Legal Advice [Update] My father got my 14 year old sister pregnant. |
- [Update] My father got my 14 year old sister pregnant.
- [UT] Parents are trying to get me to lie in court to help my brother out. What should I do?
- Maryland - My kid’s likeness is being used to market a product. I/we did not approve this.
- (Toronto, Ontario) Single person now more than 50% of my buildings condo units. Dissolved condo board, and installed themselves. Now she is telling us at the end of the month we won't have our parking spots anymore. Is this legal?
- [TX] My dentist sold his practice and took 15 years of patient records leaving the office with nothing. Is this legal?
- A family member has made a copy of my truck key without permission.
- In NY: Restraining order rules - can a 'victim' visit the workplace of the accused?
- [OH] New property manager added extra charges onto our rent and accused of us having extra pets. Says we have to pay it no matter what. Am I admitting to a lease violation if I pay it while I wait for it to be credited?
- [NY] My father committed suicide. Baseless civil suit threat seems to be of blame. Looking for any advice.
- [FL] Working with overtly racist/sexist manager, and higher ups refuse to acknowledge
- [update] [MI] Probation officer won't return any messages, still have a warrant, need some advice.
- My wife is a surgical technician at a veterinary clinic who is being shorted overtime pay and is being prevented from going to medical appointments for her pregnancy. What can we do?
- [Austin TX] Landlord asking to vacate for SXSW to Airbnb house.
- I [21F] found out that someone logged into my PERSONAL gmail and linked in accounts and notifications were looked through. Is that okay?
- District Attorney accepted a plea bargain I didn't agree to
- [NC] Someone has been using my photos to catfish girls in Missouri for over 2 years with multiple girls and i’m now learning this person knows many personal things about me (Family, Language skills, etc., only things I could know)
- [NJ/NY] Did I commit a crime by sending mail under an alias/false name?
- How to respond to a judge's question about recusal?
- Dental hygienist has detected insurance fraud at own office
- City Hooked Sewage to Foundation Drain (U.S. - Missouri)
- Neighbors running a brick laying business from their home. Noise, pollution, and damage.
- [UPDATE] [CO] Roommate owes 4 months rent
- Bar Posts "No Parking, Violators will be towed at owner's expense" signs (New York, NY)
| [Update] My father got my 14 year old sister pregnant. Posted: 27 Feb 2018 05:30 PM PST A lot has happened since I posted. I talked with my sister for a long time over the next week and she eventually agreed to talking to an adult at school. I went with her to talk to a teacher she was close with. After a lot of crying together she called the police and our school counselor and principal. They basically didn't let us go home that day from school. We ended up getting a case worker and parents of my sister's best friend (NOT the mom who was constantly harassing us about going public) took us in temporarily. We are currently still with them. The police visited my dad who won't admit to raping me or my sister, but they found a ton of child porn on his computer and other things they wouldn't tell us about. He has been arrested for the child porn. Unfortunately, that did make the news and everyone knows. It's extremely embarrassing and stressful to have people judge you all the time. People wouldn't shut up about it for like two weeks. My sister moved to a different school that helps with troubled kids and special situations for while she is pregnant. We are hoping she can go back after she has the baby and continue at her first school... Ideally.. She and I both have gone through a lot of counseling and she is okay giving up the child for adoption now. Our case worker and counselor are both really great about this whole thing. Mom is still not in the picture. I fully plan on changing my name to my mom's maiden name and so does my sister. My case worker says that's completely possible for us to do. Thanks for that advice reddit, I got that from here. Anyway, thanks for the advice. It helped me talk her into how serious it was. Original post [link] [comments]  |
| [UT] Parents are trying to get me to lie in court to help my brother out. What should I do? Posted: 28 Feb 2018 09:34 AM PST Using an alt so this doesn't come back to bite me in real life. I live with my parents and brother in Utah. I attend the college nearby and I've been unable to move out due to financial reasons so i'm pretty much stuck here. So, about 2 weeks ago my brother got picked up for a hit and run. He ran over a lady (thank god he didn't kill her) but sped off. The women's husband got his licence plate and he was arrested an hour later for driving drunk but they picked him up for the hit and run (they also apparently found heroin in his car.) My parents bailed him out and they have a court date planned for later this week. Now here is where my situation comes into play. This week my parents have been trying to get me to lie in court. They want me to take the witness stand and tell the judge that my brother was home with me at the time he hit the lady so it couldn't have been him. They also want me to say that the drugs in his car are not his but a friend of his who left them in his car. At first I didn't think my parents