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court update
Jun. 20th, 2007 12:05 amI nearly screwed-up. I thought I had until July 11 to file motions for summary judgment, because that's the deadline for a lot of other things. But, no, I do not. I have until Thursday. I spent 7 hours Monday night researching and writing for summary judgment against his counterclaim, and have six pages to show for my efforts. All in response to his counterclaim of four paragraphs.
Tonight I spent a couple hours after class editing and revising. I still have a hole in my argument and can't find a law or a ruling in a federal case to use as fill. He's claiming I didn't pay for "extra work" but hasn't stated what work he considers "extra". Given that the contract was for the entire job, there wasn't any "extra", but I can't just say that, I have to prove it as a matter of law.
I have tomorrow off. Monday my manager mentioned something about taking a "mental health day" so today when I asked about taking the day off, I had a nice segue for the conversation. I have to finish what I started writing Monday night, and then write a motion for summary judgment for my complaint. My complaint was over a hundred paragraphs, with seven claims. I have to substantiate each one with what undisputed facts that have been established so far, and ground each claim in law. I've no idea if I can accomplish all of that, but I do have a pretty good idea of who's going to be grounded by the end of tomorrow.
I also have to check in on Samantha. She's got strep. They think. She's on antibiotics for the first time in her life. She had a high temperature on Sunday after the movie and it wouldn't go away, just down to 99 and back up to 103 after a couple of hours. So I wimped out about talking with her mom and just worried about her. She was sick all day yesterday (missed her last day of school), and went to the doctor today. So maybe Thursday I'll work my nerve back up. It's payday, so the mood will be good, at least.
Tonight I spent a couple hours after class editing and revising. I still have a hole in my argument and can't find a law or a ruling in a federal case to use as fill. He's claiming I didn't pay for "extra work" but hasn't stated what work he considers "extra". Given that the contract was for the entire job, there wasn't any "extra", but I can't just say that, I have to prove it as a matter of law.
I have tomorrow off. Monday my manager mentioned something about taking a "mental health day" so today when I asked about taking the day off, I had a nice segue for the conversation. I have to finish what I started writing Monday night, and then write a motion for summary judgment for my complaint. My complaint was over a hundred paragraphs, with seven claims. I have to substantiate each one with what undisputed facts that have been established so far, and ground each claim in law. I've no idea if I can accomplish all of that, but I do have a pretty good idea of who's going to be grounded by the end of tomorrow.
I also have to check in on Samantha. She's got strep. They think. She's on antibiotics for the first time in her life. She had a high temperature on Sunday after the movie and it wouldn't go away, just down to 99 and back up to 103 after a couple of hours. So I wimped out about talking with her mom and just worried about her. She was sick all day yesterday (missed her last day of school), and went to the doctor today. So maybe Thursday I'll work my nerve back up. It's payday, so the mood will be good, at least.
