Re: my ex-landlord's insurance is suing me

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On 3/21/07, sandra girgis wrote:
> there was a fire in our apartment last november and we
> lost everything, i was the only person that was there
> during the fire and it had started in the closet of my
> bedroom..the firemen had said that it was caused by an
> overheated wire that came from downstairs, eventhough we
> had no heat the night before and the landlords wife said
> his son in law was gonna come early morning to turn it
> on..now we are 4 months later and we received a letter
> from his insurance of lawsuit for 124,955.67 we didnt
> cause it or even have that kind of money ..i mean we are
> still suffering from that fire we lost everything and had
> to start over ...plz we dont know what to do, we need
> every advice possible..thank you
Please get a lawyer, and countersue. Legal aid, somebody.
Meantime do your homework. Get a report from the fire
department, take traveling notary, check records. You might
not have nothing now, if you sit and cry, you will be cry to
the tune of 124,00 and you may have trouble renting. Many
landlords are decent people but some are sadistic. Counter
sue for the lawsuit and your losses, stresses, whatever, but
win or lose you have to stop crying, roll up your sleeves
and get help or fight alone, either way you loss material
items not your self respect.