Judge orders Trump to pay nearly $300,000 in attorney’s fees in Doral painter’s lawsuit
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Source: miamiherald.com
July 22, 2016 5:14 PM
By JOSE LAMBIET
jose@GossipExtra.com
While developer Donald Trump was busy getting the Republican Partys presidential nomination this week, he was losing big in a Miami-Dade County courtroom.
Circuit Court Judge Jorge Cueto, presiding over a lawsuit related to unpaid bills brought by a local paint store against the Trump National Doral Miami golf resort, ordered the billionaire politicians company to pay the Doral-based mom-and-pop shop nearly $300,000 in attorneys fees.........................
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pkdu
(3,977 posts)riversedge
(70,483 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)campaign to companies he owns for services and goods.
He might make more money losing this thing than winning.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,707 posts)Good news. Hope it's just the beginning.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)The judge was of Mexican descent, so Trump couldn't get a fair trial!!
(Although I did love the bit about the judge ordering a foreclosure sale!)
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)@#$% Trump.
Yonnie3
(17,521 posts)But he [Trump] hasnt paid yet."
Trump is not alone in this. We've worked at the Rump National, Washington DC several times. Our payment policy is half in advance and half when we set up. We are paid by members or their guests directly (not Trump). We learned many years ago that people in these circles are not inclined to promptly pay their bills.
trueblue2007
(17,250 posts)he has stiffed small businessmen before. This IS AN ON-GOING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. Trump is a Crook !!!
~~~~~~~~~> Trump Nationals insistence that it had paid enough for the paint despite a contract, according to the lawsuit, caused The Paint Spot to slap a lien on the property and Cueto to order the foreclosure sale of the resort.
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[Judge] Cueto ruled that the fees were reasonable, and then some.
First, he ruled Trump should pay for nearly 500 hours of legal work, since the stores legal team had to prepare for a trial that never took place. Then, Cueto tacked on a 75% risk fee, partly because the stores lawyers took the risk that they would never be paid if they lost.
Total: $282,949 and 91 cents, including copying and expert testimony.
Im happy I have a judgment, said Juan Carlos Enriquez, owner of The Paint Spot. But he [Trump] hasnt paid yet. You know how he says hell surround himself with the greatest people if he is president? In this case, he might not be surrounded by the right people.
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Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)how does he get away with this stuff?
and WHY is this not getting major play
damn liberal media............