BREAKING: Trump Loses Lawsuit For Ripping Off Small Business, His Punishment Will Make You Smile

[BigBearJohn]

It turns out that Donald Trump lost big in a Florida court while he was busy winning the Republican Party nomination at the Republican National Convention last week.

According to the Miami Herald, Circuit Court Judge Jorge Cueto ruled in favor of a local paint store in a case regarding Trump’s unpaid bills. The case, heard in a Miami-Dade County courtroom, resulted in an order for the Trump’s National Doral Miami golf resort to pay the small family business almost $300,000 in attorney’s fees.

Apparently, Trump tried to rip off the small business, The Paint Spot, in regards to the final payment on a contract sum of $200,000. The final payment was for $34,863 for paint used to renovate a home located on Trump’s “Blue Monster” golf course in 2014.

Trump’s National, the company named in the lawsuit, has insisted that it has “paid enough” for the paint sold, regardless of the amount on the contract. The Paint Spot then exercised their rights by placing a lien on the resort property. This resulted in Judge Cueto ordering the foreclosure and sale of the resort to satisfy the lien.

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/07/27/breaking-trump-loses-lawsuit-for-ripping-off-small-business-his-punishment-will-make-you-smile/

[SusanCalvin]

1. "Paid enough," regardless of the contract.

This alone should sink him, in a rational world.

[TonyPDX]

41. This is apparently one of the risks one takes when doing business with him.

He just says "we've paid enough," no matter what the agreement stipulates, and threatens to tie you up in legal fees for contesting it.

He's a swine.

[SusanCalvin]

43. He sure is.

https://m.

[chillfactor]

2. if this happened during the convention....

why is it breaking now or did the judge's ruling just come down. whenever.....glad to see a judge follow through and kick
t-rump's ass.

[struggle4progress]

3. Trump’s Doral resort hit with 23rd lien for unpaid renovation work

Trump's attorney says 18 of those liens have been satisfied
August 11, 2016 10:30AM

Donald Trump’s Trump National Doral was just hit with its 23rd lien over $236,472 in unpaid work related to the resort’s three-year renovations.

The $255 million renovation project was completed in June, but construction firm Straticon claims the Republican presidential nominee’s company has yet to pay. The Martin County-based contractor filed the lien against Trump Endeavor on Tuesday, according to a Miami Herald gossip column.

Trump’s attorney told the Herald that 18 of the 23 liens have been satisfied, and that they have made payments. “On a project of this magnitude with hundreds of contractors, 20 liens isn’t a big deal. It’s a complicated project, and what’s important is the fact things are getting paid,” he said.

In July, a Miami-Dade judge ordered that Trump Endeavor pay a small paint shop nearly $300,000 in attorney’s fees over unpaid paint bills totaling $34,000 ...

http://therealdeal.com/miami/2016/08/11/trumps-doral-resort-hit-with-23rd-lien-for-unpaid-renovation-work/

[Crash2Parties]

33. "20 liens isn’t a big deal. " Judge felt otherwise... :-)

[struggle4progress]

4. Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills

August 24th, 2016

Donald Trump casts himself as a protector of workers and jobs, but a USA TODAY NETWORK investigation found hundreds of people – carpenters, dishwashers, painters, even his own lawyers – who say he didn’t pay them for their work ...

http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2016/08/24/usa-today-exclusive-hundreds-allege

[PSPS]

5. Hardly "breaking." This story is from July.

[tavernier]

8. Yes but apparently the media hasn't heard about it

so it is up to us to keep bringing it back to the forefront. Over and over until one of them shuts up about Hillary's sins long enough to notice it.

[malaise]

16. +1,000

Wish I could rec your post

[Ilsa]

19. I heard this story reported on network news, pretty sure

NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt when the judge made the decision. The even said there had been/are more lawsuits like this.

I didn't watch all of the news outlets, so I don't know who else reported on it.

[tavernier]

20. My point isn't that it wasn't reported

but rather that Hillary's emails and Benghazi have been minute to minute news for months. Mrs. Greenspan has it tattooed on her arms and salivates each time she merrily heralds it.

[Ilsa]

21. I agree with you on that.

I've never seen so much negative reporting on someone without even a single criminal charge.

[griloco]

7. it actually dates back further to

Cocoanuts

[Thinkingabout]

9. He needs to work on making a honest business man.

[fierywoman]

10. chickens

Once again the chickens are voting for Colonel Sanders. (Pity they didn't discover the other Sanders!)

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Pity they didn't discover the other Sanders.

Probably wouldn't be such a horse race if they had.

[busterbrown]

11. Who the Fuck Cares? Certainly not MSM

This stuff come out so" fast and furious” that the media can’t keep up with it..or rather doesn’t want to keep up with it.

[Crash2Parties]

36. (auto) news feed in... (auto) news feed out...

