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What can be done about a woman that has harassed me by telephone and text in the past. Implied that she will run into me at my work, now has showed up at my office after not being a patient there for 10 years.

This is all because of dating a man on and off for about a year and not knowing that she existed in his life at all. I ended the relationship as soon as I found out.

Is there any action I can take to get her out of my life or at least make her stop coming to my office . By the way this nutcase is a lawyer.

Thank you,

Submitted: 260 days and 9 hours ago.
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Oh, yes, you do indeed have recourse. Especially since "this nutcase" is a lawyer.

That she is using the telephone to harass you puts her in the line of fire for a suit under federal communications law. For this to come to fruition, you will need to contact a lawyer who is local to you and who is not a nutcase (most of us aren't too nutty). That lawyer, depending on the exact circumstances of your case, may or may not also refer this matter to the Dept. of Justice for criminal prosecution under federal communications law. Find someone who practices in the area of communications and telephonic law.

That she is coming uninvited into your office and harassing you invites a suit to get an injunction against her that prevents her from coming within x yards (x is generally 500) of you, your home, or your place of business. That's done in state court; very possibly, the lawyer whom you find for help with the federal matter can help you out here, too.

Finally, that she is an attorney puts her under the jurisdiction of your state's attorney disciplinary committee (which is generally a committee of the highest court in the state; these folks take this kind of behavior from a lawyer very, very seriously). File a complaint against her with them.

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260 days and 8 hours ago.

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Did payment go thru? I double clicked when I shouldn't have.

260 days and 8 hours ago.

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She is not just showing up at the office door. She is coming back as a regular patient in the doctors office I work in.

Posted by Nancy Delain 260 days and 8 hours ago.

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In that case, an injunction to keep her from your place of business probably won't issue. Nutcase has the right to choose any doctor she wishes to see who will treat her. You can probably keep her away from your home and from you outside of work with an injunction if you need to do that. You can also speak with the physician who treats her and let the doctor know why you would prefer not to have anything to do with Nutcase; that will get you off the hook for entering a treatment room alone with her if that is part of your job function. If you work at the front desk and don't see patients in the treatment rooms, well, sorry, but you'll have to do the paper processing when she comes to see the doctor and plops herself down in front of you, but you can keep it professional and not get goaded into any personal conversation at all. Again, let the physician(s) know about your problem with Nutcase.

Your acceptance of my answer did come through, but I don't know whether you got double-billed or not. I'll give the Powers That Be here at JA a heads-up to look out for a possible double billing. If that does not work and you are double-billed for the question, you can contact Customer Service to get the problem fixed. Unfortunately, I have absolutely nothing to do with billing on this site.

I click on INFO REQUEST to prevent you from having the ability to accept this answer again (and get billed again into the bargain). You need do nothing unless you have a follow-up question. If you do have a follow-up question, just hit REPLY and ask.

260 days and 8 hours ago.

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The phone calls and texting ended about august and in november she scheduled to start coming back as a patient after 10 years of not seeing him.

 

Can I still have the phone issues investigated against her? Her calls were "restricted", but her texts had her number? Can they still trace them back to her and if they go back a few months do they have the records?

Posted by Nancy Delain 260 days and 7 hours ago.

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If she's texting been you on your cell phone, she's contacting you outside of the scope of your work, yes? If that is the case then absolutely you can have the phone issues investigated.

Meanwhile, you can get your cell phone number changed, block the caller ID on it and not give her the number to frustrate any attempt that Nutcase might make to contact you again in this manner.

Yes, phone companies have records of who made even caller-ID-blocked calls; they keep these records for some period of time, but not forever; if you want to do the phone investigation, you should talk soon to a lawyer who handles such matters so the records can be sequestered, saved, and available for production rather than destroyed in the normal course of the phone company's business.

Keep the text messages you receive from her.

Same deal as before with the INFO REQUEST.

Edited by Nancy Delain on 3/7/2009 at 5:46 PM

260 days and 7 hours ago.

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I deleted the text right after I received. Never imagined I would ever be in such a Jerry Springer situation to keep such records. They can still be retrieved or at least documented that they came from her.

 

One last question and them I will thank you and leave you alone. I understand I should not engage in any conversation with her at the office, and I won't even if she approaches me. If I file a complaint with the attorney disciplinary commission regarding the phone issues, does it stay on her permanent record regardless of the ultimate decision against her? If so, I might contact the man and explain I will do nothing if she just simply stops coming to my work as a patient and leaves my life alone, so I am able to forget this whole degrading experience. Is that within the legal limits of the law?

Posted by Nancy Delain 260 days and 7 hours ago.

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Murphy Lives. If she texts you again, keep that.

Yes, disciplinary complaints stay permanently in a lawyer's file regardless of the outcome of the matter (the outcome also remains permanently in the lawyer's file).

You're walking a thin line with trying to bargain for her to change doctors so you can work in peace, though. She has the right to seek medical attention from any physician whom she chooses to see, just as you do or anyone else does. This is not a right that can easily be bargained away.

Just keep away from her as much as you can when she comes into the office. Don't engage in personal conversation of any nature whatsoever with her. If it's your job to take her insurance info and all that, do your job but be professional with her.

If her presence is really intolerable to you when she comes in for a visit with the physician, you have the option to change jobs (I know; that feels like she somehow won, but that's your option).

Same deal with the INFO REQUEST.

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