Nothing says "trustworthy business" like suing their customers into oblivion.
@drjay7465
3 жыл бұрын
Ya, I'm curious what business this is. I'm not exactly in the market for that type of thing, but I certainly want to steer clear of them nonetheless
@Cheepchipsable
3 жыл бұрын
It must have been contained some falsehoods, otherwise it would not have gotten off the ground. I'm going with the guy just ignored the letters.
@patsemchism
3 жыл бұрын
@@drjay7465 I looked up the lawsuit and it said the plaintiff was Kevin O’Connor and Internet Money Limited, d/b/a “The Offline Assistant”
@roryross3878
3 жыл бұрын
@@Cheepchipsable Quite a charitable assumption in favor of the judge and plaintiff. Assuming this dubious assumption is true what merit is there to say an internet business review with falsehoods is punishable?
@andrewalexander9492
3 жыл бұрын
@@roryross3878 " what merit is there to say an internet business review with falsehoods is punishable? " Uhhh, longstanding law. Legal principle that has been in existence longer the the United States has been in existence. If you make public false statements about someone, you can be sued for defamation. If the false statements are spoken, it is slander. If they are written, it is libel. This principle comes from English Common law whcih is what a lot of US law is based on. the fact that you publish your falsehoods on the internet doesn't make it different than if you published them in a book, or in a newspaper, or on a sign beside the highway. If you make a false statement about somebody that portrays them in a bad light, you can in fact be sued. This is nothing new.
@GregPrice-ep2dk
8 ай бұрын
The court, on its own, should have thrown the case out. Reviews are opinions, and thus protected Free Speech.
@rogerlimoseth4790
7 ай бұрын
Free speech is no longer free
@andrewalexander9492
7 ай бұрын
Ummm, *opinions* are protected, false claims of fact are not. It's important to understand the difference. If I say: "I think that Greg Price has poor fashion sense and isn't very intelligent" That's an *OPINION*. If I say: "Greg Price had sex with his 12 year old nephew on October 17th, 2022" that's not an opinion, that's a factual claim. False claims of fact are absolutely *not* protected Free Speech. And yeah. if I publicly made that claim of fact and it was false and you could prove that it was false, you absolutely *could* sue me for making that statement. There's nothing special about a review that makes it inherently an opinion. It depends on what you say in that review. If you leave a review for Fred's Kosher Vegan Restaurant that says "I think that Fred's food doesn't taste good and their service is slow" that's an opinion. If you leave a review for Fred's Kosher Vegan Restaurant that says " Fred's Kosher Vegan Matzoh Balls are not Kosher and Not Vegan because they are deep fried in pork fat" that is not an opinion. that is a claim of fact. And if your claim is a lie, and your lie causes Fred to lose business because people believe your lie, Fred absolutely can sue you for the damage that your lie caused.
@MewtwoStruckBack
6 ай бұрын
Reviews are opinions, yes, though there are limited situations I could see a review being legally actionable - if it can be proven that you are claiming things that didn't happen (libel), or you never made a purchase from the business (e.g. company does/believes in things that are not popular, or has an employee who said or did such things and the company doesn't fire them, and people who never bought anything from that business use online reviews as a weapon to attempt to force social justice/levy extrajudicial consequences - in those cases the people who misused reviews should be able to be sued, and the judgment should be significant to make the company whole from any potential lost business, or the amount the employee would be out, over the course of their life, if they were to have lost their job.)
@andrewalexander9492
6 ай бұрын
@@MewtwoStruckBack In the case at hand, the respondent in the laws suit posted claims about the plaintiff on, (in his own words) " Facebook My Business Blog My Business Podcast My Business KZitem A marketing forum where people leave reviews on products and services they buy from there. " He was posting comments on this video when it first came out. So this wasn't just a Yelp review, but by his own statements, a multi platform effort to pass on negative information about the company. And he was not just posting opinion. I don't recall the specific details but he stated that the company failed specific obligations, and their failures cost him some significant amount of money ($8,000, I think, but it's been a while) I have no idea if his statements about the company were true or false, but the point is, it wasn't just opinions in a reviews. He made very specific details claims about wrongdoing on the part of the company. If they were true, he was justified in publishing them. If the were false, well, that is libel, and you can damn sure get sued for libel. this comments forum is full of outraged idiots who think that you can say anything you want and the first amendment protects you. It ain't true. You seem to get that, but a whole bunch do not.
@anothersquid
6 ай бұрын
It seems like there's more to this story than has been reported here. That's not a slight on this channel but rather a general dig on the internet... the internet is seeing one side of this only.
@kennethmiller2333
8 ай бұрын
Got defaulted by the City of Virginia Beach. Got served, tried, and sentenced for uncut grass and trash on my lawn... ALL while I was deployed. Code Enforcement tried to fight me re-opening the case to reverse the judgement until I pointed out that the trash charge potentially carried jail time, which meant that the service MUST be in person. I asked to see the plane ticket to Rota, Spain, for the LEO who signed that he served me. After all, an LEO wouldn't falsify an official document would he (I also had a letter, on command letterhead, showing that I was deployed on the day I was supposedly served). They changed their tune quickly.
@FunkmasterRick
6 ай бұрын
What happened to the LEO? My gut tells me nothing at all, but I thought there were pretty strict laws against screwing with deployed military personnel like that.
@Riverrockphotos
6 ай бұрын
@@FunkmasterRick Nothing i'm sure.
@kennethmiller2333
6 ай бұрын
@@FunkmasterRick Your gut tells you correctly. Written off as an "error."
@rayr268
6 ай бұрын
@@FunkmasterRickthere will be no accountability for police.
@user-lb3nw1pg9o
6 ай бұрын
I got served thru the mailbox, cowards wouldn't come to the front door, I guess a mailbox can sign papers these days....
@DW-nf9qe
7 ай бұрын
Just remember....this same judge saw the complete facts of the case and could've dismissed it. Shame on the judge.
@sam805236
5 ай бұрын
No he didn't. Did you not listen? The defendant defaulted, meaning he never showed up, never presented facts. Basically ghosted the whole court case. Some people close their eyes and think the monster in the closet will go away, well in this case it didn't.
@CHDean
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@jaredgarbo3679
5 ай бұрын
@@sam805236 He wasnt given a court date, so couldn't attend. Thats his defense.
@ThePatynight
4 ай бұрын
Judges are a disgrace of this country
@DonziGT230
4 ай бұрын
Just remember....you had access to all the information needed to know not to leave this stupid comment. Shame on you.
@justinthyme7275
3 жыл бұрын
I was sued in 2013 for dozens of reviews of one company. They sued me for libel seeking damages in excess of $50,000. I studied the law for a year and a half. I defended myself and won. I even won my counter claim. Make sure everything you write online is true.
@Calendyr
6 ай бұрын
Yes, it's not defamation if it's true, tha is the way I understand it.
@abacab87
6 ай бұрын
Can you tell us which business?
@someone-ji2zb
6 ай бұрын
@@abacab87 The one he made up in his head
@Aaron-ej9ql
6 ай бұрын
Why did you leave dozens of reviews for the company? One review, if legitimate, is fine. Dozens sounds like you're purposely trying to tank them
@Aaron-ej9ql
6 ай бұрын
@nahbro3240 not sure why you replied to me here. I didn't say anything supporting leaving reviews or suing anyone. I criticized someone for leaving dozens of reviews. So basically, I said the exact same thing you just did. Suing people for reviews is dumb, and spamming a company with dozens of bad reviews is also dumb. Is reading comprehension not a big thing where you're from?
@KabobHope
3 жыл бұрын
He needs to write another negative review and say that X company sued him and give them another negative review.
