# Well, my case comes to Court today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714 "2007-07-06T10:31:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/1 "2007-07-06T10:31:02Z")
Last year, I was struck by a car, while riding my bicycle. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365495&highlight=bicycle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365495&highlight=bicycle) Well, they never provided insurance info, never paid for the bike, & got all shirty in my lawyer’s office. So today, we go to the Bar Of Law. This is new for me. Court in session at 9AM. First onna docket. Wish me luck. Or fish. Or sumptin’. Just \*\*\*wish, darnitt! 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/2 "2007-07-06T10:36:23Z")
Kick ass, you know the names. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/3 "2007-07-06T10:44:30Z")
Best of luck - let us have an update when you’re done. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/4 "2007-07-06T11:10:52Z")
Hope things go well, **Bosda**! ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/5 "2007-07-06T12:36:16Z")
How can you _not_ win? It’s in the bag, man, in the bag! ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/6 "2007-07-06T13:03:04Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] So today, we go to the Bar Of Law. This is new for me. Court in session at 9AM. First onna docket. [/QUOTE] Best of luck, and please keep us posted! ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/7 "2007-07-06T13:04:36Z")
Best of luck - don’t forget to tell us what happens! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/8 "2007-07-06T13:09:17Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Last year, I was struck by a car, while riding my bicycle. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365495&highlight=bicycle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365495&highlight=bicycle) Well, they never provided insurance info, never paid for the bike, & got all shirty in my lawyer’s office. So today, we go to the Bar Of Law. This is new for me. Court in session at 9AM. First onna docket. Wish me luck. Or fish. Or sumptin’. Just \*\*\*wish, darnitt! 😉😃 [/QUOTE] Something eerily similar to what happened to you happened to my grandmother last year… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/9 "2007-07-06T13:32:01Z")
I wish you fish. and I hope you get to crush them and their generatins yet unborn. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/10 "2007-07-06T14:37:44Z")
Depends, how much justice can you afford? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/11 "2007-07-06T14:40:05Z")
Is this a civil trial or traffic court? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/12 "2007-07-06T14:52:15Z")
Hopefully this won’t turn into a **cycle** of cases, where you have to **car** ry on paying fees. At least it’s not a drug **traffic** king case. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/13 "2007-07-06T15:17:18Z")
Give the man several kinds of hell! And if that doesn’t work, fish. A trout, at least, delivered facially. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/14 "2007-07-06T15:45:12Z")
Let us know what happens! You’ve had a hellova year, man. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/15 "2007-07-06T15:47:46Z")
OK. Good news/bad news. **Good news** I won. $1650.00, for doc’s bills, the bike, punative + court costs. Over in 5 minutes. **Bad news** I won by default. This guy didn’t show up in court. And my lawyer says it’s iffy that we’ll ever collect anything. ☹ I was almost late. I got turned back at the courthouse door. I forgot I was carrying my Swiss Army knife. :smack: As I hadn’t eaten beforehand, I treated myself to a pancake breakfast at Cracker Barrel. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/16 "2007-07-06T16:09:17Z")
By default or not, you won! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/17 "2007-07-06T16:29:44Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] By default or not, you won! [/QUOTE] Which is meaningless if he can’t collect. That dirtbag can string this out forever and you can’t collect if he doesn’t have anything anyway. It sucks that the guy isn’t human enough to pay for the problems that he caused. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/18 "2007-07-06T16:49:54Z")
Do you know where he lives? If so, go through his trash, get his bank account number, and have your lawyer file a “writ of garnishment”. Don’t release the account until he’s satisfied the judgment and paid the lawyer’s fee and filing cost for the writ. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/19 "2007-07-06T18:20:57Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Do you know where he lives? If so, go through his trash, [/QUOTE] I cannot help but wonder about the legality of that suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714/20 "2007-07-06T18:28:36Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] If so, go through his trash, get his bank account number, [/QUOTE] Um, IANA lawyer or police officer, but I think the cops could get him on trespass and possibly theft charges… **Bosda** , why does the lawyer say it’s iffy? _curious_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-case-comes-to-court-today/410714.md?page=2)