NWR: Any Lawyers Out There?

Heeeyhoney75

We have a problem, and we don't know what to do. My fi asked a friend of his if we could store our snow plow at his house for the summer. We have small snow plow business, but nowhere to store the plow in the off season. The friend said yes and we dropped off the plow. Last month, my fi called the friend so we could come pick up the plow and the friend said the plow was gone. He claimed his land lord took it. After making a lot of unreturned phone calls, we finally heard from the land lord today. He claims he never touched the plow, that the friend must have did something with it. We have no proof this friend sold it or got rid of it other than him not returning phone calls. Our snow plow business is now impossible without the plow. We can't afford to buy a new one. I don't know what to do. Should we call the police and report it stolen? Can we do that even if it was on someone elses property? TIA for your help...I don't know what else to do!

mjune3881

I'm not a lawyer but ... you could call the police, but I don't know what they could do about it?!?  You don't have a case to sue your friend or the friend's landlord.  Do you have insurance on the plow (you should)?  You could try and collect on your insurance, but you would have to report it to the police as stolen.

Sparkette19

I'm not an attorney either, but I am a paralegal. The only thing that I can see as being a viable option would be to file a complaint in small claims court. You can google how to file an initial complaint and you don't need an attorney. I really don't think you can get very far though, you don't have any proof of what happened to the plow. I would suggest calling and speaking with the landlord yourself to determine if he/she did in fact take it. Other than that there may not be anything you can do about it.

TheDohertys

unless you paid a fee for a friend to look after it, i don't think you have a case. seems like your friend was generous enough to offer you a space for it and now you are blaming them because it is gone. just because someone offers up a garage space i don't think its fair to sue them. it could have gotten stolen or the landlord could have taken it. you have no proof of either. suing the landlord is only going to make your relationship with your friend difficult. is it worth damaging a friendship over a snowplow? running a business you should have insurance. i hate to say this but every time i see your postings on here there is always some sort of major drama - like issues with your FI or groomsmen and several other isssues, including this.

brideinfall08

i agree wtih pp...doens't sound like you have a case..i mean if it's your business then you should for sure have insurance on it.maybe this is payback from when he stole the gift card?!  ha ha sorry i couldn't help it....karma is a b*tch.

duckie1905

i hate to say this but every time i see your postings on here there is always some sort of major drama - like issues with your FI or groomsmen and several other isssues, including this.I'm sorry, but this is exactly what I thought too.  There is always some sort of crazy bsc drama with your FI and his GMs so either there is a huge problem with them or a huge problem with your FI that is obviously causing issues within the relationships.But, the others are right about you not having many options but I'm hoping that since it is part of your business that you guys were smart enough to have it insured.  In that case you could report it stolen and submit the claim to your insurance company.  Otherwise, looks like a loss.Sorry, hope things get figured out.

Heeeyhoney75

This isn't the same friend that we had issues with before. This is actually an old co-worker of fi's that we trusted. I guess we were in the wrong. The plow was insured under the truck and under the business. I've never had anything happen like this before, so I was just looking for some advice. Thank you to those who helped. We have had a lot of drama happen in the last year. It's been really hectic. I wish I could say that it's all over too. Every time we turn around we have another roadblock to work through. I guess what doesn't kill us makes us stronger.