I loaned a friend $600 five months ago. All I have is the multiple text messages and voice mails saying he's going to pay soon.

The messages (depending, of course, on the actual content) may be helpful to you in establishing that you loaned the money to him. Even if there...

If I have nothing and I lose a civil suit, what happens?

I am a New York attorney and cannot advise as to the application of your state's law, but I can provide certain general information that may be...

Follow-up to rendering a decision

If the other side presented only a few of a vast array of communications, it is up to you to present other communications that will shed more light...

Do I cave in and help pay or do I get a lawyer and fight it?

It sounds to me as though both of you were wrong in certain ways. She was wrong for lending you a car that had not been running properly. As for...

I have a paid in full receipt from 2004, they claim I still owe 10,000. Am I liable because I don't have all the receipts

The statute of limitations in New York for breach of contract is six years. You don't say when each debt was incurred or whether a lawsuit has yet...

I received someone else's medication, had taken it for 4 days before noticing a different name on the bottle was not mine.

It depends. Nothing in your question indicates whether any harm accrued to you or is likely to accrue to you by virtue of (1) taking medicine not...

Can a PI case be appealed, and how do you go about appealling it when your attorney did not represent you well the first time?

If you lost the case and are unhappy with your attorney's performance, you should obviously choose a different lawyer for the appeal. It is...

How do I request a change of judge for my hearing

It is unlikely that any paritcular motion for a judge to recuse herself will be granted. Courts are sensitive to allegations of "judge-shopping"...

Trial decision family law

Depending upon the circumstances and the particular facts involved, the judge will review either the entire document or the portions that he or she...

An heirloom it might be. But it was also a gift. A gift is evinced by donative intent (in other words, a person wanting to give the gift) and...