Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
harassing emails
Currently I am being sued by an individual that I have never did business with. The plaintiff currently has a lawyer and is sending both my sister and myself threatening emails that she will put a lien on our homes, garnish our wages, go after our checking, savings and our cars. I thought once you hire a lawyer you are not allowed to contact the defendant. I was told that I can send the lawyer a letter stating that if he does not drop the case I will proceed with a civil & harassment suit against both him & his client. Is this true?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: harassing emails
This is the second posting on the same issue. As to your additional comments, you can only sue the attorney if they knew or should have know that the client had no case and merely trying to blackmail you into a settlement. That is very difficult to prove. Wording it as you state in your posting might be considered blackmail on your part; you could ask the lawyer to provide information as to why he thinks you have some liability.
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