were serious but my dad just texted me saying that if i don"t do this I "must not love my family enough to help them out in there time of need" and that "You better start looking for a new family to live with" if i don't lie in court. This seems like a REALLY bad idea and i'm really scared and don't want to get dragged into this. Housing wise my uncle lives only a few miles away and will most likely take me in if I tell him whats going on so i'm not worried about being kicked out, but i'm afraid the'll take my all my stuff if i say no. What can i do Reddit? Should I play along until i can get out? Can I just walk into the police station and tell them what my parents said to me or should i speak to a lawyer. Any help is appreciated. Update 1: Thanks for the help so far guys :). I gotta head to my next class right now so i'm gonna be busy. Im gonna ask some friends there if i can crash there tonight if my uncle says no. when i get done i'll check in for any more help. Update 2: I got a hold of my cousin (Uncles son) and told him the situation. He told me uncle would be fine with me crashing at his place for the time being and to come to their after school and he would drive me home in his truck to get as much of my stuff as we can. Update 3: I have one last class i need to head to them im gonna go meet my cousin who will help me get my stuff. Thanks for all the advice and kind words. You guys rock :). When I get the chance i'l check back in and update you guys. Once again, thank you all for the help! [link] [comments]  |
| Maryland - My kid’s likeness is being used to market a product. I/we did not approve this. Posted: 28 Feb 2018 07:24 AM PST Maryland My daughter is now 18. Many moons ago, we put her in preschool. I actually still have the paperwork from preschool. (I keep a lot of paperwork around, what can I say?) One of the provisions in the agreement states: "I consent to allow "XYZ Preschool" to use any film, video, or likeness of enrolled child for any and all marketing purposes. Examples include, but are not limited to photos/videos on website, banners, marketing documents, fliers, handouts, etc. or for any purpose whatsoever, without payment to the child or child's family. While my daughter was enrolled, they happened to snap a really great picture of her. They ended up using that photo, with my permission (they asked first) on their website, as well as a huge photo for when they set up a booth for preschool fairs. All this, I have been fine with. Her photo is still on their website, again, I am fine with this. This is an in-home preschool, run by a husband and wife + licensed staff. They are fully legit. The husband has now created a children's product where a different photo of my (then) toddler daughter is the main face of said item. My wife and I feel that this is far outside the scope and intent of the original agreement. We do not want her likeness being used to market this product, especially for free. Other than a blurb on the packaging saying that the creators of this product have been in the child care industry for 20+ years, this item is in no way connected to the day-to-day operations of the preschool. Is this even worth our time talking to a lawyer? Do we have any grounds here asking/demanding for them to not use her likeness or to demand payment for use of her likeness? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2018 01:55 AM PST I bought my condo brand new in 2014, it was a small building (~32 units) on 4 floors. It is in a really nice location and i paid a fair amount for my unit. When i first moved in we had a condo management company, who did a fine job. Unfortunately late last year we discovered at the board meeting that someone had now owned over 50% of the condos. This person is someone who on several occasions had tried to pressure me into selling my condo to her (she was offering less than what i paid, and i wouldn't be able to find an equivalent condo in the same area for the amount she was offering). This person basically voted by her self to dissolve the condo board, and elected herself as the sole person in charge of everything. Today i received a letter from our new condo overlord which states:
I have paperwork from when i bought my condo, parking spot #3C was included in my purchase. When i pointed this out to her about this i was told to more or less go fuck my self, and if my car is there on march 1st it will be towed. I basically have a single day to figure out what to do. Since this comes into affect tomorrow. Do i go try to find legal advice right now? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2018 07:09 AM PST My understanding from their office is that something went badly with the sale, so seemingly out of spite and selfishness, he took the office server containing ALL patient information -- insurance information, x-rays, all records of previous work done, EVERYTHING. Is this legal? If nothing else, surely this is not HIPAA compliant since no one can monitor what is being done with the patient records now. What can be done? [link] [comments]  |
| A family member has made a copy of my truck key without permission. Posted: 28 Feb 2018 05:30 AM PST Is that in and of itself illegal or would he have to break into my truck first? Is there anything I can do about this? Edit: I'm from USA NC [link] [comments]  |
