Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

I am being sued in small claims for the amount of five hundred. Dollar. The plaintiff says i did not do work on her house. She hired me with no experience in house repairs. I did repairs to the house at my ability. Was not paid hourly for work i did. Like haul away trash to dump, replace of outlets that were burnt out, light switches, face plates, kitchen cabinet repair, vacuum cleaning, the fact i had to run power to the house from a neighbors house. Also paid to have garage door repaired "recite for repairs". But sense the repairs she has had rented the house twice and now she lives in the house for two years. And now wants to sue me for repairs she says i did not do to the house. What options do i have? Oh and repairs were done back on the month of august of 2010.


Asked on 5/20/14, 12:50 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert F. Cohen Law Office of Robert F. Cohen

Since you completed the work (to the best of your ability) in August 2010, and apparently did not have a written agreement, the two year statute of limitation would have run on or about that date in 2012. Bring evidence to court of the work you did -- receipts for the purchases, tools, face plates, credit card statements, etc., since they all would have the dates of purchase. If you have e-mails or texts from her to prove the date(s) of your work, bring those as well. Simply tell the court that your work ended in August 2010, so she is time-barred from suing you nearly four years later. If you lose, you can appeal and have a lawyer accompany you. The winner on appeal sometimes is awarded a small amount to pay the attorney.

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Answered on 5/24/14, 5:16 pm


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