Legal Question in Business Law in Florida

Web hosting service suspension

My companys website and email is hosted by company a. Company buys services in bulk from company b.

My company also buys some services from company b not related to our email or website. Company b has failed to invoice our company, and wished us to pay our bill without an invoice. Our accounts receivable group only operates on invoices received, not on requests over the phone.

The invoice to company b has gone past due. We are more than able to pay the invoice and on multiple occasions have said please send an invoice.

Company b has suspended our services, fine. But they also have suspended our corp. Website, blocked our email and posted a page announcing to all of our customers that our account is suspended for billing purposes. We did not buy those services through company b. Therefor is this legal, do we have any course of action?


Asked on 10/29/03, 5:14 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys

David Slater David P. Slater, Esq.

Re: Web hosting service suspension

Your question is unclear. How can company b interfer with your website controlled by company a? What does company a say? In any event, an injunction with damages may be in order. Good luck.

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Answered on 10/29/03, 6:37 pm
Peter Gonzalez Sanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, Crespo, Gomez & MachadoLLP

Re: Web hosting service suspension

Are there any written agreements that dictate and control the parties' relationship? If you have an agreement with company A, what does it say? What are your responsibilities relating to payment of fees or bills? What is your agreement with company B? Is there any agreement in place that connects companies A and B? Without reviewing those written agreements, assuming they exist, one cannot provide meaningful guidance on these questions raised by your statement. You may have a viable basis for filing a lawsuit seeking injunctive relief and an award of monetary damages based on theories of breach of contract, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and tortious interference with a business or contractual relationship, and perhaps other causes of action. You should seek a personal consultation with an attorney to properly and fully evaluate your situation and to determine your legal options in relation to the facts and circumstances in which you find yourself. Good luck.

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Answered on 10/29/03, 7:44 pm


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