you probably cant get more then your deposit back..if that....IF he did things professonally and watched his back....both my taxidermist give a recipt...both have agreements that get signed by the customer saying work is done at CUSTOMERS own risk...and the taxidermist is not respondible for anything blah blah.....and they will do their best to return a quality piece blah blah.....i wish you the best of luck.....you may have a case may not.....i dont know much about all that legal stuff...to me stuff like that you cant put a price on.......though here in PA we can pick up roadkill bucks for 10$ a point...........