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Possibly suing my previous employer!
shmokes:
Dunno the laws there, and these things vary a lot, but statutes of limitations in New York range between 1 and 6 years (and 20 years to collect on judgements). If I punch you in the face you have a year to sue me for damages. If I owe you money or you want to sue for breach of contract you have 6 years to do so. A bunch of other, like damage to property, are 3 years.
At any rate, the statute has surely not run in this case or the lawyer would have told you right away.
Rick:
--- Quote from: eds1275 on November 18, 2010, 02:17:05 pm ---I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the lawyer, he says he has good news.
--- End quote ---
I wish you all the luck possible. I've dealt with two different types of Lawyers in my life. To the first type, "I have good news" means "come to my office, so I can tell you why my plan will work, and so that I can charge you for the hour you're hear listening to me talk." To the second type, it would mean, "I have received a response to our letter, stating that they are prepared to offer you [X] in exchange for you not taking this further". The second type is the Lawyer I have kept for the past ten years. The first one lost me about $100K, because of bad advice.
Again, good luck to you. You can never have enough of that.
eds1275:
Well, here's the update. The good news that the lawyer had was that he reviewed the emails and paperwork that I sent him, packaged it all up with a letter on the front and had me look it over for approval. We shipped it off that day, and I got a phone call on Wednesday from my employer who said that they had recieved the package and were going to look it over. It wasn't worth drudging up this thread for an update at that point. I had an email in my inbox when I woke up this morning saying that they agreed to pay me off and save everyone some time in court. They will be sending me a cheque out in the mail!
I feel relieved in 2 ways: 1, because I am 100% self employed since I lost that job, and my business hasn't really taken off yet, money is a bit tight. 2, by paying me off it's pretty much IMO them admitting that they were wrong. They may see it otherwise, thinking I'm just a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- starter, but I'll just keep thinking they may have come around. They have other employees in similar situations as I was, I wish them the best.
Samstag:
They may do things differently in Canada, but in the US that check would show up with a letter stating that they admit to no wrongdoing. Then they would continue to screw over your former colleagues.
The above is not sarcasm.
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