{"id":52794,"date":"2011-01-14T16:01:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T16:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=52794"},"modified":"2011-01-14T17:36:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T17:36:32","slug":"suing-my-contra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/01\/suing-my-contra\/","title":{"rendered":"Suing my contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello&#8211;I plan to file a small claims suit against my contractor with whom I cancelled our contract after he forged a check that I gave him by increasing the dollar amount placed on the check.  Anybody have any experience suing their contractor?  I want to recoup any costs of finishing the work above the contract price.  Is that the appropriate remedy to seek?  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