11/22/2022
- CASE WAS FILED WITH COURT
11/30/2022
- SUMMONS ISSUED TO LANCE'S HANDYMAN
- CASE SET FOR A SMALL CLAIMS ON 01/11/2023 AT 1:30 PM
- SMALL CLAIMS FILING FEE FOR 1 DEFENDANT $75.00
- PAYMENT - RECEIPT NO. 2203465 IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 75.00
- E-CERTIFIED MAIL # 9314 8699 0440 0067 6732 31
- ISSUED ON: 11/30/2022 TO: MASARIK, LANCE
12/07/2022
- E-CERTIFIED MAIL # 9314 8699 0440 0067 6732 31 REFERENCE # 2
- SERVED ON: 12/05/2022 TO: MASARIK, LANCE
01/09/2023
- EMAIL TO JUDGE FROM DEFENDANT REQUESTIG A CONTINUANCE DUE
- TO HAVING CO-VID AND FLU(GRANTED)
- CASE SET FOR A SMALL CLAIMS ON 02/02/2023 AT 2:30 PM
02/02/2023
- JUDGMENT: J-FOR VICAREL, MATTHEW T IN THE AMOUNT
- OF $3080.00. INTEREST FROM 02/02/2023
- JUDGMENT: J-FOR VICAREL, ASHLEY IN THE AMOUNT
- OF $3080.00. INTEREST FROM 02/02/2023
- JUDGMENT: J-AGAINST MASARIK, LANCE IN THE AMOUNT
- OF $3080.00. INTEREST FROM 02/02/2023
- THIS MATTER WAS CALLED FOR HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS' SMALL
- CLAIMS COMPLAINT. PLAINTIFFS APPEARED AND PRESENTED
- TESTIMONY AND DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE. DEFENDANT APPEARED AND
- THE CASE INVOLVES AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES IN
- AUGUST 2022 TO INSTALL TILE TO THE KITCHEN COUNTER
- BACKSPLAS, TO PAINT LOWER CABINETS, AND TO REPLACE THE
- CABINET HANDLES AT THE PLAINTIFFS' HOUSE. THE TOTAL COST
- OF THE WORK WAS $3,750 AND THE PLAINTIFFS PAID THE
- DEFENDANT $2,300 IN ADVANCE.
- THE DEFENDANT COMPLETED THE HANDLE REPLACEMENT TO THE
- SATISFACTION OF THE PLAINTIFFS. NO PAINTING WAS DONE.
- HOWEVER, THE TILE INSTALLATION WAS NOT SATISFACTORY BECAUSE
- THE TILES WERE NOT LEVEL AND WERE NOT CUT PROPERLY
- RESULTING IN AN UNACCEPTABLE GAP BELOW THE CABINETS. THE
- REMEDY REQUIRES THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TILES.
- THE VALUE OF THE SATISFACTORY WORK INSTALLIN THE HANDLES IS
- $540. DAMAGES INCLUDE THE SUM OF THE DEPOSIT OF $2,300,
- THE VALUE OF THE TILES USED OF $720, AND THE COST OF
- REPAIRING THE DRY WAL OF $600 - ALL OF WHICH AMOUNTS TO
- $3,620. CREDITING THE VALUE OF THE HANDLE INSTALLATIONOF
- $540. LEAVES A BALANCE OF $3,080.
- BASED UPON THE FOREGOING FINDINGS, THE COURT GRANTS
- JUDGMENT TO THE PLAINTIFF AGAINST THE DEFENDANT, LANCE
- MASARIK IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,080 WITH INTEREST AT 3% PER
- YEAR FROM JUDGMENT AND FOR THE COSTS OF THIS ACTION.
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