Lawsuit is over

After two long years, the lawsuit against me is over. B. Capers, the guy suing me is, in my opinion, the slimiest scum alive. He is also, in my opinion, a pathetic sociopath who deserves to get some results from all the bad karma he has built up. THERE- now I feel better. I have lost all faith in the justice system. It doesn't have anything to do with justice, only with letting every nut case who can dial up a lawyer be heard. I was set to go to trial in October, but we tried mediation to see if we could get out of it for less than getting ready for the case. We did, but it was really brutal. For two hours that nut wouldn't budge from his demand in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Finally, finally after almost 5 hours he came down to around 20,000.00. His lawyer, also in my opionion a shyster, will get one third.

Here is the story in a nutshell. I was president of the Home Owners Association and we didn't have insurance. I had been president for five years. Bruce Capers wanted to build a house on a lot that he had bought for almost nothing (6 acres for thirty thousand ) because the neighbor's septic tank field was on the lot. This limited the building envelope severely. Most of the lot goes up a hill and is unbuildable anyway. So he makes the poor guy who sold it to him pay off our roadbuilding lien and then Capers takes the money and never pays the lien. Then he lies sto the HOA about having a contractor to build his house, He obtained a fraudulent building permit. Everyone in here was REALLY worried about what he was going to do on that lot. If his lips were moving, he was lying. He was buying books like Beginning Building, Plumbing for Idiots, and things like that. So, when the title agent called me to get some information, I mentioned that Bruce Capers had been pulling some shenanigans in here, didn't have a contractor, and we were all upset. LESSON 1. Don't ever talk to anyone about someone who is getting a loan- even if they ask!!!!!!! Which was what happened. The title agent, Frankie Matthews, told me the banker would want to know about this, and I said, Have him call me. He did and I told him about Brucie Boy. We had two other conversations. LESSON 2 REALLY don't talk to a banker about anyone unless you want to be accused of interfering with a contract!!!!! That is serious in Tennessee- triple damages! The bank cancelled his loan! So Bruce sends out a threatening letter to everyone in the HOA threatening to sue- called me a snobby bitch, arrogant bitch, DOCTOR'S WIFE BITCH, and threatened to "make me wish I was never born" Well, when I heard the doctor's wife comment I knew he was going to sue me. And he did. He sued the HOA, me as President, and me as individual. I had already resigned right as this was happening so there was a whole new board. They told Capers he didn't have to pay the 2000.00 he owed the HOA if he would drop the Homeowners Assoc. and me as Presidenet_BUT they left me flapping in the breeze with being sued as an individual. I was, and still am, angry beyond all measure. I wouldn't spit on those people if they were on fire. They were really good at protecting their ass, but that is about all.. A lot of people in here were upset about it, but there wasn't much they could do. LESSON 3- Stay away from a Homeowners Association if you possibly can. It is like living in a communist country. And I can say that after being a very benign dictator for five years!
So, we have a deposition with the banker, Mike Williams. He said that I was very polite, business like and didn't harass him at all. He went through all the problems with Bruce's loan etc. but I was totally exonerated. We are all high fiving and thinking it was ready to go for a motion to dismiss. Then when the lawyer starts to prepare the motion she discovers that she didn't have a signature on the deposition AND she had not waived signature. The lawyer, after having his memory "refreshed" by Caper's friend, makes huge changes on his deposition. Suddenly I am a heinous bitch. I fired that lawyer. She deserved more punishment than firing, but I was sick of lawyers. This was long and boring, I know, but so cathartic for me. It is a sad world when telling the truth gets you sued. Was I ever naive!!! Every day is a lesson, and this one was hard and emotionally draining. What goes around, comes around, so I'm sure that Bruce Capers will get his one day- soon, I hope.