Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Small Claims Court"....it will work provided everybody team up in their local city/county/state filing such claims. Then Leica U.S. will have to focus all their resources fighting fires all over the continental U.S. or Canadian provinces. - --- Austin Franklin <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > He just > > doesn't see any individual consumer can win, > without > > legal representation in "class action" lawsuits. > > Hi Henry, > > Well, I know I CAN win. In MA, I can sue any > company in the US here > locally. No, I do NOT have to go to that state to > sue them. We have a long > arm statute that is invoked via what is called a > "93A" demand letter. When > I go to court, and it will typically be small claims > court, and they do not > show up...I will automatically win. They can only > appeal on a matter of law > (ie, I never bought anything from them in the first > place, and I was making > the suit up), not because they didn't show up. If > they fail to pay, then > they are in contempt of court, and prohibited from > doing business in MA > until they do pay. > > I would suspect other states have similar statutes. > > Austin > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html