Richard’s law practice serves all of Florida with a primary area of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade Counties. His experience includes personal injury, complex civil litigation matters, environmental and toxic tort litigation, commercial litigation, insurance defense litigation and insurance coverage disputes, residential real estate matters, landlord tenant issues and criminal cases. Richard is licensed to practice law in Florida, New Jersey, New York, the District of Columbia and before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. For the past five years, Richard has been a NITA Trial Advocacy Faculty Member. As an advocacy specialist, Richard provides his expertise to assist attorneys looking to hone their skills in the area of preparing and taking depositions to dMore...More...
Yes, you would need a lawyer to assist in removing the lien. If the contractor is owed payment, you could negotiate payment to remove the lien from your property instead.See More...
The short answer is no, there is not a viable civil case here against you. He did not use a work phone, it did not occur on the work site and there is no physical harm or damages to derive a cause of action against you. However, criminal charges against your employee are certainly a viable option. I would recommend terminating this employee immediately as it appears he would be a liability should something occur on the work site.See More...