getting sued over wedding pictures

Ron wrote:

A friend of mines who invited me to his wedding begged me to take his
wedding pictures (he knows I have pro equipment, new 1Dmk2 etc..) He said
they were short of money and would love it if I took pictures. Anyhow I did
take pictures (140) and him+newwife are not happy at all with any of the
images and are planning to sue me. First of all I did this as a favor and
for no charge they made the decision to skip out on a wedding photographer
and use me for free (and I emphasize as a favor). Can they actually sue me?
This is worrysome since I never had legal issues in my life.

I can only wonder just what they intend to sue you FOR? Breach of
contract? Tough without a contract. They didn't get what they paid
for? Hmmm... Of course I'm sure you've already offered to return to
them all that they paid you

Lisa

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A friend of mines who invited me to his wedding begged me to take his
wedding pictures (he knows I have pro equipment, new 1Dmk2 etc..) He said
they were short of money and would love it if I took pictures. Anyhow I did
take pictures (140) and him+newwife are not happy at all with any of the
images and are planning to sue me. First of all I did this as a favor and
for no charge they made the decision to skip out on a wedding photographer
and use me for free (and I emphasize as a favor). Can they actually sue me?
This is worrysome since I never had legal issues in my life.

I can only wonder just what they intend to sue you FOR? Breach of
contract? Tough without a contract. They didn't get what they paid
for? Hmmm... Of course I'm sure you've already offered to return to
them all that they paid you

Indeed. Also, I think he should change that beginning to "a former
friend of mine..."

Any chance we can see the pics? Does the bride have a bun in the oven?
Hard to cover that up.

"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
A friend of mines who invited me to his wedding begged me to take his
wedding pictures (he knows I have pro equipment, new 1Dmk2 etc..) He
said
they were short of money and would love it if I took pictures. Anyhow
I did
take pictures (140) and him+newwife are not happy at all with any of
the
images and are planning to sue me. First of all I did this as a favor
and
for no charge they made the decision to skip out on a wedding
photographer
and use me for free (and I emphasize as a favor). Can they actually
sue me?
This is worrysome since I never had legal issues in my life.

I can only wonder just what they intend to sue you FOR? Breach of
contract? Tough without a contract. They didn't get what they paid
for? Hmmm... Of course I'm sure you've already offered to return to
them all that they paid you

Indeed. Also, I think he should change that beginning to "a former
friend of mine..."

Any chance we can see the pics? Does the bride have a bun in the oven?
Hard to cover that up.

Oooh.....you're evil! I like it! :-)

"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,
says...
A friend of mines who invited me to his wedding begged me to take his
wedding pictures (he knows I have pro equipment, new 1Dmk2 etc..) He
said
they were short of money and would love it if I took pictures. Anyhow
I did
take pictures (140) and him+newwife are not happy at all with any of
the
images and are planning to sue me. First of all I did this as a favor
and
for no charge they made the decision to skip out on a wedding
photographer
and use me for free (and I emphasize as a favor). Can they actually
sue me?
This is worrysome since I never had legal issues in my life.

I can only wonder just what they intend to sue you FOR? Breach of
contract? Tough without a contract. They didn't get what they paid
for? Hmmm... Of course I'm sure you've already offered to return to
them all that they paid you

Indeed. Also, I think he should change that beginning to "a former
friend of mine..."

Any chance we can see the pics? Does the bride have a bun in the oven?
Hard to cover that up.

Oooh.....you're evil! I like it! :-)

Ron wrote:
A friend of mines who invited me to his wedding begged me to take his
wedding pictures (he knows I have pro equipment, new 1Dmk2 etc..) He
said they were short of money and would love it if I took pictures.
Anyhow I did take pictures (140) and him+newwife are not happy at all
with any of the images and are planning to sue me. First of all I did
this as a favor and for no charge they made the decision to skip out
on a wedding photographer and use me for free (and I emphasize as a
favor). Can they actually sue me? This is worrysome since I never had
legal issues in my life.

I think you should sue them for the cost of all materials.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Ron wrote:
A friend of mines who invited me to his wedding begged me to take his
wedding pictures (he knows I have pro equipment, new 1Dmk2 etc..) He said
they were short of money and would love it if I took pictures. Anyhow I did
take pictures (140) and him+newwife are not happy at all with any of the
images and are planning to sue me. First of all I did this as a favor and
for no charge they made the decision to skip out on a wedding photographer
and use me for free (and I emphasize as a favor). Can they actually sue me?
This is worrysome since I never had legal issues in my life.

Sounds like your former friend has an innovative plan to
solve his short of money problem.

Tell him to give you back any copies he may have; that you'll
fix them up for him.

As soon as you have them all in hand, decide that you don't
like them either; destroy 'em all.

With friends like that you don't need enemies

Ken

Ron wrote:
A friend of mines who invited me to his wedding begged me to take his
wedding pictures (he knows I have pro equipment, new 1Dmk2 etc..) He said
they were short of money and would love it if I took pictures. Anyhow I did
take pictures (140) and him+newwife are not happy at all with any of the
images and are planning to sue me. First of all I did this as a favor and
for no charge they made the decision to skip out on a wedding photographer
and use me for free (and I emphasize as a favor). Can they actually sue me?
This is worrysome since I never had legal issues in my life.

It depends on the laws where you are located. People can _try_ to sue you for
anything, but in a case like this, they couldn't possibly prevail.

---Bob Gross---

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Oooh.....you're evil! I like it! :-)

Evil is as evil does.

In article ,
says...
Oooh.....you're evil! I like it! :-)

Evil is as evil does.

"Lisa Horton" wrote in message
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Ron wrote:

A friend of mines who invited me to his wedding begged me to take his
wedding pictures (he knows I have pro equipment, new 1Dmk2 etc..) He
said
they were short of money and would love it if I took pictures. Anyhow I
did
take pictures (140) and him+newwife are not happy at all with any of the
images and are planning to sue me. First of all I did this as a favor
and
for no charge they made the decision to skip out on a wedding
photographer
and use me for free (and I emphasize as a favor). Can they actually sue
me?
This is worrysome since I never had legal issues in my life.

I can only wonder just what they intend to sue you FOR? Breach of
contract? Tough without a contract. They didn't get what they paid
for? Hmmm... Of course I'm sure you've already offered to return to
them all that they paid you

There are doctrines called equitable estoppel and promissory estoppel, both
of which use reliance in place of consideration (technically, equitable
estoppel is not a contract doctrine; promissory estoppel is). There might
even be a _technical_ basis for a fraud claim.

This is, however, a technical legal analysis, and not an opinion as to the
merit of a suit brought against this photographer by his so-called friend.



Lisa