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- NY - Lady tripped over sidewalk and suing me
- [NYC] The animal hospital didn't give my dog antibiotics after surgery. He got sepsis and died. They charged me $30,000.
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- Roadside memorial is impacting my quality of life, killing my trees, and making me feel like the bad guy
- Dad died today, left me ultra fucked situation
- My mom's retirement account was hacked - they stole $120,000
- Developmentally Disabled Adult Smoking and Listening to Music Directly Outside My Window [New York]
- My gf and I left our jobs today as our landlord was also our boss, he decided to cut our hourly pay in half and then apply our checks that we were owed to the rent, as he is also evicting us without a notarized eviction notice.
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| NY - Lady tripped over sidewalk and suing me Posted: 31 May 2019 11:41 AM PDT A lady tripped over the sidewalk in front of our home and had minor bruises. The sidewalk is kind of lifted probably by 2-3 inches by the tree that is owned by the town. Tree is located between the sidewalk and street. Prior owners have added cement to the lifted side to prevent tripping. It's quite hard to trip on the sidewalk. The town won't do anything about it. I've been handed papers by her lawyers via overnight mail and it is legit. I've called them to confirm.I gave a copy to my homeowner insurance to handle this. Including photos of my entire 20 ft sidewalk. I went through my cam footage with the day of fall the lawyer supplied and I found her. She stopped and stared down at the sidewalk for a good 10 seconds and tripped. She was alone and was not doing anything else. I googled her name and found out she is a known "trip and sue" person. I plan on giving the clip to my insurance but should I also contact the police for insurance fraud? Also, am I supposed to be handling this or the town since the sidewalk is owned by them? Thanks all I sent the clip to my insurance including links of her name who trips and sue. They'll decide if it should go to the police as .If this goes to small claims, they will be provide me with a lawyer who will represent me at small claims since she is asking for $3,000 which is the town limit.I will be there. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 10:13 AM PDT Hi, Reddit. Last month, I took my one-year-old dog to the emergency animal hospital — one of the most established veterinary hospital chains in the country — for an emergency surgery for bloat (GDV). They operated, kept him in for a few days, and sent him back home with us. We were so relieved. We noticed at the time they hadn't given us antibiotics for him — they'd given us other drugs, but for his nausea and pain — but we figured they knew best. He didn't get better, and after two days we took him back to the ER. They discovered he had sepsis, but they didn't operate until close to nine hours after that. By that time, the sepsis had significantly worsened. Two days later, the sepsis returned, and they gave him a 25% chance of recovery if we operated again. We didn't want him to suffer any more, so we put him down. He went peacefully. He was the love of my life, and I was utterly broken. They charged us $12k for each surgery, and about $8k in ICU costs. With the help of my parents (a lot of help!), we paid it off. It wasn't until weeks later, after the grief had become manageable, that I spoke to another vet and learned that antibiotics would likely have prevented the sepsis. I want my dog back, but I can't have that. I don't want their money, but I also hate that I gave them $30k, and if I got it back I could make a large donation to a shelter in his honor. Please help: Do I have any legal options? [link] [comments]  |
| Airbnb guest is squatting Oahu Hi Posted: 31 May 2019 01:46 PM PDT An old couple is squatting in my apartment that I use for Airbnb. They refused to leave after they stopped paying me. I tried to get the keys from the old lady but it became a big ordeal because she called the police on me and threaten me with charging me with assault. The police came yesterday and they literally could do nothing for us, the building manager and staff can do nothing for us. Then yesterday, the police came back bc the old lady made a scene, bc she was not being allowed back into the elevator nor the room. We had the keys at this point. I talked to the old women, and came up with a contacted agreement that they would leave tomorrow(today). It's dated and signed by her. The police saw her sign it, and has been given a copy of the contact. She promised to leave by 8am today, and so with it signed and dated we gave her the keys back bc she said she would return it today. it is now 10:42am and they still have not left. The security guard has spoke with them, and they said they need more time before they leave. They're shifty and their word is untrustworthy. What should I do? This is in Oahu Hawaii. