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

[email protected]




While developer Donald Trump was busy getting the Republican Party’s 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 politician’s company to pay the Doral-based mom-and-pop shop nearly $300,000 in attorney’s fees.........................


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[pkdu]

1. Article Title?...needs fixed

[riversedge]

5. Just noticed and edited to fix.

[jtuck004]

2. If I recall correctly, the real estate swindler has already paid far more than that from his

campaign to companies he owns for services and goods.

He might make more money losing this thing than winning.

[63splitwindow]

3. Hoprfully this will be retold in a Clinton/Kaine ad shortly. nt

[Judi Lynn]

4. Judge orders Trump to pay nearly $300,000 in attorney’s fees in Doral painter’s lawsuit

Good news. Hope it's just the beginning.

[Stonepounder]

6. But it is not fair!!

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]

7. Good!

@#$% Trump.

[Yonnie3]

8. Why did I know this would be in the article?

“But he [Trump] hasn’t 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]

9. CROOKED Rump signed a contract!! he should be jailed for THEFT.

he has stiffed small businessmen before. This IS AN ON-GOING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. Trump is a Crook !!!

~~~~~~~~~> Trump National’s 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 store’s legal team had to prepare for a trial that never took place. Then, Cueto tacked on a 75% “risk” fee, partly because the store’s lawyers took the risk that they would never be paid if they lost.

Total: $282,949 and 91 cents, including copying and expert testimony.

“I’m happy I have a judgment,” said Juan Carlos Enriquez, owner of The Paint Spot. “But he [Trump] hasn’t paid yet. “You know how he says he’ll 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]

10. FORECLOSE, then LOCK him UP!

how does he get away with this stuff?

and WHY is this not getting major play

damn liberal media............