Law And Lawyers

How and when we are paid, whether for services or property, can influence the amount of tax we have to pay. That seems so obvious that no one would need to say it, much less prove it. Nevertheless, in civil litigation, the extent to which you can get damages for adverse tax consequences has been a thorny subject. We all know that tax consequences dramatically impact the value of what we receive. Yet, many courts have been loath to gross up the amount of a plaintiff ‘s damages by the amount of corresponding taxes the plaintiff must pay. This is a damages question not a tax question,

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This trailer is being shown in California movie theaters as part of the “Jobs Not Lawsuits” campaign. Learn more at www.jobsnotlawsuits.com. “It’s very apparent to me that this whole case isn’t about justice. It was about trying to legally extort as much money as possible.” Vytas Juskys Los Angeles, California Vytas Juskys and his small business manage apartment buildings and are committed to constantly upgrading and making repairs to the homes of the tenants. He thought that improving their apartments and the common areas would help his residents love where they lived; he never expected that one of them would thank him with a lawsuit. Juskys was in the process of improving an apartment complex he had just acquired when he learned he was being sued. He had been making a variety of repairs to the building and the surrounding facilities, and he was posting regular repair notices on the tenants doors, as is required by law. But one tenant claimed that these notices caused her emotional distress, and she sued Juskys for $500000. The irony, Juskys says, is that the plaintiff had personally been requesting improvements and then sued him for notifying her that he was planning to make them. “There’s no way to avoid it,” Juskys says. “At some point, if you’re into real estate, you’re going to get sued. We’re easy prey.” The lawsuit not only took away from Juskys’ ability to focus on his tenants and the properties he manages, it also prevented him from initiating new projects …

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