| In NY: Restraining order rules - can a 'victim' visit the workplace of the accused? Posted: 28 Feb 2018 05:33 AM PST I have an employee going through a rough custody case with his ex-wife, who has taken out a restraining order on him (he thinks because she's using it as leverage in the custody case). He is now worried that she will come to his place of employment, where he can't leave, in order to corner him and claim that he's in violation of the restraining order (even though in this case, she would have come to his workplace, knowing he works there). Can anyone clarify what NY state law has to say about this kind of situation? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2018 09:13 AM PST TL;DR: I'm dealing with a malicious, homophobic bully who thinks my wife and I have multiple cats. My lease doesn't outline a way to contest bullshit fees. Some background: my apartment complex recently switched from a cool property manager who did our lease to a new manager who is a cold hearted monster of a woman (Bitchy Property Manager, or BPM) on a power trip (cool manager is at a corporate-owned property up the block). She makes up extra fees and dumb rules for every little thing and was recently in trouble with the corporate legal team for imposing those fines without clearing them through corporate: turns out the fines were illegal. BPM targets our building in particular for every little thing, and has invented $500 fines for apartments not being "clean enough" for her taste on any fire walks or inspections. "Clean enough" is not defined, btw. It's a subjective thing. She's a complete bitch. The situation: BPM gave us a lease violation after the last walkthrough earlier this month, claiming she saw multiple cats in the apartment (we do have a nice statue of Bast). She must be hallucinating. Wife called and talked to the leasing agent (LA), who said to throw the lease violation out when we called, and she shredded their copy because we are not in violation of the lease (we saved ours in case it turns into harassment, and I have a digital copy as well). I went to pay our rent online today and it turns out we have been charged twice for pet rent because this bitch swears she "saw two cats." We got into it over the phone, and she more or less called me a liar. BPM says that there's no way to take the charge off before I pay, and I have to pay it no matter what. It takes 7 days for a credit to be issued from her boss to me, she alleges, and meanwhile I don't have gas for work because she's full of shit. My question: If I pay it, can this be taken as admitting to breaking the lease? I can call tomorrow and catch the LA and find out if BPM is being truthful about the credit and get her boss's number, but I'm not good with this legal stuff. If they tried to evict us for a lease violation, could my paying the fee anyway be used against us or is it worth it to keep pushing her to take it off? Any actual help is appreciated! Thanks! EDIT: Phrasing, removed some non-essential details and cleared stuff up for the more combative and grouchy of you. Added a TL;DR. EDIT2: Will check back in a couple-ish hours, I have to go run errands. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2018 09:39 AM PST This has been by far the most enormously painful and confusing time in my life. 3 weeks ago, my father committed suicide. I'll start with some context. He was 63 years old, and was fired from his job of 21 years last November. This started a downward spiral of depression. He worried about job prospects, and then money. This eventually led to deep depression which led to the decision to have him admitted into a mental health facility at our local hospital. This is where things turned out of control. The layout of the facility in some circumstances had rooms that would be shared by patients - a roommate if you will. During the 4th day of his week stay, I receive a call from the hospital that his roommate is accusing my father of raping the patient/roommate. My father had been married over 30 years, was an amazing figure in my life and never once laid a hand on any of us. He had one of the kindest hearts of anyone. So this accusation led to outrage and confusion on my side. I immediately called the hospital to receive more detail - but they were tight lipped. All I was able to get out one of the nurses was "I can't say anything, but I can tell you not to worry". The police were brought in via protocol, but my father was never questioned or investigated in any way during this period. We didn't hear anything from the hospital or the police ever again after this incident. My father was released from the hospital 3 days later. However, a month ago, my dad receives a letter, a civil suit threat from a local malpractice lawyer representing the original roommate/accuser. The letter goes into graphic detail into the accusation, and I mean very graphic - but does not cite any evidence outside of the word of the accuser - no police report, medical records, nothing! My dad calls the attorney and states just that - this accusation is baseless. The attorney rebuts with "that doesn't matter, this is a civil suit" and even threatens my dad with "A sheriff will be at your door within 2 days". This rattled my dad. With money already an issue, hiring an attorney and/or settling was deeply unsettling to my father - for an accusation with no merit. I can't say that this led to my father's passing, but his last activity on his computer was searches of "odds of losing in he said she said case" and "NY Sheriffs department" Now where I'm looking for advice: Anything we can do as a family to go after this attorney? How should we handle this civil suit threat? We absolutely are not looking to settle. What should we worry about if he files the suit? Any and all information would be helpful. