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GBA Case History #82 - Practice, In Small Claims Court, Makes Perfect? Think About It

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Summary

A GBA member firm conducted a Phase I and Phase II study for the developer AND later did work directly for a former tenant of the same site. After things got even more complicated, the member firm decided to try small claims court for a resolution (where they had already been for at least 60 different projects). This practice did NOT make perfect.


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Lessons Learned:

• Perform a Go/No-Go Analysis
• Project Risk Often Is Inversely Proportional to Project Size, Complexity, and Fee
• Avoid Litigation When You Reasonably Can
• Follow Policies That Work
• Do Not Give up Leverage When Dollars Are at Issue
• Understand the Cost of “Your Day in Court”
• If You Cannot Quell Your Emotions, Rely on Someone Who Can
• Learn the Lessons of History


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