Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Florida

I thought I was helping out a friend in need by ordering a laptop off my Dell account with the understanding she would be making weekly payments for it. It got to the point she wouldn't pay for weeks at a time, and when she did pay it was maybe 10 or 20 bucks and then every week it was a new excuse of why she couldn't pay. Finally, she went over a month without paying, so I got the laptop back from her. She is threatening me by telling me she is going to take me to court and sue me. What should I do? Can you she do anything when the computer is under my name and she has nothing to prove she was ever buying it from me? Thanks.


Asked on 12/10/09, 8:02 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sarah Grosse Sarah Grosse, Esquire

I do not think she would be successful in any court action against you. She breached your agreement by failing to make the required payments, and you repossessed it. If she has paid substantially all of the cost of the computer, and merely missed the last couple of payments (before it is paid-off), the opinion could change.

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Answered on 12/16/09, 3:31 am


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