If the judge threw a case out before my attorney could utter the words "affirmative relief", may I take the plaintiff to small court for my attorney fees, etc?
I live in Virginia and the action took place in Massachusetts.
If I can do this, would I make my claim in my home state of VA or MA? I'd hate to have to travel all the way back to MA to do this.
Thank you for your help, LawGuru Team.
Contractor Liability Insurance
My contractor started building our home in Dec 2005.
He left the job incomplete on July25th 2006.
Because the work was incomplete we had a roof leak and we also had a fire because he did not properly complete the chimney. (We eventually managed to finish the house and gain completion however the defective aspect of the chimney was unknown to us at the time we started using it, late Nov 2006. We didn't know the roof was imperfect until it rained.)
He was covered by General Liability Insurance up until May 2005 but did not inform us that he had cancelled his insurance.
Are we entitled to claim against that insurance even though he is no longer insured by them?
In addition, the cause of our damage was due to imperfect work carried out under insurance coverage, however the damage did not occur while they were covered. Is that a get-out for the Insurance Company?
child support
I need a downward modification form to fill out. I live about 3 hours away from the clerk of courts that a pursuing my case.
