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[Quebec Canada] Does a store employee have a right to search my bag when I leave the store absent any evidence I ve shoplifted?

I was inspired by [this post](https: www.reddit.com r legaladvice comments 3ghd2o what_rightsresponsibilities_do_i_have_to_managers ) but thought I d make my own since it s a different country and circumstance. A few months ago I went to Canadian Tire -- a big well-known Canadian box store for home supplies and car supplies with an attached car repair -- to have some tires changed. I had a laptop bag with some valuable paperwork (no laptop) in it so just in case I kept it with me. I waited the hour or so for the work to be done in the waiting room then was given an invoice and told I had to pay at the cashiers at the department store-type. I did so and the sales clerk held on to my receipt (which is the proof of purchase I needed to have my keys returned to me at the car repair part of the store) and said she had to search my bag. I objected saying I had not been in the store at all but had walked here directly from the car repair. She pointed to a sign at the door saying the store reserves the right to search all customers bags. I gave in because I wanted to get my car and I had nothing of interest in the bag but it got me wondering: * Does the existence of that sign change anything? I entered into the car repair section and there is no such sign there only at the entrance to the actual store. * Can they really insist on searching my bag without probable cause? I literally was in the store section for 5-10 seconds as long as it took me to walk to the cash. * What do you think would have happened if I d refused? I m wondering if this is a case of Canadian Tire knowing they can t *insist* on searching a bag but ask anyway assuming people don t know they can t insist and so get their consent. But is it plausible they would have called the police? On what grounds? * The cashier s body language led me to believe she would not give me my receipt which I d just paid hundreds of dollars for if I didn t submit to the search -- but she didn t come out and tell me that specifically. I m wondering if this is similar to my point above and if she would have given me my receipt anyway if I d refused the search. All of this is for my curiosity only. I m not in the habit of taking bags into stores because I realize it looks suspicious but this was a case of my not wanting to leave it in the car. I considered standing my ground for about 0.1 seconds but I just wanted to get my car and go home.

2015-08-11 10:20:03

Almost 100% certain that here in Canada it s only for stores like Costco where you have a membership and have agreed to that policy. Unless they see you take something and leave the store without paying for it they have no right to look through your stuff or demand anything of you. Even then they have limited rights like using appropriate force to detain you until the police arrive and do a proper search of your person.

2015-08-11 12:38:41

Shoplifting Incidents at Walmart

Do I have to pay an EMT bill if I didn t call them and I ALSO told them I didn t need help?

So I hit a deer the other day and I was 100% just fine. Someone ELSE (I have no clue who) called 911 and a few police cars firetrucks and ambulance showed up. The EMTs came up to me and said “Are you okay?” to which I said “Yeah I m just fine. I don t need examined” and then they asked “Can we write down your contact information?” so they wrote down my information and today I got a bill for $350. I m already frustrated and tight on cash as is because I need to purchase a new vehicle so I m extra frustrated that I m now being billed $350 because someone else called 911. I completely denied their services. Do I have to pay this bill or is there any way out of it? United States PA

2020-12-19 18:39:00

I used to work in ems billing and the general consensus was that if someone didn t call for themselves and was not treated they would not be responsible for a bill. It didn t stop some of our ambulance companies from trying to bill anyway but if it was contested it was written off. If the ems people didn t touch you you should not have to pay it. As someone else mentioned contest it.

2020-12-19 19:47:40

Medical Billing Disputes and Fraud

(Pennsylvania) Mom s husband (divorce-in-progress) changed her contact info with her bank

My mom and her husband are in the process of getting a divorce. She recently noticed that she hasn t been getting her usual statements (credit card mortgage etc.) from her bank so she checked in with the bank last week and discovered that her mailing address phone number and online banking password had all been changed. The mailing address is a PO box that her husband has been using for communication with her (I don t think he wants her to know where he s living) and the phone number is his as well. Am I wrong in thinking that what he did is illegal? This isn t a joint account it s her own personal account.

2017-02-26 13:16:24

Yes it is illegal. If she has a divorce lawyer have her discuss the first steps with them. If not ask the bank to provide any paperwork video recordings needed to file a police report. She should also do a pretty thorough update to all of her passwords--two-step authentication change the security questions to fake answers that she can easily remember etc. If her soon-to-be-ex-husband did this in person the bank is sort of fucked and should be happy to cooperate. If he did this online he broke the computer fraud and abuse act and committed a felony. Also if he actually opened any of her mail (I m assuming he did...) that s a shitstorm of its own. Seriously tell your mom to talk to her lawyer and go to the police. If whomever she speaks to refuses to take a report ask to see their supervisor. It might also be a good idea to report it to the USPS--if this is actually a P.O. Box at a post office this will be even simpler for them to investigate. Even if not the USPIS (postal inspection service) can help.

2017-02-26 13:40:48

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Landlord taking us to court

Ok so a big ass misunderstanding has occurred me and the wife have been renting a property for the last year and a half. We ve paid our rent on time each and every month. Apparently the property owners have not recieved our rent for November. The issue is we paid our rent one day early so instead of paying on November 1st we ended up paying on October 31st. So october has 2 FULL months of rent payments we paid Octobers rent on October 2nd and paid Novembers rent on October 31. Now they are taking us to court for non payment of back rent. We tried to explain this numerous times to the property managers but they insist that extra payment is from something else🙄. We have all of our digital rent receipts proving everything month was paid in full and on time. So they are trying to charge us back rent late fees and court fees. Now we have to take off work to go to court and lose a day of pay. My question is once we go to court and provide our proof can we counter sue for lost of wages for them wasting everyone s time by not thoroughly going through their books? We can t really afford a lawyer but I m just curious if its possible. Location Pennsylvania EDIT: So I got In contact with someone in corporate about the matter to see if we can resolve this without going to court a senior supervisor contacted me for all proof of payments I sent an email with all receipts since June and a payment break down that looks like this: Early Rent Payment(June2019) MAY 31 2019-$550 MAY 31 2019-$550 Early Rent Payment(July2019) JUNE 29 2019-$550 JUNE29 2019-$550 Rent Payment (August2019) AUGUST06 2019-$600 AUGUST06 2019-$600 Rent Payment(September2019) SEPT03 2019-$564 SEPT03 2019-$565 Rent Payment(October2019) OCTOBER02 2019-$583 OCTOBER02 2019-$583 EARLY Rent Payment(November2019) OCTOBER30 2019-$550 OCTOBER30 2019-$550 Rent Payment (December2019) DECEMBER30 2019-$550 DECEMBER30 2019-$550 Rent Payment (January2020) JANUARY01 2020-$1095 Rent payment(February2020) FEBRUARY04 2020-$550 FEBRUARY05 2020-$550 Hoping to update you guys soon. If anyone cares my case was dismissed without prejudice!!

2020-02-21 12:59:39

You can ask the court to award you lost wages worst that would happen is the court says no. I don t think you ll get it but you can ask.

2020-02-21 13:36:40

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

Fiancee and I broke up yesterday and she s asked me to move out by Saturday evening. Housing situation is complicated and would appreciate help understanding my rights.

Hi everyone long time lurker first time poster and throwaway account. I m in a pretty heavy time crunch so I ll do my best to summarize my situation in this post and answer any further questions I can in the comments. &amp #x200B Location: Milwaukee County WI. &amp #x200B Early this year I moved from the Chicago area to the Milwaukee area to live with my fiancee. I ve officially changed my address with the USPS my banking and several other organizations. I also have a Wisconsin driver s license listing our apartment as my home address. &amp #x200B When we moved into this apartment together we agreed among ourselves and our landlord that she would be the sole leaseholder even though I was living in the apartment as well. Our reasoning was that I still was financially unable to terminate my lease on my apartment in Chicago so we would allow her to pay the rent on our home and I would continue to pay the bills on my Chicago apartment. &amp #x200B Last Saturday we drove to Chicago to move a carload of things from my old apartment and allow me to meet with the management staff. I didn t tell her at the time but I also submitted my termination notice that day. Her birthday is coming up and I intended to surprise her with the news as part of her birthday present. Unfortunately a large issue in our relationship came to light on Sunday afternoon and late Wednesday night yesterday morning we agreed to terminate our relationship. &amp #x200B This led rise the issue that I m seeking advice on: Yesterday she asked me to move out by Saturday evening. I currently am putting all of my effort in locating a place to go and hopefully will be able to meet this expectation but I have yet to find a place to move to. &amp #x200B If I cannot move out by Saturday evening what are my rights as a tenant in this situation? I realize that she is the leaseholder and I m trying to understand who plays which role in the situation. Am I technically a subletter under her? I believe that I ve established residency at this address particularly since it is listed on my driver s license and I permanently changed my address with the USPS and receive my mail and other documents here. &amp #x200B Again I hope that none of this advice will be necessary. I m attempting to leave before her arbitrary deadline but if I cannot I would appreciate help understanding my rights in the situation. Have I legally established residency at this address and if so am I entitled to a longer notice? &amp #x200B TL DR: Ex-fiancee asked me yesterday to move out by Saturday evening. She s the sole lease holder but I believe that I ve legally established residency at our shared apartment. Is her demand that I move out by Saturday legally enforceable or am I entitled to a longer notice? Obviously it s a complex situation and I m happy to provide as much additional information as I can in the comments. **Update:** My ex stopped by our apartment after work so I could unload my things from her car. My neighbor helped and we were able to quickly move everything into our guest room but our attempt to calmly discuss the timeline and specifics of my move went quite poorly. &amp #x200B I attempted to calmly address this deadline initially without discussing the legal aspect but she quickly became emotional and expressed her view of our current legal situation. She told me that it is legally her apartment and that she has the right to kick me out whenever she feels. She also threatened to involve lawyers if it escalated. I explained to her that I am putting my full effort into meeting her deadline but if I am unable to I legally am entitled to 30 days notice to vacate. &amp #x200B I did speak with our landlord last evening to inform him that there is a situation developing and that I would do my best to keep him informed of any changes that may affect him. He agreed that I am entitled to more notice but has reiterated multiple times his desire to avoid drama and outside involvement as much as possible. I m doing my best to respect his wishes and minimize the situation s impact on his life. &amp #x200B When I explained our landlord s position to her she became upset that I involved him (she felt it crossed a line) restated her belief that it was her apartment and left without any further discussion. I m dedicating every effort I can to move out as soon as possible but I still am unsure of where I can go. This brings me to my current question: If I am unable to move out by Saturday afternoon what would be the best way to handle the situation? I d prefer to manage it calmly and without outside legal or law enforcement involvement but if it somehow comes to that how can I best address it? Again I currently have nowhere to go so I would like to understand what I can do in this theoretical worst-case scenario.

2018-09-27 20:39:11

You re a month-to-month tenant and your roommate is required to give you 28 days notice to terminate your tenancy. If she does anything to illegally evict you such as moving your stuff to the curb or changing the locks call the police.

2018-09-27 20:40:30

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

My neighbor claims to own the retaining wall holding my house on the hill and it needs repaired.

She s mad at me because she got reported to the city for not having siding on her house for the last 3 years. They did their job and sent her a notice to remedy it. So now she s got the city marking the property lines to prove the wall is on her property. The city even claims they do not have official measurements and official property lines must be drawn by a surveyor. The ordinances regarding walls fences and other non-permanent structures states a wall can be built ON the property line. Judging by the city s marker 3 4 of the 12 inch wall is on her side. I ve already lined out a construction crew to fix the wall as it has moved quite a bit in the last couple years. So much so that my foundation has settled and I now have cracks in my drywall. Last summer when I discussed it with her she had no problem allowing easement for the crew to remove the old wall and build the new wall from the low ground on her side of the wall. I feel she has since changed her mind. If the wall is hers does she have any kind of responsibility to maintain it if it is structurally necessary for my house? (I don t think so but if I can get her to pay for it I m going to!) If the wall is mine or neutral what rights to I have to an easement to maintain and repair it? If it matters I m in Kansas.

2020-10-07 01:34:15

1. Is this wall providing some kind of support for your property like a terrace or some other foundational issue? 2. When you bought the land was there any data information regarding this terrace? 3. This sub often differentiates between city marked property lines often made by eyeballing not-to-scale-maps and rough estimates and surveys which are precision measurements.

2020-10-07 05:06:39

Neighbor Property Line Fence

Landlord selling house lease term is over wants 60 days notice [VA]

Our landlord told us January 29 that he is planning on selling our house that we have been in for seven years. The last lease ended in 2015 and we have been month to month since then. Originally our landlord told us he was looking to put the house on the market in about six months but his realtor has now contacted us and done a walk through. She has told us it s a shorter time frame and asked us several times when we plan to vacate. We have found a new place that is ready April 1. We emailed the landlord our notice today and he is now saying we need to give 60 day notice but he also needs the house show ready and with limited clutter and furniture. Our last lease does say that once the term of it was over it was a 60 day notice for when we d be vacating but does this change any with his notice of selling? Edit for clarity: The landlord isn t the one telling us to move right away. We ve found a place since the current one is being sold and we re moving. The problem is the landlord wants us to pay this month and next making us have to give a 60 day notice rather than 30 like we ve done. We ve never had any problems with the landlord but we can t pay two rents in April (or we could but don t want to lose that much money) and we can t lose the great place we ve found.

2020-03-01 03:16:08

In absence of a written lease it converts to month to month and a month is 30 days not 60. Your landlord can kick rocks.

2020-03-01 03:50:05

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

My blog was plagiarized in a book

I found direct quotes from a blog post I wrote a few years ago in a published book (available in bookstores on bestseller lists 10k+ copies sold) without attribution. The author had read my article when it was first published and we were part of the same writing group that met to give feedback to each other s work. I ve tried contacting the author but have been ignored each time. What can I do?

2022-08-28 02:30:53

1. Confirm to the best if your ability that they are not making fair use of your copyrighted work 2. Gather and preserve all the evidence you need to show you created the work before they published the book 3. Send them a proper copyright cease and desist letter. Look.up how to do this for your jurisdiction. This part must be done according to the standards of your jurisdiction e.g. referencing the laws that have been broken by name. Google it. 4. If the infringement persists you will have to take them to court and get a court order to make them stop plus whatever $$$ you can get out of it. Depending on the stakes this may not be cost effective. You ll need to weigh your options at that point.

2022-08-28 02:50:46

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Mother is having trouble with an ex [TN]

So this is a throwaway for personal reasons. I don t want to write a wall of text but I feel like this may need some background. My mom had been dating this guy (I ll call him G) and team-driving a big truck with him for a year this past June. He had a history of abuse that she didn t know about but found out when they began having issues a few weeks into the relationship. She convinced herself she couldn t leave him for a few reasons mainly though she needed the money desperately and he kept telling her he d change. But this isn t r relationships so I ll continue. This last time they were together he brought down his daughter along with her family (kid boyfriend boyfriend s kid) to live here. My grandmother lives with us but owns a house that she is currently renting out to our relatives and G was planning on putting his family there. He wanted the other fam kicked out of that house (the family currently renting was being difficult and hadn t paid rent for two months but that s a different issue). Then my mom and G split up again and G left the family here living in a camper connected to the house for electricity. They used gallons of water for showers ate all the food in the house and because they had just moved they had no money to pay us for any of this [Edit: they were here for over two weeks in case that lets you know just how much they owed us]. G was supposed to. However G says he isn t going to pay for any of it and he also took the money from my mom s wallet ($400+). My mom called the cops on him and they watched as G loaded up the family and his belongings into the truck and said the taking of the money was a civil issue. Anyways that really wasn t the issue I was posting about although my mother wished she could do something about that as well. But we don t have the money for a lawyer or anything like that so she was going to let it slide because she had no other choice. A few hours ago G texted her and said he had videos of them while they were in the truck s sleeper and pictures of her he was going to send out and post on websites (the ones where you can post anonymously for revenge I m pretty sure those exist). She only learned of the videos a few months ago but she couldn t ever delete them from his phone. She never consented to the pictures or the videos. I know TN doesn t have a revenge porn law yet so I m not sure of what she can do if he posts them or sends them. She s super stressed and has no idea of what she can do. Is there anything to help that applies in Tennessee?

2015-09-09 23:45:06

NAL not going to comment on the question but make sure all of the locks on the house are changed asap. Get a couple of security cameras as well just in case any of them come back. Good luck. One of the lawyers should be along shortly to help with the real question.

2015-09-10 00:23:03

Miscellaneous Legal Query

(GA) Private university required to have ADA entrance to building?

I go to a private university in Georgia USA. I will be using a wheelchair in the upcoming months. However the building that houses my major does not have an accessible entrance. 1. It has elevators inside. 2. It has been refurbished semi-recently and is very frequently used. 3. There is no alternate space available for me to take my classes in as they are very specific to this location. I plan to speak to Disability Services when I return from break but what should I say mention? I do not want my university to get in trouble I just want to be able to get to class!

2019-12-29 03:54:22

ADA suits are to force compliance. Also the statute provides for them to pay for your attorneys fees. I ve handled a few ADA suits on behalf of property owners in Georgia - just filing a suit will press this to a resolution VERY quickly.

2019-12-29 05:35:12

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[TX] Possible wrongful termination accusation of theft.

Coworker s wife just got shitcanned and it sounds like a messed up situation. Here s what I know. She works as a collector and took a cash payment. Handed it off to another employee who was supposed to post the payment. Payment wasn t posted until a day later which is not their SOP. Payments should be posted immediately. Office manager saw this and that it was posted on paycheck day. Assumed that coworker s wife stole the money until she could cash her check then gave it back. The weird thing is that if she received a cash payment why would she enter it into the system if she s going to steal it for a day? Just enter it later. From what my coworker is telling me she has no previous write-ups for anything other than attendance. So she didn t receive any kind of warning that this was a terminable offense. And the manager *did* explicitly say she was fired so it s not one of those you resigned silly situations. TX is an at-will employment state if you re about to ask. Sorry if that s not clear or detailed but it s what little I know. Let me know if you have any questions and I ll edit the answers in.

2016-08-18 13:43:09

&gt TX is an at-will employment state if you re about to ask. Every state is at-will except Montana. Wrongful doesn t mean incorrect. A wrongful termination would be something like you re fired because I hate Catholics -- something based on a [protected class](https: www.nolo.com legal-encyclopedia texas-employment-discrimination-32114.html) characteristic. The wife could have been fired for a false allegation a true allegation or no allegation at all.

