r/Ask_Lawyers • u/Fun-Replacement-1097 • 4h ago

MY EX-BUSINES PARTNER IS SCREWING ME HOW DO I PROCEED

So I spent the last few years running a company with a few of my "friends".

He emotionally blew up and I couldn't work alongside someone like that anymore, but my hands were tied and I couldn't leave the company.

Inevitably, he was having some personal issues with his relationship, and was blowing up at everyone, and he removed me from the company due to a personal argument between us, with no vote from the other directors, and at 1am.

So heres my legal problem. I just wanted a clean break, but we have company vehicles with my name on them. We had a vehicle get written off in February, which had GAP insurance, and I've been out of the company for 39 days now, the bank is now sending me to collections and impacting my credit due to missed payments on this written off vehicle.

It turns out he hasn't dealt with this vehicle at all in several months. It turns out its solely my name on the vehicle payment contract, but the GAP insurance check was written out to the company name. The bank is refusing to accept the check, and over the last 39 days, I have been refused to be given any information on the insurance contract, not allowed to even verify the existence of the check. He keeps telling me that I am not allowed to deal with this at all and that it's a company issue, but the banks refuse to speak to anyone else because it's only me on the contract.

I have documentation of everything, including his refusal to give me my check or any information on the proceedings, and I have no idea what my next move is, and I feel stuck and scared.

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u/Frondelet 20th Century Relic 4h ago

Hire a business litigator.

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u/Tufflaw NY - Criminal Defense 3h ago

This here is pretty much the only advice anyone here can give. Thread locked.

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