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 03:36 PM PDT Two years ago, a teenage driver crashed his car outside my house and died. It was a very sad story, and I felt genuinely bad for the family and friends impacted. For a few weeks afterwards, the roadside outside my house filled with real flowers, plastic flowers, notes, plush toys and on some nights people. This was inconvenient to me, but I felt that their feelings were more important than some minor temporary inconvenience. I tried to be respectful and only cleaned dead flowers and items that had blown into my yard. Sometimes even that meant paying for extra trash removal as the volume was quite large. After a few months as people and the stuff they left behind started to drop off, a group came one night and built a giant raised garden bed/shrine around the tree he crashed into. They elaborately decorate this pedestal for every holiday, birthday and anniversary. This week flags, red white and blue garlands. Other weeks, Halloween decorations, St Patrick's day decorations, or "happy 19th birthday" balloons. They also visit on random evenings, loiter, drink, play car stereos and leave beer cans and trash behind. I don't think this land is technically my property. The tree is maybe 3' from the road on a medium sized road with a 40 limit. We don't have sidewalks or front fences, so I don't know exactly where my property and were county property or easements start. Except for the parts that are now crushed by shrine, trash, feet and cars it's land that people in the neighborhood mow and was lawn from the house to the road edge. In any case, after two years thinking that memories would fade and the memorial would too, it's getting worse if anything. The tree with 4' of it's trunk buried in a dirt filled wooden box has died. They've come by this week and bolted a surfboard to the shrine and installed illuminated crucifixes. I want it gone. I realize this is not the group for asking if I'm the asshole, but would I be within my legal rights to rent a skip, load all the memorial ephemera into it, chop down the dead tree, reseed the lawn and just pretend it never happened. Do you have any advice on how to do it legally, and with minimal conflict? I don't want to add to the family's suffering, but I need peace and quiet and a normal looking front yard again. (Location MD USA) [link] [comments]  |
| Dad died today, left me ultra fucked situation Posted: 31 May 2019 11:14 AM PDT My dad was an insane liar and told everyone he had a will, he had a crematorium set up, he had papers for me to take my younger brother (I'm 23, he's 16). Both of our parents are addicts so I'm the only stable one for him. Little brother moved in but my dad just died and all of his belongings are stuck with shady people who may or may not be selling everything/have been for a week and are not letting me into his old home/shop. He passed today and I'll have the certificate today??? He has a full car shop (rented), vehicles, bank accounts. How do I get his stuff? Do I have any rights to his things to ensure they're not stolen? Advice please I'm desperate We are his only two kids and he's not married. Edit: I'm in Arizona [link] [comments]  |
| My mom's retirement account was hacked - they stole $120,000 Posted: 31 May 2019 08:25 AM PDT So my mother just dropped this bomb on me about an hour ago - my parents just found out earlier this week that someone had somehow gained access to her retirement account and stolen $120,000 from it. My mother says that the company in charge of the account is basically trying to place the blame on them, saying my father's email was hacked and that the company isn't liable. It sounds like they even implied that my father might have had a latina mistress that he allowed access to the account (the address for the account where the money was sent was to some sort of hispanic community fund). This is about as preposterous as it gets, seeing as my father can barely walk, let alone find the time for a mistress (not to mention, my parents have been married for 30+ years). They filed a police report a couple days ago, but still haven't heard from anyone. I've spoken with my fiancee's parents about finding a lawyer to represent my parents, as my mom feels she's being given the run-around and they will never get this money back. To be clear, they didn't steal all of the money, but they seemed to be getting ready to. If my parents aren't able to get this money back, my mom will never be able to retire. So we're trying to find a lawyer and I'm going to try to speak with the police to get some assurance that this case is being worked on. EDIT - My parents live in Maryland. The money was sent to the Latino Community Credit Union, so it's probably very difficult to trace... EDIT 2 - lots of great advice! My fiancee's dad got back to us with a list of lawyers who can help. I also stressed the importance of contacting the FBI to my dad and he's going to call them, as well as the FTC to file a report. Really hoping this can get cleared up quickly and the person responsible is arrested... [link] [comments]  |