@brandexample1776
8 ай бұрын
I would have. I would have made a web site laying everything out.
@danieldaniels7571
7 ай бұрын
That would be a really creative way to possibly get it back into court.
@blackhawk7r221
7 ай бұрын
You mean they guy who levied an accusation of a criminal act who is now trying to say it was simply a bad review? Nope. There are repercussions when you put pen to paper.
@KabobHope
7 ай бұрын
@@blackhawk7r221 As long as what you write is true, there shouldn't be a problem. Truth is a defense vs libel.
@blackhawk7r221
7 ай бұрын
@@KabobHope Sure, it may be true. Now he gets to spend tens of thousands in legal fees supporting his truth.
@EricThompsonClimber
6 ай бұрын
Corporations and companies are wildly out of control and lawyers are just evil.
@jjminor
5 ай бұрын
And it’s only going to become worse
@Eddie-qq5kq
5 ай бұрын
I don't feel that lawyers are the problem, but it's the laws designed to favor corporations (which fund political campaigns of candidates who adjust laws to favor companies).
@bosshog8844
5 ай бұрын
These corporations are staffed with people who have names and addresses. Their kids go to schools. Their spouses are out in public running errands. This guy in the story is considering suicide. He can leave this world in better shape with the right planning.
@EricThompsonClimber
5 ай бұрын
@bosshog8844 our populace deals with a lot of knives in the back from the powers that be. I feel you
@Sebmpg
5 ай бұрын
Why are lawyers evil? They are doing their job.
@therundi100
2 жыл бұрын
The story of a company suing a customer over one bad review will do more damage to that company's reputation than the review ever could. Once their name is out, no one with any sense will want to do business with them.
@adotintheshark4848
8 ай бұрын
something's fishy about this story. We're not getting all the facts. If he, in fact, did defame the company , then he deserves what he gets.
@cdc19845
8 ай бұрын
Irish company.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@thomasmaughan4798
8 ай бұрын
@@adotintheshark4848 "If he, in fact, did defame the company" Their demand for $300,000 in hush money seems like extortion to me and is without honor.
@adotintheshark4848
8 ай бұрын
perhaps on one hand, but on the other, he has no business defaming a company or someone for that matter. The damage caused could be immeasurable. I don't think I'd ask for such a huge amount, but I would require he post a new review disclaiming his old one.@@thomasmaughan4798
@lonniehutchinson4310
7 ай бұрын
@@adotintheshark4848yes, the specifics of what the review said are key. Was it a simple opinion, or did it rise to libel or slander? I’m not sure why that key detail was not included…
@steveniemyer9288
3 жыл бұрын
I was a victim of a default judgement and never knew anything about until they tried to collect. I simply went to court and filed a motion stating I was not aware of the lawsuit and was never served. They reset the court date and when I had my day in court the case was dismissed.
@johnstack5008
3 жыл бұрын
Did you have to pay a lawyer?
@stephanbranczyk8306
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it sounds like we're not getting the entire story. I'm not saying there aren't abuses going on, but I wouldn't be surprised if this guy just buried his head in the sand every time he was served with a notice.
@stephanbranczyk8306
3 жыл бұрын
@@neilkurzman4907 "Is that the law in all 50 states?" You mean for filing a motion in a court of law? How would he know that? Even most lawyers wouldn't know that. But ask yourself, what's the most likely scenario? That the guy just ignored everything thinking that it would just go away? Or that he was prevented from filing a motion in a court of law?
@HypnotizeAmerica
3 жыл бұрын
We had a 3 hour hearing where every lawyer involved from my side told the judge I was personally never aware of the court date, and there was zero proof I had received any of the documents from the court. They still denied my request for a new trial.
@HypnotizeAmerica
3 жыл бұрын
@@stephanbranczyk8306 my lawyer quit the case (to go into a different line of work) and they kept sending him the electronic notices of everything, but never contacted me. I did not have a new lawyer at the time because I was waiting for the court to send me information about the court dates, etc. I hired one immediately upon notice of the default judgement BUT that took MONTHS due to COVID and the fact the case was so far along.
@scottgresham6759
6 ай бұрын
I'm getting a bit sick of living an honest life with such a threatening legal system there to 'protect' people.
@andy52709
6 ай бұрын
Damn this is real. It really isn't rewarding to be honest in this world of cheaters and thieves.
@patsk8872
5 ай бұрын
Then do something about it
@vampiresquid
5 ай бұрын
@@patsk8872 Like what, assclown? The legal system works to benefit people who have money for lawyers.
@paulis7319
5 ай бұрын
@@patsk8872 Doing something about it is what gets people sued into oblivion and/or jailed.
@scottgresham6759
5 ай бұрын
A legal system 1000s of years in the development, yeah nothing is too late, is it. @@patsk8872
@papatutti59
5 ай бұрын
I had ordered an expensive book online. I was given the video (email) of the book being boxed, labeled and paid for shipping at the post office. I was tracking the delivery every day. On the day of delivery, I sat outside the house waiting for the USPS to deliver the mail. Yup, I got mail, but no package. A few minutes later, I got an email saying my package was delivered. I went looking for the mail carrier and when I found him, he said he delivered it to my address. I filed a complaint with the postal service and they did nothing about it. About a week later, a neighbor came over and dropped off the book, saying the mail carrier delivered it to the wrong address.
@patndave4919
5 ай бұрын
Your mail man was Cliff Clavin? (on CHEERS)
@stevenebesni2432
6 ай бұрын
The court should have never even entertained it. What is the point of a review if you cannot leave a negative one?
@LincolnRon
3 жыл бұрын
This very common. I had the same exact thing happen to me several years ago. I had an "overdue" bill that I had already paid and had the physical canceled checks to prove it. They threaten to take me to court. About 6 months later I get a summons from the Sherif's department. I show up with my canceled checks and all correspondence from that company ready to defend myself. I get there and the judge had already ruled in favor of the company because I did not show up to some court date that I had never been informed of. That was when I discovered just how corrupt our court system is in this country. Years of legalized bribery of our judges and politicians have made a joke of our corrupt "legal" system
@UpnorthHere
3 жыл бұрын
In theory, courts are not totally immune from "discipline" for corruption.
@linardskinard8199
6 ай бұрын
'Shakedown System '
@sunchips5
5 ай бұрын
Sounds like you didn't have a good attorney or an attorney at all.
@LincolnRon
5 ай бұрын
@@sunchips5 How would I have an attorney when I had no idea there were court proceedings/actions scheduled?
@sunchips5
5 ай бұрын
@LincolnRon I don't know the details of your case. The fact that the judge didn't even let you present your case when u did show up is sickening. I'm just saying that a competent attorney should know how to protect against default judgments and further proceedings way way better than just a regular citizen. If for some reason you had a lawyer go with you, I think it would have been much less likely this would have happened. (Not to discount that a lawyer is expensive and u couldn't have foreseen the unfairness with how your case went.)
@karenstein8261
3 жыл бұрын
Default judgements, asset forfeiture, confessions - three things simply begging for abuse. They ought to be minor legal trivia, not the “go to” shortcut for abusers.
@andrewalexander9492
3 жыл бұрын
I guess I'm, not seeing the inherent problem with the basic concept of a default judgment. If someone brings a complaint against you and you don't respond to the complaint in court, what do you expect the court to do? They have to make a decision based on what they have, and if you've chosen not to give then your side of the story, then they more or less have to accept the complaint. It really can't be any other way and still have a functioning court system. If you could just not respond to a lawsuit, and have it dismissed because you didn't respond, then nobody would ever respond to a lawsuit, and they'd all be dismissed, including the ones with merit. There's obviously some problems with the system of notifying someone, but that's a flaw in the process, not a flaw in the fundamental concept. How do you think that the courts should treat a lawsuit that the respondent ignores?
