Consumer Legal Questions

Did you write to Lowes (not talk with rep but write to their higher ups)? Did you pay a deposit? Demand the return of the deposit if they haven't commenced work. I don't know what your agreements called for, but the first thing you have to prove is damages. If there was an agreement but you didn't lay out any money, then you may not have damages. If you paid a deposit, or paid for materials, etc. then you have damages.... Read Answer

There are a variety of factors that may come into play. You will simply need to retain a lawyer at some expense to get all the details and go from there as to what remedies may exist. We do handle such cases an you can call our office at 813-877-6442 for a free consultaton to determine how we can be retained to help. ... Read Answer

"The bill was in my name, and it was paid off. " THIS is where the issue lies. If you have proof of this and that you never had involvment with the ex's new residence, then you will need to bring that to a lawyer to review for a collections violaton. Otherwise, if there was a bill in your name that THEY claim was unpaid OR some form of account transfer to the ex's new place because you signed a lease there, and then broke up or allowed the account transfer to happen, you may be stuck paying for the charges. I have no doubt that they are not claiming you owe the ex's bill 5 years later because you were togeher "at one point"  nor could they "merge his bill with your new spouses" as accounts aren't handled that way- there is more to it than that for sure. ... Read Answer

Depending upon the amount you already invested you might have a suit in small claims (under $3,000), special civil (up to $15,000) or Law Division (any amount up to and above $15,000). In addition to out-of-pocket expenses you may have a claim for consumer fraud which would entitle you to more than your original investment and even may cover attorney fees. That is if the contractor is legitimate and you can even recover from them. There are many fly by night companies. You can also file complaint with Consumer Affairs in Newark.... Read Answer

There are lemon laws but they are applicable only for cars that have a certain amount of miles on them and are of a certain age. The car must be seven years old or less, have 100,000 miles or less and have cost more than $3,000.00. Enclosed is a booklet that might help you understand your rights. http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/News/Brochures/Lemon-Law-Road-to-Relief-Brochure.pdf  ... Read Answer

If you are being sued in NJ District Court then you don't need a NY attorney regardless of where the debt arose. There are two courts, Newark or Trenton for Federal District Court. There is also a site called www.pacer.gov where you should be able to pull up your court information and see if which court it is located in.... Read Answer

You will likely have to hire a lawyer to address this if there is a dipsute about why the car "got stuck" and the engine failed. In the mean time you definitely want to get the mainetance records showing you had proper maintenance as they will typically put this on your credit and sue over such damages. ... Read Answer

There is no way around this costing thousands of dollars in legal fees to pursue, for replevin or damages, thats simply a fact of life. Another fact of life is you will need to retain a lawyer to address such an issue as you can see you aleady made costly mistakes as you should have sued for damages in the alternative to replevin and now you have to file a new lawsuit. ... Read Answer

I agree with Mr. Dimon that if there were no injuries there would be no damages. However, if you suffered losses because of being improperly kicked out of the daycare I would certainly report them to the Div. of Consumer Affairs for improperly supervising their charges. If you had losses from tuitiion or even from embarrassment for their mistake, you might have a case. There is a case in the newspapers involving a school bus company in Paterson that neglected a child left or improperly dropped off by the driver. Just because the child was not injured does not mean there might not be a case against the school.... Read Answer

You will likely need to decide whether its worth spending money on an attorney to get involved or sue. If not, call it a msitake, take the car eslewhere and get a proper paint job done. Otherwise, you simply need to spend the money to hire a lawyer to review the issues and go from there. ... Read Answer