Legal Question in Business Law in Michigan

contract dispute

i worked freelance for a local paper with no written contract. when they sent a contract out that i didn't agree with i did not sign it but did invoice them for what they owed me. now they say they won't pay because of the provisions in the new contract (i never signed it)

is there a law i can site that does not allow this?


Asked on 6/25/03, 2:12 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Regina Mullen Legal Data Services, PLC

Re: contract dispute

Your work will be covered by general contract principles for anything that occurred before the contract was offered.

Since you didn't accept it, you're not bound by it.

However, you need to analyze the situation and the relationship and determine which route you're going to take.

If the courts have to decide, the contract will bascially be irrelevant, because there was no "meeting of the minds," so it may have to take a "split the baby" approach, which you might like even less.

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Answered on 6/25/03, 4:53 pm


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