2016-08-18 14:16:49

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Company trademarked name but wasn t first to use it

Posting for a friend based in Pennsylvania. Long story short she started a brand in 2015. Didn t get a trademark and another company started in 2020 trademarked the name in the same industry category. My advice was to just get a new name and trademark it. I don t believe she has any recourse even though she registered the company got the domain etc. prior to this new company existing. She also plans to expand to other states so the common law thing wouldn t be too helpful. Am I right on this or is there another solution?

2022-01-05 22:23:59

Your friend should consult a trademark attorney. It s worth the investment if the alternative is completely rebranding. She potentially has senior rights in the areas in which she already used the mark but it s a very fact-intensive analysis. This is a situation where paying for an hour or two with an experienced attorney would be worthwhile.

2022-01-06 03:53:45

Trademark Infringement Resolution

I accepted a bid from one tree removal company but a different one showed up and did the work. Am I legally obligated to pay? (MA)

Earlier this month I got estimates from 2 tree removal companies to take down a tree in my front yard. Company A was cheaper than Company B and I have used them in the past so I decided I would go with them and accepted their bid and paid them 25% up front. A week ago some workers showed up at the front door with the tree removal truck out front and said they were here for the tree work so I assumed they were from Company A that I had hired. Turns out they were from the other company Company B that I didn t hire. I showed them the tree and they removed it and are now billing me for the work they did which is more expensive than Company A s price. I didn t realize the mix-up until Company A called to schedule our tree removal at which point I told them their crew already came out and they said No they didn t... Fortunately Company A is refunding my deposit and says this is not the first time that Company B has done this. Am I legally obligated to pay Company B for the work at the price they are invoicing me for even though I did not accept their bid? I did not sign anything with them. I am in Massachusetts.

2021-06-18 01:14:24

As everyone is saying it is going to be more expensive to fight for it. But you can always try to communicate with company B explain to them that you never agreed to anything with them and that company A even had an advance payment. Send them the company A bid and tell them that you are willing to pay the same 348$ to them because there was never an agreement and you thought it was company A doing the Job. You might be surprised the may be able to accept that. You have nothing to loose by doing so.

2021-06-18 09:21:06

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Someone I know got in trouble with files he uploaded to Dropbox. Louisiana United States

A family friend may have uploaded files to a dropbox account that were flagged and he was arrested for. He pays a fee to dropbox I assume for a premium version. His family wants to cancel this recurring charge but they don t want to get in trouble for tampering with evidence. I would assume that any evidence has been harvested and removed from the site. But does the family have a right to worry and are they able to cancel this premium account.(Assuming he is not under contract on dropbox) - Thank you.

2018-01-25 06:10:46

Have they reached out to the prosecutor and asked? I doubt it would be needed at this point since he s already been arrested. But they can always work with the authorities.

2018-01-25 12:53:08

Revenge porn and underage photos

Friend s small business caught one of their managers embezzling money. What to do?

Said friend asked me for a trustworthy local attorney to talk to but I am not sure why they wouldn t just transfer the evidence to the police. I think the person in question is\was somewhat a friend so while they want them to go they don t want them to go to jail. I am only getting this second hand but I understand what has happened so far is they have offered to buy said person out of the company minus the money they stole from the company account which the person agreed to. Now they are demanding more money to go and the company is cashed lean at the moment. I have also told them to not provide another dollar to said person until they have a clear plan in place. Vague on details and I am not sure how they didn t have some documents signed when the last money was exchanged hands but now they are looking for legal advice. So what do folks recommend? Also what kind of attorney should they be looking for in term of specialty? EDIT: Location is Austin Texas

2015-10-16 01:00:40

The person was offered a gracious deal and is trying to negotiate?? Adios MF time to call the cops.

2015-10-16 01:12:34

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[WA] My neighbor is plotting to murder me and the girl upstairs... not sure what to do.

Ok a little back story sorry its kinda long but I dont know where to begin.. - Neighbor is 30 has 5 biological children all taken from him by different women and lives off of SSI (last week at his re-evaluation he commited perjury told me how he went in and acted insane crying and twitching). I have done some research and he is 100% sociopath which is what scares me. I have watched videos on youtube and read the DSM-V and people like him always end up in prison for something crazy. * He sits in the backyard practicing throwing knives and lifting weights and he is so ripped it scares the crap out of me like could kill you with his hands in a blink. * He lives next door in my apts. and the management has tried kicking him out for months (only prob is that his mom lives down the street so it wont matter anyways). Can t move cause my mom lives here and we just dont have the money to go anywhere else. * He has been renting both rooms at his apt. sleeping on the couch and charging rediculous fees and rent to people on craigslist. He has had about 10 people (9 10 girls) live there over the past 1.5 years and he has systematically built relationship and even dated 4 of the girls and then destroyed their lives (called jobs and got them fired child services took some kids away fake police calls steals all their stuff and pawns it. 2 people have ended up homeless from it all. * The police have been over there multiple times and have done nothing. * He has a pregnant cat right now locked in a cage of its own feces forbids the current roommates to touch or feed it. * He has bragged about crimes but I cant tell if he s serious because he just says things to manipulate or read your reactions maybe just making it up to see if ill snitch.. * At any given moment he has 4 or so knives hidden on him and he definitely knows how to use them. Constantly talking about killing cops.. how he ll never go quietly. *last week pawned a $3000 TV from rent a center for $300. Already called RAC they said they would look into it and try calling him I could go on for a hundred pages. Currently his two roommates are cool (guy and girl couple) and we ve become kinda friends. The girl in the apt. above me is cool too but she started dating him and then broke up with him a week later. She doesn t really know how crazy this dude is. Now he thinks she s into me one night he thought we were flirting and almost attacked me. Well his roomates told me and my mom today that he is plotting to murder me and the girl and make it look like an accident. He has said stuff like this a bunch but I don t know how seriously to take it. We are afraid of going to the police because 1. they have already dealt with him and nothing has happened &amp 2. as soon as he gets out on bail his *primary mission* will be to murder anyone who betrayed him. Sorry for the rant here I feel trapped here and don t know what to do anyone have any advice? Thanks for reading

2015-06-04 17:57:28

For starters call Animal Control about the cat.

2015-06-04 18:05:18

Neighbor Noise Disputes

Neighbor s Annual Negligent Discharge (CA)

It happened again. New Year s Eve rolls around the sure enough at midnight my neighbor waltzed out on his lawn in front of god and everyone and emptied a clip into the sky like an absolute moron. In flagrant disregard of the safety of the sounding neighborhoods. I know that California Penal Code 246.3 covers this. And I attempted to make a citizens arrest under that law. But as I didn t have a weapon and he did I chose to not press matters when he simply waved me off. And immediately contact the authorities. The sheriffs department came out just like they did last time and said they would talk to him. Yet after last years incident this man still somehow has a gun and a job as an armed guard. The same situation happened this year and I m afraid that yet again next year he ll be out on his lawn just firing away. What can I do to stop this man if local authorities seem to try and treat this like it a noise complaint call. Last I checked this was a felony. Do I have to go so far as to get this on film? What would be something that the authorities would have to take action on? What would it take to keep my neighborhood safe from this idiot? I feel helpless here.

2022-01-01 12:51:28

NAL. Did the responding deputies follow-up with you after they spoke with your neighbor? If not I would go down to the sheriff s department and find out what happened. Ask to speak with the sheriff if you re not happy with the results. Did you catch the shenanigans on camera?

2022-01-01 14:37:46

Neighbor Noise Disputes

I m a victim of identity fraud. Just making sure I ve covered all my bases. (FL)

So this all happened yesterday. My father called me up and told me that my application for a Target credit card has been declined. I hadn t stepped foot in a Target in probably a year (coincidentally I did go into one today) and haven t filled out any credit card applications. I called the Target Customer Service number and they verified that someone used my parents address my social and my drivers license to apply for a credit card in Miami. He sent me an email on what to do now. So far I ve called Equifax (who told me that they will contact the other credit bureaus on my behalf but a friend suggested I go ahead and call them too) contacted the Aventura police (it s part of the Miami area where the crime happened and I live in Orlando) and will be contacting the FTC and Social Security departments tomorrow. And as I m writing this out my dad called me and told me that I received another similar letter from Jared Galleria. I called them and it was online and they won t disclose the city that the IP came from. What s really annoying about this is that Target also had the offender s phone numbers but could not disclose them to me for safety reasons. I don t know why they have to protect these people. Anyway is there anything else I should be doing? Sorry for the poor formatting I m extremely swamped right now and don t even have a lot of time to be dealing with this. Just putting this out there for more suggestions. Edit: I forgot to mention that the only time I ve given out my drivers license and social security number this year was at a private company who s contracted to do fingerprinting for a background check company. I needed fingerprinting to register as a vendor in a school district and picked this private mail company that was near my home. Incidentally I went in there one week before these applications started to get filled out. I called the security company s 800 number just to give them a heads up that the branch I was at may be the reason my identity has been stolen and the operator went on the defensive ( We are an honest company that answers to the FBI! rather than thank you for the heads up we will look into that. )

2015-10-13 23:18:51

You wouldn t happen to have applied for a T-Mobile cell plan in the past 2 years using your parent s address did you? Experian had a data breach at the beginning of the month concerning records from that period. Reasonable plans for the future: * Place credit freezes on your record with all three credit bureaus * Contact the IRS and obtain an efiling PIN to prevent fraudulent tax returns * Request new cards form any credit card companies that you may have used as an alternate ID

2015-10-13 23:35:52

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Contractor ruined my house before I got to even sleep in it.

Last month I paid a “contractor” who I will call Sam (not his name) to demo the tile in my kitchen and bathrooms remove existing carpet and install wood look luxury vinyl plank throughout my two story house. This home was a new build that we came in post completion and couldn t make changes. The chosen flooring is commercial grade and when installed correctly is waterproof making it suitable for wet areas. When discussing the details of demo and construction the Sam stressed that cost included the plumber to remove the toilets but we would have to buy the wax rings for when the toilet was reinstalled. Fast forward to last week. Demo is completed floors are installed several areas are noticeably cut incorrectly black caulk is used to fill in large gaps mis cuts baseboards are not finished stairs are unsafe with loose noses(?correct term). I contact Sam and tell him this is unacceptable work. Sam apologizes and promissory to be out to fix all the areas ASAP. My husband and I comb the house and make a detailed itemized list with corresponding numbered blue tape markers identifying miscuts incorrect trim cuts gaps and areas where the floors aren t joined together. The next day He and his “best guy” come out we walk the property and discuss expectations. While they are doing the repairs we return to the house we just sold to continue packing. A few hours later we received a call that the repairs were completed. We rushed to the property and he was gone. Some of the repairs were done a lot of the major ones but not all. He did not return my calls. I planned to file a complaint so I went online to look up his business license number. I could not find one listed in fact I could not find any professional listing for Sam in the state of Florida. I asked my husband if he had verified his license - he had not. Fine. That was the worse of it we had floors with imperfections and that was our fault.... or so we thought. Saturday we moved everything into the house and have been making daily trips to unpack and get things settled. Yesterday I started a load of laundry and we set off to store to grab some essentials. About 45min later we returned to an almost completely flooded first floor. We shut off the water and called an emergency plumber. When the plumber was evaluating it was almost as if it coming out of the walls. He also looked at our connection to our city sewer line and saw no drainage was leaving the house. After several hours of diagnosis if was determined the cause of the leak was a blocked line from several blue shop towels flooring debris and no wax ring on the toilet. The back-flow water was going under the flooring and out where the baseboard meets the floor. Water mitigation came out and have said that due to the sewer water exposure the floors are most likely a total loss and exposed baseboards and 6inches from the floor will be cut up. My insurance adjuster told me to be prepared for about $20 000 in damages. My legal advice questions are- 1. What the hell should I do? What if this guy does this again? 2. Other than small claims court for the cost of flooring install do I have other legal recourse? 3. Should I contact this contractor and offer him a chance to repair the other install errors in pursuant to Florida statute ch 558? Or just cut ties? Thanks in advance. Please don t badger me about the jerk being unlicensed. He claimed to be licensed and his business cards said he was my husband took him at his word. (Sorry for any formatting issues. I m on my phone.)

2018-10-26 01:09:59

If he has a business cardf that says he is licensed yet he is not this is fraud. Possibly criminal. get a lawyer now. Who knows what damages his shoddy work may cause down the road. No wax ring installed and toweles stuffed down the pipe? sounds like they did not care at all. Sounds like they planned on ripping you off. get a lawyer now. NOW.

2018-10-26 01:24:37

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Boss is cutting hours

I work in a fast food restaurant and our gm is cutting our hours. By this I mean if we stay closing anything longer than 30 minutes we dont get paid for it. Our managers dont get paid their overtime if they hit it he alters the hours before they get sent to corporate and the only get paid for 39 hours. So they end up working for 2-3 hours for free. Is what hes doing illegal? If it is what can we do to make it stop?

2013-07-21 22:02:58

Your country and state province?

2013-07-21 22:11:21

Miscellaneous Legal Query

My boss threatened physical violence and I m worried I ll get fired if I report him.

I work at a restaurant in Virginia and we underwent a change of management 2 months ago. My new manager has been very difficult to work for and several coworkers have left specifically because of him. It came to a breaking point for me today when he pulled me into the office and yelled at me for an hour today about a personal issue. Here s what happened. I was picking up my roommate and having a drink at the bar while I waited for her to get off. I had my 6 year old daughter with me. One of my coworkers who is a good friend was talking to us at the bar and my daughter gave him the middle finger. This is where I ll lose most of you. My daughter and I have a beautiful relationship and I am always honest and real with her. She understands how to be respectful and would never do this at school or with a stranger. It was not out of anger or mean spirited at all. She was being playful. Adults swear and flip the bird with their friends all the time in good fun. It makes no sense to me that there is a certain age where this ok or not ok. It s the intent that matters. A customer saw what she did and got very upset when I told him she is allowed to do that when it s in good fun and with someone she knows. The coworker friend defended us as well. I was not in uniform and had not worked that day. My new manager brought it up in a managers meeting a few days later. This involved my general manager and the owners of the property (new managers bosses) as well as every manager on the property. This is also why I was pulled into the office today. He told me I was raising my child wrong and no matter how many times I asked him to please keep it about work he would not stop berating me about my personal parenting decisions. He said if he saw her do that he would be willing to lose his job because he would hit me. I loved my job before he was brought on. I don t want to leave but I can t continue working in these ongoing conditions. He also told a married male server today that he is the only one who can “fix” a lesbian server. He makes these kinds of abusive sexist comments all the time. Virginia law says you can be fired without reason so I m worried about going to his boss (who seems like a super reasonable and honestly good guy) because he ll just fire me. I m a single parent and can t afford to lose my job. Please if you have any advice I d really appreciate it!

2019-04-16 06:29:21

Just to be clear you were at a bar drinking alcohol accompanied by your 6 year old and your 6 year old was giving people the finger (playfully). After your alcoholic beverage you were going to drive your coworker and your 6 year old home somewhere. &amp #x200B At some point a stranger spoke up and said that something disrespectful was going on involving your kid and they reported you to a coworker. A manager directly above you but not the big boss told you that the way you were acting was wrong but you didn t feel that it was appropriate to accept parental advice from this person. This manager also threatened to hit you and fix your homosexuality. &amp #x200B My advice is that you document and report the person who threatened to hit you so that if you re fired it ll seem like retaliation. In the meanwhile start searching for a new job because like you said you might be fired for complaining and even if you re legally in the right (retaliatory dismissal) taking legal action is expensive and complicated and probably not worth financially. It s best to document every time this manager harasses you from now on so you ll have a paper trail.

2019-04-16 11:36:27

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Customer Service asked me to sign an NDA. Should I?

Quick background: I recently purchased a headphone charging stand and have been using it to charge a pair of headphones for a couple months. So the other day I walk into my office (where I charge the headphones) and smell burnt plastic. I look over to the stand and the cables to the charge head are completely exposed with the plastic rubber around them melted off. I freak out a bit unplug the stand &amp amp pull the headphones off the charger and notice they re a bit melted too...but it s mostly leather and metal so it s not too bad. Luckily no fires! Anyway I email customer service for the headphone stand to complain get my money back and they send me this email: Hello I wanted to circle back with you now that I ve had the opportunity to talk the team about your situation. We of course want to make you whole and we just can t tell you how sorry we are that this happened in the first place. In order to get into the details our owner has asked if we could request that we keep this just among ourselves and asked if you would mind signing a standard non-disclosure agreement (NDA). This is a legal protection for us that our lawyer insists on before we can proceed. Would you be okay with that? What do you all think? Is an NDA in this context something normal? I ve never been faced with a customer service rep asking me to keep things between us and the founder of the company etc. for something as simple as a return before. FYI- I m living in California but the product was purchased online. -- Update: I wrote back asking what I they hoped to gain from me signing and got a response asking me to talk to the their head guy on the phone. Related email: I totally understand and can assure you that our hearts are really in making this right with you but on a one-on-one basis. If you d like to discuss further I m sure [lead guy] would be happy to give you a call. I d just need your phone number and a few good times to call. ...Whole lot going on here for just a faulty headphone stand right?

2017-08-02 19:06:14

I ve never been asked to sign an NDA regarding a customer service interaction. It s your call but I d tell them LOL followed by haha seriously though where s my refund and I ve just opened a complaint with the Attorney General because frankly it s very disturbing that when I came to you to report a concern your first instinct was to attempt to silence me. Ask yourself: why would a merchant want you to sign an NDA before getting a refund? What are you getting out of this deal?