@davidmuth4571
3 жыл бұрын
I got sued by a mortgage company 4 years after I surrendered my home without a foreclosure. I was never served or notified of any hearings, but I got notification letters from the court, and it seemed to me the judge was taking my side, as the plaintiff could not find any documents with my signature. The whole thing concluded without me having to do anything. Thanks Judge!
@davidmuth4571
3 жыл бұрын
@Frank Heuvelman I agree. By all means, move to Europe. It's government as if Disney ran it. Leave us knuckle draggers to our misery.
@dondiego2262
3 жыл бұрын
@@andrewalexander9492 The trouble isn't with the default judgement itself but with all the crap that goes with it. IE: documents written in legal ease so the average person can ' make heads or tails of it and then needs to not only find a lawyer but the right kind of lawyer to translate for them. To call what the courts do these days "justice" is really stretching the definition of the word and needs to be revamped so all can get justice. That is my opinion anyway.
@andrewalexander9492
3 жыл бұрын
@John Smith Yep, totally agree. Serving summons by US mail is just ridiculous. But that's a defect in the system, not in the fundamental concept of a default judgment.
@truckmann1762
7 ай бұрын
Says allot about the company that wants to sue their customers instead of working to do the right thing for them.
@henxinggan
7 ай бұрын
Why does there not have to be proof that someone was served? How are we supposed to prove a negative if we don't receive a notice? Ridiculous.
@rogers4845
3 жыл бұрын
I had a negative review that I asked google to remove because I had no idea what the guy was talking about. They did remove it. About a year later I found out it was posted by a competitor. One of their former employees came to me and told me it was their common practice. The competitor closed their business and filed bankruptcy, they have a mountain of unpaid taxes. My only revenge was playing on a rec league hockey team. The competitor was on another team. It was no check, but I did hit him with the puck 3 times.
@swatkins9391
3 жыл бұрын
Nice return
@jchapman8248
3 жыл бұрын
Congrats on the hat trick, bro!
@kentharris7427
3 жыл бұрын
I had an attorney give me a negative review and I had never did business with her. This looks like an option. I should send her a demand letter to have it taken down, if not I will take her to small claims court. She has given several negative reviews on several other companies. Even gave a negative review to a restaurant since her parents had an argument there!
@threeriversforge1997
3 жыл бұрын
Going down a similar road right now. It's a painful process!
@NiceMuslimLady
3 жыл бұрын
@@kentharris7427 How long ago? You have Statutes of Limitations to worry about.
@Fusion008a
3 жыл бұрын
Was sued a couple years ago, I was never served with a summons I only found out after I was sent a default judgement, I challenged the default judgement immediately on the grounds I had not been served. The biggest problem is that they allow the person that stands to gain financially to serve the notice, instead of the State that has a duty to both parties to a fair hearing.
@evensgrey
3 жыл бұрын
That depends entirely on the jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions require a sworn officer (usually a Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff, as everywhere in the US not under exclusively Federal jurisdiction has those) to do things like serve the notice papers. Such a limited pool can create some problems when things like the housing bubble bursting in 2007/8 led to huge numbers of foreclosure actions, but they also jammed up the courts rather well and certainly the Sheriff can serve notices faster than the courts can adjudicate.
@jamegumb7298
3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes they will serve by public notice. They often do this for paternity court when mom knows no address. Come home from another state, owe 100K.
@evensgrey
3 жыл бұрын
@@jamegumb7298 And one of the nastier things about that is the law in the US specifically state that already accrued child support must be paid, regardless of the validity of the claim. So, the mother misidentifies the father, accidentally or maliciously, and he still has to pay. (He might, perhaps, be able to recover the money from her, but that would be a separate civil action. Then there's the circumstances where the state can sue for child support WITHOUT the mother's consent, as can happen in some states.)
@jamegumb7298
3 жыл бұрын
@@evensgrey Or where the mother makes up a name, and the state goes after random guys. Was in the news, is is on yt somewhere.
@evensgrey
2 жыл бұрын
@JOHNSON Chodenseider That definitely has NOT been happening in the UK. Police numbers are WAY up from what they were in 1991. They've managed to stop an already violent country getting even more violent, but that's about it.
@bob456fk6
8 ай бұрын
It seems ridiculous for a company to be able to sue someone for $100K for hurting their feelings.
@stormshaman
8 ай бұрын
If it hurt their feelings but not their business they have no standing to sue XD
@robertwilber1909
Ай бұрын
100k was cheap
@chrisnamaste3572
2 жыл бұрын
The courts are asinine. You get at MOST 30 days to respond and THEN the courts take usually AT LEAST months to do ANYTHING! It can takes years. Finding an attorney and responding is VERY difficult in MANY cases. The courts are in serious need of modernization. My ex wife tried to get a default judgement against me through trickery of a false address....
@cohort6159
3 жыл бұрын
I sued a company and they didn't answer. The judge still made me prove my damages. It's not like you can play this game of suing people without proof hoping they don't respond.
@NeoTechni
2 жыл бұрын
it only worked cause you didnt have money, the company did. Had they sued you, they wouldn't have had to jump through those hoops /s
@adotintheshark4848
8 ай бұрын
Well, if you kept records of your damages, there's your proof. You should never go to court, either as a plaintiff or defendant, without documents.
@mrwonk
8 ай бұрын
The judge shouldn't have done that. I'm guessing this was small claims; as, a decent lawyer would have handled that request by the judge correctly.
@cohort6159
8 ай бұрын
@@mrwonk Bingo. Small claims. I got the judgement but it was a Pyrrhic victory. Never could collect.
@blackhawk7r221
7 ай бұрын
@@cohort6159The collecting part is a different court case. Gotta follow up with the payment order.
@nicholas_scott
3 жыл бұрын
Tim castleman has a whole website devoted to the issue. The Irish company over billed his for $8000. Leading to many court dates, that he won. The one he missed happened while switching lawyers and never got the date. Seems like an easy appeal. But the crazy part was HE was personally sued for $300,000 not his LLC.
@kjnoah
6 ай бұрын
Definitely crazy. He luckily won't be forced to pay while fighting it.
@anthonydurling4093
6 ай бұрын
How did they pierce the corporate veil?
@joeyscleaninglady2877
6 ай бұрын
@@anthonydurling4093 alter ego probably
@g-man2507
6 ай бұрын
Wow, that is nuts. I am guessing they claimed he wrote the negative review and not the LLC but it's not clear how they make that distinction.
@williamwilson6499
6 ай бұрын
I talked with a lawyer about forming an LLC and he said the idea of the “corporate veil” was essentially meaningless. It doesn’t protect you from anything.
@phatzwave4424
7 ай бұрын
This only proves how corrupt our court system is. Constitution? ROTFLMAO!
@Matt-yg8ub
5 ай бұрын
Had a coworker pick up a girl in a bar, one night stand and she was gone the next morning. All he remembers is that she said she was a lawyer ..but about a year later he got picked up for failure to pay child support. Apparently he missed court for a summons he never received, and the default judgment against him was 100% child support and complete loss of all parental rights. To this day he’s not even sure this child actually exists because he has never met It, isn’t sure if it’s a boy or a girl and has no idea if it know who he is or not…. he just keeps paying $1200 a month to the court (direct garnishment of his wages, since he is a city employee ) …anticipating further demands when college rolls around.
@jaredgarbo3679
5 ай бұрын
@@Matt-yg8ub Seems made up, no court will remove parental rights for no reason.
