It is obvious that the company has recognized their giant mistake which could be worth 10's of thousands of dollars and were hoping to make a small settlement. Now you need legal support in recognizing the full value of the case before you think outwardly about what you would agree to or what you hope for. I don't know the experience of the epilepsy foundation's attorneys that are on call for our issues, but contact them asap. and do not respond in any way to any calls or attempts of contact by the landlord, the association, or their attorneys. Get your attorney and then just give them h/her # every time they try to speak with you. Sam.
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "fakeMacGyver" <nairbrian@...> wrote:
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> I love all of you for the encouragement.
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> It's still not over.
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> Today was the court session where I was trying to sue the management for discrimination. Everyone is supposed to know that you don't try to not renew a lease because of a medical condition, but apparently that slipped their mind.
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> Anyway...it was postponed yet again! Last time, the management asked for it so they could bring in a 'witness'. That turned out to just be the son who saw me have a seizure. Pretty pointless, I'd say. The matter is if they wrote the discriminatory letter. A person who saw me have a problem? Who cares.
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> This time, it was postponed because there were too many cases and the judge who would have handled ones in the afternoon wasn't available. So, I believe I heard that the remainder will be heard in September...and I'm not sure when. I'll need to wait for something in the mail.
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> To think that because of the management's stalling tactic, I might have to miss my first real trip to Florida with my sister...and to see "Weird Al" in concert...saddens me.
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> Today, they tried to do that mediation thing again today. We're told that we don't have to and I said, like last time, that I didn't want
> to. Still, they wanted to try. It wasn't the same as last time and with this person, she wanted all of us in the same room. It wasn't even a room (which makes me uncomfortable because of privacy), plus I was prepared to speak to the judge, not the management who I dislike and a strange woman. I felt myself getting too nervous and I eventually ended up saying that I didn't like this and wanted to speak seperately. "I don't even want to be around them." The landlady spoke up like jerk and said to the mediator, "What does it really matter? We'd be in a room with the judge anyway." Oooh, that had me upset.
> I didn't respond and didn't have to; I knew I was more comfortable in the main room and it was what I wanted. I felt okay in that place. Hearing other cases, which interests me, was helpful. I want the judge to hear my words and theirs. I learned that I would be allowed to ask the management questions, too, and I want to do that and see how they respond. I couldn't do that if it just ended with a money settlement. Last time, I didn't want to go lower than $3,000. This time, I did give the mediator permission to ask them if the wanted to make an offer; they didn't.
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> They've really convinced themselves that their behaviour was appropriate. It's a shame.
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> I'm still going forward. . .
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