So I was sued this month. I found out I was sued by getting a letter from Judge Mathis television producers trying to fly me to Chicago, I was also sued in real court.
I was sued for $1500 in damages by a neighboring property owner, I own 30 acres and operate a race track for a living on my property. I had 2 large oil field tanks get knocked over in a 60 mile an hour wind storm in January. One neighbor alerted me to this and I drug the tank out of his yard, fixed his fence, and all was good with him. However the other neighbor not so much. The other neighbor has about a 10 acre junk yard of old mercedes cars. He's very reclusive, has no people skills, and is boarderline retarded. At first I thought the guy was actually really intelligent but strange, I was wrong.
I tried to make things right with him as well, instead of allowing me onto his property to remove the tank and fix his fence he decided to put up about 15 no trespassing signs. He would make an "appointment" with me to do the removal / repairs then email and cancel. Other than about 6 fence posts and the tank being on his property there were no other damages.
We went to court on the matter Friday. The man really really struggled to make a point and the judge asked him at least 10 times "What does this have to do with your claim". He made up a bunch of other damages that didn't happen and said he had gotten some free legal advice suggesting that he not allow me on his property.
I guess I will get to the point of what I'm really really pissed off about. The man could have came to me and said "Hey I would rather no one enter my property, can we settle on a dollar amount and I take care of it myself?". The court paperwork said he had has demanded payment and I have failed to pay, when the reality of the situation is we never once talked about money. The guy has also followed me around town to spy on me at a jobsite. He has also really been digging into my background and bringing up several things in court that not only have nothing to do with the case (And the judge told him that), but flat out are untrue. He told the judge he could prove I have no insurance and drive around every day. I have $250,000 in heavy equipment setting on my property, 3 pieces of property, and 3 vehicles that are insured to the moon, and have been for years. He has also trespassed on my property several times. After an event one day we forgot to take our American flag down, I found it the next day taken down with a note around it telling me to "Post on facebook how you disrespect our country blah blah blah".
The judge did order that he let me remove the tank tomorrow and repair the fence, we will go back to court on Oct 3rd and the judge will make a decision on the case then. I'm sure it will cost me something but I'm determined to make sure the guy regrets ever fucking with me.