In 2008, we had all of the floors in my home replaced with a lovely bamboo flooring. In early 2009, I noticed that the downstairs floors were not looking so good, and over the next few months, they totally "failed" and were all cupped and coming off the concrete slab below.
A long battle began with the flooring company, who blamed ME for the loss, saying everything from a door mat under the litterbox to leaving a window open upstairs one day caused the floors to fail. In fact, they hadn't followed the installation instructions, and the concrete slab absorbed moisture from the ground underneath, and caused the failure.
Many letters from my attorney friend later resulted in them agreeing to replace the floor and they began demolition last year, but then refused to honor that contract, saying we had a fireplace leak and we were intentially misleading them all along! Well, I had a general contractor, a chimney expert and my insurance company evaluate that, and none of it was true. Again, it was their installation that caused the problem.
We hired a new, local attorney in January, and tomorrow we will go to court. Last week they indicated they were wanting to settle out of court, but refused our settlement offer. It's possible they may still settle, but with each passing minute, it becomes less likely.
I'm nervous, as I will be the first witness called, and I've never done anything like this. I can be fairly expressive and have a good command of communication via the typed form of communication, but verbally, especially in a stressful situation---YIKES!
So, if anyone can spare any vibes--especially that the whole thing gets settled nicely BEFORE trial in the morning--I would appreciate it. We are scheduled to appear before the judge (no jury!) tomorrow at 9 am. This suit can potentially net us well into the 5 figure range, so it's not a petty thing, at least to us!
Thanks so much.
Cally
A long battle began with the flooring company, who blamed ME for the loss, saying everything from a door mat under the litterbox to leaving a window open upstairs one day caused the floors to fail. In fact, they hadn't followed the installation instructions, and the concrete slab absorbed moisture from the ground underneath, and caused the failure.
Many letters from my attorney friend later resulted in them agreeing to replace the floor and they began demolition last year, but then refused to honor that contract, saying we had a fireplace leak and we were intentially misleading them all along! Well, I had a general contractor, a chimney expert and my insurance company evaluate that, and none of it was true. Again, it was their installation that caused the problem.
We hired a new, local attorney in January, and tomorrow we will go to court. Last week they indicated they were wanting to settle out of court, but refused our settlement offer. It's possible they may still settle, but with each passing minute, it becomes less likely.
I'm nervous, as I will be the first witness called, and I've never done anything like this. I can be fairly expressive and have a good command of communication via the typed form of communication, but verbally, especially in a stressful situation---YIKES!
So, if anyone can spare any vibes--especially that the whole thing gets settled nicely BEFORE trial in the morning--I would appreciate it. We are scheduled to appear before the judge (no jury!) tomorrow at 9 am. This suit can potentially net us well into the 5 figure range, so it's not a petty thing, at least to us!
Thanks so much.
Cally