2017-08-02 19:27:39

Non-compete Agreement Legal Issues

Police took my phone to extract evidence after I was robbed. They said ill have my phone back the next day its been 3 months and they wont return it

Brisbane QLD Australia On 22nd January I was set up and robbed by multiple people I ve known for roughly 10 years. They stole a gold chain off me I was selling for $3000 and attempted to get a bracelet out of my hand I was selling for $2000 but they didn t manage to snatch that. We met up outside public shops with CCTV. I immediately went to the police station to report the robbery and explained the whole thing. The officer took photos of my phone of all the conversation with one of the people involved. At the end the officer said she needed to keep my phone for the night to extract everything and said my dad will be called the next morning for me to pickup my phone. I asked if I m allowed to keep my Sim card and she said she s not sure but didn t bother to ask anyone and kept it. The next day my dad didn t get a call so we went to the police station to find out she was on sick leave for 5 days and she is the only one legally allowed to give me my phone. She was not the officer who was investigating my case only taking the report and phone. I found out my case was sent to a department at another police station so we went there for next couple days to find out about what s happening. Multiple officers said they can see my phone had been extracted and I will get it back as soon as the officer is back at work. The investigator rang me a couple days later and said he had been to the thieves house and spoken to them and they told him they robbed me because I had arranged to sell them gold previously and that I ripped them off which isn t true. He also said one of them showed him a text that I told him I ve sorted it out with his brother (other thief) and I told him that s also not true I ve never texted either in my life. He said he has more investigating to do and will get back to me. That was almost 3 months ago and never heard from him since. Since then he has been on my phone manually logging onto all of my accounts as well as logging into my girlfriend s accounts though I ve never mentioned her name to any officer. I ve gone to the police station many times trying to find out where my phone is and they tell me there is no officer who can help me yet I can clearly see they ve logged into my accounts and used my mobile data. For the first month I couldn t make any bank transactions log into a few accounts as I needed my phone number for confirmation. Nobody cared and was always told bad luck we can t help you. I ve since remotely factory reset my phone when my phone was turned off. After a couple weeks my phone disappeared from find my device meaning they had turned it on and it reset itself but they still fail to contact me to give my phone back. What are my options. What can I go to the police and say about my phone. Nobody will tell me anything and I can never get a hold of the right person and they re not allowed to tell me when they re at work. Thank you Redditors

2019-04-12 14:51:52

Well you quite possibly destroyed evidence and committed a serious felony when you factory reset the phone. So you ve got that going for you. You can sue the department and or file a complaint with them regarding their actions here. But you probably want to consult with a lawyer before you push this further because of your possible felony charges.

2019-04-12 14:58:34

Miscellaneous Legal Query

VA - Breach of Contract? My AC has not been working for almost one month and it states in the lease that the landlord is to maintain certain appliances including the AC.

As the title states my AC has not been working for almost one month. My landlord has been working on getting it fixed replaced but the days keep adding up. My lease does state that my landlord is to maintain the AC unit. I would like to know if I can get him on breach of contract? I would like to move out as of Aug 31st. Also it s worth noting that a small child with asthma and an adult with epilepsy live in the house. In advance thank you for any advice and or info.

2016-08-03 01:15:05

&gt **What should I do if something needs fixing?** &gt Some tenants just stop paying rent when something goes wrong. This is a bad idea that can get you evicted. There is a legal and effective way to get bad conditions fixed. However you must be current in your rent and stay current. You have five steps to follow: &gt * Identify the problem and who is responsible. * Get your proof together. * **Give proper notice to your landlord.** * Allow a reasonable chance for your landlord to repair. * Take the case to court if necessary. [Source](http: www.valegalaid.org resource getting-repairs) In a sense you ve done everything required as a tenant except the most important. You haven t given a notice that you will be terminating the lease and if they *do* repair the A C before your departure you may be required to continue the lease.

2016-08-03 01:54:21

Landlord AC Troubles

Vermont. Amazon driver crashed into my car on my property. There is no way I m ever seeing a penny of insurance payout is there? :(

So mid afternoon today I was working when I heard a massive crash and the entire house shook. I run to look out the window and see one of those blue prime delivery vans backing up IN MY FRONT YARD then screeching away like lightning back to the street. Outside (couldn t see this from the window) my car that had been parked in the driveway is now smashed clean through the garage door and into the back wall. The car is completely destroyed. I am freaking the fuck out and don t know where to even begin. I don t have any sort of security system or doorbell camera there s no recording so no hope of a plate number to track them down. Wtf was wrong with this dude??? Literally the only info I could give the cops was Prime delivery van and the approximate time it happened. They took the report but said there s not much they can do without more evidence. They said I could contact Amazon to try to find out who was driving this route at that time but like... 1 where tf would I even begin with figuring out the right number to call and 2 let s say I did: AS IF they re gonna open themselves up to liability by offering up the identity of the driver. Or even bothering to investigate it. I mean come on. It s AMAZON. I m FUCKED aren t I. Will my insurance (house and car) still cover it even if the driver isn t identified?? Idk I just could use any bit of advice on how to proceed with this shitshow. I literally no idea what to do. 😥

2022-01-15 01:50:06

Amazon delivery vehicles are typically owned and operated by a third party contractors. You should be able to contact Amazon s customer service and make a complaint. Give them any relevant information you can recall. Date time what city town area you live in. Provide a description of the vehicle. Was it one of the vans? One of the UPS FEDEX style trucks? Every branded Amazon vehicle is pretty strictly tracked by onboard GPS. There are usually cameras mounted in the vehicle. Every vehicle is supposed to be inspected before every route and inspected again on being returned. The damage WILL have been noted and a report will have been generated. Source: Amazon employee but I do not work in Customer Service or at Delivery Stations (Where the vehicle would have been dispatched from).

2022-01-15 05:04:25

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Can my landlord force us to buy an expensive dehumidfier

Ontario Canada. My husband (22m) and I (23 F) along with our baby moved into a new apartment this past April. We are new renters and don t know much about how everything works. This apartment although a basement is mostly above ground the exception being our bedroom which is partially underground. Our landlord lives above us. Ever since we moved in our apartment has been sticky and damp. Everyone we have had over complains about the humidness even when we open windows. Last night I realized we had some black mold growing on the baseboards despite using the fan everytime we shower. The spot on the baseboards is behind the trash can and beside the toilet along the wall. It s probably been there for some time but I don t really look at the baseboards that often. We have a second bathroom we use more often So I just do a quick wipe down of the sink and toilet ever so often. The shower had some dark grout when we moved in but I recently realized it s getting worse and is spreading so it is also mold. I planned on mentioning it to the landlord when he got home. In the corner of our bedroom by our bed we have had boxes filled with picture frames since we moved in. Today I decided to to go through them today to start hanging them and realized that the whole corner is full of mold. Its on the floor in the corner spreading to behind our bed. Is on the wall and covering on the picture frames my artwork and behind our wardrobe. I got a humidity tester to test the humidity in our apartment and it came back at 61%. From what I can t tell online anything above 50 is habitable for mold. The recommended level is between 30 and 50. I immediately informed the landlord of the situation when he got home. He came and took a look and got angry saying we should informed him ages ago before it got this bad even though we only discovered it today. He asked how we intend to fix it and I said I could get some mold spray and try spraying it and see if that helps. He was also mad we didn t have dehumidifier in our place. There is nothing in our contract saying we need to own one. He says we have to buy one or he will and charge us for it. We don t want to buy one because we are planning on leaving after our contract is up in April and hopefully won t need one in our new place. Obviously we are concerned about our health and our babys health but we feel like we are being pressured here. Can he force us to buy one? Editing to add our apartment is now at 69% humidity and from what I can tell we will need to buy a pretty powerful humidifier to bring it back down! Another edit to add just discovered most of our winter gear is covered in mold. It is quite expensive is there anyway we can get it replaced through renters insurance or something? Also just discovered behind the boxes the baseboard is wseping off the wall and I can see some mold behind the baseboard. It feels like too much to deal with with a simple spray.

2019-08-16 00:42:11

Contact the rental board here: http: www.sjto.gov.on.ca ltb Contact municipal services by phone at 211 or 311 to learn you rights and options. Not your property to maintain but you do have an obligation to report issues in a timely manner for landlord to address them.

2019-08-16 00:52:37

Mold and Water Damage Issues

Key Technician Killed My GF s Car

(California) Hey all My girlfriend hired a local professional to make a duplicate key for her 04 Audi A4. This car has computer systems that work together with the key. Well the technician goofed and when he was trying to program the new key the car made a loud noise and won t stay on now. Turn on the ignition and it immediately shuts off. Had it towed to a shop turns out they don t have the computer program to fix it. Towed to another shop. Misdiagnosed fixed something but car still turns off immediately. Her battery is now dead. Towed again to a third shop which will hopefully fix it. Is the key technician liable to pay for any of this? She has been fronting the bill for the tows and the shop bills which is going to end up totaling almost $2000. Any advice would be super helpful!

2018-10-05 20:57:06

&gt Well the technician goofed Do you have *evidence* of this? The technician isn t responsible for the damage just because it happened when he was working on the car. He s only responsible if he did something **wrong** and caused the damage. If they can t diagnose what the problem is it s likely impossible to say that he caused it. At least not yet.

2018-10-05 21:26:27

Miscellaneous Legal Query

United States Government Shutdown - January 2018 MEGATHREAD

Please ask your questions regarding the government shutdown below. We will remove overly political comments.

2018-01-20 05:09:48

Dog Law specialist here. Do the dogs working for Homeland Security still get their standard allotment of treats as scheduled or will they be back-paid once the shutdown is resolved?

2018-01-20 05:12:54

Legal Advice Guidelines and Resources

Live in NH Work in MA Wife works in NH I think MA tried to tax my wife s NH job and now they say we owe them a grand?

How do I get proper legal advice on this? do I approach a tax attorney or an accountant? I used TurboTax to file taxes for the past two years. Is getting proper legal advice going to be more expensive (or close) to paying this debt directly? If I can get advice on this directly that would be great but I am almost more afraid and need advice on getting the proper legal advice itself.

2017-07-10 14:40:57

Try r tax. But I believe you would want to speak to a CPA first.

2017-07-10 14:42:36

Miscellaneous Legal Query

My school has installed windows on all the bathroom doors

So today my school (in scotland) installed large square windows onto the doors for all of the male toilets seemingly in an effort to reduce vandalism. Does this infringe on our rights in some way and do we have a valid cause to complain? Edit: I d like to clarify that it is not the stalls themselves with windows on them rather the entrance to the bathroom.

2019-02-26 18:38:24

Can you see the urinals or toilets from the window?

2019-02-26 18:40:20

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[CA] Can I sue the electric company for infesting my neighborhood with an invasive species of mosquitos?

https: en.wikipedia.org wiki Aedes Southern California has been plagued by these ankle biter mosquitos since 2015 one of the worst insects ive personally ever experinced. These suckers will bite you multiple times and the pain from each of their bite is some of the worst irritation ive experinced. Recently we called a vector control from the gov to come out and help us find out whats been causing these nasty creatures to stick around. To my surprise they knew immediatly that they were breeding exclusivly in an electric transformer that is built INTO the ground (it lays flat with the grass). Although he wasnt able to open it and show me the monstrocity he showed me a video about a year or two ago where they took it off and examined gallons of untreated infested water and thousands of mosquitos leaving in a mass exodus into the neighborhood. I was told that edison (the sole electric company in my area) was aware of the issue and refused to treat the water or provide any sort of solution to the problem as it could cause problems to said transformers. I was also told the HOA is aware of the issue aswell. Ive tried to call edision to file a claim but its a very long process. I have called them about 2 months ago telling them the problem on voice mail ( the only place ) and still havent received any call back or anything from them. Im writing here today in hopes someone can give me some advice on what to do because at this point me along with a few of my other neighbors we cant even step in our own backyards anymore without being absolutly feasted on by these god forsaken insects. Thank you!

2021-08-30 17:13:11

You need to contact your state Department of Health and Environmental Control. Every utility must comply with local state and federal environmental regulations. Source: Work for a public utility

2021-08-30 20:56:31

Miscellaneous Legal Query

(MI) is it illegal to shut off electricity before your lease is up?

I ve had my share of disputes with my rental agent (see history) but this one I m not sure who is in the wrong. My lease is up on August 20. I was planning on moving out on August 4. I know that the management company will want to clean the apartment and renovate parts of the unit when I vacate. Given our past history (we didn t get along) I don t want to pay for the electricity necessary to carry out the renovation and cleaning. I was going to disconnect electricity on August 4 but my agent says that I m responsible for electricity until my lease date is up. This might be correct but I don t trust my agent to not enter the apartment and leave the AC on full blast for the 2 weeks that my apartment unit is empty. Questions: 1. Is it really illegal to disconnect electricity early? I mean the only person who is harmed would be me but I want there to be no electricity in my unit (apartment unit in a 23-story building). EDIT: my lease says that I must provide electricity so I m in the wrong. 2. How can I prevent my landlord from doing some last-minute retaliatory acts? I thought about faking my move-out to be on August 20 but if she finds out that I left earlier and turns on the AC or something I m going to look terrible in the court with me having faked the dates in a written correspondence.

2018-07-24 22:20:20

You have no obligation to surrender the unit or the keys until your lease is up. So don t surrender the unit. You can install a security camera in the common area to see if they are up to anything shady. But yeah you have the right to that place right up until the 20th regardless if you live there or not.

2018-07-24 22:27:38

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Dad is borderline abusive what should I do?

So i don t know if this counts as abuse or not but my dad used to beat me from the age of 4 to 14 from anything to drawing on the wall when I was four to calling him a jerk jokingly for stealing the t.v remote. So my dad has recently been shouting at me and my mom a lot saying F\*\*\* you and your f\*\*\*ing useless and I don t f\*\*\*ing need you and calling me fat over and over and over he has been singling me out and separating me from my family because they would defend me if he didn t and he as been talking shit about my mom and his sister to me expecting me to side with him. He has also been toyying with my emotions as I was just elected class president and I got into National Honors society and he has been saying You make me angry 5 more times and you are going to public school. because he knows I hate crowded environments and he knows that I don t make friends easily and that I d be a complete social wreck. I have good grades I don t do drugs and I don t drink. I personally think this is better than a lot of highschoolers my age. What should I do?

2019-05-02 01:51:58

If you want to get out of your situation then call CPS or even the police. But know that they will take you from your parents and hopefully they can place you with another family member. If you re close to 18yo then wait till then and move out asap.

2019-05-02 02:05:30

Family Abuse and Safety

[AZ] Coworker won a contest offered to him by work work is now taking 75% of the prize money.

Coworker won a contest through work by himself entitling him to 1 000 in prize money. Work is now claiming they are taking 75% of that money. Does my coworker have any kind of legal standing here? He uploaded the pictures for the contest followed the guidelines did everything work just made it known to him all of this is documented. Now work is receiving the money and give it out cutting him out of 75% of it.

2019-03-13 18:51:12

Is this contest being paid through the company? My guess is that they are taking out the necessary taxes from the bonus he won.

2019-03-13 19:02:36

Contest Prize Disputes

Maintenance shop wants liability release before they ll let me pay with credit card and give me my car.

Long story short I got in a car accident in New Jersey that required extensive repairs on my vehicle the repairs took months and the cost to the insurance company in the end topped out at more than the car was worth. I felt that I wasn t kept fully informed by the maintenance shop from the beginning wasn t given a detailed estimate of the damage and repairs that needed to be done and when I wanted to pick up my car there was an ongoing issue which they attributed to something besides their repairs which I don t recall existing before the accident so I tried to work this out with them. The maintenance shop wouldn t cooperate and just wanted me to sign for the car and get it out of there. I wanted to put the final fees (including storage which they are charging me for) on my American Express card they insisted on bank check or cash but would allow me to put it on the my credit card IF I signed a release of liability form which I am including the text of. Is it legal for them to ask for this? I am unable to afford cash and it sounds like they are trying to keep me from complaining about the issues I have with them. &amp #x200B AGREEMENT AND RELEASE By signing this Agreement and Release I hereby voluntarily and knowingly acknowledge that the repairs performed on the (MY CAR) by the service department of (BUSINESS NAME) have been completed fully and satisfactorily as per the estimates and supplements written by (INSURANCE COMPANY) pertaining to (CLAIM NUMBER) loss dated (DATE OF ACCIDENT) on repair orders (A) and (B). I understand (BUSINESS NAME) warranties only their repairs exclusively for defective parts or workmanship for a period of 12 months or 12 000 miles from the date of repair. There is no guarantee expressed or implied that the vehicle does not or will not require any work outside the scope of the agreed upon repairs per the insurance company estimates on record. I further agree not to hold (BUSINESS NAME) liable for any costs fees loss of value damages etc. with regards to this repair including but not limited to alternate transportation costs loss of use deductibles incurred and the like. By accepting these terms I hereby fully accept that (BUSINESS NAME) has provided me the services and I have received said services for which I am paying. I have been satisfactorily explained all relevant elements of the repairs performed and have been given copies of all invoices for these repairs. I hereby release (BUSINESS NAME) of any claims of wrongdoing negligence or fraud. Additionally I will withdraw all and every duplicitous complaint (MY NAME) put in with several agencies (VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES I FILED COMPLAINTS WITH) (BUSINESS CORPORATE OFFICE) Local Police Department etc. I will not dispute of the charges and amounts paid to (BUSINESS NAME) and I understand that the charges are final and non-refundable. &amp #x200B Thanks for reading. If I could pay with cash to get my car out of there I would but I am unable to afford it. I do have an email from one of them stating they will allow payment by card IF I sign this form.

2019-10-30 19:46:23

Let me get this straight. They want you to pay cash so you have no recourse of CC chargebacks due to shoddy work or issues they ve created. Or they want you to sign a release to pay by card so that again you can t use your CC protections for shoddy work or issues created by them. That should be a big no. They can t force you to sign the agreement. You should probably get your insurance involved and let them know what this place is pulling. It reeks of fraud. Also: &gt (including storage which they are charging me for) Uh what?

2019-10-30 19:50:22

Insurance Denial Car Accidents

USPS delivered package wrong refuses to go further (DC)

Hi all not really sure how to proceed here on a matter. First off I m not interested in suing USPS but advice on how to file complaints or document this would be greatly appreciated. A friend sent me a package in November I did not check the tracking until over a week after it was delivered because California to DC ground is not fast and I do not expect it to be. Tracking shows it was handed to a recipient. No one was home at the time so huge red flag. I made inquiries to open a trace talked to customer service - the customer service agent and I went back and forth with the details to get it all filled out she investigated and within about 30 seconds discovered that the GPS on the final scan showed the package being delivered to the wrong address and I can prove it is the wrong address because I have pictures of the original receipt my friend sent me. The customer service agent initiated a retrieval of the package from the wrong address and I waited. The lady told me the actual address I have not interfered and gone to it myself because USPS is supposed to take this shit seriously. Every followup with USPS has been to close my escalations of the case stating they have investigated this very thoroughly and unfortunately they did everything right have I contacted the shipper to see if my address was correct or maybe my package was stolen? I m furious. I paid for this item which is limited edition and will cost me twice what I paid for it in the condition my friend sent it to me if I buy it online she collects them as well and doesn t let her items get messed up. USPS is refusing to cooperate and is just shrugging when there was clearly evidence they delivered it wrong. (edit) Because it was under $100 there was no value declared or insurance purchased. Any claims up to 100 dollars typically get covered by USPS and Fedex but the farce of an investigation performed by USPS has already declared that they did utterly nothing wrong so I doubt they will pay out. What can I do? Consumer Affairs was apparently the highest complaint chain they are covering their asses. I cannot imagine a customer service agent telling a customer oh hey you know what I see what went wrong I am going to initiate a way to correct this now that we know what the problem is if the problem did not exist. I m going to call again and see what can be done but what other options are there for me to pursue? TL DR: USPS lost package told me how and where it is lost backtracked and now say whoopsiedaisy we did nothing wrong lmao good luck have you told the shipper yet EDIT: I m going to the address this weekend to see if I can get the item back I don t want to show up at someone s doorstep after dark demanding if they have my stuff. Good way to scare people and I do not get home till after dark. EDIT2: Just got off the phone again and got the case reopened. It was the local office who told me the address information the national ones were the ones saying haha no. The case is reopened with all the extra info including that the local office asked the larger ones for the next step and they closed the case there. New notes were added with all this including that I have a picture of my original correct address and the case is now a misdelivery case. I ll see how it goes from there. Still pissed off.

