What is the name of your state? California
In 1999 I was in a car accident where my friend was driving. He said his insurance would cover my medical bills so I started going to a chiropractor. His father hired an attorney to help get a settlement from the insurance company. Everything was settled end of 2000. I received a disbursement letter showing how the check from the insurance company would be disbursed. I received my portion of the check and thought the lawyer had disbursed the rest.
Years later I started receiving letters from a collection agency representing the chiropractor. Apparently, they never got paid. I tried to contact the attorney but was told that he was no longer there. I did not know how to contact him. I looked him up in the state bar but there was no contact information. I had no choice but to contact the CA state bar to file a complaint against him.
The case with the state bar was dropped after the attorney paid the collection agency and settled the case. Last night I got served with papers from the attorney that he is suing me in small claims for general damages for fraud and defamation. I'm not sure what to do from here. The state bar sent me a copy of the check the attorney supposedly sent me to pay the chiropractor. It has my signature on it with my driver's license # but it was not deposited into my own bank account. I never received that check and I certainly never signed the back of it. I requested copies of statements from my bank that shows I never deposited that check. The back of the check is stamped with the attorney's bank name, not mine. I'm not sure what is going on. I know the attorney is just trying to scare me into giving him some money - $5000 to be exact. I'm just so enraged...
In 1999 I was in a car accident where my friend was driving. He said his insurance would cover my medical bills so I started going to a chiropractor. His father hired an attorney to help get a settlement from the insurance company. Everything was settled end of 2000. I received a disbursement letter showing how the check from the insurance company would be disbursed. I received my portion of the check and thought the lawyer had disbursed the rest.
Years later I started receiving letters from a collection agency representing the chiropractor. Apparently, they never got paid. I tried to contact the attorney but was told that he was no longer there. I did not know how to contact him. I looked him up in the state bar but there was no contact information. I had no choice but to contact the CA state bar to file a complaint against him.
The case with the state bar was dropped after the attorney paid the collection agency and settled the case. Last night I got served with papers from the attorney that he is suing me in small claims for general damages for fraud and defamation. I'm not sure what to do from here. The state bar sent me a copy of the check the attorney supposedly sent me to pay the chiropractor. It has my signature on it with my driver's license # but it was not deposited into my own bank account. I never received that check and I certainly never signed the back of it. I requested copies of statements from my bank that shows I never deposited that check. The back of the check is stamped with the attorney's bank name, not mine. I'm not sure what is going on. I know the attorney is just trying to scare me into giving him some money - $5000 to be exact. I'm just so enraged...