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| [FL] Working with overtly racist/sexist manager, and higher ups refuse to acknowledge Posted: 28 Feb 2018 07:13 AM PST I recently got a job at a corporate office with a <Certain> company, and my manager in office has (with no shame) told me hate speech. It feels wrong to work for someone who's said such things as: -"The Nazis knew who the superior race was" -... think you're funny you Cuban Faggot" (I'm gay, but not overt about it because it's my personal business, and I can't hide my ethnic background) -"I can't hire N****, they'll be more trouble than their worth, they refuse to learn from history" -"...When we brought them to our country, the whole reason was for them to understand that WE brought THEM from the shitty life they were in. Among other things... He told me upon hiring that this state is a 2-party state (Eleven states require the consent of every party to a phone call or conversation in order to make the recording lawful. These "two-party consent" laws have been adopted in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington.) Proving to me he knows exactly what he is, and chooses to be hateful. I'm confused because i'm not sure if what he's doing is breaking any laws, but it's very uncomfortable to work with. When I tried going to the higher ups, I told them the "Cuban Faggot" remark, and he only acknowledged the "Cuban" part of it. I decided it'd be best not to bring up my sexual orientation because I'd rather not mess with the "Right to work/90 day" law. [link] [comments]  |
| [update] [MI] Probation officer won't return any messages, still have a warrant, need some advice. Posted: 28 Feb 2018 06:54 AM PST Follow up to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/7z07go/mi_violated_parole_missed_court_due_to_late_mail/ I have paid off all but $80 of my restitution, and left several messages with my PO, both phone, and email. Nothing is being returned. When I call the Probation department, they just say I need to speak with my PO. I can't get a hold of anyone, either in the criminal department, or administration. I want to get this taken care of, but it seems that anyone I talk to says they can't help me, only my PO can. But she won't talk to me. What can I do? Recap from last thread:
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| Posted: 28 Feb 2018 09:23 AM PST We are a young couple expecting our first child early this summer. I am currently a Marine on active duty at the beginning of my second enlistment, while she works as a surgical tech at a small vet clinic in the area. At the moment she is just shy of five months pregnant. Presently they have her working five days a week, usually 8-6 Monday through Friday and 8-1 on every other Saturday as well as Sundays for about an hour morning and in the evening if they have animals boarding there. I may be wrong on this, so I apologize in advance, but it's my understanding that unless an individual is salaried, they are due overtime for every hour over 40 they work in a week. Her bosses, the two doctors that own and run the practice, have not given her overtime once, saying that since she's on the payroll schedule it's not overtime. Our other issue is that they are refusing to schedule her for less hours so that we can get her in for her appointments for the pregnancy. She currently gets one day off a month aside from those odd weekends in which they expect her to take care of everything that she may possibly have to do. Being that I am active duty and she is being seen at the Naval clinic, they can rarely accommodate that schedule, however, the doctors have been threatening to fire her if she sees the doctor and comes in to work late or calls out any other day but that one they give her. There are some other issues I personally have with the male veterinarian that she works for, but those are the two major issues we're facing. Is there anything we can do? Does she have any rights to safeguard her? Thank you for your advice Edit: We are currently stationed in Florida [link] [comments]  |
| [Austin TX] Landlord asking to vacate for SXSW to Airbnb house. Posted: 27 Feb 2018 08:56 PM PST Hey all, Would love some feedback on what my options and legal abilities in this situation. My landlord (also roommate), had me sign a lease for a year extending though the end of February 2019 (I entered into the lease January 15, 2018 and have been living in the house for 30 days). In the lease it clearly states that if I were to renew, there would be a period of time in which I would need to vacate. I understood this and figured I would assess the situation a year later. Earlier today, I was sent a message from the landlord stating that the house will be Airbnb'd for 5 days (3/9/18 - 3/14/18) and that I would need to vacate. I was ultimately very confused and disgruntled as I had not planned any lodging and was not expecting this. There was no talk of this while I have been in the house for the last month. The landlord offered 300.00 discount on March's rent, which does not cover lodging/hotel for