Florida Business Litigation Legal Questions

Possibly. However, you will need to be able to PROVE you just learned of the judgment in 2026, and be able to PROVE, not allege, bad service. I say PROVE because many times the record contains information showing prior notice of the lawsuit/judgment, such as wage garnishment attempts, and judgment debtors are generally required to challenge a bad judgment for service immediately or they might waive the challenge. ... Read More

Just as a heads up - most competent and coherent lawyers will not take such cases on a contingent fee (get paid when and if you win) especially against an individual. The ability to collect on judgments is exceptionally low. Most lawyers have little interest in working for free. This is likely why the original lawyer declined to go further. ... Read More

That makes no sense. Typically a claims for legal fees has to be made to the court within 30 days fo rendition of the judgment, which means you would gave gotten some notice of the claim. That said, if there is to be a court hearing you have a right to challenge the award of legal fees, and you shoudl discuss this with the lawyer than handled your underlying case. Otherwise, if you were pro-se you will need to now spend money on damage control and what that may entail, including bankruptcy is a different discussion. ... Read More

No idea what you are talking about. There is no legal case "with y'all" when you are posting on a legal Q&A forum nor would there be a case waiting for 20 years to settle. There is no way to find out "whats goin on" unless you are able to identify exactly which lawyer you claim was representing you and you would need to ask them, not random people on the internet. ... Read More

If a lawyer withdraws from a personal injury case during litigation, he must get the judge’s permission. If the client fires him, he may be entitled to a quantum meruit fee for the value of work performed, enforceable through a charging lien. But if the lawyer withdraws voluntarily, he generally forfeits that right. ... Read More

This is usually the result of pro-se resolutions without using lawyers. At this point you will need to retain a lawyer to review what the settlement was and what they are currently doing and THEN establish some plan to address this conflict. There are no short-cuts nor "cheap" outs to resolve such issues when there are personal vendettas involved. ... Read More

Yes. A judge has the authority to reject your claims of ownership. Just because you purchased something does not eliminate what may be deemed a legal gift or abandonment. By example, if you allowed the brother to keep the tractor at his place where he maintains it  and uses it as his own for 5 years, it might be hard to argue that its your tractor any more, if the spouse claims it was a gift. THIS is why you hire lawyers to pursue litigation cases rather than play lawyer in court on pro-se claims. While the law allows it, the poor results can be expected. ... Read More

Sure - you can dispute just about anything. Whether that is effective or productive all depends on the details of the issues, the costs involved, etc. Your best bet here is to simply tell the shop you don't want "rime parking" whatever that entails and want regular or the cheapest parking cost available or try to negotiate free parking, which is customary unless its a long term project and parking is a benefit to you not the shop. ... Read More

No way to aswer this without ALL of the details and review of the letter. If you are car is in impoud and subject to sale to pay the lein, pay whatever the amount is to get the car back THEN go back and fight over whether they cheated you....otherwise you are risking losing the vehicle if your position in not correct ... Read More

You will simply need to keep looking until you find a lawyer to represent you. Bear in mind that in most instances you will need to pay for the legal fees "out of pocket" as few such cases are taken on a contingent fee basis for variety of reasons. That said, delivery reciepts are only useful if there is evidence of the contents of the envelope. You might consider making a cell phone video of the check, you placing it in the envelope and then sealing it with the certified mail card, etc. Otherwise, resolving this shoudl be as simple as putting a "stop payment" on the check and reissuing the check if they claim they never got it. It should be easy to determine if the check was stolen and cashed by someone else just by checking your bank account. ... Read More

In theory co-signor can sue for breach of contract or a declaratory judgment action to be released from the terms. This ALL supposes that the loan document doesn't include waivers to the co-signor for modication by the primary parties. You will likely need to retain a lawyer to review the document and then aid in deciding what to do. ... Read More

Not sure how to address your issue - as you relate that you only paid HALF of your retainer fee and it sounds like you are trying to leverage yourself out of paying the other half. Whether you are entitled to a breakdown of the work and billing will depend on the details of how the lawyers were retained. You will need to reivew the details of the retainer agreement preferably with a lawyer. If you can't get it resolved, you can contact the Florida Bar ACAP program to see if it can be worked out. ... Read More