Landlord Sued Me And Lied About The Date Of Service

[TOTALLYOVERWHELMED]

I'll Try To Keep This As Short As Possible, It All Occurred In San Diego County, Ca.
A Family Member And I Rented The House, The Family Member Moved In First. Sewage Problems From The Start Of Occupancy. Landlord Initially Tried To Do The Right Thing Even Though He Was Stupid About Giving Plumbers His Credit Card Number Telling Them To Just "fix It". A Month Later I Moved In. Within About 5 Days The Whole Back Of The House Flooded (my Part). Called Ll (landlord) For Authorization To Call Flood Service, Got The Ok.

Service Came, Ripped Out Doors, Moulding, Walls To About 18" Above The Floor. Ll Refused To Repair Any Of It Stating The Flood Was My Fault (his Own Plumber Said No Or Could Not Find A Cause For Toilet Overflow) Tried To Make My Renters Insurance Pay Which Of Course They Would Not And Further Stated That Of Course It Was Not My Fault.
AFTER LIVING THIS WAY MORE THAN 2 MOS. CONSULted Attorney Who Said I Could Legally Withhold Rent Which I Put Into A Trust Acct. Was Taken To Court For Non-payment Of Rent....judge Did Not Make Him Do Anything As He Had Put Up Drywall 2 Days Before Court, Taped And Semi Sanded Only, No Paint. Took Off A Couple Of Days Rent For Me And That Was It.
Family Member Couldnt Take It, Moved Out, Left Me Holding The Bag, Rent Was Late, Got Evicted In Court Even After Ll Hade Agreed To Take Rent W Late Fees Which I Had In Full, Had Made Extensive Repairs To The House Myself W/own $.
After I MOVED OUT This !$@^%^%()__*^#%#!!!!! Person Sued Me And Then Lied About When He Served Me (can Be Proven That The Person He Stated He Served Was At Work That Day Almost 2 Hours Away) So That When I Went To Court To File An Answer He Had Already RECEIVED A Default As He Knew That The Last 2 Times He Filed On Me I Waited Till The Last Minute To Answer......HE NOW HAS A JUDGMENT AGAINST ME FOR A TOTAL OF ALMOST $20,000.00 FOR NOOTTHHING I HAVE DONE. AN ATTY SAID HE COULD PROBABLY WIN MY CASE BUT IT WOULD COST ME MORE THAN I CAN AFFORD WHICH IS WHAT THE LL IS COUNTING ON SINCE HE IS PART OF A LANDHOLDING CO. I HAVE NO LARGE AMOUNT OF REAL DEBT EXCEPT FOR THIS JUDGMENT AND AM ON EXTREMELY LIMITED FUNDS HAVING FOUGHT AN EX-HUSBAND FOR 2 YEARS WHO HAS DISREGARDED EVERY COURT ORDER GIVEN AND CONTINUES TO GET AWAY W/IT. I AM TRYING TO REPAIR MY LIFE HERE, SHOULD I JUST GO AHEAD AND FILE CHAPTER 7 ?? W/MY INCOME I CAN PROBABLY QUALIFY....I WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANY DEBT I HAVE BUT CANT AND WONT AFFORD TO PAY SOMEONE THAT HAS CHEATED AND ABUSED ME.....WHAT SHOULD I DO? I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE SOMEDAY....

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After I MOVED OUT This !$@^%^%()__*^#%#!!!!! Person Sued Me And Then Lied About When He Served Me (can Be Proven That The Person He Stated He Served Was At Work That Day Almost 2 Hours Away) So That When I Went To Court To File An Answer He Had Already RECEIVED A Default As He Knew That The Last 2 Times He Filed On Me I Waited Till The Last Minute To Answer......HE NOW HAS A JUDGMENT AGAINST ME FOR A TOTAL OF ALMOST $20,000.00 FOR NOOTTHHING I HAVE DONE. (

How did you even know to go to court to file an answer if you were not personally served?

[aaron]

Read this.

[TOTALLYOVERWHELMED]

A woman served a friend of mine staying with me.

[seniorjudge]

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After I MOVED OUT This !$@^%^%()__*^#%#!!!!! Person Sued Me And Then Lied About When He Served Me
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Who exactly served you the sumons?

[TOTALLYOVERWHELMED]

:d Thanks So Much To Each Of You Who Replied. The Article To Which I Was Directed Gave Me A Little Understanding At Least....i'm Still Confused As To What To Do About It All Though.

The Ll Works For And I Believe Is A Partner Of A Land Development Co. They Refurbished(not!) One Of 2 Abandoned Houses On A Large Property And Rented It To Me.

They Hired Someone To Serve Me And When She Was Unable To Serve Me Personally She Gave The Paperwork To A Friend Of Mine Staying W/me. This Was A Day Or 2 Before Thanksgiving.

They Then Went To The Courthouse And Filed Paperwork Stating That They Had Served The Papers To Him The Beginning Of November (he Was At Work Almost 2 Hrs Away And Can Prove It) And Were Able To Get A Default As I Supposedly Didn't Answer.

I Just Don't Know If I Can Go On Fighting Him As He Has Vast Resources And I Don't. He Is Also A Pretty Dirty Fighter And Has Blatently Lied In Court Before And Though The Judge Seemed To Recognize This, Nothing Was Done About It. He Went So Far As To Bring A Completely Different Lease To Court That Didn't Even Have My Signature And Everyone Just Looked The Other Way. I Have Never Done Anything In My Life That Would Cause Me To Have To Defend Myself Against Someone Like This And I Am Completely Unprepared For Dealing W/someone Like Him....(ok, The Ex-husband May Be His Twin......the Jury Is Still Out On That One...lol) Anyway ??????

[TOTALLYOVERWHELMED]

i guess they hired someone or used a service, it was a white, blonde female.