2016-12-08 15:12:34

&gt EDIT: I m going to the address this weekend to see if I can get the item back I don t want to show up at someone s doorstep after dark demanding if they have my stuff. Someone else can chime in but this sounds like an idea waiting to go wrong to me. If it was not resolved when USPS tried to recover the item from the address why do you think that things will go any better if you head there?

2016-12-08 16:37:07

Fraudulent transactions via hacked account

i just moved to a house that it turns our has highly toxic levels of mold. can i break the lease and get my security deposit back?

Hi I just moved to a new house in the Boston area (specifically Somerville MA) on August 1st. We thought there was a lot of mold and then we started getting health problems and had the landlord pay for a professional mold test that came out highly toxic . It seems from talking to the mold tester that it is not to standards but I m not sure what the actual values for the standard is. We would like to move out ASAP and we are wondering if: * Can we can break the lease without being liable for the rest of the year? * If we can get our security deposit back? * I assume if the above are true we ll also get our last month back? * Can we ask the landlord to pay for movers to help move our stuff? Please help! It might help to know that in this specific case the landlord lives in another state and ... is a LAWYER :( Thank you for your help. We really appreciate it. p.s. I m sure at some point we might need to get professional advice. How do I choose a lawyer? Do we just call them up from the yellow pages? I ve never had to do this before..

2015-09-03 19:26:44

Search around for tenant s rights groups in your area. That ll be the best place to start.

2015-09-03 23:26:18

Mold and Water Damage Issues

Was laid off last month due to the company shutting down. Get hired at competitor and now my previous employer is stating I m breaking the non-compete. [Illinois]

Working in sales My boss lied to me and the other employee at our startup by saying the company was being shut down by our parent company. I figured if the company doesn t exist anymore I would not be competing with them or “stealing” business. The non compete only mentions the company I worked at and not the parent company My previous employer told us that we were laid off so they could keep all the accounts we earned and not have to pay us commission or salary. They are not admitting to any of this and all I have is a testimony from my old coworker. Today I received an email from my old boss saying to stop emailing their clients or they will pursue legal action. Is there anything I can do? If not I will not be able to work in the same industry for 3 years according to my non compete. Edit: I m calling an employment lawyer today. I ll post an update for anyone who s interested Update 2 old boss emailed me back and said even if it did close down completely I would still have to honor the non compete which made me chuckle

2019-11-06 02:34:25

NAL. You re actively being threatened with legal action by your former employer. This doesn t sound like something small where they re probably bluffing about a lawsuit to scare you into doing what they want so you need to take it seriously. Get a consultation from a (probably employment) lawyer in your area cease all communications with former boss that aren t through lawyers and have your new lawyer look at the non-compete agreement. Follow their advice.

2019-11-06 03:49:01

Non-compete Agreement Legal Issues

Business Partner paid paying Another(his) private business s bills via our joint bank account.

Hi Reddit! Thanks for taking the time. I along with two other partners have an S-Corp in the state of Utah (USA). This is an Online Business is fairly medium small sized though it does still produce a bit of profit. Our managing partner (subject) has largely been in charge of day to day operations of the business for the past four years. Today I happen to be browsing our past bank statements and had a bit of a shock seeing our hosting provider s monthly billing for the database website hosting etc. Shocking to me because what should be a $200-$300 a month bill is actually about $800.00 a month. When I looked into the bill further I realized our partner is also hosting a hobby website along with his personal website building business.... that we re paying for monthly. *(looks like I can see at least about six months of this)* Ok ok so I m a software developer and I think to myself. Ok he probably just don t understand what he s doing I understand these things better than he does so maybe give him the benefit of the doubt here and we just need to chat. I was fine with this until I got to looking at our bank statements again and realized that he as also paid his 2020 state taxes... for his other business out of our business account. I feel like this is obviously a no no in some fashion but legal law is not what I was educated in. What can I do Reddit?

2020-05-05 12:36:11

Talk with your CPA. While not good practice if these charges are accounted for as salary or a shareholder distribution perfectly legal.

2020-05-05 13:47:42

Business Partner Financial Misconduct

Wife is being sued by a stranger in a city 5 hours away for a “personal injury.” She has never met these people nor has she been in that city in over 5 years.

My wife was issued a summons today for a court case in St. Louis. We live in a town 5 hours away from St. Louis and she hasn t been there since she was 15. We have never met either of the plaintiffs of the other defendant. She is being sued for over 25000 for personal injury by complete strangers. What can do we do in this situation? We can t afford an attorney nor can we drive 5 hours away to defend herself in a case she has no idea about.

2019-09-06 20:49:19

What does the complaint say is the basis for the damages?

2019-09-06 20:53:09

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Current employer is blocking me from getting hired at new company

Hello I work in the healthcare field at a ambulance company. Recently I applied to work at a hospital to do a similar role that I do at the ambulance company. I know a few people that work at the hospital and was guaranteed an interview. The interview went well and I was told it would be very likely that they d hire me. (FYI the ambulance company I work for has a contract with the hospital to transport their patients. I have no contractual obligations to my company and get paid by the hour). My current employer caught wind of it and called up the hire-ups at the hospital and told them not to hire me. HR at the hospital told me they couldn t hire me because of conflict of interest and out of respect of their contract. The actual contract doesn t explicitly state anything about hiring employees that work for my company. Do I have a case? Edit: Just a follow-up the contract has no restrictions or anything stating that either company is not allowed to hire employees from their respective companies. My company simply request the hospital not hire me and as a courtesy the hospital did not.

2019-10-21 20:20:28

Yes that is illegal for your employer to do that. What state are you in?

2019-10-21 22:00:25

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Neighors shed runs into my poroperty

As the title states. They are new neighbors with a new shed. They just had delivered. It s already filled with their tools and keep sakes. But it is also 3 4 into my property line. Our houses arent but maybe 20ft apart. I just had the property surveyed there are steaks pointing out the line. How should I go about having them move it? Breif talks have not lead to anything on their end. We are in Georgia.

2018-09-05 10:27:50

You could go talk to them or send a certified letter. You can help him move it. it s not hard with a couple of Jack s and some steek tubes.

2018-09-05 10:58:00

Neighbor Property Line Fence

Former company won t pay me even after I won my wage collection hearing.

NJ &amp #x200B I worked in accounts payable for a company in 2017-2018. To give a little background on this company they were not stable. Extremely high turnover rates and always short on funds. Most of my days were spent on the phone being screamed at by vendors who had not been paid in months or paying the utilities by credit card (and then being yelled at for putting too much on the credit card). Crazy things were always happening like the CFO quitting and then creating her own consulting company and working for us again and then returning to her position. Chaotic is an understatement when talking about this company. &amp #x200B In February 2018 the CFO sent an email to myself and several other employees asking us to assist the accounts receivable make collection calls. Since the task was outside our normal duties we were promised to receive 5% of the money we collected as a bonus. &amp #x200B I ended up collecting around $35 000 of outstanding bills meaning my bonus would be around $1 800. Then I was let go from my position in April 2018 still not having received my bonus. I documented all of my collection calls made scans of the checks I received and handed this in both via email and hard copies to my controller and CFO. The original email said that we were to be paid our bonuses at the end of that month. I inquired frequently about when I could receive my bonus and was told that they could not cut my check because they needed the funds to make payroll (I did cut a check for the CFO s son who also worked for the company and also made collection calls though). &amp #x200B After I was let go I made attempts to collect my bonus. I spoke to both the controller (now no longer there) and the CFO. This amounted to nothing so I filed a claim with the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development. I had a phone hearing on 3 25 19 and won my case. &amp #x200B My former company was given 60 days to pay me. It s been 58 days and I am fairly confident I will not receive a payment. From the NJ wage page - “Failure to submit payment of an Award will result in the monetary amounts being docketed as a judgment in the New Jersey Superior Court.”. &amp #x200B I know that once the case is docketed I will receive a writ of execution and can attempt to collect my payment that way but is there a way to take them to small claims court and receive damages for the time and energy I have now spent chasing this company for payment? In my phone hearing the representative for my former company presented no evidence against me and stated that “we owe her this money”. I am in the process of getting a transcript of the hearing to add to my evidence against them. They are the type of company that hopes if they ignore you you will eventually give up. If I continue to pursue this matter through the NJ wage department I know that I will not be able to collect damages. If I have already filed this claim does that mean I am no longer able to take them to small claims court? Several friends and family have said that if I went to small claims court I would be able to ask for up to 3x the amount they already owe me but what is the reasoning for that? &amp #x200B Thank you.

2019-05-06 15:54:38

Your easiest and cheapest option for collecting the judgement would be a bank levy. You should have the company s banking information from prior paychecks. You can find out more info about collecting judgements in NJ from [https: njcourts.gov forms 10282\_collect\_money\_jdgmnt.pdf](https: njcourts.gov forms 10282_collect_money_jdgmnt.pdf) .

2019-05-06 18:36:58

Unpaid Sign-On Bonus Dispute

Loophole around Predatory Towing in Texas

My fiancé were out on a date in May of 2019 at a restaurant close to downtown Houston (TX). We were boxing the leftovers and tipping the server when we saw our car got towed away in front of our eyes right outside of the restaurant. We immediately to the restaurant staff to stop it. They called the towing company and the vehicle storage facility trying to explain that they made a mistake no one picked up the phone after being on hold for close to an hour. The restaurant staff mentioned that other customers have had their vehicles towed in the past. After exhausting every avenue including the police we were left with no choice but to take an expensive Uber to the vehicle storage facility to retrieve our vehicle. The staff at the facility were extremely rude and bullied my fiancé into tears for absolutely no reason when were just trying to explain the situation to them. After all why would they care? They re certainly not a customer service oriented business. I paid them the fee and got our car back. I went to a civil court the following day and filed for a hearing to fight the towing case. I won the case after providing plenty of evidence during the court hearing. None of the other parties showed up. The judge held the property owner liable for authorizing the towing. All parties were notified by mail of the decision. I was expecting to get a refund of the towing fee in addition to the court filing fees which were going to be a small fraction of the physical and psychological impact of the whole experience. I waited for a few months and didn t receive anything. I reached out to the court again to mail another notification to the accountable parties. The court mailed everyone again but nothing happened after 90 days. After the legal period passed I filed a case at Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in November of 2019. They are the agency that can enforce towing court judgments. I worked with them and provided all the information including stamped court orders. They got back to me last month and said they don t have any jurisdiction over the property owner and they can t enforce the court s judgment. So I went back to the court to ask them to change the judgement and hold the towing company liable. They refused. I reached out to 20+ attorneys in Houston to see if they would be interested to take this case. No one accepted. In fact majority of them didn t respond. I m now determined not to let this go as a matter of principle. These people have found a loophole in the system to practice predatory towing. They do this to me and to a 1000 other people and make a good profit out of it. Majority of people just pay the towing fee and don t go to court. They won t stop this practice until someone stands up to them. I m asking for legal advice to see what options I have to hold these people accountable? EDIT: The restaurant building and the parking lot in front of the restaurant is owned by a real estate company. They also own an apartment complex behind the restaurant.

2020-10-09 22:34:06

What exactly happened -- did you go out on a date and park your car at an apartment complex that you did not have permission to park at or something?

2020-10-09 22:53:20

Unlawful Car Towing Issues

[CA] My check was cashed by someone else what to do?

Hi r legaladvice &amp #x200B A few months back my school had sent me a check for a refund on my tuition. Without notice. (insert eyeroll.) &amp #x200B Apparently it had arrived a week after I had moved out. As far as I know my ex-landlord still lives there and so does my ex-roommate. The check was either cashed or deposited (school staff said cashed) around two months later after it had been sent to my former address. For records my ex-landlord is on VERY bad terms with me. &amp #x200B While no evidence has been found yet I am 99% sure it was my ex-landlord who cashed the check since it was not returned from that address. I just found out about the check and contacted the financial department at my school. The staff said she will start an investigation and gave me the copies of the records that the check has been sent out. &amp #x200B The question is what else can I do asides from waiting the process out? Should I go to the police or the bank? How long will the process take? What are the chances of getting my money back and finding out who the culprit was? What are the chances of being able to successfully take legal action upon the said culprit? &amp #x200B Thank you in advance for all of your replies.

2018-12-04 21:12:24

You can and should go to the police ASAP since this is a crime and also since the easiest way to get the money back is before it is spent.

2018-12-04 22:15:38

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Someone deposited a check I may have written over a year ago. Wondering if I can get my money back

Update: for some reason my checks made out to the leasing company show up on my statement under my former roommate s name. A check was lost in the mail March 2021. It finally arrived and they cashed it. I did cancel it with bank back when it was initially lost but that expired so the check went through. I called their office and they initially tried to say my former roommate will have to pay me since she owes on her current lease. I explained that my wife and I are not on that lease and our old lease is paid in full. She said she s going to get the property manager involved and get back to me. I m sure they ll still try to not pay us but we re not on good terms with the former roommate so hopefully I m wrong. Thank you to everyone who replied to the post 🙏 So I checked my account this morning and saw a check I may have written to a former roommate was cashed. I haven t lived with them in a year and half and I don t remember ever writing a check addressed to them for that amount. I thought checks expired after six months and I also thought checks were invalid if the address was wrong? It s $980 that my wife and I really need right now. I already filed a dispute with my bank (Wells Fargo) and they said it ll get resolved in 10 business days. I have two questions. What do you think the odds of getting that refunded are if it is an old check that was deposited and not a forged check? Do I have another course of action if the bank decides the cashed check is valid?

2022-06-08 12:08:41

Check staling isn t a guarantee that a bank won t honor it. Is this a case your roommate stole a check from you and forged it or you wrote a valid check and unfortunate timing got you?

2022-06-08 12:25:15

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

Abusive father process of divorce?

I am a 16 year old girl with a 21 year old sister both of my parents are in their mid 40 s. My father has been continuously mentally and emotionally abusive including threats to kick a family member out of the house degrading gaslighting and making everyone in my house afraid to stand up to him. He has pushed and physically threatened my mother before he has also pushed me. He controls and manages who my mother can talk to including cutting her off from her family(she still has their numbers). We live in the state of Georgia. My mother s family live in California. He owns the house we live in he also makes the money for the household. My mother has a diploma and some college experience. My father runs a cam girl company she helps him with it as well as managing bills taxes etc. My sister also helps with the business she has a diploma as well. I have video recordings of him being verbally abusive my mother has text messages that show his behavior. My mother s family also has seen his aggressive behavior before and warned her about him in the past. I want to know the process and what it would take for my mother to divorce him

2020-11-09 18:50:23

IANAL. Your mother can file for divorce. She should contact a divorce lawyer at least for an initial consultation. Situations where one spouse has no income and no access to money come up all the time. Marital property (houses cars bank accounts etc...) belong to both of your parents even if your mother does not have access to it at present. A lawyer will be able to get her access to some of these resources that belong to her so that she can afford to pay for her lawyer. I think a DIY divorce is extremely risky and your mom should absolutely get a lawyer. If you are being abused contact CPS. As for everyone else: there s nothing you your sister or your relatives can do legally to help get your parents divorced.

2020-11-09 22:13:21

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Public Intoxication

Hey all. I m an (of-age) student that goes to a college in Pittsburgh PA. I made a few bad decisions during a night out a few days ago and I just got a letter with a citation for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Long story short I tried to take something that was not mine while very drunk. I settled the dispute with the other person but by that point a few cops came and had me hand them my ID and I think I signed something as well. I left shortly thereafter. &amp #x200B Does anyone know how severe the consequences can be? Should I plead guilty or not guilty when sending in a response to the letters? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

2019-06-08 18:38:47

I suggest you talk with a lawyer. Many schools have student legal services that are free or cheap so start there.

2019-06-08 21:11:51

Questionable Arrest Circumstances and Legal Representation

[SC][NC] SSN trace is showing two names.

I currently live in SC. I received my SSN in NC (@ ~3 mo old) and will soon begin working at a job in NC. I have paid taxes with this SSN for 18 years. My new employer ran a background check as a condition of employment. While I new it would come back clean I still requested a copy out of curiosity. My criminal record came back clean but there is an additional name listed under that SSN with residences listed in NC. It lists a probable current address and a former address (which is a P0 box). I worked for the DoD from 2010-2013 and was therefore affected by the OPM hack. I have the MyIDCare the government has provided for everyone affected and I have not received any notifications about my SSN being used by anyone new after the hack. I called the background check place and left a message. They will get back to me within 1 business day. I called the NC Social Security Offices and they have an hour long hold with no call-back option. I m unable to be on hold that long right now so I m going to wait until I hear back from the background check company (Infomart if it matters). What is the most likely situation here? Identity theft? Or something less nefarious? How could MyIDCare not catch this? What should I do next? Is this police report territory?

2019-03-27 16:21:53

This is common and while it can indicate ID theft it generally is not. Monitor your credit report and ask the CRA to fix the report as required by the FCRA. This information does not come from the SSA as that is private.

2019-03-27 16:35:14

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Comcast utility easement

I imagine this question gets addressed a lot so I will keep it short: I am closing on a new home in north palm beach Florida and driving past the other day I noticed that Comcast had placed a bright orange drop cable leading from the far west corner of my lot out into the neighbors backyard. All told about 110 feet of cable that they hooked into an AT&amp T pole. They buried the cable a few days later but it is not buried within the five foot utility easement. It sits about two feet out of the easement. I don t actually know if Comcast has a right to that easement. My main question is can I get them to re-bury the cable inside the easement? And if they don t have a right to the easemrnt can I get them to move it altogether? Thank you for your help.

2015-09-22 00:12:07

Where are you? Generally speaking utilities have a lot of leeway when it comes to laying their lines. Your Public Service Commission is the ultimate arbiter of what is convenient necessary when it comes to utility lines unless the city retains jurisdiction.