@jaredgarbo3679
5 ай бұрын
1st Amendment doesnt apply to civil cases.
@JoeyBlogs007
5 ай бұрын
WOW I would not buy anything from that company. So spiteful.
@mikehilbert9349
3 жыл бұрын
Why fix the problem with your company, when you can just sue the person you did a disservice to?
@KabobHope
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. You're assuming that the man was truthful. I'm not usually in favor of a big business, but there are too many missing pieces to make that statement written as a question.
@Riverrockphotos
3 жыл бұрын
Got to love America.
@Hirpeeda
2 жыл бұрын
Certified America moment. The rent ain't gonna seek itself. Courts are just another revenue stream
@robertwilber1909
Ай бұрын
there are many neurotic asses to take you seriously
@Fake.plastic.guy.
3 жыл бұрын
I nearly had a default judgement against me. I got served at work one day. Was from a landlord in a place i moved out of about 6 mos earlier. My 3rd and final notice. Judgement against you pending!! blablabla. Odd thing, when i moved out there were no outstanding balances and no disputes with them and they had none with me. They were claiming 4 months of unpaid rent plus costs. I gathered my paperwork and showed up at the hearing. The look of total surprise the prosecution and the judge's face said a lot, but the fact one was wearing track pants and the other in regular street clothes said it all. They were in no way expecting anyone to show up. I told them my name and showed the summons and the judge (sweatpants) said to the other guy, The defendant has arrived and it appears he is ready for trial.I had receipts, I won in a couple minutes. They had a pile of cases just like mine that nobody ever shows up for and would just plow through piles of them, in runners and sweatpants. It turns out the process server had my details already on file. So instead of going to some bogus address the landlord gave them, they showed up at my work instead. Heres the thing, if every week these guys sit down and run through a few dozen defaults and nobody ever shows up, ever, (once) shouldn't that raise some attention? It is one thing if the prosecuting lawyer was shady and ran a scheme getting defaults. How to explain the judges attire then? Is that what a judge wears in his courtroom while waiting for litigants who may arrive momentarily? The whole thing was blatantly obvious, laughable. I was just glad I won, i think they were seeking $4999. which was exactly how much I didn't have.
@jayhache5609
6 ай бұрын
Where was this?
@Fake.plastic.guy.
5 ай бұрын
@@jayhache5609 in canada, toronto.
@stanley1554
5 ай бұрын
The post office is complete trash. at least once per month they drop mail of mine (sometimes important) off at my neighbors.. that's ridiculous
@boataxe4605
8 ай бұрын
A huge blow to freedom of speech.
@geekfreak618
3 жыл бұрын
Sewer service of summons is still common. A judge nailed a credit card company for me who tried that with a bogus debt one time. They sent it after the hearing with postage due. I went in a hearing the judge had set later that I did find out about and she set the default judgment aside and made them pay my filing and copy fees. That lawyer looked so ticked off in court. I hope the judge sanctioned them as well.
@EVan-gu8fd
3 жыл бұрын
That is exactly what some companies do...it is a business model.
@equallawandorder5393
3 жыл бұрын
Divorce lawyer would mark the postage then mail it 7-9 days later. I received the court dates 1-2 day after the time in court. All the judgments were against me for not showing ✅ Some lawyers will do anything to win ✅
@jacqueslefave4296
3 жыл бұрын
There are some process servers that lie about service, forge signatures, drop it in one of your bushes, change your PO box into an apartment number, or give it to anyone with the same name, e.g., John Smith, Robert Jones, etc., and then they have "plausible deniability" if they get caught.
@EVan-gu8fd
3 жыл бұрын
@@jacqueslefave4296 Dishonesty = money 💰
@jacqueslefave4296
3 жыл бұрын
@@EVan-gu8fd You've got a point. The Scripture says that the LOVE of money is the root of all evil. The famous detective Joe Kenda said that virtually all murders are motivated by sex, revenge, or money, or some combination of those.🤔
@Zandanga
3 жыл бұрын
Five days before court date, I had someone put a letter in front of me to sign. This was the first I knew about being taken to court. I discovered this someone had signed for receipt of a summons in my name many days before. Bottom line, I got a lawyer.
@jeremyhubbardTX1
3 жыл бұрын
Fraud with a document.....hope they found out who it was and charged them with it.
@prioris55555
3 жыл бұрын
how much did you have to pay the lawyer many people don't have the money
@michaeldarr225
3 жыл бұрын
There is a video for that.
@jeremyhubbardTX1
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaeldarr225 Link?
@jeremyhubbardTX1
2 жыл бұрын
@ Wow...did they find out who forged the signature?
@thedude232
5 ай бұрын
Rule no 1 when doing reviews: Never use your real name or use a picture of yourself .
@stevenrichards1539
6 ай бұрын
Every time I have posted a review that was less than 5 stars, immediately there were a dozen 5 star reviews posted with no narrative.
@tessa7778
4 ай бұрын
Yeah! 😒
@NorthernKitty
3 жыл бұрын
Next time you see someone or poor or homeless, realize it could very easily be you if you fall victim to an unjust judgment levied against you. You may ultimately prevail in court and still losing everything in the process defending yourself. It can happen to anyone.
@CapnSnackbeard
8 ай бұрын
People prefer to judge. It's interesting where in society the real human trash hides, and how much of it there is.
@MrCharlesEldredge
8 ай бұрын
@@CapnSnackbeard You proved your own point. Bravo!
@justme5384
8 ай бұрын
Why don't you just.... buy a house?
@blackhawk7r221
7 ай бұрын
So, do not post accusations of a criminal act and try calling it simply a bad review. Got it.
@rhuttrho88
6 ай бұрын
Nope! Don't let a bad company bulky you! He only had to keep up with the court dates. Just keep calling the court house. When the date is set, you ate supposed to get a summons. Just keep calling until they tell you, your case has been set. The advantages of growing up in the hood. You learn the democrats dirty games they play against citizens.
@sergiosergio12345678
3 жыл бұрын
Courts should be requiered to send letters with a tracking number and return signature, otherwise they will destroy people's lives.
@w8what575
6 ай бұрын
I did a review on the veterinary clinic in town that was a positive but noted the fact that I was charged over $1200 for my pet to be put in a cage over night and then sent home…he passed away shortly after of what I could only assume as kidney failure…the vet has raised his prices to an obscene amount and no one can afford his services…that don’t include an actual diagnosis for ur pet so u can adjust the pets diet as needed etc….they took it down. As if I hadn’t been truthful. I currently live in the edge of town where people dump off their elderly pets to die alone and afraid because they can’t afford to have their pet put down. Needless to say they end up living in my yard until they pass away. I can at least provide food and comfort for the animals….it’s sickening that greed is the cause of these innocent pets being abandoned like that.
@elainec6989
25 күн бұрын
Trying not to get off the subject but my vet charges $380 to spay a cat! No wonder we have so many feral cats running around.
@mymusicaccount1456
3 жыл бұрын
My fed tax return was mailed first week of April 2020, spent nearly 2 months in Detroit. I was told by my local post office that there was literally a mountain of mail stuck in limbo because of the major shortage of postal workers because lots of postal workers tested + for covid.
@shekharmoona544
3 жыл бұрын
I had Virginia send a process server and the process server never showed up. Virginia asked me how long have I lived at this address. They called the process server they were contracted and started an investigation. I have a feeling that process server is not working for that state any longer.
@rhoonah5849
3 жыл бұрын
The process server was probably promoted to a supervisor.
@aquarius9491
3 жыл бұрын
The guy being sued should leave another review that he's being sued for his review.
