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Friend borrowed my car an wrecked
I lent my truck to a friend of mine who is also my tenant. he then got into an accident with it and did $6,000 worth of damage and rear ended four other cars. We agreed that he would pay for the damages and he started buying part by part as his paychecks came in. He stopped paying rent and moved out and has not finished paying for the broken parts or the truck. I had to end up footing the bill for about $5,000. He blocked me on his phone social media. I have no understanding on how to recoup the money owed to me.
Asked on July 19, 2017 under Accident Law, New York
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
You sue him: that's how you get the money someone owes you, whether because they damaged your property (the car) or because they failed to pay you rent. A lawsuit is the mechanism for recovering money owed to you by another. For $5,000, you probably want to sue in small claims court, as your own attorney, to avoid legal bills (you'll have to pay a small filng fee to start the case, however). If you want to explore suing in small claims court, you can get instructions from the court, either in person at the clerk's or customer service office, or online. Note that you MUST have a physical address for him to sue him: lawsuits are started by physically delivering the court papers to the defendant (person being sue), so without a physical address, you cannot sue.
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