What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?I live in California..
I have small business that services the commercial food industry. We mainly service pizza ovens while the stores are closed.. My largest customer is the leading national chain with 380 stores in my area of service..
There is a Starbucks type coffee place next door to one of my customers locations that happened to get his propane portable patio heater stolen the same night my crew was next door working.
The owner of the coffee shop went to my customer and accused my 2 guys of the theft and after conducting his own little investigation, called in the local police to report his findings.
Nobody informed me of the theft as the Police didnt believe my workers were involved. But after 2 weeks of not recieving any work from my customer I called to find out why.. I was told that the owner called the Loss Prevention Manager for this Pizza chain and told him that his contractors are thieves and he wanted to know why they allowed us to work .
He supported his claim by saying that he has a security video showing my men removing the heater from his store patio. But if we returned the heater, he wouldnt turn the video over to the police.
I found this totally out of character of my employees, in fact, the man that runs that crew is my son.
I then went to this store owner and asked him if I could see the video before I accused my guys of being theives, he told me that there really was no video,, that that was a ploy to get his heater back..
Well his little ploy didnt get it back but my customer felt there was enuf reason stop allowing my company to work for them untill we were totally cleared of this..
Finally, after three full months of not working I get the final police report to the people that clears my men completely.. I was able to prove that my men were at a different location during the window of opportunity the theft occured. I have contracted to this Pizza chain for 11 years without a single problem untill this mans accusations caused me to lose a minimum of$45,000, as well as diminished amounts of work sinse we were cleared.. My 2 workers had to be layed off and had to find new jobs. I didnt get them back after they were accused of being theives.
This mans faulse accusations have all but cost me my business and put me into bankrupcy. I cant afford to continue the health insurance and my wife recently was diagnosed with cancer,, Not his fault of course, but without the insurance, I fear she cant get the care she needs and would of had.
My question is can I make this man pay for his wrong doings?. He owns 4 small business that I would love to put my name on the storefront windows..
Di I have any right to sue?
Thank you
I have small business that services the commercial food industry. We mainly service pizza ovens while the stores are closed.. My largest customer is the leading national chain with 380 stores in my area of service..
There is a Starbucks type coffee place next door to one of my customers locations that happened to get his propane portable patio heater stolen the same night my crew was next door working.
The owner of the coffee shop went to my customer and accused my 2 guys of the theft and after conducting his own little investigation, called in the local police to report his findings.
Nobody informed me of the theft as the Police didnt believe my workers were involved. But after 2 weeks of not recieving any work from my customer I called to find out why.. I was told that the owner called the Loss Prevention Manager for this Pizza chain and told him that his contractors are thieves and he wanted to know why they allowed us to work .
He supported his claim by saying that he has a security video showing my men removing the heater from his store patio. But if we returned the heater, he wouldnt turn the video over to the police.
I found this totally out of character of my employees, in fact, the man that runs that crew is my son.
I then went to this store owner and asked him if I could see the video before I accused my guys of being theives, he told me that there really was no video,, that that was a ploy to get his heater back..
Well his little ploy didnt get it back but my customer felt there was enuf reason stop allowing my company to work for them untill we were totally cleared of this..
Finally, after three full months of not working I get the final police report to the people that clears my men completely.. I was able to prove that my men were at a different location during the window of opportunity the theft occured. I have contracted to this Pizza chain for 11 years without a single problem untill this mans accusations caused me to lose a minimum of$45,000, as well as diminished amounts of work sinse we were cleared.. My 2 workers had to be layed off and had to find new jobs. I didnt get them back after they were accused of being theives.
This mans faulse accusations have all but cost me my business and put me into bankrupcy. I cant afford to continue the health insurance and my wife recently was diagnosed with cancer,, Not his fault of course, but without the insurance, I fear she cant get the care she needs and would of had.
My question is can I make this man pay for his wrong doings?. He owns 4 small business that I would love to put my name on the storefront windows..
Di I have any right to sue?
Thank you