@HypnotizeAmerica
3 жыл бұрын
I did, he has tried to have my website shut down and videos removed from KZitem.
@DFCAlaska
2 жыл бұрын
I had a similar situation to this except when they told I would owe them hundreds of thousands of I didn't take my review down I told them go ahead and out would counter sue them for so much money they wouldn't know how to go to the bathroom, they then apologized and vanished, I never got another bill from them or Heard from them again, but they also knew I was on to them and had recordings of every phone call we had as well which at the time was new for me. I had just got that set up a few weeks before they made contact with me. Thanks God.
@devilsadvocate1597
3 жыл бұрын
So it's actually financially beneficial for a company to deliberately do a terrible job then sue their dissatistifed customers! Only in America!
@cat637d
3 жыл бұрын
Justice is a purchased product, not for the common citizen!
@NYCZ31
3 жыл бұрын
This story doesn’t pass the smell test
@dsm5d723
3 жыл бұрын
International jurisdiction. Of Skynet on your phone. If he did ignore the court date, it was an open door to kill him from the social world and his search for value. Y2K Bug reporting to the lower life forms.
@mikew6765
3 жыл бұрын
Agree. We've got some facts missing here.
@Mewse1203
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. There's something weird here.
@betsybarnicle8016
3 жыл бұрын
He didn't get a notice of a court date? Sounds like the default should be overturned.
@Mewse1203
3 жыл бұрын
@@betsybarnicle8016 maybe...maybe not. If he knew there was a lawsuit pending, he should have contacted the court to find out what the deal was about not getting anything. It's a fine line between Excusable neglect and "should have known".
@LJinx3
5 ай бұрын
Scammed by a company in a tax haven? Sounds about right.
@WlmaAlexender-zl6nx
3 ай бұрын
No justice in our system, none.
@brt5273
3 жыл бұрын
It amazes me that there is no consideration for the veracity or legitiacy of the suit before entering a judgement, regardless if the defendant failed to respond properly appear. Seems like the court should take extenuating circumstances into account and there should be a postponement, at least to review whether the case has genuine merit before entering a judgement. I understand that in a situation like this, that is the function of the appellate court to sort it out, but the way the system is currently set up it seems imbalanced in favor of the plaintiff and ripe for abuse of the dendant.
@SmittyAZ
3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't a lot of 'bad' defendants just not show up? Once you've 'proven' that you've served them, what more should you do? The defendant could have contacted the court for a postponement? (Of course, if they're in the hospital, or overseas. etc., that would be a reason for reversal.) OT - I've actually seen a crooked Judge NOT dismiss a traffic ticket when the cop didn't show up. He made the poor guy come back. In my case, he made me wait until lunch to dismiss even though my case was called early. The other CHP officers spoke up and tried to say 'my' guy had an emergency. I was doing 60 in a 55 - he could find nothing else. I just wanted to see his face in court.
@Cheepchipsable
3 жыл бұрын
@@SmittyAZ In case you haven't notice, this "proof" of delivery seems rather flimsy in many cases.
@SmittyAZ
3 жыл бұрын
@@Cheepchipsable I know, I was just reminding everyone that there are screwballs on both sides. The judges should be smart enough to see what's going on, but sometimes the law is clear cut when you don't show up.
@cj09beira
3 жыл бұрын
@@SmittyAZ my father almost lost his office because of exactly this kind of thing, he was away from the country and had rented part of the place to a stationery store, the store owners were lazy and bankrupted the company, so they sued for the price of the whole office claiming that the rent was too high and forced them to go bankrupt, when there wasn't anything preventing them to leave, the rent hadn't increased, and they were only renting part of the office space. my father only kept the place because his mother happened to die a week prior to the last day he had to respond, and by sheer luck he decided to pass by the office before going to see the family, it was already friday, and the laywer had to stay up to midnight to respond. how a court/law would allow this kind of situation to be even a possibility is beyond me.
@TheMelnTeam
8 ай бұрын
@@SmittyAZ In a functional system, it should depend on whether plaintiff or defendant is the no-show. If plaintiff no-shows, that's a dismissal. If the defendant no-shows, plaintiff should still be required to present evidence that sufficiently proves damages on the merits. If plaintiff can't demonstrate damages based on uncontested claims, they should fail regardless of the defendant's presence.
@tonytee.1864
3 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for this guy. I hope he prevails. The company that did this to him sounds evil. Karma will be at their doorstep .
@Pfsif
8 ай бұрын
No he will succeed and vacation in the French Rivera.
@N1njaSnake
7 ай бұрын
You still believe in karma in this crazy world?
@edie4321
5 ай бұрын
And it's coming very soon. They've had it set for them. Let the reversals/shift begin. That's why its going to get rough for many. Karma's coming, and she's a Righteous bitch.
@EllaNonimato
5 ай бұрын
i dont believe in karma.. sadly, many awful people gets good things in life and get away with evil.
@edie4321
5 ай бұрын
@@EllaNonimato You're right, it has been set in evil's favor, but no more. The return is part of the shift.
@southwestxnorthwest
5 ай бұрын
I did this myself! I had contested a traffic ticket I received by mail and a court date was set. I completely forgot about it but after 10 days had gone by, I suddenly remembered it and in a panic. I emailed the court and explained the exact situation to them and they deferred the ticket for a year. They said if I did not receive any more tickets for another year, it would be wiped off of my record.
@DarkKnightBruce
5 ай бұрын
Cool. I am starting my own traffic law firm as soon as I get licensed (hopefully before the end of March). Please let me know what state that happened in. Thank you.
@DarkKnightBruce
5 ай бұрын
He should have hired legal counsel to get it dismissed and then countered with an ANTISLAPP.
@brianwest2775
3 жыл бұрын
How could someone claim that one bad review damaged them to the tune of $60,000?!
@jquest43
3 жыл бұрын
Thats part payment on a c8 corvette
@Marvin_R
3 жыл бұрын
one bad review could do as much as millions in damage, all depending on the exposure the review gets, how shocking the contents of the review are, and how big the company is. imagine a guy claiming there was rat poison in food he was served at a restaurant, and several websites and newspapers picking up on this. many people would be afraid to go to that restaurant. and a small business doing large transactions(a video game developer for example) could lose a lot of income from losing a single client.
@andrewalexander9492
3 жыл бұрын
Brian west, plaintiffs claim ridiculous damages all the time. that's why it's important to respond to the lawsuit, so you can show the court *why* your comment didn't cause $60,000 in damages. If the court doesn't have your side of the story, they have to accept the side of the story they do have.
@briangoodie3420
3 жыл бұрын
@@Marvin_R many years ago I was at an Italian restaurant, I cut into my meatball and there was a hammering nail in there. If I didn't cut into it and just stuck my fork picked it up and bit into to can you imagine the lawsuit and review. We got are whole meal for free, which was for 5 people.
@ClockworkGearhead
3 жыл бұрын
@@Marvin_R Eh, regardless of losses, the review should be protected free speech. Losses are on the company for earning a bad review. That's how business is supposed to work. If profits are protected by legal coercion, then we might as well just say rights are dead and go on to calling ourselves a corporate tyranny.
@ApesAmongUs
3 жыл бұрын
I just received a package yesterday that USPS claims they delivered in April. Until it showed up, it was the 3rd package they had lost (but officially claimed to have delivered) since September. You should attack them every chance you get.
