Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> At 04:03 PM 3/4/02 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote: > >> But your basic statement is a gross over-characterization of > the current > >> state of the law. > > > >Well, Marc, please explain why YOU BELIEVE it is a GROSS > >over-characterization? I have done this very thing a few times and have > >won, and had no problem collecting, or enforcing collection. > > Austin > > You earlier stated: > > "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." > > You made a flat statement that the Massachussetts long-arm statute allowed > ANY corporation to be hauled into a Massachussetts state court upon > complying with the requirements of that act. I do not know if the business has to be a corporation, or just a business, but I have not had any problem with that being an issue. An individual is a different story, and has different requirements, but it too, can be done. It also has to be a company that did business IN this state, obviously...I am not talking about my being in another state, and buying something IN that state... > Your statement would have been fine if qualified a bit -- something along > the lines of, "In Massachussetts, I can sue any US company REGULARLY > CONDUCTING BUSINESS HERE and can do so in a Massachussetts court." Now what I said "would have been fine if qualified a BIT"....as opposed to "GROSSLY over-characteris[ed]"...but I'm hardly going to outline the entire MA legal system on this list (which I could not do anyway)...so yes, some things said MAY need clarification...I'll include a disclaimer in everything I say from now on ;-) Austin DISCLAIMER: No animals were spoken to in harsh tones during the preparation of this email. P.S. You spelled Massachusetts wrong ;-) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html