Cross Examination w/ Ed Cross

If you take your Ferrari to the shop for a new carburetor, and you refuse to pay for the work, the shop can keep your Ferrari, just like a dry cleaner can keep your pants if you don’t pay for the cleaning.  These providers have liens on the property, and restorers have them, too. These liens are different from mechanic’s liens, which attach to real property improved by a provider. The liens on contents are called “possessory liens” because the lien is based on possession.  A possessory lien is a security interest in personal

Miscommunications lie quietly beneath the surface of most problems in cleaning and restoration transactions. Commonly-overlooked communication problems lead to liability issues and collection problems. Here are some tools to prevent these problems, avoid bad online reviews, and get paid faster! Address the “Communication Driver” In business transactions, we need to convince the other parties that they are better off transacting with us than not transacting with us. The challenge is that we often have different priorities than those with whom we do business. If we fail to find any common ground, the transaction will

When a property repair project becomes adversarial, as it often does, restorers may find themselves under the bright glare of scrutiny in the grueling litigation process known as discovery. Discovery is the exchange of evidence between parties prior to a civil trial. It is intended to narrow the issues for trial and help the parties and their counsel evaluate the case for settlement. Discovery comes in several forms: written discovery, such as questions (“interrogatories”) and requests for docu­ments; and oral discovery (depositions). A deposition is the most powerful form of dis­covery. It is a