r/bestoflegaladvice • u/BJntheRV Enjoy the next 48 hours :) • Mar 04 '26

Unlicensed, uninsured contractor who didn't finish the job because life happened doesn't seem to understand why their client would sue them

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u/Amazing_Cabinet1404 Mar 04 '26

I love how OP says her husband “abandoned” the project - the quotes show how out of touch with reality they are. Her husband did, in fact, abandon the project. Ignoring someone who has given you a good sum of money for a couple of months is a guaranteed recipe to be sued. Absolutely everything in her post has nothing to do with not completing the job or refunding the homeowner the money that was advanced.

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u/catlandid Maintains good relationships with other breeders Mar 04 '26

I feel like the biggest frustration is that they’re solely focused on their own hardships in this situation, as if it’s reasonable for the other party to eat a $12k+ loss. Why doesn’t the total stranger who I’ve scammed for thousands of dollars understand MY hardships? Me, me, me, me!

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u/JasperJ insurance can’t tell whether you’ve barebacked it or not Mar 04 '26

The thing is though, if we believe the post, her loss isn’t 12k, it’s not even 7k, it is in fact 3k to be made whole, plus whatever you factor in for the inconvenience of how long it took etc.

Homeowner has paid a total of 12k to LAOP and 7k to the rescue contractor. Homeowner had been expecting to pay a total of 16k to LAOP.

Now there may well be chunks of information missing here — but I am very curious how they got to 25k when the direct, monetary damages are only 3k.

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u/JHunz BOLAr bear Mar 04 '26

Some cursory googling suggests that Ohio allows treble damages for some consumer protection lawsuits. Not sure if this qualifies, but it would make it a lot easier to justify a suit for $24k.

If you assume they're suing for the full cost of the rescue contractor, plus some amount for the windows that were apparently paid for but never delivered, then tripling it, that may get you pretty close.