Legal Question in Business Law in New Jersey
I have several signed change orders from a client. They were signed, scanned and emailed to me. After I saved them to a folder I deleted the emails. The client knows this. She is now claiming they look like her signature but that she does not remember signing them. This person has lied in the past during the project. I�m afraid of her claiming they were forged. What is my liability civilly or criminally if indeed those signatures turn out not to her hers? And is there a way for me to get a handwriting specialist to verify a scanned document and to determine without a doubt that it is her signature? This is keeping me from filing suit. they owe in excess of 70K
3 Answers from Attorneys
Yes she can and it sounds like you need someone to manage all of this for you. I had a case a few years ago that I won partly due to my handwriting expert. Call me at 732/773/2768 to discuss further.
You have a big problem. There are a couple of things I would suggest to you NOW, before you take any more action, to help make your claim to get paid a lot stronger.
Handwriting experts are not terribly expensive, they have been involved in a couple of cases that I was involved in.
But more important, it seems like she is setting you up to not pay you on the job.
Give me a call, make an appointment to come see me, and I will go over this with you, and give you some advice. I will let you know up front what the fee will be for this assistance.
Robert Davies, Esq. 201-820-3460
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The fact that you don't have an original document does not mean that you need wait to file suit. There are ways to authenticate handwriting and, if done correctly, may not cost you anything extra. Even if the problem with signatures results in a problem with a contract claim, there are related claims that don't require a signature. � My firm handles matters of this type, however the efficiencies in this matter may be influcenced by your lawyer's location. If I can be of further help to you, call or email. � See also: http://info.corbettlaw.net/lawguru.htm
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