I'd appreciate your help. Thanks. --64.12.xxx.xxx

She acknowledged her guest caused the damage so yes she owes to have it repaired --205.188.xxx.x

If her guest did the damage and she admits to it then she is responsible. She can sue her guest to recover however she is responsible for paying you. --24.6.xxx.xxx

New Jersey --192.4.xxx.xxx

Actually she is denying everything. The plumber found a small hand towel (How anyone flushes that down a toilet is puzzling). Apparently the towel was wrapped around a sewage ejector and caused it to burn out. It was a BRAND NEW TOILET installed by a certified plumber. Now she's saying that I must have caused the damage. --64.12.xxx.x

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In the age of email anything can happen. She just sent me an email saying she is not responsible and neither is her guest. She's telling me to sue her! Seems her "guest" is an attorney. --64.12.xxx.x

File in small claims court for damages to plumbing, it doesn't matter if her guest is an attorney... defendant cannot be represented by attorney in small claims court anyway. --24.6.xxx.xxx

Also, the "guest" could be a story that she made up, forget about her guest and just sue tenant. --24.6.xxx.xxx

they are always attorneys. What matters is filing fees. I would take her to small claims court. I would also file for eviction for non payment of rent. --96.241.xx.xx

Let's be honest you have a hard sell and a dead beat...how much more do you want to put down the drain.... --69.245.xxx.xx

Have your plumber testify.. if it wasn't for the towel the damage would not happen. --24.6.xxx.xxx

She hasn't paid Aug (at least) rent. Now there are plumbing issues. Its gotten ugly and she will get uglier with you. Just because she says she is not responsible doesn't make it true. File for eviction ASAP and stop all communication. Do not respond to email, text, phone unless she has all the money. I'd wait to file for damages because you don't know the full damages until she is gone. --76.30.xx.xxx

If the only number she had for you was the GV number, you could flag her number in GV to not forward her call to your real phone number. --199.46.xxx.xxx

if rent is late i start eviction on the 5th and think u should too if your state lets u. --173.14.xxx.xxx

Thanks for all the replies. Just to reiterate, it was indeed the fault of the tenant or her guest. The plumber pulled from the ejector sewage a towel which wrapped around the pump. This caused it to burn out. I personnal accompanied the plumber and purchased the system. So with his labor (including cleaning out a sewer line) the cost was $2000. I have started the eviction process which could take months based on Maryland's slow system and backlog. I have further been informed that the plumbing is again ruined. I refuse to repair it until she is OUT. --64.12.xxx.x

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