SoCal Somewhere Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Or, should the title be: DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE (and how much of a win is this?) Ok, I realize there may be some pitfalls in that PRA could re-open my case. But, do they/would they do that? I ain't gloating. The lead up was stressful, I was flailing and there were some things I could've done better. See my original post. A recap of the past two weeks: My last hearing was to set a trial date of Feb 8. The judge handed us both an Advance Trial Review Order. ( Look it up for California to see samples of it.) I was confused by the document. It basically was an inventory of case evidence and witnesses. The contract attorney for the plaintiff filed it with nothing listed. (Suspicious: No evidence? No Witnesses?) I did the same. I was late to send out my Discovery/ Demand for Documents to the Plaintiff. This was a mistake. The deadline is tricky. I understood it to be 30 days before trial. But it closes 30 days before trial. I feel I still don't completely understand the deadline, but I now at least know to get it done early, at latest 65 days before trial. That being said- it would have been understandable and permissive for the Plaintiff to just ignore my discovery requests. However, they ended up replying the day before the trial with a point by point refusal of each of my discovery demands per my violation for CCP 2024.020(a) So, why even bother sending me that? Did they have to? Or, were they trying to psyche me out? Anyway... TRIAL DAY! I wake up early, keep a positive attitude, go the gym, "Mama Said Knock You Out" on repeat! Get to the court house early. Breathing deep. Courtroom doors open at 9:00 am sharp. Friday trial call. Everybody signing in. All kinds of people and civil matters stacking the day's schedule. Contract lawyer for the Plaintiff strides in, calls me out while he signs in and announces "I'm going to dismiss your case" . We wait for the judge to call us into the octagon to make it official. And that's it! 5 minutes. So, what happened here? Am I lucky? Did I simply answer and show up? Did I use the Magic Words? Well, like I said- no gloating here. I got TWO MORE of these things on deck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasrocker Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Excellent. It sure is peculiar how the naysayers are as far away as they can get every time someone wins in court but when you say you want to fight a JDB in court all you hear is, "Those outdated tricks don't work anymore" "These days they demand all the documentation they need from the OC and all states have adapted to the 'adoptive records doctrine' "or "You can no longer win if arbitration isn't an option and everyone in the courtroom knows you owe the money so you should just work out a settlement." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenBucksBroke Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Congrats! It sounds like you just got lucky and maybe portfolio didn't have the required proof. So they take the loss on that one! Good luck with the next two and keep us posted! You sure "knocked 'em out"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobk4me Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Congrats as well. I'd call it a win. I doubt if they will be back. As I'm not familiar with California, I can't say if it was something you did or you were just lucky. Maybe the JDBs there just don't want to bother with contested cases, and prefer the easy prey of default judgments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadinca Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 great job! congratulations!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calivik Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 I won against them back in 2011 and they have not refiled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktigs Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Sounds like a win to me! I just had our case dismissed this week because their lawyer did not show up. They didn’t have any proof as far as I know. How long do I need to wait the 7.6 years to fight this to get it off our credit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackFromTheDebt Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Cases dismissed without prejudice are rarely refiled. Great win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialDateSetFor Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 On 2/9/2019 at 8:01 AM, texasrocker said: everyone in the courtroom knows you owe the money so you should just work out a settlement." This made me laugh so hard. It’s hard to defend yourself with a straight face, but I’ve done it five times and won five times. Thank goodness the burden of proof is on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BV80 Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 35 minutes ago, TrialDateSetFor said: This made me laugh so hard. It’s hard to defend yourself with a straight face, but I’ve done it five times and won five times. Thank goodness the burden of proof is on them. Your comment is rude and condescending. The type and amount of evidence required in your IL county court for debt collection actions can very well differ in county and appellate courts in other states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialDateSetFor Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 11 hours ago, BV80 said: Your comment is rude and condescending. The type and amount of evidence required in your IL county court for debt collection actions can very well differ in county and appellate courts in other states. Oh Dear, I was genuinely laughing at the fact that he said “everyone in the court room knows you owe the money.” I guess I wanted to believe that when a person is defending themselves some in the courtroom May actually believe they truly “don’t recall.” Anyway, my apologies for saying something offensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BV80 Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 1 hour ago, TrialDateSetFor said: Oh Dear, I was genuinely laughing at the fact that he said “everyone in the court room knows you owe the money.” I guess I wanted to believe that when a person is defending themselves some in the courtroom May actually believe they truly “don’t recall.” Anyway, my apologies for saying something offensive. Thank you for clarifying. I offer my apology for misunderstanding your comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialDateSetFor Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 12 hours ago, BV80 said: Thank you for clarifying. I offer my apology for misunderstanding your comment. No problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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