Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Maine

cancellation fee on hair appointments

my daughter recently had a wedding and due to her illness the day of the wedding, her and the bridesmaids didn't make their hair appointments. being from out of town we didn't even know the location to call the salon. the salon is now wanting my daughter to pay a fee. she was never told of any fee if she cancelled. the salon also told her a different amount than orig. quoted. the salon has nothing in writing or any credit card onfo from my daughter. can she be forced to pay? i wouldn't mind paying if the owner hadn't lied to my daughters fiances commander in the coast guard. she lied and told them my daughter was drunk when actually she was so nervous she was physically ill. she even told them that we told her she was drunk. we did no such thing. she is trying to get him into trouble with the coast guard when he has nothing to do with this.


Asked on 3/22/07, 2:18 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jerome Gamache Ainsworth Thelin & Raftice, P.A.

Re: cancellation fee on hair appointments

A contract does not have to be in writing to be enforceable, so if the hair salon can prove that it obtained a verbal agreement from somebody about its cancellation terms, it is possible it could be enforced by a small claims court. The difficulty is in predicting what a Judge chooses to believe when 2 parties tell 2 versions of a verbal agreement.

However, I am not sure how the defamatory comments to the Coast Guard came into the picture. Your son in law may well have his own claim against the salon for the statements regarding drunkeness because such statements, if untrue, are per se damaging.

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Answered on 3/23/07, 10:15 am


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