Legal Question

[Tazz]

<p>My former company is getting sued for a report I did in 2002. Now, I don't think I did anything wrong, but that's not the issue. They want me to fill out a questionnaire, which I have no interest in doing them as a favor. So I am dodging them. </p><p>The old boss called again today to say he would have me subpoenaed if he doesn't hear from me.</p><p>So my question is, should I just ignore him and let them send the subpoena, or should I call him back and tell him to send the subpoena....It's the only way I will help them. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[mdr55]

<p>Let them send the subpeona. You no longer work for them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What do you do out of curiousity?&nbsp;</p>

[Furtherman]

<p><img src="http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/04/49/11/044911_ph32.jpg" border="0" width="135" height="182" />&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Well, I gotta tell you: I'd be very, very careful who you talk to about that, because the person who wrote that... is dangerous.&quot;</p><p><br />&quot;And this button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho might just snap, and then stalk from office to office with an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon, pumping round after round into colleagues and co-workers. This might be someone you've known for years. Someone very, very close to you.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Or maybe you shouldn't bring me every little piece of trash you happen to pick up.&quot;</p>

[JustJon]

<p>Because I don't need any lawyers attacking us...</p><p>Please consider any information given in this form as suggestions and please consult a real lawyer for real legal advice.&nbsp; RonFez.Net does not take any responsibility for information in this thread.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now that the CYA statement is out there...&nbsp; maybe one of the lawyers on the board can help you out.&nbsp;</p>

[Marc with a c]

<strong>JustJon</strong> wrote: <p>Please consider any information given in this form as suggestions and please consult a real lawyer for real legal advice.&nbsp; RonFez.Net does not take any responsibility for information in this thread. </p><p>mod quote?</p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>JustJon</strong> wrote: <p>Please consider any information given in this form as suggestions and please consult a real lawyer for real legal advice.&nbsp; RonFez.Net does not take any responsibility for information in this thread. </p><p>mod quote?</p><p>lets remember that this is the THAT'S LIFE forum.&nbsp; no jokes, ball breaking, teasing or unwitty comments.&nbsp; please and thank you.</p>

[boeman]

Seriously dude, consult a lawyer... sounds to me like they are going to try and get you in the middle of something you may not want to be in.

[Tazz]

Eh, I talked to a lawyer and he told me I could ignore them until I get the subpoena. So I will. I have no interest in helping them.

[boeman]

<strong>Tazz</strong> wrote:<br />Eh, I talked to a lawyer and he told me I could ignore them until I get the subpoena. So I will. I have no interest in helping them. <p>Can you make it worse for them with your testimony?</p>

[EffMeBoobs]

What reason could people be possibly suing over dirt for?

[Tazz]

<p><span class="postbody">Can you make it worse for them with your testimony?</span></p><p>Nah, probably better, unfortunately. Like I said, I did nothing wrong. They just ignored my findings.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="verdana" size="1" color="black">hat reason could people be possibly suing over dirt for?</font></p><p>Cause I told them that they should test the dirt, and they chose not to. Because they suck (meaning both the client and the old company).</p>

[Recyclerz]

<strong>Tazz</strong> wrote:<br /><p>My former company is getting sued for a report I did in 2002. Now, I don't think I did anything wrong, but that's not the issue. They want me to fill out a questionnaire, which I have no interest in doing them as a favor. So I am dodging them. </p><p>The old boss called again today to say he would have me subpoenaed if he doesn't hear from me.</p><p>So my question is, should I just ignore him and let them send the subpoena, or should I call him back and tell him to send the subpoena....It's the only way I will help them. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>I am not a lawyer but I work with plenty of them in the environmental remediation field, which I think I recall is your gig as well.&nbsp; If so, my non-legal $0.02 is do not take this lightly.&nbsp; Do you have indemnification from your former employer for your work on their behalf?&nbsp; If not, you could wind up as a 3rd party defendant pretty easily.&nbsp; I would have an on-the-clock chat with your lawyer or at least an offline chat with one of the attorneys here before you start boxing yourself in with any discussions about this topic with anybody else.&nbsp;You&nbsp;have to&nbsp;assess whether you have anything at risk besides some minor annoyances.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Tazz]

I already discussed this with an attorney yesterday. Also, the work was performed by me for the old firm. I was their representative.