Re: Question about court case I found - WhyChat you probably know the answer

Posted by Keyser Soze (152.163.188.40) on March 21, 2003 at 23:49:57:

In Reply to: Re: Question about court case I found - WhyChat you probably know the answer posted by Pallen on March 21, 2003 at 17:01:42:

Dear Pallen;

You raise a good point. Indeed one is left in limbo for extended periods during the soft form of torture known as litigation.
They file. You answer. Sometimes, nothing happens and the more time passes, the better. You might want to check out patterns by looking up court cases filed by CA's. Go to your county or state court's website and look up filings by say, Asset Acceptance Corporation. In civil cases - five thousand dollars and up - they file, if the other party answers and many times they don't - then will pass a couple of months until the next events, another month or so for interrogatories, admissions, production motions, all the usual soft methods of soul-stealing by the CA flies.
But sometimes when a party answers a suit by stating "Lacking knowledge" in answer to the various charges, and particularly after filing voluminous complaints with FTC, State AG, etc, the CA sees you as being more trouble than you are worth, in the lawyers' own words.
Sometimes a nice letter to the CA pres, sent perhaps via US Express Mail for Sunday delivery to his home, a little apres dinner mint if you will, might best convey the depth of your motivations.
In that case, months can pass and in a manner similar to criminal trials in which the jury is out, the more time passes the better it looks for the defendant. When the jury comes back right away, it's generally a conviction. Similarly, when a CA jumps right into motions, filings, and the like soon after serving you, things require most vigorous response.
When time passes, always so slowly, assume that things will roll your way. The lawyers say it 'looks like a win'. You showed them you mean business, not to be trifled with.
Typically the CA lawyer has one year from filing to prove his case. A few months subsequent to the one year mark the court will typically mail you and the CA lawyer a Notice of Dismissal, on grounds of no court activity for one year. At that point the case is all but dismissed, and the lawyers generally have a very hard time convincing a judge to get the scum case back on track.
The waiting is awful but one can pass the time by researching credit laws, hanging out on these wonderfully enlightening credit websites, and that old standby, pulling the wings off of CA Collection Agent Barn-flies. Always wholesome fun.
After the dismissal, use every legal means and writing in to boards to burn these perps. The least one can do to repay their smartness.

Good friend,

Keyser Soze

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