2015-09-22 00:18:57

Landlord refusal to provide internet

Girlfriend is getting non-stop telemarketing calls for someone of a different name. She tried tracking them down but not sure what to do next.

Hi there any help or advice would be great. Earlier this week my girlfriend started getting non-stop telemarketing calls starting early in the morning and continuing throughout the day. The calls ranged from automated messages about insurance quotes to specifically asking for a Mark Blackburn by name. Every time she received a call it was a unique number. She would get 20+ calls a day. Her number is already registered on the do not call registry and she s already tried filing complaints and speaking with an FTC rep. After looking up the guy s name she discovered that he is listed as having the same phone number as her as well as an address in her home town. She also found his name listed under a limo service in the area. She called them but they texted her back. She told them who she was looking for and what was going on and they immediately asked who she was and who told her he worked for them. When she said she found his name listed under their company address they replied thought so. lose this number stop harassing us . I found this all really odd. Maybe they got calls for the same guy too and thought my girlfriend was a telemarketer too? I m not sure if it s coincidence or not but a Mark Blackburn Solicitors LLP was found guilty of some kind of soliciting scam in London and one of the people involved is a Mark Blackburn. Any help or insights as to whats going on would be much appreciated. She keeps getting these calls and we have no idea how to make them stop. She tells every person who calls she isn t who they are looking for to take her number off their list. She s talked to Verizon who said they can only block 5 numbers and these are all unique and could be coming from a server of some kind. And the whole business about this guy is a little strange too. Thanks so much.

2014-11-13 19:22:01

Aside from speaking to each person company that calls her and advising that the number is hers and not his the only other alternative would be to get a new phone number.

2014-11-13 19:28:06

Miscellaneous Legal Query

My neighbors dogs are left outside and bark all day long. What can I do to make it stop?

So first off this is in Idaho. My neighbors have two small dogs who they will let outside and they will bark for hours on end nonstop and sometimes this can be between 4-7am when people are trying to sleep. We have asked them multiple times to let their dogs in and have had no success. It s driving me insane. Edit: Also this isn t just like a one time thing or occasional thing. This is every day all the time and sometimes in the late hours of the night or early mornings

2019-12-01 01:25:16

Call your local police station. Where I work animal control will go out and try to make contact with them. They will document they will get warnings and then they will start getting citations.

2019-12-01 01:58:47

Miscellaneous Legal Query

(MI) I was wrongly accused of not wearing a seatbelt

This took place in Livonia Michigan. For context I m not one to argue with an officer especially when I am actually at fault. I have been pulled over before for speeding but I was very compliant because I knew that I was wrong. However yesterday was different. I got off of work on a Friday around 5pm. I was traveling west on a road (7 Mile) until I got to the road the barbershop was on (Middlebelt.) I needed to turn right to drive north on Middlebelt but there was plenty of traffic so I was sitting there waiting to turn. Across from me is a police officer in the left turn lane facing south on Middlebelt waiting to turn east onto 7 Mile so my car was basically staring right at him. When the traffic subsides I make my turn and the cop makes his. I literally get to the barbershop when I notice a cop has been following me extremely closely so I know I m being pulled over. I turn and pull over after he flicks his lights. This young 23-24 y o cop comes up to my window and tells me that he pulled me over for not having my seatbelt on and I have to tell him that I don t ever drive without my belt on and that I ve had it on the whole time. This becomes a he said she said thing and he goes to his car for 10 minutes and comes back with a seatbelt citation. This actually surprised me as I legitimately thought there was no way he s actually writing me up he s absolutely wrong. But he did. When he saw my seatbelt off I was facing the bright setting sun with my sun visor on my car in the down position I have no idea how you could possibly even see clearly through my windshield with the glaring sun. On the ticket it states DRIVERS SEATBELT WAS CLEARLY VISIBLE HANGING STRIGHT DOWN THE B-PILLAR (nice typo dude) yet to my face he told me the reason was because he couldn t see the strap on my chest. TLDR: This young cop was very adamant about not seeing my seatbelt restraint on when I absolutely 100% was wearing it. I don t care about the money I care about not letting this young officer get away with harassing me and wasting my time. Any advice? Edit: I m going to go and give my testimony to the judge. Hopefully everything works out as it should.

2018-02-17 20:39:03

Go to court and give your side of the story. Your testimony is evidence.

2018-02-17 20:47:11

Unresolved Speeding Ticket Issue

Hiding a house purchase - Trust? (~x-post from personalfinance)

Location: USA - My wife and I are planning to purchase our first primary residenc in a small US town. For legitimate privacy (stalking) reasons we would like to make the purchase as difficult to track as possible. Our realtor advised setting up a trust and making the purchase with that. So we spoke to an estate lawyer who has given us quite the spook. He explained should we name the trust with a non descript title such as Acme Trust as opposed to John Smith and Jane Smith trustees of the Smith Family Trust we will have problems executing actions in the name of the trust. Specific examples given: * Vehicles will have to be moved into the trust if we plan to get a multi-line insurance discount * Selling the vehicles may require us to retitle them back to our individual names * Getting a loan for the mortgage may be difficult because financial institutions don t like to loan to a Trust as opposed to an individual. * For the same reason should we need to refinance or get a HELOC we may need to retitle the house In general the message was anything that would be done with a non-descript Trust name will require hurdles and costs more time &amp money. Worth noting a couple of other things: Lawyer advises against an LLC as you have to file ownership in public records File a removal request with county records - most will remove your record if you can prove a high-risk scenario exists speaking with others from our support group we beleive we can get this done but A.) It will take a while meaning it will be posted during that time and B.) it is a headache best avoided. Does anyone have experience here is it really a challenge? How can we best (quick and cost effective) hide this transaction?

2016-03-09 03:58:39

You want a New Mexico LLC because NM does not disclose the names of LLC members. Then you will need the cooperation of your lender. Since your LLC has no income the lender will require you to sign personally on the loan in addition to the LLC. The lenders lien filing will show the LLC. Talk to your lawyer or lender to find out whether the loan documents showing your liability will be filed publicly. You would then rent the home from your LLC. The LLC files a return showing your rent as income and the portion of the mortgage payment that is interest is deductable to the LLC as are property taxes and so forth. The LLC s results will be filed on your tax return as a schedule K. I would be hesitant to claim depreciation on the house for the LLC because this will create a deduction that you would not be able to claim if you owned the home outright. IANAL so talk to your prospective lender first if they will go along then retain a tax lawyer to create your LLC and pass on whether or not the arrangement is kosher for tax purposes.

2016-03-09 08:18:11

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[NC] Bought a Condo that unknowingly had no drain pipe contractor installed washer and flooded unit below.

So I ve been dealing with this issue for a week now and have not had any guidance on where to go. In October I purchased a Condo the inspection report did not have any major flaws. The house came with hot cold water lines for a washer hookup. I paid a general contractor to remodel the kitchen floors and install new appliances. Part of this was the washing machine. After a week of living there the unit below me has a leak in the ceiling. After 4 different plumbers and roofers came to look at my unit a hole was cut in the wall showing that there is NO DRAIN LINE connected to the washer box. So two loads of washing machine water were dumped on the unit below me causing water damage. So my general contractor hooked the drain line to the washer box even though no drain line was connected to it. I contacted my realtor asking about this and he claims that the previous seller should have disclosed this. The seller sent her management company over to inspect and told me that a PVC pipe coming out of the hot water box was the drain. My GC disagreed so I had a third party plumber inspect and then write a statement saying that the PVC pipe is not drain it is a vent. It seems like old owner had a general handyman install that pipe and told the tenants to use it for the drain. The plumber I had come over also stated that I would be unlikely based on the layout to have a proper drain ran to the laundry room. Knowing this I would have not bought the condo. So now I have no drain for the washing machine. The owner of the unit below me is wanting to file on my insurance for the water damage and asbestos he found in the ceiling when the damage was inspected (5k). I obviously don t want this to happen because I would think that the contractor or the previous owner is liable. He is also getting worried about mold and has been contacting me everyday for insurance. My realtor is advising me to not give any insurance information to the unit below me and that the previous owner or the company who installed “illegal” pipe being used a drain is liable. Then not disclosing the fact that they knowingly had a drain line not up to code. The inspector did not think to check if a drain line was there and didn t report it. Any advice on how to precede. I am located in NC (North Carolina USA) Edit: Update owner below mine filed with his own insurance. Planning on finding a lawyer and having a consultation Monday or Tuesday

2020-02-12 20:11:55

Contact your insurance tell them whats up and provide all your documents including your down stairs neighbors contact details. This is why you pay insurance so they are your heavy weight fighter to handle business.

2020-02-12 21:10:41

Miscellaneous Legal Query

A mans wife messaged me

Long story short I talked to a guy on tinder. We texted back and forth for a long time. A few years actually but never met in person. (Long distance) I finally found him online a few months ago and turns out he s married. So I of course blocked him on all social media and from my phone. An hour ago I got a bunch of messages from his wife. She is rightfully angry. She is calling me awful things and pretty much threatening me with legal action. I told her what happened but she doesn t believe it I guess? Anyways she s claiming she will see me in court? I m not sure what she s talking about and why? She said I would be subpoenaed. I m really confused? I never even met this man in person. We “sexted” every once in a while before I knew he was married. After I found out contact ceased. And I even tried to contact her via Facebook to let her know what her husband was up to but I guess she never saw it since we aren t friends. So can someone help me out here? Cause I m kind of freaked out. I ve never been in any trouble so this is new for me.

2018-08-10 06:03:13

There are a few states where alienation of affection is a viable cause of action which could allow the wronged wife to come after you civilly for interfering in their marriage but even then the cause is fairly narrow and a legitimate belief that the guy was single may be a defence. Outside of those jurisdictions she likely has nothing at all she can sue you over. The legal threats are _probably_ empty even if she thinks she s sincerely going to sue you. If you are actually served with a lawsuit or ordered to give testimony in their divorce speak to an attorney at that time. For now let the guy s wife fume at you if she wants. She should be mad at her husband but anger isn t always rational. She s hurting and even though it s not your fault you d be doing her a favour if you let it go.

2018-08-10 06:05:38

Dealing with Obsessive Ex

Girlfriend trying to kick me out of my apartment with threats of calling the police

I live in Michigan. I am the leassee and my crazy girlfriend is listed as a resident on the lease. Our relationship has recently deteriorated and she kicked me out and is threatening to call the police and claim domestic abuse if I return. So basically how it stands she gets to live there and I m required to pay for it by law. There is no way this can be legal. 3 months left on the lease.

2017-01-14 21:20:19

Firstly - you are a legal resident of that property and your girlfriend has no right to refuse you entry to the property. She just doesn t. Secondly - from this point forward do not speak verbally to your girlfriend. Communicate via text message or email (you ll need a paper trail). If you do have to speak to her face to face having somebody else come along with you as a witness is highly recommended. Thirdly - Contact your landlord and explain the situation to them. Explain that against the terms of your lease you are currently being denied access to the property your are paying for. Be nice because it s not his problem but read through your lease and see what if anything you can do to remove her from the lease. You may need to just break the lease which would mean you could potentially have to pay the 3 months left anyway if he can t find someone to replace you. But perhaps the though of getting evicted will be enough to convince your girlfriend to pull her head out of her arse and either let you back into your apartment or take over the lease from you.

2017-01-14 21:37:42

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

I ve gotten a handshake agreement to be a cofounder of a startup company with a former colleague -- what sort of document do I need have drafted and signed to ensure it is legally binding?

I m a product designer who has been working with a former colleague (who is I ll say the business manager) on a startup project. I ve gotten a handshake agreement that we will be co-founders in this startup venture and each owning a percentage of the business and being paid accordingly when it ultimately goes to market and begins generating revenue. This is the first startup I ve ever been a cofounder on and a totally new space for me. I want to either ensure that the product design work I m doing is owned by me and or if it s owned by the business that I am legally considered a cofounder with X% ownership per our handshake agreement. It s not that I don t trust this guy -- but I would like some legal assurance that I m not just doing a bunch of free work without compensation on the terms we agreed on. I appreciate any all help and advice. EDIT: I m in the U.S. -- I live in Chicago and my colleague lives in Seattle -- with another cofounder living in San Diego. We re all remote but I ve been under the assumption the business is based in Seattle

2019-06-13 13:23:07

The kind of document you d negotiate when working as a co-founder especially if you expect to hold a significant stake in the company (shares not promises) is an operating agreement setting out things like revenue splits working expectations and what happens to your respective shares if either of you decide to terminate the partnership. Intellectual property rights are also a common subject. If the business will be incorporated then its corporate registration documents are also important elements of your protections as a stakeholder. Any small business attorney can help you draft something once you and your prospective partner have reached an agreement. No document will be binding unless your partner is also willing to sign it - and since a properly-written operating agreement protects both of you I would be very skeptical of working with them if they refuse rather than negotiating.

2019-06-13 13:26:02

Miscellaneous Legal Query

I m 16 and Female. School Keeps Insisting I ve Produced Child Porn and Wants to Expel Me. --State Mississippi

I m sorry this ordeal is eating me alive and this post is me getting a lot off my chests pun intended. For those who don t want to read the short of it is that my high school discovered photos videos of my boobs that are not sexually explicit and is threatening to expel me and accusing me of distributing child porn. If you scroll to the bottom you will find a list of my questions. Getting on with it I was in a community theater production of Hello Dolly. There were adults and minors as young as 14 involved in the production including 9 of my school friends my Language Arts teacher and a cousin who is so much my senior that I may only call her Cousin HerName and not HerName on its own. The production took place 17wks ago. The whole cast shared a single locker room. We dressed and undressed there and anywhere else we could because costume changes were hectic. Needless to say there was a fair amount of nudity going on. Nudity that went without notice. Everyone was comfortable with this arrangement nobody ever questioned whether it was inappropriate. I have been in a lot of musicals they were all this way. We took a LOT of pictures videos as we were having an absolute blast. We ve shared the pictures videos on social media showed them to our friends and parents etc. Shortly before Christmas break a friend who was not in the production called me freaking out. Apparently there are boobs in ALL of these photos videos a lot of them many of them are mine. NOBODY had noticed up until that point. They were not the focus of any of the photos videos just in the backgrounds. I actually don t care if people see my boobs but I removed the photos I posted anyway. My public highschool became aware of the photos videos. I do not know how the photos videos exist in such a way that the school could not have seen them w o help (you cannot even see that we have Facebooks I am confident none of my 9 friends posted them publicly ). *Maybe someone printed the photos up and showed them to the administration or just showed the administration the pictures from their own device I ll get back to that. The school suspended me (even though we re on break) and I ll learn more of what is to happen to me after we return to school in January (I can t go back until a week after school is back in session). They have thrown out the word expel and claim I made and distributed child porn. These pictures (I myself did not post any of the videos) were not sexual in any way. The school only suspended me for appearing in pictures that I obviously did not take (as I am in them) and in the photos it is blatantly obvious that I wasn t aware they were being taken in the first place. All of this even though there were 8 boobs from 4 other identifiable students and I m the only one who took the photos down (maybe they feel that means I m admitting guilt??). My parents think all of this is crazy. They aren t happy about the pictures but my dad is a hippy and my mom knows that we did not intentionally do anything inappropriate. They also do not think nudity is shameful or a crime. They are stubborn and do not care that the school suspended me my suspension in their eyes is effectively a vacation. They do not believe the school will expel me (they in fact believe that since the incident did not occur on school grounds the school has no business addressing it I hope they are right) and are perfectly comfortable waiting for this situation to reach an end. In the meantime I m going crazy. My parents are furious about the implications of child porn distribution though and we all want to know what that means if it turns out someone did print the pictures up to show to administrators or shared them by other means...? OH! My parents also think this ordeal is an indication that the school s administrators are a bunch of dirty minded pedophiles to be thinking like that about no-context boobs (that is what they call this when they talk about it to my relatives. They really aren t interested in me returning to my school no matter what happens but I do want to return. Questions: If I m in child porn didn t the person who turned me in share child porn then? I m super freaked out can I be expelled for this? Can I go to prison for this? Can the person who shared my porn be penalized? Are the photos porn? If I distributed porn but did so unknowingly am I likely to still be in trouble? Reddit please help me

2015-12-28 04:26:05

It s not child porn. According to [the statute](http: law.justia.com codes mississippi 2013 title-97 chapter-5 section-97-5-33) child porn must involve sexually explicit conduct. That term is [defined](http: law.justia.com codes mississippi 2013 title-97 chapter-5 section-97-5-31 ) as among other things the lascivious exhibition of the genitals or the erotic touching of breasts. It doesn t sound like there s any of that here.

2015-12-28 04:42:57

Revenge porn and underage photos

Was my employer in the right when she clocked me out for the rest of the day after losing my glasses? (Connecticut)

Alright so I m a nineteen year old camp counselor. Despite the fact that I ve been a faithful employee at this camp for four years (and a volunteer there for three years before that!) my employers have been assholes this summer treating me like a substitute counselor for other groups (while every other employee who has been around for as long as I have has a stagnant group of kids for the entire summer) and not giving me the hours that I requested because THEY lost my substitute policy form. However this incident is the last straw. I m not going to press charges or anything but I want to know if I m in the right before I discuss this with my employer. So today I had dock duty at the pond which entails sitting on the dock and making sure that kids without dock bracelets (which they get after being deemed proficient enough swimmers to not drown in deeper water) don t come to the dock and helping the lifeguard settle dock disputes between the children (getting onto the dock in an orderly manner etc). I am a glasses wearer so when a child asked if I could touch the bottom of the lake I asked the lifeguard to hold my glasses for a second. He said this was fine but apparently just put my glasses on the surface of the dock by his feet. As I came back onto the dock thirty seconds later I saw one of my campers kick the glasses into the water (because I wasn t wearing glasses I m not sure if it was intentional but the girl in question is very sweet and I doubt that she d do it intentionally). I immediately went down into the water after them but since I wasn t wearing my glasses I couldn t find them. I ask the lifeguards for help but after like forty five minutes of diving for them they can t find them. So I blindly accompany my kids to their next activity and get ahold of my supervisor to let them know about the situation. They decide that I cannot watch my campers since my vision is bad enough that I can t tell them apart without my glasses. This is entirely fine. However they also clocked me out for the day (even though there was only about an hour left). Now I know that losing my glasses isn t an injury but regardless it s an impairment that I sustained at the camp. Counselors that sprain their ankles or sustain any sort of injury at the workplace are paid for the entire day that they needed to leave early plus paid vacation time while they recuperate. I feel as though I ve been wronged. I don t care about the eight dollars in pay that I lost it s more the idea of it. Should I bring this up to an employer? Am I in the right here?

