Legal Question in Consumer Law in Massachusetts

stop payment

i stopped payment on a check for services that i did not feel i received. i offered to pay for the part of the services i did receive and asked for an invoice to be sent to me. i received rude letter demanding payment in full. then i received a summons to court for check fraud. what can i do.


Asked on 5/21/07, 10:08 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Craig J. Tiedemann Kajko, Weisman & Colasanti, LLP

Re: stop payment

Is it small claims court or some other court (if so, which)? It sounds like you have a good faith dispute about certain work and your effort to pay for the work/services you admit was satisfactorily performed was an excellent move. It demonstrates your good faith in acknowleding the person/company deserves to be paid for the undisputed work/services. It also buys you credibility as to the work you allege was not performed well.

Their rude response refusing to address your concern and demanding full payment despite the concern will not reflect well on them. However, small claims courts are real crap shoots, and the good guy/bad guy analysis doesn't go as far as it should in helping determine a fair result or solution to the dispute.

What kind of work/services was performed, what is the amount in dispute, what specific work/services are at disputed, and why? Answers to these kinds of questions would enable me to tell you more. Feel free to contact me directly.

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Answered on 5/21/07, 11:15 am


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