[nolalakeviewgirl]

I am a katrina victim. I lost my job and my house. I am not whining--I found myself a great new job and moved back to the city the beginning of this year very excited about this new job. I have not asked for handouts or assistance. It cost me a lot of money to get moved back. My new job could not get me on direct deposit for 2 pay cycles--headquarters are in another state. My first paycheck was sent regular mail and I never received it. By the middle of the month I requested that that check be cancelled and reissued and my second paycheck was due as well as several expense checks. All of these checks were sent to me express mail with a tracking number. The US postal service has lost this package as well. I have been tracking it since 1/16 and it says enroute from Baton Rouge even TODAY. After a week I started camping out at the post office and they assured me that since it was enroute from Baton Rouge that it would only be a day or 2 more. This went on another week. Finally, I had to ask my employer to cancel all of those checks and fedex them to me overnight. I got them on the 4th of Feb. This has made my rent late which was due on the 1st of Feb. The landlord was well aware of my mail problem and I told him I would have it on the 4th. He is only in his office 1 day a week so I tried to wire him the money but his bank couldn't seem to verify his account even though I had his routing info and account number. I have documentation of this. He now refuses to accept my rent. I have a letter from the postmaster accepting full blame for failure to deliver this express package. I went before the justice of the peace today and with all my documentation, he still ordered the eviction in 24 hours. Fortunately, I filed the proper paperwork in order to have an appeal heard. (The bar association called me on my cell phone enroute to the hearing and told me how to do it myself) Congressman Jindal's office even made a courtesy call to my landlord asking him to please accept my rent and he refuses since it was late. Do I have any legal recourse due to the non-performance of the US Post Office? I haven't been able to find other housing---there is NOTHING

[Darkwolf377]

Check out this article--it might give you some direction in terms of your case.

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2630

[Darkwolf377]

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-12/113791680650100.xml

Here are some phone numbers for folks in your situation.

Good luck.

[stylecouncilor]

The keywords at the heading of this thread are hilarious!!!!

[cbkaty]

[Xenalyte]

The keywords are hilarious.

[Fintan]

Hey, I really feel for you. In fact, reading your post reminded me how much I really like posting this picture:

[demkicker]

[ViLaLuz]

nolalakeviewgirl, I used to live in Lakeview, too. I moved after the 1995 flood. Have you considered moving out of New Orleans?

[nolalakeviewgirl]

I WON! In a way anyway. I have until the end of March AND the judge made him use the deposit he has as February's rent. Boy, did that make him mad. He was jumping up and down insisting that I be put out in 24 hours and the judge wouldn't do it. He could have though! This state is 100% PRO landlord. Landlord was SO mad he didn't get his way. He did the best he could to try and get me out today.
I really got the best deal I could. I could have won outright, but he would have turned around and given me notice to leave in 30 days because he wants possession. I only have a month to month lease. Believe me he would have done it. He did say in court that he has another tenant--imagine that!!!
He also said in court that this was the first he heard of my paychecks being lost in the mail--liar liar.
The congressman's office can verify that.
Now I have to figure out the procedure to get my appeal bond back.
Kinda fun winning against a lawyer!