@BillPalmer
3 жыл бұрын
@Sum-Tin Wong “demonrats?” Really? You expect people to take your claims seriously when you lead with name calling and the BIG LIE? The USPS was allegedly sabotaged in order to HELP trump. All the actual cheating to date has been on the republican side. If you have some substantiation of these rather unusual claims, please provide some proof. USPS “actively monitoring US citizens on-line activity for revenge”? Revenge prosecutions from the USPS? “Billions of supporters?” You know the saying: “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof”
@matthewk6731
3 жыл бұрын
@@BillPalmer Yes. Demonrats. One person's testimony can send a killer to prison, yet when hundreds of people come forward, testify under oath, and submit affidavits under penalty of perjury that they witnessed improper things happening, the courts rule that is not evidence. Other people find strange things happening via statistical analysis such as Biden surging ahead between 1 and 4 AM in multiple districts. Etc. Biden hid in his basement most of the time and would draw 20 people at rallies while Trump would draw 50,000. None of it passes the smell test. So yes. The demonrats.
@NotApplicable555
3 жыл бұрын
What pisses me off is that they're signing for packages now in your name because of "covid". I had a delivery driver mark a package as delivered and signed for, and they told me that my package was likely stolen by a neighbor. I know my neighbors and they wouldn't have stolen, but the delivery driver likely delivered to the wrong address.
@dalepres1
3 жыл бұрын
Yes; I've had that problem. I had some valuable coins shipped and never received them. Months later, they showed up even though the USPS had been claiming it was delivered to the local UPS Store where I get my mail.
@UpnorthHere
3 жыл бұрын
@@dalepres1 the tracking on your registered mail should show not only where they were but who signed for them at each location.
@kevinvitale8980
6 ай бұрын
No… say it ain’t so. This is definitely clown world.
@grobanite4ever85
4 ай бұрын
Companies suing customers does happen in the US it just happened in Washington state against a family for $112,000. These lawsuits are called SLAPP judgments. They are used to silence customers
@blindsquirrel7802
3 жыл бұрын
He should counter sue for violating his right to free speech for $500,000,000.
@AnnSisuLiv
3 жыл бұрын
Free speech is constitutionally protected with the government.
@grahvis
3 жыл бұрын
Your right to free speech is the right not to be sanctioned by the government for what you say. It is not a right to defame another person.
@edennis8578
3 жыл бұрын
@@grahvis It isn't defamation if it's true.
@grahvis
3 жыл бұрын
@@edennis8578 . I was simply pointing out that while speech may be free, consequences may not be. You have no right to avoid them.
@Golfnut_2099
3 жыл бұрын
@@grahvis BUT... in a defamation lawsuit, the person being defamed has to prove what was written is not true!
@dagonming1319
3 жыл бұрын
this is the 5th "online negative review gone wrong" video. one from Australia ( photographer?), Thailand ( American being arrested for hotel review), America ( American review of a US business), America ( American review of a judge), now this one from an American review of a Ireland company. thank you for the videos
@gi4dtv230
6 ай бұрын
He might not blame the post office,but I definitely will.
@shaunhall9319
8 ай бұрын
Steve, two things: I once had a default judgement because I did not get notice of the filing. I'm convinced it was just a dirty trick from my ex's attorney in that she didn't mail it to me, and I say that because she pulled other stunts as well. Also, in my life I i have twice missed showing up to court on time because I woke up that morning and had simply forgot about court that day.
@timroden6617
3 жыл бұрын
I got my court date and showed up. I told the judge I was not ready since I received notice of this court date yesterday. The judge chewed out the other side's attorney and then I filed bankruptcy. They never got the money.
@jameshanna8762
3 жыл бұрын
Ironically, they actually did increase his online presence by suing him. I would have never heard of him otherwise. Sounds like one of those twisted wishes granted by a genie.
@freedustin
3 жыл бұрын
after his company tanked...
@andrewbrown6522
8 ай бұрын
Thats insane. Id almost think he has a 1st Amendment case??
@DrKnowsMore
7 ай бұрын
I work for the postal service and I can tell you right now that you should absolutely blame them. Stuff is frequently lost, often at the processing plants where it is destroyed, lost, or simply forgotten about. During covid, male sat for months because the postal service was so short staffed that it couldn't deal with it. It's also the case that mail will often get to the office that delivers it and then be sent back by someone who is inexperienced and doesn't know what they are doing.
@TEAMPANIC42
3 жыл бұрын
I had a default judgement against me. The collection agency stated that I was delivered a summons. The problem is, I was at work the day I was supposedly served, and they listed the date and time "served". They also stated that it was given directly to someone. I live alone, so... Ended up having to pay over $3000 plus fees to the collection agency. Could have sworn that was illegal.
@CalvinCandieMO
6 ай бұрын
Yes that's because what they did is illegal.. the law is a joke.
@rosacam6765
6 ай бұрын
Why didn’t you get an affidavit from work stating you were at work at the time?
@TEAMPANIC42
6 ай бұрын
@@rosacam6765 Didn't/ doesn't matter. The court made it's decision, and I lost.
@chegadesuade
6 ай бұрын
@@rosacam6765 Great point, I'd think this would be easy enough to prove. Your employer can prove you were at work, and your landlord can prove you don't have any roommates.
@Matt-yg8ub
5 ай бұрын
@@rosacam6765 I don’t think it would’ve mattered
@b.arborio2404
3 жыл бұрын
"Freedom of speech...just watch what you say" - Ice T vs. Tipper Gore ('Phil Donahue Show' circa 1990)
@3rdFloorblog
3 жыл бұрын
Freedom of speech is beautiful until someone ruins it with bullshit accusation & other lies...
@hojo70
3 жыл бұрын
Freedom of speech is only the right to speak without censorship or restraint by the government
@TheMegalusDoomslayer
3 жыл бұрын
@@hojo70 until the government decides you owe someone
@Cheepchipsable
3 жыл бұрын
You have freedom of speech, just don't expect there to be no consequences.
@TheMegalusDoomslayer
3 жыл бұрын
@@Cheepchipsable I'm so glad we have punishments for practicing speech. See how free we are?
@TheTruthSeeker756
5 ай бұрын
Jesus, this is TERRIBLE! I hope his appeal is successful.
@VSUeric
6 ай бұрын
I am curious how the case was even heard in the first place. How did the court not see it was a retaliatory lawsuit?
@HypnotizeAmerica
6 ай бұрын
Ask the incompetent Judge Les Hatch at the Lubbock country courthouse. I plan on asking him personally once he retires in the next few years.
@bonjovi7120
5 ай бұрын
It is made up story😂😂😂
@HypnotizeAmerica
5 ай бұрын
@bonjovi7120 you stupid or something? Do a Google search, very real case.
@shekharmoona544
3 жыл бұрын
Do these process servers just purposely screw up? Someone should be held responsible.
