question about subpoena

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Hi im a RN

Today a guy went to my house with a letter of subpoena and asking me to sign documents Documents with my name on and the name of my old job. He said its from a place that I didnt even worked for.

Letter is stating to call the law firm and to appear in court. I asked the guy who he worked for and said he's just a messenger. I didnt sign documents and tol him I didnt even work for the stated place.

Do you think this is legit or a scam?

btw, he came yesterday too but I wasnt available at the moment. Paperwork as a little bit crumpled too.

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Is it someone who is serving you? You have to sign when being served a subpoena.

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a guy came to my house and he said he's just a messenger. he asked me to sign the documents but I said I'm not signing anything and he told me to call the law firm

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Specializes in ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine.

We cannot give legal advice here on this forum, but the way you described it pretty much has to be a scam.

One's name(s) and job history are not officially public record but can quite easily be found by anyone determined to do so, especially if there is any type of social network activity. Getting anything more or less seriously legal officially signed at home with no witness, no proper identification, no legal representation and with some guy who claims to be "just a messenger" sounds as just next level to those ubiquitous calls from Microsoft, IRS, ICE, "your credit card account", "your health insurance" and so forth.

A few years ago, here in Michigan we had some guys calling RNs and MDs claiming that Boards were after them due to lapsed license fees or "illegal licensing" in several states. The calls were done quite professionally with perfect English without accent, but on the background there was police syren sounding, and that was their main mistake. Boards, whether nursing or medical, have nothing to do with police, and surprising number of people just happened to know it. AFAIK, the calls were reported immediately and happened to be yet another phishing scam from Carrabean somewhere.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I would go along with scam. When you are served its much more official. I would probably just call the legal office but agree, I wouldn't sign anything either.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

I'm fairly certain subpoenas are served by officers of the court.

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It is probably a process server. They are used to serve subpoenas in lawsuit cases.

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Specializes in school nurse.

Video him and your interaction if he shows up again...

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that's what I thought too. I said im not signing anything and he left. He said he's just a messenger

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We cannot give legal advice here on this forum, but the way you described it pretty much has to be a scam.

One's name(s) and job history are not officially public record but can quite easily be found by anyone determined to do so, especially if there is any type of social network activity. Getting anything more or less seriously legal officially signed at home with no witness, no proper identification, no legal representation and with some guy who claims to be "just a messenger" sounds as just next level to those ubiquitous calls from Microsoft, IRS, ICE, "your credit card account", "your health insurance" and so forth.

A few years ago, here in Michigan we had some guys calling RNs and MDs claiming that Boards were after them due to lapsed license fees or "illegal licensing" in several states. The calls were done quite professionally with perfect English without accent, but on the background there was police syren sounding, and that was their main mistake. Boards, whether nursing or medical, have nothing to do with police, and surprising number of people just happened to know it. AFAIK, the calls were reported immediately and happened to be yet another phishing scam from Carrabean somewhere.

my mistake, I should have ask for ID. I noticed theres a case number too on the subpoena but the signitures are photocopied

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Specializes in Medical Legal Consultant.

Depending on your state, Process Servers (who are lay people) can serve subpoenas. Subpeonas can require you to show up for Court or Deposition or provide documents. The attorney can actually sign the subpoena as an officer of the court. If he left the documents, find out who the defendant is. There should be a caption. See if you are a witness and what they want you to do. If it was a place where you worked, call and ask to speak to their attorney to find out what is going on.

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Specializes in Burn, ICU.

I think it sounds shady too, but I was once subpoenaed because I was an (unwitting) witness to a crime (theft). Is it possible that you could have cared for a patient who was the alleged victim of a crime or abuse (maybe a nursing home patient that you cared for in the hospital or something) and someone wants you to testify about the patient's injuries or condition? I would call the supposed law office that the papers came from to verify!

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