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<blockquote data-quote="RockyRogue" data-source="post: 217934" data-attributes="member: 7185"><p>I was served a summonses once. It was related to my work but it wasn't UPS. I was called as a witness in an incident relating to my work as a student security guard at an Illinois four year institution. Grunt, aren't you in Illinois? If I recall your location, the school wasn't far from you. ANYWAY, I got home around 7:00 p.m. from a new job on-campus and checked my mailbox. Inside was a post-card, issuing a subpoena. I was totally, 100% freaked. I grabbed my cell, FLEW out of my apartment and started a heavy jog towards the sheriff's office, where I was to pick up the subpoena. I got there and lo and behold...its after business hours! The operator on the other end of the intercom sends somebody out to take my postcard and hand me the subpoena. I was as nervous as you are, Grunt. I read the subpoena and got the name of the defendant, who has the right to call witnesses. I asked the deputy what this was about and he said he had no idea. I asked to speak to his supervisor because I wanted an explanation! He said, "My supervisor won't know anything. You'll have to call the State's Attorney." That didn't calm my nerves. I called my folks and asked to speak to my father. He was a little busy and one of my siblings asked what I wanted. I told them to get a piece of paper and I'd spell out one word for them. They were annoyed but did so. I spelled out subpoena for them and told them to give it to Dad. They did. I could hear his footsteps as he ran to the phone. He told me to read what the first line and I did. Like you, Grunt, I had a case of badly rattled nerves. My Dad said, "OK, <em>OK</em>. RELAX! If you were talking to me from the other side of a jail-cell, I'd be freaking out but that's not the case." I read the entire page to him and I could hear him writing down a few pertinent facts--names, etc. He was a little stressed out, too. He said, "Didn't you tell me about an incident last Spring with Campus Security? You were involved in a routine campus security operation that went down badly, right?" It clicked. He was right. I checked County Records (GOD BLESS THE INTERNET AT 11 P.M. ON A SATURDAY NIGHT!!!!!) and sure enough, that was the incident. Then, I went in to talk to my bosses about the whole thing and find out <em>why </em>I hadn't been apprised of this development <em>before</em> I was subpoenaed. They didn't have an answer, grumbling something about it most likely being the school's legal counsel that didn't communicate. I got copies of the paperwork we'd filed after the incident and went home. The State's Attorney dropped several charges in the incident and reduced the others. </p><p> </p><p>My understanding is UPS will cover the damages and provide a lawyer. Just about every job I've held has had something mentioned in the Employee Handbook about legal actions stemming from my work. </p><p> </p><p>That 18 month time frame is probably just barely going to make the statute of limitations. I believe its 24 months in Illinois but I could be wrong. </p><p> </p><p>Enjoy your weekend, man!!! Don't let it rattle ya too much. My nerves about destroyed mine when I was summoned. Go in to work a little early Monday and give the summons to your center manager and ask him what the deal is. UPS'll give you answers. -Rocky</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyRogue, post: 217934, member: 7185"] I was served a summonses once. It was related to my work but it wasn't UPS. I was called as a witness in an incident relating to my work as a student security guard at an Illinois four year institution. Grunt, aren't you in Illinois? If I recall your location, the school wasn't far from you. ANYWAY, I got home around 7:00 p.m. from a new job on-campus and checked my mailbox. Inside was a post-card, issuing a subpoena. I was totally, 100% freaked. I grabbed my cell, FLEW out of my apartment and started a heavy jog towards the sheriff's office, where I was to pick up the subpoena. I got there and lo and behold...its after business hours! The operator on the other end of the intercom sends somebody out to take my postcard and hand me the subpoena. I was as nervous as you are, Grunt. I read the subpoena and got the name of the defendant, who has the right to call witnesses. I asked the deputy what this was about and he said he had no idea. I asked to speak to his supervisor because I wanted an explanation! He said, "My supervisor won't know anything. You'll have to call the State's Attorney." That didn't calm my nerves. I called my folks and asked to speak to my father. He was a little busy and one of my siblings asked what I wanted. I told them to get a piece of paper and I'd spell out one word for them. They were annoyed but did so. I spelled out subpoena for them and told them to give it to Dad. They did. I could hear his footsteps as he ran to the phone. He told me to read what the first line and I did. Like you, Grunt, I had a case of badly rattled nerves. My Dad said, "OK, [I]OK[/I]. RELAX! If you were talking to me from the other side of a jail-cell, I'd be freaking out but that's not the case." I read the entire page to him and I could hear him writing down a few pertinent facts--names, etc. He was a little stressed out, too. He said, "Didn't you tell me about an incident last Spring with Campus Security? You were involved in a routine campus security operation that went down badly, right?" It clicked. He was right. I checked County Records (GOD BLESS THE INTERNET AT 11 P.M. ON A SATURDAY NIGHT!!!!!) and sure enough, that was the incident. Then, I went in to talk to my bosses about the whole thing and find out [I]why [/I]I hadn't been apprised of this development [I]before[/I] I was subpoenaed. They didn't have an answer, grumbling something about it most likely being the school's legal counsel that didn't communicate. I got copies of the paperwork we'd filed after the incident and went home. The State's Attorney dropped several charges in the incident and reduced the others. My understanding is UPS will cover the damages and provide a lawyer. Just about every job I've held has had something mentioned in the Employee Handbook about legal actions stemming from my work. That 18 month time frame is probably just barely going to make the statute of limitations. I believe its 24 months in Illinois but I could be wrong. Enjoy your weekend, man!!! Don't let it rattle ya too much. My nerves about destroyed mine when I was summoned. Go in to work a little early Monday and give the summons to your center manager and ask him what the deal is. UPS'll give you answers. -Rocky [/QUOTE]
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