I hired a contracting company in Pa for a landscaping job to be done in NJ. They have failed to complete the job and I find it necessary to file a suit. How would I go about this because they are a PA company. Thanks for any insight.
Just to clarify:
The company began the job and abandoned it along with all their tools and equipment that were left at the NJ site. They will not return phone calls etc.

done for a contactor specifically?

I understand what’s the benefits of contracting companies hiring minority / women craft workers in the field. However, what’s the benefits of contracting companies hiring minority / women professionals? Professionals such as engineers, managers, project managers, estimators, and ETC??

Demonstrators who opposed a day-laborer center in the District gathered yesterday outside a Northeast shopping plaza to ask authorities to disperse the mostly Hispanic day laborers who continue to gather there to look for work.

About two dozen protesters affiliated with the groups DefendDC and Help Save Maryland assembled outside the Home Depot on Rhode Island Avenue in Northeast. They were met by about 15 counterdemonstrators who showed up to support the workers.

Members of the protest group held signs and complained of crimes regularly committed by laborers, as many as 200 of whom congregate daily at the site to link up with contractors for jobs. Residents say some of the workers loiter, drink alcohol and urinate in public.http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071216/METRO/682892988/1004

The hugely popular shopping center Rhode Island Plaza is strategically wedged between two major D.C. corridors (New York Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue). Major attractions there include a Metro station and a Metrobus junction. There’s a major distraction there, too: The site has become a magnet for crime. "As many as 200 mostly Hispanic day laborers congregate each day at the shopping plaza, which includes a Home Depot and Giant grocery store, looking to link up with contractors for jobs," Gary Emerling of The Washington Times reported Friday. "Residents have complained that some of the workers loiter, drink alcohol and urinate in public."But misdemeanants aren’t the only offenders who gather there. Rhode Island Plaza is also popular with thieves, assailants, illegal aliens and jackleg contractors. It’s a disgraceful situation, because instead of enforcing the law, City Hall thumbs its nose at residents, consumers and the law.As the mayor of a sanctuary city, Adrian Fenty placates misdemeanants and felons alike by refusing to insist that D.C. officers enforce immigration and local laws. The day laborers, who are neither solely illegal aliens nor Hispanics, are wholly comfortable with that policy. They know they can use the shopping center as a public toilet and public watering hole and get away with it. They know that in practice (though not necessarily policy), the police are keenly focused on protection — not prevention.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071112/EDITORIAL/111120006/1013

the check is from a company called Calix Masonry Contractors, Inc. based out of MD I am from TX and have never been there before the check is for ,500. The check came w/ a letter saying that I won in some lottery and that I am expected to recieve ,450. They are saying that this check must be deposited in my bank actt (i dont have one) and that from it they need 1870 as a processing fee. the payment is for their legal representative before I can get the 56,450…. So I tried to cash it at MONEY BOX they said that if it came w/ that note it is fake so I went to ACE check cashing and there they almost cashed it they just needed to get ahold of the Masonry co. (it was after 6pm) so is this a scam what should i do. ????

all the questions:

131a) Name the capital that is located on a boot shaped peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea?
131b) The name of lake borders Niger, Chad, Nigeria, and Cameroon?(i don’t know how to spell it?)

132a)a south american country hoping to lure people to its sparsely populated interior built (1956-1960) a splendid new city at 16º S / 48º W. What is the city?"

132b)Southeast Asia is a land of islands and peninsulas stretching south and east from Bangladesh’s eastern border. What are the countries of this area?

133a) Which sea touches Hong Kong? How does it rank in size among the world seas?

133b)What is the capital of Luxembourg, a European country smaller in land area than Rhode Island?

134a) What is the capital of the island nation southeast of Greenland?

134b) Where is the Sea of Okhotsk located?

*GEO MOMENT*
a contractor built an apartment complex around an open area. He planted grass in the open area but didn’t put in the sidewalks until after people had been living in the apartments for a year or so. Why? (he wasn’t just lazy or trying to get away with not finishing the job.)

I reside in Minnesota and was an independent contractor for a company based out of Rhode Island. They ended my contract because I told the owner she was a self righteous ####waffle.
I have spent 7 years in this type of job and it is how I earn the better part of my living.
The contract I signed has a non-compete that states I won’t "work directly or indirectly with a competitor".
Logic would dictate that I’m completely screwed, but many are telling me that because of the geographic distance and the unreasonableness of the non-compete (I won’t be allowed to practice my trade), that I could easily fight this in court. Any thoughts?