that time span. Do I have any solid ground to stand on here or am I ultimately at my landlord's mercy? If this is a sign of things to come- is it possible for me to break the lease with some recourse to receive my deposit back? TIA [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2018 12:13 PM PST As the title says I found out someone at my company has logged into my personal gmail account and also logged into my LinkedIn account and looked at notifications. Yesterday, Tue 2/27 I took the day off because I was throwing up due to stress and needed a day to recoup. I got a text from our snake of a HR lady saying she needed my computer log in bc our Director of Operations, Gary, needed to look up OSHA codes. He did and everything was fine. Nothing But basically I work at a family owned flooring company in Texas. This guy rick has been picking on me for months; always trying to catch me doing something wrong, written me up for planning ahead and more. He logged into my desktop at work while I wasn't there and logged into my PERSONAL gmail accountj and read a few personal emails and looked at my LinkedIn notifications. I know this because I looked at my history and it shows links and time stamps of what was going on. I've talked to HR and the owner and they don't care so I'm stuck with finding a new job. In the mean time, I'd like to know if what they did was legal or if anyone has any better knowledge of what I should do. I'm looking for another job at the moment but until then idk what to do. If you have any advice I'd love to hear your opinion. Also if this is the wrong sub please let me know. TL;DR - VP of company logged into my personal gmail and LinkedIn accounts and read personal emails and notifications. Is there anything I can do in the meantime before I find another job? [link] [comments]  |
| District Attorney accepted a plea bargain I didn't agree to Posted: 28 Feb 2018 09:05 AM PST Back in April I was sexually assaulted, and pressed charges. He was ultimately charged with aggravated indecent assault (felony) and indecent assault (nisdemeanor). Up until the sexual assault I was stalked and harassed by this man, which there is documented evidence of. A week ago my assistant district attorney called me to say that they had worked out a plea bargain and that he was being charged with reckless endangerment and indecent assault. This holds up to 2 years in jail, whereas he originally would have been facing up to 11 if we had gone to trial. I repeatedly told her I wasn't comfortable with this, but she put it in anyway. She repeatedly kept telling me that he has been going to counseling, is on medication, and feels really badly about what he did. She also has told me that she knows a good deal when she sees one and my case wouldn't hold up in court. I disagree. So, is this a good deal? And is she allowed to make this deal without consulting me at all? This happened in Pennsylvania [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2018 07:04 AM PST Someone has been using my photos to catfish girls in Missouri and up until now it has been just annoying, what happens is i'll get a DM from some random girl asking if I know them, to which I reply i've never heard of them and they go on to get very upset (understandably) and sometimes still accuse me of being their lover. It has now come to my attention that this person knows I have family in Michigan, knows my little sister's name (some close friends at school of mine don't even know I have a sister) and probably other things. What can I do about this?! [link] [comments]  |
| [NJ/NY] Did I commit a crime by sending mail under an alias/false name? Posted: 28 Feb 2018 10:10 AM PST I have an estranged relative that I can't contact directly because it would cause pain and uproar from my family. I wanted to learn more about her side of the family, so I wrote her a letter pretending to be a distant cousin (that doesn't exist). I'm trying to get family history information and photos of my grandparents from her. I used a fake name and sent the letter to her in New Jersey from my friend's house in New York. Is any of this a crime? Is it mail fraud or something similar? It's NOT like I'm trying to get her banking information or SS#. (She hasn't gotten the letter yet, so no response as of now) Thanks for the advice [link] [comments]  |
| How to respond to a judge's question about recusal? Posted: 28 Feb 2018 04:37 AM PST I am anticipating that the judge today will ask if both parties are comfortable with her as the judge for this suit. How do I respond without offence, because I am not. I don't want the other party claiming that I was awarded because of a slight personal link, and I also don't want to think that she may judge harder because of fear of claims that she was biased. Do I just respond with a no? Will asking for a new judge be harmful to my suit? [link] [comments]  |
