Re: How Long After Summons Answer

Posted by Keyser Soze (152.163.253.37) on September 05, 2003 at 23:14:24:

In Reply to: How Long After Summons Answer posted by Silly Sap on September 03, 2003 at 17:16:16:

Dear Silly Sap;

A couple of questions. Is this a small claims case or a regular civil case? The deciding factor is if the amount is more or less than 5K.
If small claims you have a pre-trial scheduled within thirty five days of complaint filing. If civl a couple months.
If small claims no matter how you answer in writing you still show at the pre-trial. Say little, touch no one, commit nothing to writing. The collection lawyer puke and the scum 'mediator' - the more disingenuously vicious of the pair - will try to bait, coerce, shame, and otherwise trick you into an admission of indebtedness. From there its' all gravy for them.
Sit quietly, this is their vomit-bag party. Let them show what they have. File your affirmative defenses. If these blackmailers can't get money or an agreement to pay out of you at the pre-trial then it goes for trial.
Now, never pay these skunks anything. You could hand them cash for three times what even they claim you owe which is many times inflated above the original debt. They won't take it.
Why? Because these are real back-stabbing gutless slimebags who would rather stick you onto the ninety-six month payment plan just like the cheap furniture merchants used to do to unsuspecting sailors.
Then they lie in wait knowing that statistically at some point a payment will be missed. Then they march into court and get a judgement for the full amount plus plus plus. Aren't they clever.
Hey, it keeps 'em in comfort boys and watery pop wines, plus some crack for their beloved old Ma's.
A trial will be scheduled and of course you plan on attending. Typical sleazebag trick is that then they file a Motion for SUmmary Judgement with a separate hearing date. You must answer the Motion and attend the hearing. They hope to misdirect you by getting you to naturally concentrate on the trial date in hope you'll disregard the Motion Hearing, thus they get a Default Judgement many times on an utterly false, deficient, fraudulent Motion for Summary.
Motion for Summary Judgement is a declaration to the court meaning there are no further triable issues of fact thus the plainstiff is entitled to his judgement.
Many times the motion contains little or no facts on a time-barred SOL worthless case. Because people miss the hearing or don't fully understand the process these grease-haired maggots in dirty ill-fitting suits which can never quite contain their greed-bloated carcasses no matter how generously they are tailored get away with this legal form of blackmail and thievery. Nice 'people', huh?
Trust me, a Motion for Summary is filed in hope of scaring you into believing that you are nicked, dead in the water, finished, kaput when in fact many times the jerkXXX filing this trash is in violation of a slew of state and federal regulations, not to mention stinking up the courthouse with his corn-dog sunday dinner B.O.
Nail these scummy bordello ticket takers. Many of us are in Florida, a state to its great discredit being used as testing ground for these credit scammers. Stay in touch.
Many times in civil court by merely filing you answers on time, pleading "Lack Knowledge" to each count against you these vile surfing-gerbils move on to their next target.
Glad to help in any way one might, these are nothing but two-bit crooks playing with your life because they've nothing of their own to play with, so to speak.

Playfully,

Keyser Soze

"I might only castrate your Uncle Randall..."
- Mr. Kobayashi, "The Usual Suspects",
c. 1995, Chritopher McQuarrie,
Bryan Singer et al.

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