[Nordskogen] OT: Legal help?

[Ben Tucker]

Replied privately.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Nezhka <nezhkadot at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  Does anyone know a lawyer in Pittsburgh?  :(
>  My parents just moved to PA from Minnesota, and the
>  house they bought needed a lot of work that they
>  didn't know about. They hired a contractor who
>  subsequently did a really shoddy job, only finished
>  one of over a dozen points on their -written- contract
>  and is now suing THEM for $8000 each for:
>  - My mom calling him a schmuck (which she didn't)
>  - My dad trying to back out of a "varball" contract
>  (actual spelling in court document)
>  The contractor also left them a belligerent and
>  anti-Semetic voicemail ("You Jews think you can walk
>  all over us"), as well as saying similar things to
>  their faces. He also warned them that he's lived there
>  his whole life, and "knows the magistrate" or
>  something.
>
>  My parents (and I) don't know anything about this
>  magistrate court thing, and the lawyers they've spoken
>  to basically said not to worry about it...? And that
>  it wouldn't be worth it for the lawyers to go to court
>  with them? They are really upset and I haven't been
>  able to find anything to help them so far. Can anyone
>  help??
>
>  Sorry for the bandwidth.  I didn't know where else to
>  go.
>
>  IS,
>  Nezhka
>
>
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