| Dental hygienist has detected insurance fraud at own office Posted: 28 Feb 2018 11:34 AM PST I work for a dentist (and his mother) and just recently found clear evidence of insurance fraud (changing dental codes). The mother is the manager/HR/receptionist. She is a perfect example of the Oedipian mother, and the dentist is basically a momma's boy, just to give you an idea of the dynamics here. She bills extra for patients all the time. Especially when they have good insurance coverage. I've been monitoring the billing accounts, and she has been overcharged everyday so far, and I have also found instances of fraud in the past (an extra "fluoride treatment" and "radiograph" for an old man on welfare which is nowhere marked on the patient's clinician documents. Also frequently billing an extra scaling unit here and there, which is about 50-60$ each). Ive also been keeping track of which insurance firms they have been stealing from. Am I right to go report this to the insurance firms in question? Or do i need to contact the police? Do I risk mentioning this to the dentist and possibly lose my job and they start hiding the evidence? Or is it best i just leave this hellhole and find another job? Whats the responsible thing to do? [link] [comments]  |
| City Hooked Sewage to Foundation Drain (U.S. - Missouri) Posted: 28 Feb 2018 11:41 AM PST TL/DR: City installed a new city-wide sewage system in Spring 2011. Problems with sewage backup in basement since house was supposedly connected, told it was homeowner's responsibility from the home to the city pump. After digging up the pipes this weekend, turns out City contractor connected to foundation drain, not to sewage pipe. We have had plumbers out and now heavy equipment rental, lost many items to basement sewage, plus paid a monthly sewage bill for almost 7 years for a service we were never connected to. Shitty MS Paint drawing attached: https://imgur.com/a/4sKaK . This saga begins in the Spring of 2011. We own a house in a small town (referred to as "City") that had never been hooked to a sewage system. Instead, we bought the house with a sewage easement and our sewage line ran a couple hundred feet onto a neighbor's property where it emptied out. In 2011 the City put in a brand-new sewage system and connected all existing homes into the system. I stay at home and watched the crew install a pump (about 60' west of the home) and dig a trench then lay pipe from my basement foundation to the pump, and also a separate trench to lay electric from the pump to a breaker on the back of the house. Following this install, we have had numerous issues with sewage backing up in our basement floor drain. We called the City and were told we were responsible for everything between the pump and our house. Every time an issue arose we found we could run water through the outside cleanout pipe and watch it drain into the pump but were never able to observe water from the house running into the pump. Despite this, the city never sent anyone to check on this. We were confused, we asked others, including our plumber, but no one had an explanation. This week we had massive sewage flooding the basement again. Over half of the basement is filled with raw sewage, things are destroyed. The last back up was Jan. 8 and our plumber ran a snake to remove tree roots 75' from the house, which temporarily fixed the issue, so we knew we had to have a break somewhere. My husband went to the City to tell them we were going to dig up the pipes. They pulled aerial photos/plans, but theirs show that no new pipe was laid between the house and the pump. I have pictures of the yard after they filled in the trenches, showing where they dug, plus the new clean out 2' from my foundation. We rented an excavator and have a friend who is an experienced operator dig those pipes. The pipe was connected to the foundation drain line, not to the sewage pipe. The City sent out a small crew over the weekend to fix the issue. They had to dig out around my foundation 15' on the back of the house, and 20' on the side before they ended up putting in a locator to find the sewage pipe. That pipe ended up being below the foundation drain line by a foot or more, so when they had installed the original pipe they had broken the sewage pipe underneath. They ran the sewage out to the pump and ran my foundation drain to daylight. The City says they will take care of this mess and "make us whole," but they are not giving me any hard answers. They have said that they are going to take action against the engineers, the contractors who did the work, or both. However, I don't think I should have to wait for them to take legal action. I have been told that the City should carry insurance that would cover our losses for now. They have agreed to fixing our yard and reimbursing the actual costs we had and told me to make a list of what we had lost in the flood of sewage in the basement. Luckily, our basement is unfinished, because we never were able to go long enough without a sewage backup, but my son had been using the space as a living area for the last couple of years, so we have some ruined furniture and other things. My house had raw sewage for a week and I was without water and sewage for several days. Luckily, we were able to use an empty apartment close by for a bathroom. My son had to sleep on the couch for over a week. I am pretty angry that no one listened when we told them there was a problem. When the contractors were here they asked if they could hook in higher than our foundation footing, and I told them absolutely not! They said there was rock that they couldn't get through, and I had told them I don't care, that there is a floor drain and a sink, the sewage MUST come out underneath the foundation footing. I think they thought I was an idiot, and went ahead and hooked into the foundation drain, which should have been immediately and obviously clear is not a sewage line, since it only