Legal Question in Construction Law in Illinois

So customers didnt pay,after i got okay on all the work, i recived a message saying we werent allowed back on the home because some of the stuff was left unfinished and to go get my tools because they threw them outside,we went they ran inside,we got into a verbal disagreement threw the glass door and they called the cops,they wrote a report and said wouldn't be signed if we didnt contact and stayed away so we were okay,we were only able to contact thru mail,so i sent them bill again and a week later after they recieved it they went in to the police department and said they were fearing for their lives after we had obeyed the deputy on no contact,even the deputy said it didnt make sence why they would do that,long story short the threatening charges got dismmised because they didnt even show up to court so now we are going to civil court to settle the pay ,they also said they had some one else finish the work so now WE OWE THEM haha ,any advice in how to handle this matter ,really appreciate it,thanks


Asked on 6/24/15, 4:57 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Stephen Messutta

Get an attorney. If you charged $X and it cost them $X plus to get the job done right and they proved you screwed up, yes you could be liable to them for the excess money. NO haha here; that is the basic law of contract damages. And if you didn't file a lien then the haha could be on you if you had the right to file it, because you may have lost some important rights.

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Answered on 10/07/15, 10:49 am


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