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Zakheim & Assoc post-suit

Date: Tue, 05/04/2010 - 14:10

Submitted by anonymous
on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 14:10

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Ok, so what do I do now? I was sued by Zakheim, showed up in court and the judge threw the case out. 2 years later they mailed papers via regular mail that they were suing me again but since it wasn't registered or certified mail or an official summons of any sort I thought it was just bullying. I was wrong, didn't show up in court and the suit went against me. I didn't respond until they mailed me the copy of the judgement at which point I sent a letter to the judge directly explaining that I never got proper notification, I even sent a copy of what I did get. She wrote back and said basically "too bad." Then I had to go to court again when I didn't mail them all my financial info quickly enough. I sent it off before that court date along with proof and brought copies of all of it with me to court. The judge said that was good enough, then continued with a comment that she didn't understand why they sued me a second time and if only I had shown up to the court date she would have ruled in my favor.

Do I sue them back? Do I pay up/negotiate a settlement amount? I mailed them a letter saying that I would pay in full when my land in Alabama was logged. Turns out that won't happen for 15years. They've left me alone since getting the financials showing how broke I was/am. And it's been 3 years. Does the letter count as promise of payment and since they didn't respond can I wait until a timber co. will actually cut the trees?


It's too late to negotiate, and I doubt you would be successful in court. Most likely the judge would throw out any suit you filed because there is already a judgment in this matter. The letter might count as a promise of payment, depending on your state's rules regarding this. You can wait until to pay until you get the money (which the creditor will probably try and get a lien on now that you've told them about it). It depends also on the statute of limitations for enforcing a judgment in your state.


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Submitted by OVLG Attorney on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 14:19

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