2014-07-02 23:09:55

I m not sure this has risen to the level of a legal dispute. If you are unable to perform the job for which you have been employed but this is a temporary and fixable thing then go home. Its okay for an employer to send you home if you re not productive that day for any reason. They must pay you for any time worked and depending on the state they may also have to pay for a minimum period of time even if you worked a shorter period than this. Its not uncommon for someone to be sent home if they re sick or in an emotionally upset state such as due to the loss of a family member. The employee cannot perform their job and frankly its a kindness to send them home rather than forcing them to tough it out and spend an entire shift while they re miserable. In the case where you have lost your glasses if your vision is too poor that you cannot keep track of children then you cannot perform the job. If your vision is that poor without glasses you might be hard pressed to perform any other job as well such as handling paperwork in an office. At this point keeping you around is a liability as if you cannot identify children how can you protect and safeguard them? I wouldn t worry about it. It sounds like you have already requested help finding the glasses. Check the lost and found if one exists maybe someone else found them. Otherwise use your backup set of glasses. Maybe it will turn up in the lost and found later on.

2014-07-02 23:51:46

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[CA] Landlord claiming he sent list for withheld deposit we never received it.

Our landlord is claiming he sent us an itemized list of why he withheld our 1000$ security deposit two weeks ago. It s been 22 days since we moved and we have not received anything. We didn t even more very far. He s claiming he is right to keep our deposit. We say he can t because it s been 22 days and he should have sent it with tracking to show we got it. Who s in the right? If we are could anyone site the law that says we are? Thank you.

2015-08-23 00:57:42

so just ask for him to send it again and see why he s charging you.

2015-08-23 01:00:26

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

I m being sued by Walmart

Just got the info that I have a court date in March for a $600 debt from an old credit card. I m freaking out I have no idea how this works or what s to proceed? Can I be arrested for not paying? What can I expect going forward? I don t really have any money Located in Philadelphia Pa

2019-02-10 15:35:39

You can t be arrested. They will likely win the lawsuit (you don t seem to be disputing that you owe the debt) and if you don t pay they will get an order garnishing your wages.

2019-02-10 15:47:12

Debt Collection Legal Issues

Water Heater contract how binding are terms from the builders previous contract with the water heater vendor?

Tl dr below TOS in link near bottom Live in Ontario Canada Purchased a home (second ever) that came with a water heater rental. From my perspective this isn t unusual my first home had one and zero charge for water itself so it was fairly inexpensive. My own fault I took it in stride when my realtor and lawyer both said - it doooes come with a rented water heater. It was one sentence on the buyers agreement. Should have known new bigger city = new rules. Turns out Reliance home heating is a pretty large and well known scam here. And I m now part of it. I just got the terms of service welcome letter in the mail the monthly charge is 50 bucks! With an annual increase of 3.5% every January. The contact term being 7 years and having started in October 2013. The letter blatantly says I am not allowed to cancel the contract (though interestingly the TOS says I can cancel it after a minimum rental period - but never mentions what that is). I called and the company rep reiterated the no cancel blurb and that my only option would be to buy it out or keep paying the monthly fee. Math wise: 50 bucks a month for 2 years is the cost of a brand new water heater and this thing is already 4 years old. The buy out fee btw? $1860.00 with no form of warranty. The builders put in these water heaters as they get them for free. House is listed as 3 years old. (Contact math doesn t quite add up there does it?) Should I manage to buy a new water heater (800-1000 bucks new in store) my brother is certified to put it in for me. (He just has to get here). Fiscally I can afford to right now. I think my biggest issue is going to be getting these guys to uninstall and take away their unit. They have fees associated with draining and removal (125 bucks) which I am NOT ADVERSE to paying but the process by all internet accounts reviews seems lengthy and involves a return number being authorized by the company before they ll accept the unit back while still charging you for rental in the meantime. Most people seem to give up and keep paying. Anyone know if I m legally liable for a contract I didn t sign? Or initiate? Even if I signed a mortgage? (though not fully understanding the terms specifically in relation to the water heater). Some people say to unhook it and leave it on the curb but the TOS are pretty clear that if the unit is damaged Reliance can essentially invent a blue book value and charge me for it. I d rather not pay for a unit that they then get to keep and re-use. Technically I am not obligated by the TOS until I pay my first bill (which I got today) if I default on payment and uninstall their unit then pay their associated fees + any outstanding balance would this be a weird loop hole or make things worse? With fees for removal and buying a new unit I still stand to save money as my home should be mine for minimum 4 years. [TOS] https: www.google.ca url?sa=t&amp source=web&amp rct=j&amp url=https: reliancehomecomfort.com wp-content uploads 2016 10 TCs_7-Year-Contract.pdf&amp ved=0ahUKEwjplsGyq8vVAhUKyoMKHfpnBCQQFggyMAA&amp usg=AFQjCNHUrhX81M_oPcdnlDsCV-0pJVBmeg Tl dr Am I liable for a contract for a water heater the builder of my home initiated? I wasn t fully aware of the TOS for the water heater when I bought the home though the fact the heater was rented was mentioned. Company is Reliance heating in Ontario Canada. UPDATE: after speaking to a lawyer i am not obligated to stay in this contract. But the terms of service has some fees which concern him (that the company gets to determine if any damages have occurred and how much it would cost to repair a unit specifically in ending a contract is the big one). Will have to call and see what the company says. Wish me luck?

2017-08-10 00:11:40

When you buy a home they have to disclose rentals. As part of that you are entitled to see the rental agreements and either assume them or reject them (at which point the seller must remove them from the property prior to sale). When I bought my current house I got copies of the rental agreements for the water softener and water heater. I assumed them both as the water heater was pretty cheap and had no set term (just removal fees) and the softener had no term and no removal fees. Kept the water heater but ditched the softener within 2 months of moving in for a purchased model. Pretty sure the standard real estate agreement of purchase and sale for Ontario covers all of this. Since you re moved in you re SOL now.

2017-08-10 00:36:30

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[Washington DC] Unpaid Jaywalking Ticket

I live in Virginia. I got a ticket for jaywalking in Washington DC about 2.5 years ago. I gave the officer my driver s license and he wrote me a ticket. I lost the ticket and forgot about the whole thing until recently. Now I am scared they may have a warrant for my arrest or something for not paying the ticket. I am not able to find anything on the DC police website on how to pay old tickets. I would like to pay the ticket and any associated late fees and move on with life without getting myself into more trouble. What is the best way for me to resolve this?

2015-10-26 19:21:41

Call the DC police and tell them the situation. See if they will check you for warrants or unpaid tickets. Source: I m a cop not in DC

2015-10-26 21:24:00

Unresolved Speeding Ticket Issue

Grandmas best interest

Hello all! Just seeking advice about my grandmother. Basically she has taken a fall recently and I am the one who takes care of her pretty much full time(while working a full time job). But out of nowhere her handyman who is a private contractor who she is close to told her that he was arrested for beating his wife and she is letting him stay at her house until he gets it sorted out. I do not feel comfortable with him around essentially living here for free. I get this feeling he is being manipulative towards her because she is an 87 years old Christian woman. I fear I can t legally do anything but I wanted to know if I possibly could do anything. Sorry for the rant. TL:DR Grandma had handyman move in who was arrested for beating his wife. Help Edit: Location is in CA

2020-07-24 17:24:18

Is she mentally competent?

2020-07-24 17:25:39

Miscellaneous Legal Query

My landlord is trying to charge me for services not on the lease what can I do?

I m a college student living in a college town. Me and 3 other roommates pay way too much for a shitty little apartment (1580 mo) compared to others in the area. We signed a lease on an apartment that was in the process of switching owners we didn t realize this was the case until the person we were communicating about the lease with Maury went MIA (post-lease signing) and we received an email from the new landlord. My issue now is this: our lease ends at the end of this month. I and my roommates received an email about how to leave the premises and what must be done to get back our full security deposit. Here is the email we got (non-lease): *SECURITY DEPOSIT 1. In order to receive your full security deposit back please read carefully and follow the attached move out procedures. 2. Any and all repairs trash removal cleaning repainting and or any other expenses that are attributed to restoring your home to its condition prior to your tenancy will be deducted from your Security Deposit. 3. If additional money is needed to restore said home we will send you a bill and or file legal suit for said money in court. ACCOUNT BALANCE &amp UTILITES 1. Remember to pay any remaining balance before your final departure. 2. All final account statements including last month utilities and repair charges will be mailed to the forwarding address provided in the Security Deposit Form. Return All Keys 1. You must return all keys to property manager by 5:00 PM on lease expiration date. 2. You will be charged to change all locks and rent up to the day the locks were changed. 3. Security Deposit will be mailed to you within 30 days from the date when all keys are returned. Others Most of the time we either have tenants scheduled to move in right away or work scheduled to be done. Therefore it is imperative that you stay with your scheduled move-out date. Please remember to deliver your home in the same condition it was in prior to your tenancy. This will ensure YOU RECEIVE THE MOST MONEY POSSIBLE!* These are relevant clauses listed on the lease: *CONDITION AS IS : Tenant acknowledges inspecting the premise prior to signing this lease and accepts the premise in the condition it is in as of such inspection. Tenant acknowledges that the premise is free of defects. Owner warrants that the premise and building are fit for habitation and there are no conditions dangerous to health life or safety. DEPOSIT: The Tenant agrees to deposit 1 month rent as security against any damages to the Owner and to finance any repairs or cleaning required due to Tenants actions. The damage deposit (less deductions if any) will be returned by mail within 60 days after the termination of the lease and after all keys are returned. EXPENSES SHALL BE PAID AS FOLLOWS: Paid by Owner: basic building maintenance and property taxes. Paid by Tenant: Rent electricity gas and other services like telephone TV cable internet etc. THE OWNER COVENANTS AND AGREES AS FOLLOWS: - to supply keys and provide a cleaned and maintained premise to the Tenant at the start of the lease. - to to inspect the premise at the end of the lease period - to provide necessary maintenance during the term of the lease. THE TENANT COVENANTS AND AGREES TO: - to keep the electric and gas service on and it is in the Tenant s name during the full term of the lease and pay all bills incurred. - to thoroughly clean the premises at the Tenant s expense before departure and return all of the keys.* The issues are the following and relevant to the above information. The landlord didn t provide us with all of the keys or enough keys to the apartment. We received a baggy of about 5 keys and some didn t fit the lock so we went out and made our own (not listed in the lease as being not-okay). We didn t go to the landlord with this issue because we are resourceful and not-shitty tenants. The list of things the landlord wanted us to clean included leaving no fingerprints on surfaces using wood polish on all the cabinets deep cleaning the carpets and other ridiculous things that I don t think happened even before we moved in. We are supposed to return the apartment in the condition we received it so why should we polish the cabinets for example if they never were before? The apartment also had a lot of issues that we pointed out to the landlord and that he never fixed. Cracks in windows holes in the wall bedroom door locks not working etc. Also relevant he has a great maintenance guy Angel who told us that the landlord only wanted to do repairs as necessary and not to fix extraneous things . One time I was locked out of the apartment over winter break and our landlord wanted me to pay a couple hundred dollars for a locksmith rather than call Angel if I called Angel he would be on the clock and the landlord would have been charged at most an hour of Angel s time. I called Angel anyway and he came and let me in with the master key and told me not to tell the landlord because he would be mad. So much more. But please tell me how I can get my full deposit back from these people. The last tenants informed us that they were charged $400 total from their security deposit $300 of which was for junk removal and cleaning the junk being the furniture that still exists in the apartment. The landlords advertised it as coming furnished . HELP PLS. TL DR: Landlord has charged previous tenants $400 for cleaning junk removal recently sent us an email detailing the cleaning process we must follow and claiming that on top of that we also have to hire a cleaning company. How do I get my deposit back?

2016-05-03 15:38:04

You are only obligated to uphold the terms of your original contract.

2016-05-03 15:58:14

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

TX - Purchased iPads at police surplus airport auction. Complications for unlocking or resale?

We recently purchased a lot of as is for parts electronics at an auction that included police government surplus and airport (confiscated or lost and found) items. It turns out that several of the devices are actually in working condition after they were charged but are locked by iCloud. We don t know the origin of the devices and the serial numbers aren t on the receipt to show a proof of purchase. When the devices boot up one of them shows an email address and one a phone number of the previous owners. Questions: * If we contact the previous owners to ask them to remove the devices from their iCloud accounts do they have any legal recourse to demand the devices be returned to them? * If the devices had been reported stolen but we obtained them legally from the police auction how does that affect our ability to resell the items (via eBay in particular)? Thanks in advance for any insight!

2015-01-19 03:00:31

Don t be an ass and ask the previous owners to open it. Put it into DFU mode and reset through iTunes on your PC or Macintosh system. http: lmgtfy.com ?q=how+to+put+iPad+into+DFU+mode

2015-01-19 04:24:53

Fraudulent transactions via hacked account

Landlord said if I get Coronavirus he ll kick him out.

In California my elderly landlord just informed me that if I get sick he would kick me out. I have 5 months left on my lease. Can he do this?

2020-03-20 05:32:22

He can t legally do this. He has to give you at least 30 day notice to vacate before he can legally force you out.

2020-03-20 05:34:41

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

Roommate downloaded movie illegally now everyone is getting fined together [DC]

This is related to my girlfriend who lives in Washington d.c. In a GW dorm. Her roommate downloaded a movie illegally and now she and her roommates have to pay 100 dollars each or have their laptops checked to find the one responsible. We re both international students so we re not sure if there s anything she can do about this situation. She s already reported the roommate responsible but all she s been told is that the matter is being investigated.

2017-06-26 23:41:12

This sounds like a scam. Who is the order coming from exactly?

2017-06-26 23:43:02

Privacy and Surveillance Rights

Ticket for making a left turn when there is no sign saying that I can t do that. Colorado

I was pulling out of a school paring lot to a make a left turn [seen in these pictures.](https: imgur.com a tVJTj) After making the left turn I was pulled over and given a ticket for Disregarding traffic control device . The problem is that there isn t an official sign that says I cannot make a left turn. The school sometimes duct tapes cardboard signs to that stop sign that say Right turn only which was on the stop sign that day but they cannot make up the driving rules. I called the Engineering Department for Public Works of the city and they said they have been taking down these signs for some time now and that I am allowed to make the left turn. Is showing the linked pictures and telling the court what the Engineering Department for Public Works told me enough to get me out of this ticket? Should I get a lawyer? Edit: Ticket was dismissed.

2015-02-24 21:16:18

The Uniform Traffic Code allows a property owner to request police enforcement of traffic laws in a parking lot or private road. This is common in mall parking lots shopping centers private roads in gated neighborhoods and yes even your school. If a mall puts up a stop sign and you run it you can get a ticket. So if the school put up the sign and gave the officer the authority to enforce it you have to listen to the sign.

2015-02-24 21:28:15

Miscellaneous Legal Query

(KY) As a 17-year-old college student is it my right to never come home?

I (17f) graduated high school a year early in May 2022 and began attending college in August 2022. This was mostly accredited to my life at home with my parents. I will not launch into specifics but let s just say that visiting home is not pleasant. Right now I m home for Christmas break and it s downright miserable. I d like to stop visiting my parents following my return to school in January. However I will not be turning 18 until May. Would they be able to report me as a runaway if I stopped returning home? Or does living away from home allow me the status of Implied Emancipated Minor ? I should also note that I m able to financially support myself. EDIT: Thank you all so much for your kind words and encouragement! UPDATE: I have a lot more confidence regarding my future endeavors having learned that technically I m not breaking any laws by estranging myself from the family. I ve got my birth certificate my Social Security card state-mandated ID etc. I don t think I ll be returning home following the start of the new semester. For contextual purposes I should note that my parents aren t paying for my college. Luckily I was able to graduate high school with an ACT and GPA worthy of a full-tuition scholarship. Room &amp Board were paid through other scholarships and a small student loan. Once again thank y all so much! I m very grateful for all the comments views etc. Happy Holidays!

2022-12-12 18:37:11

It might be more beneficial to play the long game. Come up with some kind of awesome opportunity you cannot pass up over spring break. Have a ton of assignments and test prep to do over any long weekend. Make it seem like you want to see them but your schedule just won t allow it. In other words verbally placate them and don t rock the boat.

2022-12-12 19:57:17

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[Wyoming] ticketed for no proof of insurance even though proof of insurance was provided.

On Monday my dad was pulled over for a speeding ticket in Wyoming. When the officer asked for proof of insurance my dad accidentally handed him the expired insurance. While the officer was in cruiser writing the speeding ticket my dad stumbled upon his valid proof of insurance and told the officer that he had accidently given him the expired one. Officer didn t care gave him the speeding and failure to provide proof of insurance tickets. That said we live in California. So showing up to court might not be too practical. What can he do? Will he have to pay the fee and move on? Or is there a way to get this dismissed? Should we look to getting a lawyer and if so a California lawyer or one in Wyoming? The fine is $410.

2016-05-18 17:11:58

You would need a Wyoming lawyer for the Wyoming ticket. It may be cheaper to just pay the ticket than to challenge it because you ll likely have to appear in court to challenge. The Wyoming Bar Association has a [referral service](https: www.wyomingbar.org for-the-public hire-a-lawyer ) that can help you find a lawyer.

2016-05-18 17:19:00

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Boss is making remarks and implying very heavily that I (M) am a creep child watcher pedo.

So I live in AZ and I work for a fairly decent sized franchise that to my understanding doesn t have an HR department. My boss has started making remarks that I like to watch children and has even said something to a woman I work with about me watching her children. I m close enough to this woman that she knows it s not true and has reassured me not to worry about it and that she doesn t believe my boss because shes seen me around her kids and I dont do anything of such nature. Now I was going to wait to talk to the owner since they are supposed to be by sometime this month (out of state owner) but she made a remark today about changekmg her kid in another room because she doesn t want SOMEONE to see her daughter s little butt. Shes never changed her kid in front of anyone and has made it a point to say this. What do I do? Should I file some sort of charge or idk something? Idk what to do but I cant let her keep doing this because the only one that s going to get screwed over is me. It doesn t matter that what shes saying isnt true all it takes is one person who believes her to ruin my life. Please help. Apologies for any confusion. Writing this on my phone in bathroom as quick as I can because I dont want to get into trouble here at work. Edit to add location. Edit to add update. Okay so the owner big bosses came in today and I got a chance to talk to the one who handles all HR related issues. Let him now really quickly what was going on and he took my number and gave me his to contact him if my boss causes any more issues. He assured me we he would get to the bottom of this and have it handled. He also gave me the number to the person in charge of records so I can let them know what s going on in detail so they can have it saved in a safe place to avoid any of the issues of he said she said. We went back to pretending everything was okay while around my boss but he again reassured me before they (the owners) left that it would he taken care of. I also have a recorder on me at all times now to keep myself safe in the event that this continues or that my boss tries anything crazy. I ll let you guys know what comes of this as things unfold. I m suppose to talk the the owner in charge of HR issues again later this week and he ll be letting me know of the actions that will be taken.