@virt1one
3 жыл бұрын
Process serving is a business, they are paid for every person they serve. There are examples of corrupt servers padding their paychecks by just signing off on having served when they couldn't find the person. Those papers are dated, timed, locationed, and signed. One example steve did awhile ago the server had a *stack* of papers that were all date AND time stamped the same. (hard to serve several people at the exact same moment at addresses miles apart!) So basically everyone that server said he served were the people said they didn't get it had to be thrown out because they had no way of knowing which of the "I didn't get served" were real and which were fake, they just had to give the litigants the benefit of the doubt and consider them all fake servings and out they went. And you can't be served by mail, it had to be done in person, by a certified server, who has to find you, identify you, and physically hand you the papers. If servers try very hard and still can't get you served, they'll finally give up and post it in the newspaper or something, but that doesn't look like what happened here. And once you get served, you'll be MAILED a court summons with a date on it to be in court. If the postman loses that one, you may be in trouble. Normally you'd be watching your mailbox for the summons after being served, but with covid delays, it wouldn't be difficult to expect a long delay of weeks or months, and not be concerned yet about not receiving the summons, only to find out that your court date was in fact NOT seriously delayed, you had been summoned, and your court date had passed and got you defaulted. If this happened, there's a good chance he'll get it set aside, but at this point a lot of damage has already been done. I think if it were me, once I'd been served, I'd be calling the courthouse every week (or other week) to see if I had a court date yet. And paranoid ME would probably record those phone calls and make sure I verbally stated the current date to the clerk so it was on the recording. Especially with this big of an amount on the line! I do wonder though if he can recover any of the damages here. If he was fraudulently served, I'd assume he could sue the servers, and the servers may also find themselves in criminal trouble. If he was properly served and never received the summons I doubt he can get damages from the post office as they really don't "guarantee delivery". (it seems like a bad idea to not send summons via registered mail, for this reason, those are *important* ! ) This may just be a "one in a million" really bad luck thing. and not something that happens with any regularity, but I suspect there have been quite a few examples in the last year, mainly down to covid screwing the court schedule and varying wildly from people's expectations. And it's sad that so many important documents go through the post office, which has had a bad track record lately regarding lost mail. I've failed to receive property tax notices due to lost mail, and it's surreal and a bit frightening to come home from work to see a neon sheet taped to your door saying the city's going to auction my house off in 30 days to pay unpaid taxes! But thankfully I had 30 days and was able to run to the courthouse the next day and pay, but I shudder t think of what would have happened if they'd just MAILED that 30 day notice and the postman lost that too? Would i come home from work to see an auctioneer selling my house? Sure I have some fault there not paying attention to not having received the tax bill, but it would still seem to be very unfair! So what happened to this guy hits a bit too close to home for me.
@bruced.370
3 жыл бұрын
@@virt1one too long to read....give us the Cliff notes version, 😆
@davidmuth4571
3 жыл бұрын
In my state there are quite a few hoops you have to jump through to become a process server. It's also very easy to have your permit suspended or revoked. I applied for a job, but would have had to work as a contractor. Too much negativity, so I decided against it.
@maryjane9842
3 жыл бұрын
@@bruced.370 hmmmmmm, that was the Cliff Notes! [yes they were!!!!]
@billybeemus3929
3 жыл бұрын
@@bruced.370 - Disregarding something because it is too long to read will end you up on the wrong side of a default judgement someday.
@paulmartin2499
3 жыл бұрын
This gentleman's communication skills are impeccable. He ticks all the right boxes for effective communications that not only get the message across to others clearly, persuasively and affably. The targeted audience not only understands the message in a memorable manner, but he also motivates listeners to agree with him and do something about it - or carry it further. Pure integrity.
@archangel3237
2 жыл бұрын
All the skills of a great lawyer...!
@artm5294
8 ай бұрын
Bull Shit !
@michaelbeary
7 ай бұрын
The case was between Timothy Castleman and a Dublin company, "The Offline Assistant"
@georgen4492
2 жыл бұрын
This is why I have umbrella insurance. You never know what someone is going to do to you and it's cheap.
@nohopeequalsnofear3242
3 жыл бұрын
So...start a business, rip off your customers, then sue them for all they have when they complain. We are a broken country
@betsybarnicle8016
3 жыл бұрын
Very lucrative for evil people.
@adamgray1753
3 жыл бұрын
Something similar happened to MxR Plays two or so years ago, @@betsybarnicle8016. Unfortunately, the ones who sued MxR Plays are the same ones who have KZitem channels devoted to "viral" videos. You know those pet channels that have oddly business sounding names type of thing.
@Airplane_Willy
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there's a problem with patent vultures too. You create something, maybe the patent ran out, or you had unexpected success with a product. There are people out there that look for these situations, quickly file patents on said product, and then sue the creator of something that isn't even the plaintiff's. Is grotesque.
@everettsykes1774
3 жыл бұрын
The complainant company was out of Ireland.
@sitdowndogbreath
3 жыл бұрын
@@everettsykes1774 what's the name of the company
@stevejohnson174
3 жыл бұрын
From what I understand, Texas used to have some of the strongest Anti-SLAPP laws up until a few years ago. Had he referred it to a lawyer earlier, I'm guessing this would have turned out far differently.
@kevenwoods7939
3 жыл бұрын
that's what happeneds when Texas turns democratic
@prioris55555
3 жыл бұрын
@@kevenwoods7939so you think Texas was not run by criminals before that
@idminister
3 жыл бұрын
@@prioris55555 Of course during and prior to the Civil War the southern states, texas included, were democrat. It was about reagan's time when they switched.
@Punko1969
3 жыл бұрын
@@kevenwoods7939 Texas has been where patent trolls have been filing lawsuits for years because their courts are so corrupt and slanted against the individual. Not sure what 'turns democratic' means, but if you are suggesting Texas is now a liberal state, that's laughable. Texas citizens were more likely to go bankrupt from their natural gas bill during the February freeze (due to lack of regulation of the energy companies) than what happened in this story. A story that is seemingly only being reported from one side, since there is no mention of what the business suing the man was specifically accusing him of, or any attempt by the person writing the article to contact them to ask. The man could have made flat-out false claims about the business, which both the reporter and man being sued seem to be obsessed with the fact is Irish owned. Suing over a bad review seems a long shot at best, and more likely a waste of money if the person you're suing actually shows up to court. For someone to take the trouble, I'd like to hear their side. I'd like to read the actual review for starters, and I'm far from convinced that this guy wasn't notified of the court date. Something seems off about this whole thing.
@kenc2257
3 жыл бұрын
@@kevenwoods7939 Which world are you living in? "Texas remains a Republican state with Democrats not able to win any statewide race."
@kirklanyoshinaga8953
7 ай бұрын
I guess the moral of the story is to not deal with any sort of “growth” company. It’s just not worth it in the end.
@darrellhagan6124
4 ай бұрын
In these days of rampant stupidity, scamming, and evil the only surefire way to avoid being victimized is to pass away......
@Andrew_Sherman
3 жыл бұрын
Just the idea that you can sue for a negative review is just ridiculous. Is this normal?
@jt4369
5 ай бұрын
I’m a lawyer. In America, one can sue another because it’s Tuesday. It’s asinine. But it’s the system we have. As a society, we need to resist this kind of baloney. It’s creating a world no sane person would want to live in.
@gordonshumway7239
3 жыл бұрын
One question. When someone is defaulted, does the court take no notice of the AMOUNT of the claim. On its face, $30,000 for one online review seems outlandish. To collect you need to show actual damages don’t you? Can this company really show $30k?
@suzannehartmann946
3 жыл бұрын
HE SAID they told him you owe us 30,000 then they sued him. It is possible he really owed them that and that is what they sued for. Not the bad review.
@pansepot1490
3 жыл бұрын
We have only heard one side of the story. Steve has covered in the past stories of people who claimed that they had just left a negative review and then during trial turned out they had organized a large scale defamation campaign. The fact that this guy basically admitted he didn’t bother to defend himself (or at least paid very little attention) makes me think he’s either very naive about the law or he’s not innocent as he would have us believe. It would be interesting to dig deeper and find out what actually happened.
@fishimust4766
3 жыл бұрын
@@chrismarek7864 I see bigotry is alive and well. I often wonder why people are fleeing the failed State of California, the mecca of secular progressivism, and moving to Texas. It must be all that religion they have in Texas.
@outdoorsguy
3 жыл бұрын
@@fishimust4766 If California were a sovereign nation, it would rank as the world's 5th largest economy. Not exactly a failed state.
@icanrememberthis
3 жыл бұрын
Where are you getting $30k from? Steve said $300k in the video. Or was the 30 just an example.
