Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California
Company to Company
My company is an Arizona telecommunications company, we were hired by a Florida company �RTC� doing business in California for Scientific Atlanta who was hired by Cox communications, the work was contracted to us by what they call a node, each node is a different contract, we work on node #2451 and we are paid $xxxx.xx amount of dollars,
RTC got behind in paying us and when we demanded to be paid or we would no longer be able to continue to work they hired other contractors to take our place then stating that our work was unsatisfactory, they never supplied proof that any of our work was of substandard quality they just refused to pay, What I would like to do is take this to superior court, do I have a case? The total amount owed to date is $21.000.00
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Company to Company
Obviously, if they breach a contract, then they owe you the $$. The question is, in which state should you file suit? Consult with an attorney in the state in which the contract was executed or where it was to be performed.
Re: Company to Company
Failure to supply proof of your allegedly deficient work does not necessarily mean that they do not HAVE proof of deficient work. Whether or not our have a case depends on the quality of the evidence that all sides have.
Do you have a case? Sometimes you cannot fully evaluate a case until after the lawsuit is filed and the parties beginning exchanging evidence and testifying under the penalty of perjury.
The more important issue is the economics of the case. $21,000 isn't a great deal of money and you are talking about an Arizona company suing a Florida for nonpayment arising from work performed in California. If you don't have an attorney's fees in your contract, it might not be economically viable for you to file a lawsuit.
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