2020-09-01 19:59:11

So this is slander per se. Defamation of a person with guaranteed damages. Accusations of being a pedophile is considered so damaging that you don t have to prove damages. Arizona is a 1-party consent state for recording. Recording your interactions with your boss could be very valuable. If it continues to escalate I would bring any evidence that you have of the accusations and discuss this with a lawyer. They could probably draft a cease and desist letter fairly quickly.

2020-09-01 21:06:19

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[New York] Employer paying for sick days only on Tues Wed Thurs. Any other day is unpaid.

Not a huge issue. Been a registered nurse for over a year at this hospital. It s just annoying knowing you can t take a sick day on the weekend or monday friday without being paid. I have so much sick time saved up that I never really use because half the time i m working weekend shifts. They can do this I m assuming? Just wanted to clarify because they are not exactly known for following the letter of the law. Edit: they do supposedly pay sick days on the aforementioned days but only with a doctor s note.

2019-12-14 16:50:12

NYC or NYS? NYC has a paid sick leave law that this would probably violate.

2019-12-14 17:56:05

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Unauthorized Deductions from Wages

Hello My employer has recently begun taking unauthorized deductions from my paychecks. This is in response to a draw that I received that was never agreed to in writing in the first place. I am wondering if this something worth fighting or if it s best to just walk away? If I do want to proceed legally where is the best place to start? Additionally my pay structure was recently changed from salary to commission based (again no written agreement). I am also located in Texas. Any advise is appreciated!

2020-07-03 15:15:39

More information needed. What is this “draw” you speak of?

2020-07-03 19:23:40

Miscellaneous Legal Query

My little cousin filed for a restraining on a boy who assaulted and harassed her and he is getting an attorney to fight it ?

This situation sounds like a movie so let me give you guys a little background: My little cousin is 17 she has been homeschooled almost all of her life. Her parents are fairly strict and she is also super busy with extra curriculars and started college classes early. That being said she hasn t been involved with many boys and she has only gotten her first kiss from her first boyfriend who was a few years older (they met at a charity event). They only dated for 2 months and she wasn t so into it so she broke it off. One night a few weeks after this (I was with her) his good friend we ll call him Brandon started messaging her on Instagram. He would write to her in her instagram messages then either backspace or erase the messages (I didn t know you could even do this on Instagram). Eventually he messaged her explaining somewhere along the line that he would like to get to know her. Brandon was 21 and obviously a friend of her first and only boyfriend so we were all a little taken back and hesitant to approve and told my cousin we didn t know if it was a good idea to respond or pursue this. She really didn t want to at first and realized it was a bad move afterwards but at the time she felt like she really vibed with him the previous time they all hung out so eventually she talked to him for a bit and she agreed to go to the movies with him. He picked her up and already rubbed my aunt and uncle the wrong way he didn t really say hello or come in to introduce himself and be respectful but we all assumed he was just shy. She had FaceTimed with him before multiple times and he seemed really nice so her mom let her go. Later she would come home early in tears and denial and explain to us that the date had to end early. On top of him being entirely a different person than he was on text or FaceTime we later (after prying) found out when they got to the movies this boy put his hands on her breasts groped her licked her face as she continuously told him to stop but was frozen with fear and whispered about how he loved how innocent she was and that he had done this with another 17 year old and she was the same way. He tried to get down her pants but she thankfully was able to stop that. On the car ride home he threatened that if she told anyone he would spin it and that there was no evidence. She unfollowed and blocked him from all social media after he messaged her and told her not to block him. He then reached out to her on several instagrams (obviously we can t prove this) that all had 0 followers and pictures of drawings of girls that looked like my cousin as the little icon photo (he has drawings that look very similar). She has also continuously gotten phone calls from random numbers in which the person just breathes into the phone and hangs up( also can t be proven). It honestly seems unreal. She also found out from mutual friends that he got uncomfortably close to a male friend of his before when he was sleeping (tried to “cuddle” with one of his body parts) and he has been seen outside the house of a 15 year old girl. Neither are willing to go to authorities because they date she is 15 and he is 19 which I think is weird so they are Afraid to get in trouble for that. Eventually she decided to go to the cops so she could see what she could do to keep him away. After talking to the judge she let her know she does think it could be considered criminal (the assault) if she decided to testify. My uncle and the prosecutors both convinced her this would be way too difficult to do. In conclusion they agreed on a restraining order. Now this boy Brandon has gotten an attorney to fight the restraining order. I don t even know why you would try to fight a restraining order when there is so much at risk my cousin is in shambles and just wants him to stop contacting her and harassing her. She s terrified and my family doesn t know if they should try to get an attorney themselves and if it would even be worth their money. She is scared because the messages he originally sent to reach out to her now look like she reached out to him first (because he kept erasing these messages). Does anyone have any advice or knowledge about how this might work out ? Any type of assurance or mental preparation I could give my cousin on how this is going to go? She calls me every day and I feel like I am such a loss for words. This boy is clearly a bit sick in the head. Update: Two of her friends (the ones mentioned above who also dealt with his harassment) have now written a signed statement to the court regarding his unwanted advances comments anger issues. I d imagine this will be very helpful.

2019-09-25 00:38:51

&gt Now this boy Brandon has gotten an attorney to fight the restraining order. That was smart. &gt I don t even know why you would try to fight a restraining order when there is so much at risk Probably because there is so much at risk. &gt my cousin is in shambles and just wants him to stop contacting her and harassing her. She s terrified and my family doesn t know if they should try to get an attorney themselves and if it would even be worth their money. She doesn t need one. Her criminal record isn t in jeopardy. She just needs to show the messages and immediately screenshot any new ones. Does she respond at all when he messages her?

2019-09-25 00:59:40

Miscellaneous Legal Query

California - Hands free ticket but I wasn t on my phone at all.

I was driving yesterday and was surprised when a motorcycle cop pulled me over. He told me he was giving me a ticket for talking on my cell phone while I was driving. I told him I wasn t talking on my cell phone at all and it had been in my purse the whole time. He insisted he had seen me with a phone in my hand as I drove past at 35 mph. I have a work phone and a personal cell phone so I got the records for both of them from the phone company and it shows that I clearly was not on the phone at the time he saw me on it. I think I was scratching my ear or something. Furthermore my car is Bluetooth capable so any calls the come into my phone automatically get answered on the car s system. The call shows up on my touchscreen in the car and I can answer it with a button on the steering wheel. I ve heard of other people getting screwed because the cop insists their phone was in their hand. Mine really wasn t. What are my chances of getting the ticket dismissed?

2013-07-17 02:38:40

You can give it a shot but keep in mind that the success rates for defendants in traffic trials is very low. If you plead guilty at arraignment you can ask for the judge to lower the base fine which would also reduce the fees. If you go to trial and lose you will pay the full fine and fees. If you decide to fight it go ahead and bring all your phone records and information about your bluetooth system but keep in mind that even having the phone in your hand and looking at the front screen to see if you have an email violates [the statute] (http: www.dmv.ca.gov pubs vctop d11 vc23123.htm) (it says using the phone violates the law). If the officer specifically testifies that you were talking as opposed to holding the phone or anything else the records might be of more help. Just don t get your hopes up too high and hope you get a judge young enough to get the concept of bluetooth :)

2013-07-17 02:43:58

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[California] Homeowner I m renting a room from says I m not allowed to have mail delivered Suspected mail theft

Hello I m having an issue with the homeowner I m renting a room from on his property. He has specified that he does not want me to have mail delivered to the address of the property. He has said this after I applied for mail in rebates from shopping online and they are currently being mailed back. My question is can he legally forbid me from having any mail delivered to his property? I ve read a bit about how mailboxes are federal property and am wondering if I should agree to his demand or insist that I keep having my mail delivered to the mailbox on his property? I also have read about mail theft. Some time ago when I opened a new bank account the bank mailed my debit card to the same property. When I checked the mailbox one day I saw an envelope from the bank with my name on it. What was written on it was This person does not live here yet I was renting the same room I m renting now at the time. My question here is does this fall under mail theft or other illegal means? Thank you for your time in reading this and answers will be greatly appreciated.

2016-06-09 06:05:41

OK - this isn t a strictly legal answer but: do you want to remain living here? Because whether you are right or wrong as a lodger in this person s home(although is it a home - you said property?) you probably have significantly fewer protections regarding eviction. So if you want to remain I would strongly suggest getting a P.O. BOx. Because you may well be in the right but equally you can probably be evicted relatively easily although that will depend on what your lease (if you have one) says.

2016-06-09 06:15:06

Fraudulent transactions via hacked account

Child abuse going on CPS is no help

Okay so let me start with some back story. My girlfriend and all 7 of her siblings were placed in foster care and eventually adopted a long time ago. The two oldest her and her sister are both out of the home now but the rest all remain. Well the parents have history of being abusive starting when they first adopted the kids. They ve already had one investigation when they let a 3 year old they had adopted play in the pool by himself while the mother slept inside. He very nearly died he was in the hospital for a long time but they didn t get in trouble. Anyways they ve apparently been fighting lately and taking it out on some of the kids. The 16 year old boy was caught sneaking outside to see his girlfriend (wrong but all kids do it) and the foster dad snapped threw him against a wall and punched the shit out of him. He left bruises on his chin and arms. We called the police but since neither my girlfriend or her sister are allowed to contact their siblings her 16 yr old brother did not know why they were there and the cop was friends with the parents (very small town) and did nothing. Now abuse is common in this household but this is the first time they ve left serious marks and we have pictures for proof. We want to do something about it but we called CPS and they literally said well if you already called the police and nothing happened there s nothing we can do at all besides record this call so they re useless. I do have that workers name and email address if he lied to me I d like to report him. I could use some advice on what to do here. Thanks. EDIT: Forgot to include location this is in Ohio. We are in Tennessee the family is in Ohio.

2016-11-18 21:19:13

Escalation. Escalate to the police supervisors and escalate to the cps supervisor CPS investigations are done independently from police investigations sometimes they occur in concert but it is not necessary.

2016-11-18 21:22:42

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Can my neighbors plant invasive weeds along our property line?

(Oregon) My neighbors and I do not get along are having a property-line dispute (their fence is on my property lawyers are involved). So along one border they just today planted invasive blackberry literally one of the top 10 invasive weeds in our region a weed that our state and the federal govt spend millions of dollars trying to control every year. Everywhere in our valley we try to slow it down eradicate it even. Do I have any legal way of stopping this nonsense?

2019-07-01 01:11:37

You may want to check local regulations. It is illegal to plant some of these invasive plants. Check to see if it is on the list and report it to whatever agency handles this.

2019-07-01 01:13:12

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[MN] Lease ends 1 31 and prohibits moving out in February. I don t want to stay another year. What do?

My 12 month lease goes until 1 31 and rolls into month to month in the absence of another lease. The landlord wants me to sign a new 12 month lease containing a rent increase. I m okay with the rent increase but I don t want to stay in the apartment for another year. The lease I m currently on has a clause that says they require a written 60 day notice to terminate the lease and in the event that the lease rolls into a month to month (with 60 day notice) I am not allowed to vacate the apartment between November and March. I got the new lease in the mail in mid-November less than 60 days before my current lease is up. I emailed my landlord after getting the new lease asking if it would be possible to sign a new month to month lease reflecting the rent increase so I could be able to give appropriate notice and move out when I m allowed to. Several days of no response later I sent a text asking if they got it. They responded with I did I ll call you. They called once and didn t leave a message. That was weeks ago. Since then they ve refused to answer any of my emails or texts. What are my options here? I don t have another place lined up and don t really want to move in the winter. If I don t sign another lease do I have to move out when my current one ends? Would doing so be breaking it? Is there a way that I can hang on and stay until spring despite my landlord being totally MIA? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me!

2016-12-29 01:14:14

Do not sign the new lease. It should roll to month-to-month. If you want to move in February give your 60 day notice in writing and move out in February. They don t get to prohibit you from moving out. That s bullshit.

2016-12-29 01:36:36

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

[CA] Is my doctor s office allowed to do this? (Legal name change issue)

Edit: Answered thanks for the responses. Guess I ll have to suck it up and figure out how to get a card of some sort. Hello there This issue is *slightly* complicated but I ll try to make it as short and sweet as I can. I am covered by TRICARE Reserve insurance and had a name change. TRICARE (military insurance) does not provide an ID any longer you simply use your military ID and SSN. My name was updated through TRICARE but I am very far away from any location where I can get an updated ID card. I owe several hundred dollars to my doctor s office because they are trying to bill me through my old name which TRICARE is not accepting. So when I went to the doctor s office and showed them the legal documentation that showed I had a name change (plus new SSC) they refused because I do not have a government ID. Pretending I am completely unable to get any sort of ID is this actually legal? It seems very bizarre to me that virtually every other entity to include government organizations have been completely fine with accepting these legal documents but my doctor s office has claimed it is a policy to only accept GOVERNMENT photo IDs. I know the first response is to be Well why don t you get a new driver s license? but that s not really the point in my question. I am simply curious. Thanks for any advice!

2016-04-24 10:50:15

Not legal advice but as a military wife you can get your ID updated at just about any military base anywhere. It doesn t have to be an active duty base it can be a National guard or reserve unit too that has a DEERS office. You can make an appointment online and it looks like there are 45 different places in the state of CA you can go to get an ID card. Surely somewhere is fairly close to you.

2016-04-24 11:27:19

Legal Name Change Issues

During a warrantless search of a vehicle can police forecfully open a locked toolbox and then open a container used for medical equipment (DEA regulated MMT)?

An associate of mine was recently involved in a traffic stop because he made an illegal U-turn. Because of his prior and current legal issues the officers determined that they should perform a warrantless search of the vehicle. He had a locked tool box in the bed of the truck not accessible from inside the vehicle. The key was not with him at the time. The officers opened the tool box forcefully but without damaging it. Inside the tool box was a small lock box that he is required to use in order to hold methadone for a MMT program. The box is clearly marked from the outside it has his patient information and safety information clearly visible on the outside. The police used his key to open the container and found a syringe with led to his arrest and a probation violation. I know that Indiana courts have determined that is is legal for police to open locked containers that are inside the vehicle (like a glove box). My question is is it legal for them to open a locked container outside of the vehicle and is it legal for them to open a container containing methadone which tampering with the box is heavily regulated by the DEA.

2020-11-22 15:11:02

&gt I know that Indiana courts have determined that is is legal for police to open locked containers that are inside the vehicle (like a glove box). In some cases perhaps. For example during a search incident to arrest when the glovebox was within the immediate grab area of the suspect prior to the arrest. But Indiana has actually held that their state constitution (Article 1 Section 11) offers more protection than that under the 4th Amendment. In *[State v. Lucas](https: casetext.com case state-v-lucas-133)* 859 N.E.2d 1244 1251 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007) the court threw out evidence within a locked safe in the trunk of a car after getting the key from the drivers key ring after a SIA but admitted the evidence found in the center console. Of course someone on parole has more limited expectations of privacy than the rest of the public. Refusing to comply with a POs search request can be a parole violation on its own.

2020-11-22 16:22:15

Miscellaneous Legal Query

[TX] What can I legally do to stop a drunk from getting in a car and driving home?

I found myself in this situation Friday night. Mutual friend was obviously drunk. I told her I wouldn t let her drive home and even went to the extent of physically getting in her way but eventually she started hitting me so I just bailed. I realize I could call the cops but it would require diverting my attention and she would be long gone before they got there (if they even showed up). And I didn t even know where she was going. I found out today that by some miracle she made it home safely.

2015-01-04 16:41:53

Your option is to call the police. Do not commit a crime to potentially stop another one.

2015-01-04 16:47:57

Miscellaneous Legal Query

We rented a holiday home that didnt meet the standards.

We ordered a holiday home from the company dansummer around Christmas time. We are from Norway and had planned a family holiday for 13 people including small kids. When we arrived at the holiday home it did not meet required standards. First of all we had payed for washing and new sheets but the place was dirty and the sheets were not made. The worst part however was the constant smell of mold even after opening all the windows. We also saw living woodworms in some of the walls. Having multiple asthmatics and kids we could not stay there. After complaining to the company they sent an inspector that agreed with us that this was not acceptable. He recommended us to get a refund. When we visited the company s office the manager refused to refund anything and mocked us for being scared of bugs. They then told us they would send someone else to inspect it and told us to go back to the house with the keys. We waited there for more than an hour but no-one came. Their office was getting close to closing time so we went back only to find out that they hadn t sent the inspectors yet. They wanted to repeat the process but we didn t accept it. So they told us they would send some inspectors cleaners. It was getting late so we had to book into a hotel. The next day they had cleaned the place but it still smelled of mold. We decided to not let this ruin our holiday so we booked another place for the week but the company refused to refund anything. They did not even give us compensation for having to stay at a hotel when they cleaned during the night. Is there anything we could do to get fair treatment or is it a lost cause?

