Originally Posted by TheCrossfirekid
Any one have any ideas on how much evidence will be needed to gaurantee a victory? Would someone else's statement that is knowledgeable of the situation and partially involved be enough? Basically someone owes me money- a neutral friend of both of us agreed to take over the debt on certain terms and he would pay me. Well, they agreed to terms, but the guy never came through. What do i do? If i hire a lawyer, am i able to sue for court costs,and lawyer fees? Y should I have to pay money to get my own money back? I think i'm just going to break this guys knees and call it even.
You can also deduct some of the loss from taxes, but you have to carefully read the deduction terms.
I don't know much about how to win your case. But when dealing with other people, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document, document.
never do ANYTHING without a signed, written agreement.
Around here we call the monetary loss a "stupid tax".