Lawsuit

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What kind of lawsuits have you filed against someone or vice versa and what was the outcome?

It is not unusual for the outcome of a lawsuit to only enrich the lawyers.

I was a John Doe in a lawsuit about 30 years ago.

I was high up at a small, high tech company -- mostly doing R&D. We sold a franchise to someone who wanted to expand beyond the franchise and didn't want to pay their franchise fees so they filed a lawsuit against us to dry up our funding and force us out of business. Our lawyers thought that if we could ever get the lawsuit to trial, the plaintiffs would likely be going to prison for fraud, but it would take a minimum of a million dollars to get it to court. We ran out of money and the company folded.

I have also been threatened with lawsuits on occasion, but none were ever filed.

^^ Here, here!! (kudos)

Yes, a disproportionate number of justice seekers and maltreated amongst ASD folks.

No lawsuits, but close.

When I was dismissed from a contract job for a medical test I had, I called the CDC (Center Disease Control), a lawyer, and then my contracting agency. I was reinstated with back pay.

When a medical facility lacked integrity (threatened to cancel the procedure the day before unless paid in cash upfront despite insurance overage) and didn't make full refunds, I reported them to the BBB (Better Business Bureau). They objected and gave me a veiled threat. I didn't have sealed-tight evidence, so let it go. Their threat came to pass, but it could have been coincidental; I want to believe so b/c the world is not that evil. Or maybe it is and that's the risk I took. I lived.

When my company continued to discriminate against me as a protected class and wouldn't relent, I quit and filed an EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) complaint. Ironically, my company had merged with the company I had contracted with 25 years ago (see paragraph 1). Afterwards a job offer at a different company was rescinded by someone involved in the case (not retaliation of course, simply coincidental ), which led me to a better job outside the reach of the dastardly folks of my former company. The rest is TBD.

I launched a county court action against a customer who made no payment or reply to invoice, reminder and final demand and had the satisfaction of him crying down the phone and getting payment that same day.