2018-07-08 11:04:57

Just dispute the whole thing with your credit card company and let them deal with it

2018-07-08 13:50:47

Miscellaneous Legal Query

(Chicago Illinois) Looking Into Suing Landlord

Hello On August 1st of 2013 me and two of my friends moved into an apartment in Chicago s Little Italy neighborhood. When we first met with our landlord we noticed that there were a few things that were not to our standards (Chipped Paint Bad Water Pressure water stains on the ceiling) but we told our landlord that we would only take the apartment if everything would be fixed and the landlord assured us that all of those things would be taken care of. We moved in and the only thing that was fixed was we got one window treatment our water pressure was non existent there was still large portions of paint missing from the walls and the water stains were still apparent and molding. After our lease went on things got worse and worse. We had a problem with cockroaches that came up from the restaurant downstairs and stayed in our kitchen and freezer often contaminating our food. And ever since March we have had a massive problem with bed bugs as we had to have an exterminator come over even twice a month and me and my roommates had to stay over with our parents and friends just so we could have a clean place to stay. But that is not why I am writing this post. During September of 2013 I contracted carbon monoxide poisoning after I slept on our living room couch with all of our windows closed. Although I was not feeling well I walked to the hospital and told the staff at the emergency my symptoms I met with a toxicologist who told me that I had a high amount of carbon monoxide in my blood after several blood test despite the fact that I had to wait for two hours before I met with a doctor. While I was in the hospital I called my landlord and told her of what happened and told her that I put fresh batteries in the carbon monoxide detector and that there is a gas leak from somewhere in the building. When me and my landlord finally met in person a couple days later to discuss what happened she and her husband who helps managing the property told me that I was a liar and that I was making the entire situation up and that I never contracted carbon monoxide poisoning despite my records from the hospital supporting my claim. Me and my roommates didn t live in our apartment for an extended period of time until we felt that it was safe to move back in. We still paid rent for those months when we vacated the building. I had a fire department come check our unit for carbon monoxide but they couldn t find anything because I opened the windows before leaving to the emergency room but the head of the unit that came to my apartment told me that although they didn t pick up anything in our unit no could dispute the hospital s diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning since they were able to find a trace of it in my blood. On July 26th my family came over to help me move out of the apartment since our lease was finally up (August 2013 - August 2014) and while they were helping me move my mother and I were constantly complaining of feeling lightheaded and were having these massive migraines. My family eventually left and I was soon the only person in the building as the girls who live downstairs were no where to be found and the restaurant downstairs was shutdown due to failing multiple health inspections. Alone in my apartment I found myself having trouble standing and a hard time saying conscious. I blacked out on my couch and when I woke up I gathered whatever strength I could opened the windows and called 911 to send an ambulance and fire department. After a long wait I went through a series of blood test and the medical staff told me that I had not too alarming amounts of carbon monoxide in my blood. After I called my roommate to notify him of what happened he tested the girls who lived downstairs and they told them that they called the gas company because they had been experiencing the same symptoms and the gas company had confirmed that there was a gas leak in the building and that they were told to leave the building for a couple days till it was fixed and that the landlord knew about it. My roommate called me back and told me what the girls had told him. In my time living in that building I contracted carbon monoxide poisoning twice and both times I was lucky enough to escape with my life. I have been bit with bedbugs that were already present in the building that our landlord didnt notify me and my roommates about that came from the previous tenants. And I had to live at home for extended periods of time because the apartment was so uninhabitable. I am looking to take my landlord to court where I plan to sue them for failing to make any of the renovations that they promised providing and charging me and my roommates for an unlivable apartment. And I want to sue her for failing to notify me and my roommates about the carbon monoxide and gas leaks in the building which put me and my family s lives in danger and I plan to file another suit against her over the first time I contracted carbon monoxide. This is my first time dealing with a situation like this and I do not have a lot of experiences with legal matters. So I ask what can I do to pursue this and take my landlord to court? How much should I be suing my landlord for? Any advice will greatly help me and my family thank you!

2014-08-04 09:32:15

&gt So I ask what can I do to pursue this and take my landlord to court? What are your actual damages? The biggest issue I can see here is that you **don t** have a previously diagnosed incident of carbon monoxide in the house. You said you called CFD the first time and they couldn t find anything. Generally this means that there is nothing or at least what there is is difficult to find. CO under normal circumstances is quickly found with the right gear regardless of airborne percentage. Additionally the fact that you had no issues from 9 13 through 7 14 is problematic. None of this means that you were wrong what it means is that a suit becomes more difficult. In order to successfully sue you have to prove that the landlord did something that violated his duty to you. That s more than just something bad happened! you have to prove that he should ve done something and didn t. You should definitely take your records to a personal injury attorney to see what they say.

2014-08-04 11:28:03

Miscellaneous Legal Query

(Sydney - Australia) Two cars crashed into the back of my car 5 days apart. Similar damage. Should both parties have to pay for some of it or just the later one?

Weirdest thing. I have never been in a car accident before and then in the space of 5 days two different cars rear-ended my car. The other people were at fault both times and admitted it. The crashes were fairly gentle as car crashes come but enough to get it repaired. The first crash impacted just the lower-rear panel. The second crash 5 days later was slightly worse and scratched up the lower-rear panel and dented the boot. Should I involve both parties? Or should I just involve the last guy (and not tell him about the first crash) since he damaged both panels and let the first guy off? Thanks for any help you guys can give me! EDIT: It might help to know I have Compulsory Third Party Insurance but this shouldn t really matter as their insurance companies will have to deal with it.

2018-05-07 02:56:39

I think it should be pro-rata situation. In your position in the US I d simply use my own insurance company and tell them to sort it out. In Australia it might be different.

2018-05-07 03:10:04

Insurance Denial Car Accidents

My Employer s new PTO policy will charge me extra PTO time if a PTO request is not submitted within an x number of days before the requested date.

It this legal or not? The reason I m questioning the PTO s legality is because my employer is planning on charging extra PTO time for requests not made in advance. For example if I request 5 concurrent days of PTO 9 days before the requested date they will charge me for 8 days. Some background: We are a private company of less than 50 employees in New York State. Most are salaried employees. I am a professional and do not work the warehouse. Policy: http: imgur.com ANXXhJ9

2015-09-17 20:24:56

As long as the days being used are in excess of the required sick leave in New York I think this might fly. But if this is the 1 hour for every 30 hours worked sick leave mandated by New York law then it s certainly not going to fly. *Edit*: I m not sure it would be legit for already earned time either. But I agree with others that your best bet is to find a new job that doesn t do stupid shit.

2015-09-17 20:53:31

Company PTO Policy Changes

Michigan--After leasing an apartment leasing company says I owe damages after nobody signed the checkout checklist.

Hi there as the title states I received information today that I owe $415 for damages from my old apartment after deccting my group s $400 security deposit. I am a college student at Michigan State. Now for my issues. During move out I requested that my deposit fees be sent to my home address as I am away from campus for the summer. In making this request over the phone I assumed that it would be handled at the office and that would be the end. Well instead of changing my address the leasing company sent the list of damages to the old apartment address which we were unable to access since we turned in our keys. This list was made by DTN (the leasing company) after we moved out. My roommates were told that they don t do walkout inspections because they were too busy that day so nobody on my lease was able to walk through with an agent to verify damages. Move out was on 7 22. Michigan has a four day period to change address after move-out which I met by calling them to change my address and then you have seven days after receiving the list of damages to contest issues. Since I never received anything I had no way to contest. On August 8th I called to check on the status of my security deposit and they told me that they have not sent it out yet and that they had thirty days to do so I reinforced that it needed to be sent to my home address as I was still out of the state. Nothing. Yesterday I went to the office to find that they charged us $100 to remove trash $400 for a new couch $60 to clean eggs off the street side of the apartment (3rd floor no balcony) which were thrown at the building and various other damages which were added. I talked to the general manager and she told me that it was mailed out to the address that was on the account (which was the apartment address) and it was never changed to my home address. She then said that they did everything by law and that I could not get a copy of the damages since they mailed it out. The kids at the new apartment threw out all mail in our name so now we have no way of obtaining a copy. She moved on to say that the only way to contest is to take them to court to contest the claims. Now what are my options here? Is it worth taking to small claims court? Do I have any case here? I was thinking more along the lines that the charges (in my mind) could be arbitrary since nobody signed a move out checklist with an agent. I m at a loss here and I really don t want to pay another $400 or have it go to collections.

2015-09-01 12:52:46

Unless they can hand you a copy of the damages I would refuse to pay anymore money because then they can just change the sheet and demand more later. Never agree to a financial situation without having paperwork.

2015-09-01 14:18:42

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

My dad was fired from a laboratory he worked at and when asked for a reason he was refused and told that an explanation would be provided to the corporations he would apply to for a job in the future.

This was in Arizona. My dad was fired in the middle of 2015 and has been job hunting since. I saw him get to a point multiple times where it seemed like he was in the clear for a nice job at a new lab (he would get flown out there they seemed pretty excited to have him gave him materials to read prepare for etc.) but then suddenly he gets dropped through an email: we regret to inform you... . My dad thinks when they contact his old lab they do some shenanigans but doesn t think he can prove anything. He doesn t want to pursue any legal action since he doesn t think he has a chance to go against a mega-corporation and since we re he s a naturalized immigrant with a heavy foreign accent and not a lot of money. I take all of this with a grain of salt considering this is my dad so I naturally feel for him and maybe there s just something I don t know about him with his old job but if everything is right did anything illegal happen here? Is there anything he can do other than keep applying and waiting? I read the guidelines on this sub and saw the low no cost consultations point about lawyers and I ll float that across to him. Thanks!

2017-03-06 18:41:58

There is nothing wrong with his lab supplying a negative reference so long as they aren t lying. Now if I were you I would have a friend call pretending to be a potential employer seeking references and see what they say.

2017-03-06 18:51:49

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Using e-mail and text messages as evidence in small claims court?

Hello I am having a really hard time finding this information. Does anyone know if it would be possible to use e-mails and text messages in small claims court? What would be the best way to do this? This is in California if that makes a difference. Thank you.

2013-04-02 17:22:03

Yes but you will have to verify them in some way - prove that the email address or the phone number are for this other person. You would also want to have them printed out with a copy for the judge and a copy for the opposing party.

2013-04-02 17:51:41

Miscellaneous Legal Query

affair with teacher?

i had an affair with a coach at my school who also is a teacher (ive never had a class with him though) when i was 17. he used me for sex and i ve been depressed since it happened because i fell for him and he treated me like garbage. and i quit the team because i couldn t stand to be around him anymore he pretended like nothing happened and continues to be emotionally manipulative and saying that im crazy for having caught feelings for him and that im overly emotional and should get over it. im thinking of reporting him. im worried i would be doing it for the wrong reasons but that is a whole separate question i guess. im still 17. what kind of rights would i have if i accused him? a lot of evidence is on snapchat -- would they be allowed to look through all my conversations for evidence or just my conversations with him? because to make myself feel better about this situation i also sort of hooked up with another one of my coaches. i don t want to report him though cuz he has been nice to me and i just really don t want to deal with all that. so if i was to report the first one would they also look through my other conversations and convict the other one too? would i be able to wait until im 18 and have the school not tell my parents (i don t want to hurt them by having them find out that the reason ive been so depressed is because of a teacher at my school)? also would it hurt my case that im only reporting one of them? the age of consent in my state is 18 so it is illegal either way but i did consent to him at the time even if he was in a position of power . any kind of help is appreciated. he guilted me by saying that if i told anyone including my friends it would ruin his life. i kept quiet and it all built up in my head and now im super confused and i don t know what is right anymore. i don t want to hurt myself by reporting it when it might be better for me to just keep quiet and move on. i just feel so much resentment toward him for stringing me along and trying to gaslight me when i asked him about it. he feels no remorse even though he knows how much he hurt me. why should i protect him? but i can t even consider reporting if i don t know the consequences of doing so.

2018-09-10 23:46:57

You are clearly in need a lot of help because you ve been manipulated and you aren t looking at any of this correctly. Nothing about this entire situation is good or should be allowed to continue. You didn t do anything wrong and you will do nothing wrong by reporting both of them. In fact it will be the right thing to do. There might be other victims. These predators count on the silence fear guilt of their victims. You need to report this. You didn t provide a location but is there somebody in your school or another adult you can trust if not your parents? You also will need a lot of therapy for yourself because these things can warp a person for the rest of their life getting in the way of healthy and meaningful relationships.

2018-09-10 23:50:39

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Landlord charging full month s rent and refusing to give keys

My friends and I are students who have signed a 15 month lease for a townhouse in CA. We are having a couple issues with our landlord. The commencement of our lease is June 11 and is stated on our lease. However the landlord said he would only provide access to the garage on the 11 in order to store our furniture will not give us keys and will not allow us to move-in until an uncertain date (likely the 15) as the house will be professionally cleaned. While we agreed to be flexible regarding the move-in date he also initially verbally stated that the first month s rent would be prorated. However he is now asking for a full month s rent for June. What are our options?

2016-06-02 17:36:08

_Right now_ he hasn t done anything actionable but he s definitely giving warning signs. Talk to a tenancy lawyer sooner rather than later you need a professional for this I think. Having said that I would start with some variation on this plan: Give him a letter stating that as your lease begins on June 11th you expect to receive keys no later than that date. Keep a copy for yourself and make note of the date you give your landlord the letter in case you need to know later. If he doesn t turn over keys give him another letter explaining that as you have not received keys you expect rent to be pro-rated by the day at $XXX.XX until the keys are turned over and if the keys are not provided by &lt some date I would pick a week or two after the formal start of your lease&gt you will consider the lease breached and will pursue your landlord for costs related to finding a new lease. If he _still_ doesn t turn over the keys by the date you give and won t negotiate move somewhere else and sue to terminate the lease and to recover your moving costs + the difference in rent for the duration of the original lease. If you choose to be open to negotiation great do so in writing but your landlord has a legal obligation to furnish you with access to the unit. Failing to do so breaches the lease. It s not complex and your landlord really has no leg to stand on.

2016-06-02 17:43:08

Landlord Lease Deposit Disputes

Ticketed for speeding in California

I was driving (under 18 at the time) with my mom to Las Vegas from SF and was ticketed somewhere down in the desert for speeding at 80 (posted limit 65). However the rest of the traffic was going 80-90+. Am I supposed to go at the speed of traffic or 65? It seems unsafe to go 65 when everyone else is going 80-90 but I was told by the judge today that 65 is a hard limit. If it matters it was a 2 lane highway so there wasn t much left lane vs right lane speed difference.

2014-12-11 07:25:18

Others are doing it too is not a valid defense and there s nothing unsafe about driving 65 mph on the right lane. You ll just have to pay up and stick with the speed limit in the future.

2014-12-11 07:30:46

Unresolved Speeding Ticket Issue

My car got towed from Unmarked Private parking lot

My car recently got towed from an unmarking private parking lot. Last year the parking lot was owned by an university and we were allowed to park there in the weekends. I couple of weekends ago I parked there and noticed the the university s signs were no longer there. There were no signs indicating it was private parking so I assumed I could park there. When I came outside my car was missing. Turns out that the university sold the parking lot a leasing agency. I reached out to the leasing agency and they said that they would not give me a reimbursement because I illegally parked in their parking lot. I have pictures and videos from that night that show there were no signs. Can I take them to small court claims to get my money back? I live in Illinois.

2022-11-21 18:36:51

You want this: https: www.ilga.gov legislation ilcs fulltext.asp?DocName=062500050K4-203 Specifically see section 5 which provides that signs must have been continuously posted at least 24 hours before towing and section 10 which makes whoever authorized the tow (tow lot is required to have that on file in writing) liable for fees including attorney s fees and damages. If you call and get the manager of the leasing agency on the line you may be able to resolve this outside of court and contain their costs given their statutory liability to you (and if necessary your lawyers). If that fails you can take it straight to a lawyer.

2022-11-22 13:39:25

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Employer created a new policy

Yesterday my employer enacted a new employee policy that states if an individual were to give notice that they won t be going to their shift even with notice that their shifts would be stripped from them for not only the day they will be absent for but also for the next 2 days afterwards immediately. My question is: Is this lawful? Do they have the authority to do something like this? And also what are my rights here? (This is in Ontario Canada) Thank you in advance.

2018-12-11 00:36:43

Yeah those places can be the wild west of workplace violations. Nal by my gut says illegal and you could contact the Workers Action Centre leave a message and their volunteers (usually paralegals etc) would get back to you asap. They have been responsive for me in the past. Alternatively you could call the Ministry of Labor hotline talk it through with them and then if you find out it is illegal file a complaint on them. Documentation of all sorts helps with that process and it takes about an hour on a computer. We need to stick it to shitty employers.

2018-12-11 00:48:07

Miscellaneous Legal Query

Maternity leave in Anchorage Ak

I work at small clinic (small enough to not have FMLA). Months ago I had put in for three months unpaid leave to my immediate supervisor who approved them. Four or do months later I was brought into an office today to be told if I take more than 6 weeks I would not have a gaurenteed job. I have the paper with the signature for approval but the person who approved it isn t even there any more. What can I do? I am feeling quite overwhelmed and uncertain of what I can do

2016-04-09 05:46:35

Do they give leaves of absence to people for non-pregnancy medical issues longer than 6 weeks? Wil they hire you back after 3 months of leave? (Might not be a guaranteed hold on your job but just a technical termination to start the clock on things like COBRA etc. no guarantee obviously but might not be that they don t want you back)

2016-04-09 15:18:15

Pregnancy Discrimination at Work

I currently live in Nebraska and got a DUI in North Carolina 4+ years ago. Keeps preventing me from getting good jobs and I have no idea what my options are.

While in the Marine Corps from 2007 to 2011 I received a DUI in North Carolina. I had a Mississippi driver s license with a home of record in Nebraska. Nearly every job I ve applied for that involves even just minimal driving requirements cannot get me on their insurance and therefore cannot hire me. I ve read that there s no way to seal a record or expunge the DUI in Nebraska and that North Carolina keeps DUIs on your record indefinitely. I have absolutely no clue if either of those bits of information apply to my situation or if there is even anything I can do. I just need to try to do something if I ever want a chance at a decent job in my field. What state would I even deal with in this situation? Are there any options for getting it off my record? Do I have any options at all?

2014-08-26 20:41:52

Google North Carolina DUI Attorney and call and ask if there is any way you can get an expungement.

2014-08-26 20:43:18

Questionable Arrest Circumstances and Legal Representation

Previous employer got phished and gave out the personal information of termed employees

I left the company in 2012 however I continued to receive W-2 every year because the payroll department neglected to archive the records of people who left the company. Fast forward to last week someone made up an email address with the name of the CEO asking someone in payroll to forward all of the W-2s for 2015. Naturally since they never archived my record my information along with what I suspect maybe be at least 1 000 termed employees was compromised. The company is only offering 2 years of credit monitoring although this is something I m going to need to worry about for the rest of my life and I haven t even worked there for the last 5 years. I was wondering what my options are. As a result of this display of incompetence I ve already filed my taxes for 2016 and frozen my credit with all three agencies. Edit: I m in New York

2017-01-27 12:52:40

You can accept the credit monitoring. If you actually experience a loss and if you can demonstrate that loss arose from this event you may be able to recover that loss from the company. Without a loss you have nothing to recover.

2017-01-27 12:59:08

Miscellaneous Legal Query

HELP! Found out employee was stealing money

Found out my long time employee was stealing money but the problem is I was paying this employee off the books like so many others. Is it possible that I will get in more trouble if I even press charges against an employee I was paying off the books?

2018-03-13 19:44:51

&gt I was ~~paying this employee off the books like so many others~~ stealing from the government and my employee FTFY. Yes it s possible to face consequences for tax evasion.

2018-03-13 19:46:46

Miscellaneous Legal Query