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Originally Posted by Poe969
Are you kidding me? They went to court, without knowing the whole story we already know that the law deemed the other guy responsible. It's not his fault that he let his friend use it, it was a friend. Turned out the guy did something to screw things up and played the same card you're trying to play now. If someone breaks into your car, is it your fault for parking where you did or for owning a car?
The other guy was clearly in the wrong. Others found him guilty of whatever happened and the guy himself admitted guilt by paying him (what little he did pay).
If the other guy was adamant about it not being his fault, he would have fought it more or not paid at all. Blaming the OP here is insulting.
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Not at all kidding.
Flaws in the court system aside.
If the Seadoo was stolen I think it is a completely different issue than the one the OP originally presented, and I would say small claims was probably the wrong route to take in the first place.
If the let him use it that there is personal responsibility for what he chose to do with is property. If he doesn't want to have a friend that would help make him whole that's OK, but he needs to understand he choose for his seadoo to be used by that person and not accepting responsibility for that would be a weight holding down any potential reconciliation.