I have a property damage case in which a major chain gas station was blasting in 2009 next door to an office building I own-- they were installing gas tanks. I built the building in 2002 and in the next couple of years found out it was built on poorly compacted soil. It had shifted some in the back, and estimates to repair the foundation in 2004 were
$26,000. The building remained stable with no further shifting until 2009 during the blasting. The gas station never contacted me (the owner) even though my building is 275 feet from their gas station, and rules in our state say blasters have to notify owners of buildings within 300 feet of blasting before blasting.If notified, I would have asked them to let me brace my building first!My building suffered much damage during blasting (verified by employee testimony as well as this gas station's pre-blast survey(which took me 3 years to get them to turn that over to me)which stated "no damage present in front four rooms." The front four rooms are rooms anyone from the public can walk in and view, the gas station looked at no other rooms in this 7500 sq ft building, but there was major damage in the front four rooms after blasting, and throughout the interior of the rest of the building, as well as the exerior of the building and the front carport. Damage repair estimates after the blasting were $146,000 from the same company, and that's just foundation, not counting the interior repairs needed to repair all the cracking of floors and drywall and crooked doors. Repairs are just now getting finished and have cost me $190,000 in addition to lost lease income and legal fees incurred by this.My problem is this: my lawyer couldn't take the case in 2009 as he said his firm already had this gas station for a client, so I was handed off to another lawyer-- for the sake of ease, I'll call him "Sam." Sam has been unbelievable-- in a bad way. He would not copy my evidence and turn it over to the other side, and despite me bringing it to my deposition and offering it to the other lawyer myself (opposing counsel said he would copy it but he did not) and despite me asking more times, Sam would not turn over my evidence, nor would he procure the evidence I requested from the gas station's lawyer. Sam never found out blasting regulations and codes for my state (despite me asking him multiple times) I had to call and get them myself. Sam had told me that we might be able to win this case without an expert witness, and when told what an expert witness would cost, I asked him if we could show them pictures of the damage and with employee testimonies of what it was before & after, could we win? He said we might, so because I could not afford to pay for the expert witness, I chose not to get one. (I have since found out that this is malpractice in the law world, that you cannot win a case like this without an expert witness-- something he NEVER told me! ) For depositions he showed up with only himself, none of the paperwork/evidence/supporting documents, etc. that I had given him, and opposing counsel kept asking me questions during my deposition, and I would say "that's on this that we turned over to you"-- but Sam had never turned it over to him. He just kept saying "I thought I sent that to you, but I'll get it to you." (But he never did). Sam left me in the middle of my 4 1/2 hour deposition with no paralegal or anything, just me, the opposing lawyer and the court reporter, for at least an hour and a half, then returned for the last hour or so. He didn't bring back any of the evidence I had already given him even then, despite just talking about it with opposing counsel. For depositions after that, I started gathering rules, codes, etc. and giving those to him, typed out questions for him to ask the witnesses, and that's what he asked them. I began trying to find another attorney, and the day all our evidence was due, I personally drove 6 hours to his office (I live two states away) to meet with him to MAKE SURE all my evidence was copied to turn over,(again!)and to also make sure that evidence was procured from the gas station, but he did not even show up for that meeting, as he said he would, I had to meet with his paralegal. This story goes on & on, but the end result is this: he NEVER got the evidence I need from the other side to properly prepare my case, and neither he nor the opposing counsel will confirm if the evidence I gave his paralegal to turn over actually got turned over. I petitioned the judge for the right to be allowed to have an expert witness, and to be allowed to extend the deadlines for turning over evidence and procuring evidence, but have been denied. Multiple lawyers have said they will only take this case if these things can be granted. I need legal advice, I have no idea what to do? Isn't this gas station legally required to turn over evidence?Don't I have a right to turn over evidence? I need legal advice as the judge dismissed Sam?

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