rca@apple.com (01/17/91)
Some time ago, I submitted a message to the TELECOM Digest briefly describing an upcoming small claims court suit I was filing against my ex-landlord. He didn't bother to show up to the trial, then later filed to have the trial thrown out because he was "sick in bed -- proof will be given -- no phone." I was pretty certain his phone was operational during that period, so I wanted to know exactly what records to supoena, and who exactly to get them from AT&T or whomever, so that I could prove that his phone was operational the date of the trial. The Moderator was on vacation at that time though, and I never saw my message posted ... which is a pity, but hey, I like to take vacations too. :-) Anyway, the hearing was held, and my landlord got the previous trial thrown out, even though he had no proof at all of any medical problem, and I told the judge that I had called his house ten days after the trial and it was working fine. (So we had a trial later that afternoon, and I'm now waiting for the judgment, but that's not related to telecom, sooooo... ;-) ) I'd still like to know the answer to my question anyway, though, just in case I run across a situation in which it'd be nice to know. Anyone? Rick Adams | work: ...!apple!fico2!rca Delphi: RICKADAMS | home: ...!apple!fico2!ccentral!rickadams [Moderator's Note: Mr. Adams' original message, entitled "Sick in Bed ... No Phone" appeared in TELECOM Digest volume 10, issue 903 on Sunday, December 23, 1990. It was handed off to comp.dcom.telecom via news@accuvax.nwu.edu _ or _ news@bu.edu that day. All Digest messages go automatically to comp.dcom.telecom, theoretically a moderated and controlled newsgroup, however as incidents of the past week have shown, my control over what happens to messages after I give them to Usenet is limited. I'm sorry it somehow got 'lost' or otherwise did not get a thorough circulation. To answer the question at hand, supoenas for telephone records are generally served on the security department at the responsible telco, or sometimes on the corporate attorney, but the attorney will invariably bounce the request back down the line through channels. In the original message, Mr. Adams mentioned that although he had sued his landlord, the landlord escaped by claiming to have been sick and had no phone available to notify the court of his inability to appear. PAT]