Looks like the lawsuit is over. Before getting to the substantive defences, the judge ordered the fellow suing me to provide particulars (the legal equivalent of “What the fuck are you talking about?”)
The fellow did not provide any particulars (because there are not any), so the judge tossed his case, with costs to me.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to re-open it, given his track record, particularly if I have to chase him to collect on the costs (I have scheduled an exam for August), but with any luck, this is the end of it.
Having browsed your earlier threads, one thing stands out. He keeps finding lawyers to sue his previous lawyers, while his previous lawyers keep suing him for not paying their bills.
There appears to be something wrong with this picture.
Props to you for not being one of his disgruntled ex-lawyers. Any idea how many idiot lawyers are left for the guy to hire in your area?
There’s one further lawyer in town who is known for this sort of stunt, but since he is smart enough to demand payment up front rather than on contingency, I doubt if he will be retained.
Yeh, we’re pretty much just sitting around like vultures at this point, with interest on the judgments slowly accumulating, waiting for his mother to kick.
With a judgment against him remaining unpaid, it will be easier for me to make a motion for security for costs should he come at me again. That would force him to cough up cash to the court for me to collect upon a further win, rather than leaving me having to chase him for it. Part of such a motion usually includes having to prove that he has no means to pay costs. That is why I have scheduled an exam in aid of execution. The more he claims under oath that he can not afford to pay the judgment, the easier it will be for me to get an order for security for costs should he come after me again. I tried this against him for my previous client, and it worked quite nicely.
Similarly, it will be easier to have him shut down for being vexatious if he comes after me again despite there being a judgment against him remaining unpaid to me.
What it comes down to, is that an unpaid judgment can be very useful to me in fighting him off if he comes back to haunt.
When I wrote “the judge tossed his case, with costs to me”, I should have been more clear and instead written 'the judge tossed the case with costs payable to me." Sorry for the confusion.
Maybe there’s a decent living to be made by suing people who bring frivolous lawsuits – like that SOB judge in DC who tried to sue the dry cleaner for 50 million bucks. I could imaging it being very spiritually satisfying.
