You may have done the right thing. There was a case before mine, an elderly couple swindled by a landscaper who took a bunch of money, did a tiny bit of crappy

You may have done the right thing. There was a case before mine, an elderly couple swindled by a landscaper who took a bunch of money, did a tiny bit of crappy work, then disappeared. Landscaper didn’t show up at trial and they won a default judgement; but good luck collecting from a ghost.