I moved from Oklahoma to Texas about 4 years ago. I never once got a letter from this company, I had all my mail forwarded to me here in TX and what was not forwarded went to my parents house. They never once got a letter from this company for me. One pay day as I was going to pay my bills I found my check to be several hundred dollars short. I went to my HR and they told me that my check was being garnised due to a judgement from the courts in Oklahoma. Now in the state of TX from what I understand your check can only be garnished for past due child support and taxes. (I might be incorrect on that but it was what I was told by an attorney) So I contacted my payroll, they faxed me over a copy of the garnishment info and the court docs sent to them. I looked them over and found several things had been falsified. I immediatly contacted the company, verified that the documents I had were the documents they submitted to the courts. I got on the phone with the clerk of courts for Wagoner County and explaind the situation. She was kind enough to tell me she would get the judge on the phone for me right away. The judge got on the phone, I explaind the issued to him that the origional date of the debt was about 8 years old, that they had falsified the records showing I had made a payment to them, and that they had never notified me of any kind of court hearings or even that they were going to garnish my paycheck. I explaind that I was living in TX now and that I wouldnt be able to make the trip up there right away but I would be willing to set a date and fight this in his courtroom. The judge said I it wouldnt be necessary, he was going to dismiss this in my favor and would have the dismissal papers faxed to me the following day. He said it was a shame that they had falsified legal documents and he would see to it that they faced their consequences. I explaind to him I was not looking for any money other than the money they had garnished from my paycheck. He said that would not be a problem. The following day I had a dismissal letter from the courts, an apology from the judge, a stop wage levy document, and the judge made them pay me back the amount they garnished plus some.
So if I can fight the big bad company on my own, so can you!
Companies like this ought to be ashamed of the way they conduct business. They also ought to be closed down. Dont we have enough problems in this county?
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