Just about all the actual investigative journalists in the mainstream media were fired, retired or quit for other pastures in the early 2000's.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. This opens the door for everyone he's stiffed.

[SusanCalvin]

13. One can hope. nt

Last edited Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:37 AM - Edit history (1)

[Upthevibe]

14. Man I wish there was an outlet for several business owners to come together and

discuss how Trump does business. It just makes me sick. If they went on Rachel, I think it may be like preaching to the choir. I wish CNN had the professionalism to interview these folks.

[Ilsa]

15. This is old news. I thought we discussed it

Pretty thoroughly back in July. This isn't another victory since then.

[tavernier]

17. Isn't it odd how they never say that

about Hillary's email.

[smirkymonkey]

22. K&R

He is the lowest form of scum that exists.

[spanone]

23. this would be a major scandal for Hillary...the media doesn't seem to give a shit when it's trump

[eppur_se_muova]

24. The US can look forward to foreclosure of military bases, national parks, public monuments ...

if we elect this man with deep pockets, but short arms.

[Johonny]

25. Yeah, Trump is on record saying he thinks the US can pay off the debt

by not repaying the full amount due. He's basically laying out the business practice he's used his whole life. It's a lout different when you pay 30 cents on the dollar for a treasury note. He will tank the whole world economy and he doesn't even understand it. Imagine if Hillary said this, but the media doesn't care. It's just one more BS thing he's said so it gets buried on mount bullshit.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. 'Master businessman' loses $300 K over $35 K bill. Takes idiocy to lose that big. Biggest Loser. nt

[Warpy]

27. That's what he does

He stiffs suppliers and contractors on the last payment saying "I paid enough." Since he's a fat cat with a team of lawyers, most realize they just did the job for cost and swear never to deal with him again.

This store sued. Good for them. Good luck to them on collecting a dime unless the judge put a lien on the golf course.

[lastlib]

30. From the OP:

The Paint Spot then exercised their rights by placing a lien on the resort property. This resulted in Judge Cueto ordering the foreclosure and sale of the resort to satisfy the lien.

[Warpy]

31. Hot Damn!

Either Judge Cueto knew Trump's reputation or he's hitting back at a guy who wants to deport him.

[True Dough]

28. Judge Jorge Cueto???

Gotta be another judge of Mexican descent who is biased against Trump!

Right, Don the Con?

[PatSeg]

34. I know, I know!

With a name like that, the judge surely can't be unbiased in a lawsuit against Trump!!! It is so unfair!!!



Of course, this was covered nonstop in the mainstream media, like Hillary's emails, right?

[Motley13]

38. Miami?, my guess is Cuban

He has to alienate every person on the planet

[Grins]

29. From a a friend on mine working with Trump and painters in NYC....

Said he was involved for a time with painters on Trump projects some years ago.

Rule one was to bid low to get the contract with the understanding/hope job change orders would bring you back to profitability. When the change orders came they would jack their costs+profit price up 200% and present it to Trump.

Trump would go batshit and threaten not to pay. There would be a shouting match; finally the painters would piss , bitch, and moan - and then cut their bill 30% while Trump preened that he had "won" another "art of the deal" negotiation, proving that he was the master.

The painters left looking pissed and angry until they were alone and then would laugh and do their slap-happy dance, so happy Trump had unknowingly boosted their profits!!! Said that was the usual dog-and-pony dance they would do with him and Trump never caught on. (And other contractors did the same thing; not just the painters.)

[busterbrown]

40. Kind of hard to believe..

You would think if this tactic was so easy..
Everyone would be doing it and everyone including the bidders would be aware of it.

[Buzz Clik]

32. Yep. That was worth a smile. I hope this gets as much air time as HRC's emails.

Trump’s National, the company named in the lawsuit, has insisted that it has “paid enough” for the paint sold, regardless of the amount on the contract. The Paint Spot then exercised their rights by placing a lien on the resort property. This resulted in Judge Cueto ordering the foreclosure and sale of the resort to satisfy the lien.

[PatSeg]

35. I hope you're not holding your breath

The article is from July 27th. I heard about this one other time and it was online. Hillary's emails though? Every Damn Day!!! And of course the Clinton Foundation and all Hillary's Blackberries.

[marble falls]

37. Sometimes justice will prevail.

[LenaBaby61]

39. Unfortunately....

OP, many in the so-called "Liberal Media" probably won't give a damn about it.

They're still rooting around like PIGS in slop for anything they can falsely spin as negative narrative or a finger pointed at Camp Clinton about CGI--or about anything that's not related to anything tRump says or does that's flip flopping on immigration or a flat out lie he tells about every 2-5 seconds

[sellitman]

42. Trump is nothing but a Con Man

How anyone can be fooled into thinking he is Presidential is beyond me.