drains groundwater. We want to know what our next steps are. We have been paying for sewage that we never utilized, rented equipment and hired plumbers to fix the backed-up pipes, and I have lost numerous items to raw sewage. The City has said that even those who opted to not be connected to City sewage must pay a monthly fee, which seems common enough, so we wouldn't be owed the entire amount we had paid in over the years. I believe we should get the entire amount back, as our agreement was that we were on the sewage service, and they did not hold up their end of that contract. I am readying a list of items lost and damaged in addition to clean up costs to present to the City, but I wonder if I should contact an attorney. If so, what kind of an attorney? Am I owed anything for living in a house filled with raw sewage and the just general pain in the ass of it all? Can I expect the city to actually "make me whole" or will they only pay out a percentage of what it will take to replace the destroyed items? My son deserves to have his room restored, and I think we deserve our money back that we paid in over the last 6+ years. Please help, this stinks! [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbors running a brick laying business from their home. Noise, pollution, and damage. Posted: 28 Feb 2018 11:38 AM PST Long story short a family moved in to a house next to us and are running a full on brick business. They have literal dump trucks come into this tiny neighborhood to drop off full loads of gravel and bricks as well as they cut and break brick from 6am to as late as 8pm. The noise is deafening, the amount of trash and debris that flow into my yard is nearly a bag full each week, the smoke and cinders have been a major problem, catching fire to a bush in my yard (called the fire department, said they couldn't do anything?) and to top it off the amount of traffic they have brought have carved the street up and left massive potholes so large my fiancé has to take a roundabout way due to her car sitting lower to the ground What can I do about this? Edit: Also yes i have called city hall and filed an official complain via our online complain line. [link] [comments]  |
| [UPDATE] [CO] Roommate owes 4 months rent Posted: 28 Feb 2018 09:37 AM PST Update: The roommate left the house with mo communication and is staying at his parents. He's sending snapchats to people pretending he's homeless. He has made many threats against us (emotional ones, nothing physical) and threatened us with police interference if we touch any of his stuff. We won't be touching/moving his stuff, but he is still on the lease. So, as far as I can understand, he still owes me rent even if he thinks he won't pay because he still technically lives in our house. Our lease says we have "Joint and Severable liability". I have told him how much he owes for March as well as the months he hasn't paid leading up to now. He owes more than $3000. He told us we should all look for a sublet and he will not move his stuff until we get one approved by the leasing company. A few weeks ago (before this broke down) all the roommates were planning on having a party at the house this weekend, but yesterday he said: "I want to make it very clear that I do not approve of a party of this size as I fear it will cause unrest for our neighbors and may potentially lead to legal action being taken against our residence. I do not know many of the people that will be attending and by absolutely no means is there to be any underage drinking allowed on the premises. I will not be held responsible for your friends actions. Again, if any of your guests vandalize my property, I will involve the police." He didn't think this until we told him he should move, so we think he's using it as a threat as well. We don't know if we're going to have the party anymore. I asked him again if he has a plan to pay me back the money he owes me. He ignored it, so I don't know if I can get much more information out of him. The lease ends at the end of May so luckily, no matter what, this won't last too much longer. At this point, I think it would be smart for me to speak to a lawyer too. My questions for this post are:
edit: We are all on the same lease. [link] [comments]  |
| Bar Posts "No Parking, Violators will be towed at owner's expense" signs (New York, NY) Posted: 28 Feb 2018 08:53 AM PST Hi r/legaladvice. I looked through the sub but couldnt find an answer, if i missed something sorry in advance! A bar and beer garden on the same block as my office recently posted signs saying "No parking anytime, violators will be towed at owners expense" on the walls of their building in what seems to be an attempt to reserve 3 or 4 spots for their valet service. Parking is at a premium in this area of NYC (like it is in every area), and these spots now usually sit empty. I dont drive to work that often, but when I do I obviously like to be able to find parking asap. My question is; If I were to park in these spots (marked no parking by the bar, not the city) would they actually be able to get a tow company to tow me? And on the off chance that they were able to find one, what would my legal recourse be? I understand that it is against the law in NYC to reserve any street parking spots like this, but I dont want to get towed. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
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