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On 10/4/11 5:27 PM, BAR wrote:
In articlevJednZmHYsqHqhbTnZ2dnUVZ_sKdnZ2d@giganews. com,
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On 10/3/2011 9:37 PM, X ` Man wrote:

It's best not to telegraph. In the 1980's, I hired a licensed
homebuilder to build a house for me. He had references, but he turned
out to be a crook in a number of ways. I sued him in civil court,
insisted upon a jury trial and despite his machinations, the jury
awarded me a six figure settlement. The builder had no idea how much
information I had on him, real information, and how detailed it was, not
just financial information, but evidence of fraud and other criminal
activity, too. Towards the end of the civil trial, the judge was so fed
up with the builder's bull****, he excused the jury for a few minutes
and when they were in the jury room, he read the builder his rights and
suggested he was going to discuss the case with the criminal prosecutor.
The evidence I had was overwhelming.

Wow. That was really bad judgment on your part to hire the guy. Why
didn't you do your homework before you hired him?

But I suppose this story is designed to intimidate, and what is the
veracity of it anyway?

He was a union guy.

Nah. He was a custom home builder. Union contractors aren't much into
single family construction. He had good references, I checked them in
person. Previous customers and suppliers. But he overextended himself
badly and used a draw from my project to pay the subs on his previous
projects and when I asked to see the lien releases relating to the first
draw from the subs on my house, he kept making excuses. I fired him from
the project and then initiated a civil suit. I finished the job as my
own general contractor and hired a jobsite manager, a good carpenter,
actually, to complete the house.

Pure bull****.