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  • Good answer (+1). I will only add that a lawyer need not be psychotic to represent that problematic potential plaintiff. Some small-town lawyers really don't have much going on in their career and lend themselves to blatantly frivolous litigation as long as they deem it profitable in some way. Commented Jan 23, 2019 at 20:17
  • Obviously with this threat your offer of writing off his debt should be gone. Send him the bill, and if doesn't pay, it's the small claims court. Commented Jan 23, 2019 at 22:49
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    @IñakiViggers True, if there might be some money in it, I can see some bottom feeders going for it, or at least to have something do to. It's happened many times. Commented Jan 24, 2019 at 0:51
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    @gnasher729 That's a good point; the OP could go on somewhat of an offensive against the guy. Commented Jan 24, 2019 at 0:52
  • I agree that loss of profits is a long bow for damages. A more realistic claim would be any increase in the cost between what the OP was charging and what any new developer charged. Commented Jan 24, 2019 at 0:59