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If you have been in a professional construction field for any length of time, you have probably heard of the term “sue crafts”. This term most often refers to a class of legal cases brought against an individual or corporation that attempts to use the “sue” process to try and get an individual or corporation to pay a tax penalty.
In this case, the sue process is used to try and get a client to pay what they owe. In most cases, if you are unsuccessful in this, then it is often a one way ticket to bankruptcy.
This is a really common issue, and it happens fairly frequently. For example, you may have been told by a lawyer that they could give you some sort of a “credit” for your work. This is done by providing you with a check. The problem is that the check is often written on a company credit card, and is not actually a credit card. If you use the check to pay your bill, the company is on the hook for the total amount of the bill.
But there’s a catch. Because the company is on the hook, the cost of the check is often higher than the actual cost of the work. And in some cases this adds up to a huge amount of money that is not really spent. This is especially true if a company’s accounting department is careless with their money.
If youre in business with a company that does business in your state, or with a company that is registered in your state, you are personally liable for any check that shows up on your company credit card. So you can be liable up to $500,000 for a mistake like this.
Yes, this is true, but if you are going to sue they will probably win, and since you are also liable, you might want to get an outside lawyer to advise you on your case or perhaps to use the services of a law firm.
Suing crafts is a pretty straightforward process. You send them (by snail mail or by e-mail) an “inquiry” form, which will tell them that you are suing them for a mistake on their part. Then, you send them a copy of your lawsuit and a copy of the summons and complaint. The last step is to hand deliver the summons and complaint to the address on the credit card.
The whole point of suing a craft is to show your legal position to the Craftsman or Craftsman’s Guild. It basically says, “we’re suing you for making a mistake on our part, and we want you to compensate us for the amount we put into the market,” so it’s a pretty straightforward process.
For the most part, suing a craft is about showing that you have a legally recognized legal interest in the goods that you claim. Craftsmen have a legitimate claim (and legal interest) in anything that they create.
The issue is that most craftsmen have no legal standing. Because a Craftsman, being a Craftsman, is someone who creates work and is held to a higher standard than the average person. He is held to a higher standard because he is a craftsman and also because his work will have a higher value in the marketplace. But this doesn’t make a Craftsman any less a craftsman, because he is still a craftsman.
