in small claims. The limit is $15,000 until 2025.I don't indent to sue twice but I am asking if I can sue for $20,000 now even know the limit is $15,000. These cases usually take a lot longer than expected before they are concluded. If it last until 2025, then in 2025, it will be allowed to be awarded. Alternatively, I could sue for $15,000 now then amendment the lawsuit to be $20,000 in 2025?
As far as emotional distress, did the people who sued Alex Jones have medical and psychologist records to show they had 1.5 billion in emotional distress, or was it just assumed without evidence to be true? I'm not sure the judge followed the law in that case, and it seems like a purely political attack because I can't see any case where someone has been awarded 1.5 billion on floating a conspiracy theory they had no involvement in.
I think its self-evident that if your home or business was broken into, there would be emotional distress but I don't think you are required to seek treatment for it. It violates religious tenants, especially to people who are Scientologist who believe psychologist to be a bunch of money grubbing quacks. I think a reasonable person could make a conclusion, for example, that someone breaking into their home in the dead of night or someone facing down the barrel of a gun would have emotional distress.
Has it been established that emotional distress can only be claim if a psychologist claims it so or can a judge/jury be allowed to make that determination based on the reasonable person standard? What about the loss of " Good will" from customers who have had their cars broken into while visiting the establishment?