Mark asked:
"how the heck can someone make a false claim and force you to travel a couple
thousand miles! any opinions?"
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Mark--
I assume that you have been paid in full, in which case he is the one with
the problem, not you.
Assuming that you are served with papers, read the summons carefully and
follow the instructions to the defendant (that's you). Be sure to set forth in
a
sworn response or affidavit that you are not a resident of the state in which
the action is taking place and that the entire transaction took place outside
the state, challenging the Court's jurisdiction over both the matter and your
person. Send your response to him and the Court via Certified Mail. You may
get lucky and the Judge may dismiss the claim.
In any case, a judgment against you in the "other" state will be of no
practical worth to him assuming you own no property in that state against which
he
can levy. In order to enforce the judgment in your state he would have to "sue
on it" in your state to make it a valid judgment upon which he could collect,
then bring proceedings to levy upon it. It's pretty unlikely that he will do
that from the way things sound.
BTW, my legal advice may be worth only what you paid for it, but good luck.
Best--Michael Oritt, 100 Le Mans
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