Florida Contracts Questions & Legal Answers

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If charges were dropped and never filed by State Attorney and no court date was made, do I still have to pay 10% Bond.

Answered 7 years and 6 months ago by attorney Bruce Robins | 1 Answer

Whatever may have happened with the charges against you should not affect your arrangement with the bondsman.

Can a text be considered a legally binding contract?

Answered 7 years and 7 months ago by attorney Bruce Robins | 1 Answer

A text can be a legally sufficientl writing to create a contract. Indeed, most contracts do not have to be in writing to be enforced, although obviously oral contracts are harder to proved. Although you may not have believed you had a contract until and unless you got a signed quote, you did not indicate that in your ocmmunicaitons. If you had texted something like "subject to my receiving a signed quote", you would be in a better position. However, your position is still probably pretty good. The question here is whether a contract was ever formed when a price was never agreed upon; usually price is a fundamental term without which a contract can't be formed, but in some instances, for example where there is a course of dealing or a set price in the industry, a contract can be formed even though the parties never explicitly agreed on a price. The other question is what, if any, damages the other party suffered due to your breach (if it was a breach). If he/she had time to replace you, and paid a standard price to do so, there may be none,and you would have little exposure even if you are deemd to have breached.... Read More

A text can be a legally sufficientl writing to create a contract. Indeed, most contracts do not have to be in writing to be enforced, although... Read More

How to terminate a signed contract after the initial expiration of term if it stated that it will renew automatically?

Answered 7 years and 8 months ago by attorney Mark Tischhauser, Esq. | 1 Answer

As this is a commrical contract, this is something that you wil need to hire a lawyer as a business expense to address. Something you shoudl have done before you enteed into the deal at the start.

As this is a commrical contract, this is something that you wil need to hire a lawyer as a business expense to address. Something you shoudl have... Read More

Job offer

Answered 7 years and 8 months ago by attorney Mark Tischhauser, Esq. | 1 Answer

Possibly. Its called promissory estoppel. The real issue will revolve around the damages which absent a contract for employment may be limited.

I worked in Hollywood, FL for a GC located in Sarasota, FL.

Answered 7 years and 9 months ago by attorney Mark Tischhauser, Esq. | 1 Answer

Yoiu need to hire a constructon lawyer to address a constrution/mechanics lien

I want to cancel my contract of a timeshare that I bought on March 37, 2018, which is a fraud made of pure lies and I would like to hire their service

Answered 7 years and 9 months ago by attorney Mark Tischhauser, Esq. | 1 Answer

You will need to retain a lawyer to review the agreement you made and go from there. This is the problem with time shares, they sound good during the sales pitch and not so much later - costing a bunch of money in legal fees to try and get out.

You will need to retain a lawyer to review the agreement you made and go from there. This is the problem with time shares, they sound good during the... Read More