To give you insight, this business was to do contract work on my home...they never bothered and so i am suing it. I wanted to put the owner on the case as well because i feared that by suing just the company this business would just claim bankruptcy and change its name and i would see nothing. By having the owners name i could go after him exclusively...Is that allowed or acceptable? I fear this is what he is planning on doing (claim bankruptcy or justHaving the business Owner's name on my Small Calims case -- can i keep him on it?
If the business is a corporation the owner is normally protected from lawsuits. If the business is a sole proprietorship then you can sue the owner as well.
Changing the name of the company would not absolve them of the judgment. Selling the business would not either, the new owners would also acquire the debt. Bankruptcy could help them avoid paying you some of what is owed, however since you have a judgment you are at the head of the line as they sell of all of the businesses assets to settle the debts of the business.Having the business Owner's name on my Small Calims case -- can i keep him on it?
Don't let them convince you that you have to delete him or something. The bottom line is that you COULD have deleted his name or not included him in the suit, but now that you have a judgment, it's on him to pay up or pay the consequences. He should have said something earlier if he wasn't the actual culprit. Just stick to your guns, you're doing the right thing.
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