Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

I have a friend who's family may have thrown away a piece of mail with tickets to a concert addressed to my friends ex who used to live with them. My friend was with me the day that the postal service confirmed its arrival and with me for 2 days following. I KNOW that she had nothing to do with it. My question is whether or not my friend can be held legally responsible as her ex is threatening to show up to her door with a lawyer and law enforcement. I am in the state of california. Is that threat a bluff?


Asked on 5/23/12, 4:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jeannette Darrow Jeannette C.C. Darrow, Attorney at Law

This person is most likely bluffing, but there is always a possibility that the ex can file a small claims lawsuit (for a value of less than $10,000), or have an attorney draft a demand letter. Unless the tickets were worth a ton of money, paying an attorney just doesn't make sense. I highly doubt any attorney would "show up at the door" either. In a small claims lawsuit, parties aren't even allowed to have attorneys. In a lawsuit for a value of more than $10,000, the fee just to FILE the lawsuit is about $400, so it wouldn't even make sense for the ex to do that.

Law enforcement most likely wouldn't be interested in this either. Even if your friend or her family DID throw the tickets away, it would have most likely been an accident, and not something the police would be interested in. Not to mention that the ex should have had his mail sent to his current address and made efforts to have the post office forward the mail.

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Answered on 5/23/12, 4:41 pm


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