Doctor won't repay what he agreed to

[bitterpatient]

After paying a physician for a package of skincare treatments, $4500 for one year of services, he performed three treatments over three weeks time and then quit communicating about the rest of the treatments. I finally heard from him after composing a direct and detailed e-mail about receiving a refund for his breaking the agreement. After much debate about what he would do, we settled on $3000 in repayment, $125 twice a month for a year. It has been a year and a half now, and he's only paid $1150, with all payments being late or nonexistent. I did receive the last payment of $150 about two weeks ago. Before sending the payment he implied that the money order would be for the entire repayment amount, which at that point was $2000. When I e-mailed to express my dissatisfaction, he stated he was just paying as a courtesy, and that he never thought I was entitled to repayment. He is completely ignoring me now. I have all of our lengthy e-mails as proof of the agreement. What can I do? Does my trail of communication serve as proof in small claims court?

 

[dee_dub]

Sue him in small claims. Whether or not it will be sufficient proof is up to the judge to determine. Bring a record of your original contract and what he agreed to do, and a record of what he actually did. Bring a record of your settlement agreement, any emails you have substantiating that he agreed to refund you $3000, and a record of all the payments he missed showing exactly what you have received to date.