@PALM311
3 күн бұрын
If I was this man, I would go online and leave my lawyers a bad review!
@donquihote6023
3 жыл бұрын
This is why society is getting more violent.
@lawfulmasses
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, Steve, congrats on 200,000 subs!
@metaldetectingnmore8763
3 жыл бұрын
Been here since 30k woah
@admiraladama5877
3 жыл бұрын
A random Lawful Masses makes an appearance
@alaric_
3 жыл бұрын
4k subber here!
@Speedy2222
3 жыл бұрын
wonder when i got unsubscribed, multiple channels i use to follow are unsub'd :(
@mikeclarke3005
3 жыл бұрын
Our justice system sucks, there should be due diligence and proof and multiple tries to get defendants notified and in court before a default! if proven was never notified the server needs to be prosecuted for fraud, we need to punish this crap!
@kc6nfv746
6 ай бұрын
All they would get from the poor is a pair of dirty socks and old clothes
@dandailey1857
3 жыл бұрын
Been there, lost house, business, all assets, wife left me, because of someone with similar name, bad criminal record, I was wrongfully accused and now have zero trust in court system & govt.
@berenscott8999
3 жыл бұрын
I'm being sued for defamation in Queensland of Australia. I'm ignoring the case completely and continuing to the actions that I am being sued for, in violation of the court order. Waiting on the case to default, and waiting for a potential contempt of court to occur. The simple answer is, I'm going to do anything I want, I'm 40 and sick of my life, and looking for a good enough excuse to end my life. Screw these people, I have nothing to lose. I'm going to keep going until I die.
@trentbrownstone1481
5 ай бұрын
Take them with you, bro. Godspeed.
@dawnstarr671
6 ай бұрын
They say it’s so windy in New Mexico, that Arizona blows and Texas sucks. Which it does.
@thedevilinthecircuit1414
11 ай бұрын
The defendant's admission of, "be more proactive with the courts next time," tells me he was served and failed to respond in a timely manner.
@CAPFlyer
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like there's a lot of missing information here - like not having a lawyer.
@mercdragons
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Because I can leave any review I want that is truth due to the first amendment.
@joesterling4299
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that is my guess as well. Defendant doesn't even know about court dates or proceedings? No lawyer worth his JD would let that happen.
@andrewalexander9492
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBooban No, you can't write untrue things. If you write something that is untrue, and derogatory about someone or a business, you can get sued. If you get sued, and you don't respond, the person suing you may get a default judgment, because the judge only had their side of the story to render a decision on.
@andrewalexander9492
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBooban Not sure if you're being tongue in cheek or not .. if you are, apologies. Anyway, you do have a right to lie, if you'd like, but if your lies cause damage to someone else, you can be held liable for those damages.
@RayleighCriterion
3 жыл бұрын
Most lawyers are grossly incompetent
@johnnolen8338
3 жыл бұрын
If an Irish company sued me in Texas (and won), I'd countersue them in Ireland claiming that they stole me pot o' gold. 🍀
@HypnotizeAmerica
3 жыл бұрын
I haven't tried that but I have switched to eating lucky charms.
@prjndigo
3 жыл бұрын
Why you gotta make this shit racist?? What do you call an Irishman who doesn't drink at a social event? _The Deceased_
@raqueljacobs1542
5 ай бұрын
Defamation Is quickly becoming my favorite legal topic.
@user-em1sj5ph6h
7 ай бұрын
The most dangerous animal in the world is one who is cornered and has nothing left to lose.
@mehameha4453
3 жыл бұрын
There are many opportunities in life to keep your mouth shut. Take advantage of every one of them.
@christophermoore7707
3 жыл бұрын
That's my problem . The web site says leave a review, like they really care, and I do. Look I couldn't even read the comments without posting.😁😂
@NIGHTSTALKER0069
3 жыл бұрын
It seems like we might be missing part of the story.
@patnor7354
7 ай бұрын
People need to start making their own default judgements against corrupt judges and criminal companies.
@TomPauls007
5 ай бұрын
And why did not the reviewer answer the company's contact (to take the review down) with proper foundation and counter damage claims right there? Preferably by written,. registered mail. So many inept folks out there....
@TheGravityAxe
3 жыл бұрын
From what I've heard about Service (from other cases) is that sometimes just having it land in your mailbox is considered 'being served'. Even heard someone say it could be sent into the void and would still being considered served, as long as it was posted to a last known address.
@dilsoncamacho4100
3 жыл бұрын
I really wish someone created a website where we can review courts and judges. Heck, gotta tell the people when a judge is a complete moron and when court defaults on people without properly serving. Leave a 0 stars review on this court/judge.
@roryross3878
3 жыл бұрын
Not to mention lack of merit
@swatkins9391
3 жыл бұрын
I am dealing with a moronic judge now. When the case is over, I intend to blast that SOB right off the bench through social media. He can sue all he wants. I don't care because I have nothing for him to take.
@sunnohh
3 жыл бұрын
That’s not how it works, that is not how it works at all
@ATSucks1
3 жыл бұрын
In Texas, Guadalupe county, judge William Old is dirty. When he was my public defender back before he became judge he told me that he could provide better legal representation if I offically retained him but I was poor and just accepted whatever he would provide as a public defender which was a plea bargin of course. SO WE GO INTO THE COURT ROOM PRESIDED BY HIS FATHER IN-LAW Judge Peaschul and I accept the rimjob that was my first rodeo. Later on Judge Peschul would retire at time when nobody else was running for that particular judge seat and william old was able to run and win unopposed.
@matthewalkman386
5 ай бұрын
There is a website already. Google it, can’t remember the name but it’s popular
@user-be6jn3co9f
5 ай бұрын
Heard a story like this just the other day. Why have review sites if you can't post your opinion and experience? This is ridiculous. Negative reviews are good for a company because they point out problems with a company's products and services that the company's personnel may not be aware of or may not think is a problem. To avoid the same negative reviews, the company takes steps to improve its products and services, which ultimately benefits the company. Allowing only positive reviews is a form of deceptive marketing.
@LiquidToast12
5 ай бұрын
Who is this evil company? Name them and shame them.
@DarkKnightBruce
5 ай бұрын
Internet Money Ltd. I spoke to the court clerk on the phone because their website has been down for years. I hope you read that quickly because Lehto appears to be scared of them. My comments disappearing...
@ez1913
3 жыл бұрын
Always take out the other companies owner before suicide.
@TacDyne
3 жыл бұрын
Always.
@xtranormal2350
3 жыл бұрын
And the Judge.
@richardm3023
3 жыл бұрын
Two words Tank-Dozer!
@luigi55125
2 жыл бұрын
@@richardm3023 Killdozer
@richardm3023
2 жыл бұрын
@@luigi55125 Yeahhhh...that too.
@bobriley8102
3 жыл бұрын
The courts are 1 way, I've been sent complaints before but never got them, the judge says " We at the courts believe once papers are sent in the mail, we believe that they made the delivery of said papers".
@LindaG858
8 ай бұрын
That is outrageous & no one uses any common sense anymore… this guy was taken/ruined by a company not even in this country…outrageous!!
@natelorimer8567
2 жыл бұрын
They served the wrong guy with the same name .
@shekharmoona544
3 жыл бұрын
These companies need to be exposed.
@Bobs-Wrigles5555
3 жыл бұрын
Offline Assistant
@SaucemanSauceman
3 жыл бұрын
Its the courts and lawyers too you know!
@zonuts
3 жыл бұрын
The company is named Internet Money Ltd d/b/a Offline Assistant; the proprietor is Kevin O'Connor.
@infinitelink
3 жыл бұрын
You can look up the public record and find the name of this company.
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