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Greetings, In the year of 2015-2016 my business partner and closed out automotive repair business, we were served a pay or quit notice, i have had my wages garnished since last July. I had never signed any lease with the owner nor discussed any terms to joining my previous business partner, is this case worth looking into? do i assume all liability for a rental agreement ?
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If your wages are being garnished it is because there is a judgment against you, presumably on default. If you were not served with the summons and complaint in the lawsuit which gave rise to the judgment (and can convince the court of that) you can get the judgment vacated, but if you were served and simply ignored it, it may now be too late to contest the claim made against you. As for the merits of the claim against you, I assume that the lease was with the business entity you operated with your partner. How was that structured? If it was a corporation, you would not normally be responsible unless you signed some sort of guarantee. The same for an llc. If it was a general partnership, however, all partners would be liable for the obligations of the general partnership.
Answered on Jan 24th, 2020 at 12:09 PM