judgement in Florida

[romanspapa]

What is the name of your state?I live in Tampa, Florida. I recenetly went to small claims court and lost even though I had an attorney. The other guy was awarded a judgement of $875 against me. Even though me and my attorney thought that we had a good case we ended up with a less than compassionate temporary judge that was really old and he ruled against me. My question is what can he levy on ? My home is in me and my wifes name and has a mortgage, both vehicles are leased, our boat is in my wifes name only, our camper is in both our names and has a lein holder. How can i protect these and other assets? My only income is a pension and S/S disability although my wife works part time. Do I need to hide my personal things such as golf clubs,guns etc.? What can this guy touch? He is rich and owns a car wash. While at his car wash i went to his restroom and became locked in it because of a faulty lock. I am claustophobic and after several calls for help that no one heard I hit the door with my body weight and busted the door jam to free myself. The guy did not even show a receipt of the cost to fix the door in court only 3 estimates. The attorney i used was agressive but the judge said that I did the damage and should pay.

 

[racer72]

Attempting to hide any assets is fraud and will get you in even more trouble. $875 in not very much money, why not just pay it and get it over with or do you think hiding from someone the next 20 years is worth it?

 

[LSCAP]

I must be missing something.

You get trapped in a restroom, have to break out. Are nice enough not to sue for medical treatment, and it costs you 875.00?

 

[j.lo]

I, too, am a wee bit confused....I would think YOU had a better case against him than he against you. Can anyone tell me if civil judgments can be appealed? I would think this would be a good one to appeal if it's possible.