Anyone with small claims court against an NFH?

[renegade]

OK...we had our small claims case against the NFH on 02/02/10 and the judge "took the case under advisement". We still haven't heard a thing. The case was instigated by the NFH, so we were the defendants. Good or bad that it's taking this long?

[noisemaker]

Ren,

In doing research for my civil case, I discovered that - long before my time - my NFH's were sued in small claims court by the city for garbage collection fees. The claim was filed in June 1996 and dismissed in August 2000 - in favor of the NFH's!

You and I fervently hope this is NOT representative of the timing of small claims cases. The intent of these courts is to keep the caseload moving along by restricting claims to provable money claims without lawyers and juries.

But, as Bob mentioned in another thread, often "people know people" and are able to circumvent the idea of justice held by a vast majority of citizens.

You and I fervently hope the judge will decide on the evidence in his hands and what he saw and heard in the courtroom rather than be influenced by special interests behind the scenes.

The waiting is not easy...

[renegade]

noisemaker,

I know I wasn't quite as clear on my previous post as I should have been. The small claims case happened on 02/02/10...the judge "took it under advisement" (and even said that any evidence presented would be available for us to pick up thirty days hence). Today makes day 29...if I can retrieve my evidence tomorrow, why hasn't a judgment been issued yet?

My hope is that, just like jury trials, the longer a judgment takes, the more favorable it is for the defendant.

The NFH perjured himself several times, unfortunately I didn't realize it until we were headed home. I so wish I could bring that to the judges attention. This falls under the "shoulda, coulda, woulda...."