Peter on Nostr: >Except it takes 5 years for it to go through the courts 'You can't file yet, it's ...
>Except it takes 5 years for it to go through the courts
'You can't file yet, it's too soon'. 'You can't file anymore, it's too late'. 'Your case has no standing as you aren't personally affected'. 'You should have filed in another district'.
Sat in as a witness at a small claims hearing, a small bodyshop had a new owner. Mahmoud walks in with a well dressed lawyer. WTF? Suit asks for the case to be dismissed, because it's a LLC or something now. They're incredibly smug.
Judge sighed.
>"If I do that, they will walk across the lobby and refile under the other name and you'll be right back here in front of me, or another judge, in a couple of weeks. And you will have to pay your lawyer to make another appearance. How would you like to proceed?" [concerned whispering] Settlement reached 20 minutes later.
'You can't file yet, it's too soon'. 'You can't file anymore, it's too late'. 'Your case has no standing as you aren't personally affected'. 'You should have filed in another district'.
Sat in as a witness at a small claims hearing, a small bodyshop had a new owner. Mahmoud walks in with a well dressed lawyer. WTF? Suit asks for the case to be dismissed, because it's a LLC or something now. They're incredibly smug.
Judge sighed.
>"If I do that, they will walk across the lobby and refile under the other name and you'll be right back here in front of me, or another judge, in a couple of weeks. And you will have to pay your lawyer to make another appearance. How would you like to proceed?" [concerned whispering] Settlement reached 20 minutes later.