In the end, the judge basically said that this was quite petty considering it was the anniversary of 9/11 and had each pay their own court cost of about $200 for the plaintiff and $130 for the defendant.
One more comment, Jamie "Know-it-all", I'd like to make about this remark (see quote): What the heck are you talking about regarding the court date? This court date was given to the concerned parties weeks before. By the court system! They had no say about the date at all, this date was set by the small claims court. Should all legal activity cease because it was the 5th anniversary of 9/11? If the judge didn't want to sit on the bench on that significant date, why was the court in session? I didn't know this was a national holiday.
And "petty"?? Excuse me? Hello? This was a SMALL CLAIMS court!!
Jamie, maybe you should limit your comments to the technically obsessive Blade H16 forum, you're doing much better there, instead of publishing personal "Wilmette Sailing Association" vendettas in a public place.
This was a dead thread, and I'm sure no one lost sleep over the outcome of this case. I started this thread a long time ago because I wanted to know how other sailing clubs handled such internal disputes.
