February 13, 2007
Warrant issued for Verizon Wireless
A consumer who was wronged by Verizon Wireless sued the company in small claims court and won. He then went to a payment review hearing (which Verizon didn't show up for either) and the pissed off judge swore out a bench warrant for the entire company's arrest. Fortunately, before the warrant could be executed, the company paid up.
"Verizon failed to pay me by the court-appointed deadline. As I had a payment review scheduled, I attended this and was surprised that Verizon did not feel it necessary to attend, especially considering that the court paperwork clearly indicated that they would be subject to arrest for failure to appear. Apparently, being considered to be in contempt of court was not initially of concern to them. Afterwards, just prior to (lucky them) submitting a motion to seize property of the judgment debtor (Verizon Wireless), that's when I got the check. To hell with them! It's lovely that the court issued a "Writ of Capius" authorizing the arrest of Verizon. I am glad that I was eventually paid, as I would otherwise have had an issue having a sheriff arrest a corporation. I'm not sure how that would have gone. Perhaps I would have had to have filed a motion to amend the judgment to include an individual's name (perhaps their CEO or some other hotshot?)."
Posted by mcblogger at February 13, 2007 04:00 PM
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