| Developmentally Disabled Adult Smoking and Listening to Music Directly Outside My Window [New York] Posted: 31 May 2019 07:07 AM PDT Here's a shitty Illustrator diagram for reference I recently bought a co-op. My apartment is on the first floor, and faces the side of the building. I have four rooms with windows that look out on a fenced off path that runs between my building and the one north of it, which goes from the sidewalk to the back of my building. Of these four rooms, the middle two are both bedrooms, one of which I use as my office. The outer windows are the bathroom and kitchen. Anyway, I am a freelancer and work from home. My "hours" are flexible due to the nature of my business, but I generally do something in the neighborhood of 8-6 to accommodate my clients' operating hours. My first night sleeping here, I was woken up around 4am by music being played loudly on what sounded like a cell phone or bluetooth speaker, as well as the smell of cigarette smoke. This happened again at 6am. The source of the music is a man in his twenties with ASD. He posts up between my two middle windows multiple times every day, usually for about fifteen minutes at a clip. While there, he chain smokes, repeatedly plays the same song on his phone, and cycles through singing along and imitating three phrases from a popular children's television show. I guess he wakes up around four in the morning and goes out for his first smoke of the day shortly after getting out of bed. He's verbal and able to communicate, but when I've asked if he can smoke elsewhere, his response has generally been "no thank you" followed by pretending I'm not there. I have tried speaking to his parents, who are an elderly couple that have apparently been living in the building for years. They have not been defensive or confrontational, but are stubbornly unsympathetic to the impact that this has on my sleep and work. Apparently the area between my bedroom and office windows has been what he calls "the smoking section" for a number of years; they insist that I try to understand that "he is not great with change" and "it's what makes him happy." So that's a dead end. My next step was to speak to the building's superintendent and managing agent. Both are understanding and sympathetic, but unwilling to take action. The super has been more forthcoming about this - basically the management company is paralyzed with fear because the few times they have approached this guy's parents about the noise/smoke, they have immediately threatened to sue and call the local news about the heartless company who would deprive their disabled son his one joy in life. Great. My next step would be the police, but the irrational part of my brain doesn't want to be That Guy. The rational part of my brain is concerned with the fact the neighbors in my building who aren't impacted by this dude's smoking/noise all seem to almost see him as some sort of building mascot. So yeah, getting one time involved would probably be a quick way to become a pariah in my building. I am generally the type who keeps to himself so I am not worried about making friends, but I am concerned that calling the police could lead to open hostility. I'm planning on attending next month's board meeting to bring this up as well, but I am sort of hesitant to do so for the same reason I haven't called the police yet. Last note and probably irrelevant, but the seller/her agent did not bother mentioning my new alarm clock at any point. I doubt there are any laws about having to disclose this sort of thing and that it's just a dick move, but figured it might be worth mentioning here. So yeah, a part of me does feel like a jerk because I guess this has been dude's routine for quite a while. I am not being a cranky ass Get Off My Lawn type about it for no reason, and there is no ill intent behind my desire for things to change. I just want to sleep and be able to focus on my work without the noise and smoke. I've tried closing my windows but he's way too loud for that to do much of anything. It's not a viable solution either way; I'd wind up funding a new yacht for every Con Edison exec because closed windows will require choosing between non-stop air conditioning or absolutely sweltering conditions in my apartment. Sorry for the lack of specific questions, I'm mostly looking for general advice here. Anything that I haven't thought of that I can try before getting the police involved would be amazing, and if anyone can point me toward other Reddit communities that might have a decent perspective on this, that would be appreciated as well. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 11:53 AM PDT (Louisville, KY) We went over hours today and as we never discussed pay, we deduced that our hourly rate was that which was indicated in the POS for GM ($25/hr) and Assistant Manager($20/hr). Nothing was ever finalized and we never signed anything. Instead of giving us our checks that were a week late as of today, he argued the hours we worked with us, and then told us he was only ever going to pay us $15 and $10 an hour respectively. THEN told us that he's applying our checks to the cost of rent. This was never in the lease and we never signed anything indicating that this was acceptable. He now says that with our combined checks applied to the rent we still owe him $590. We can't even afford food. I moved 1,000 miles away for this job and then was lied to the entire time I worked there about how much I was making. The only check I ever received from them was $250 and that is supposedly for 40 hours worth of work. I don't even think he's legally allowed to be leasing our apartment out to people. It's all very shady. What should our course of action be? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 03:31 AM PDT Edit 3: spoke to my landlord again. They REALLY suck. I told them I want to move out. They told me they will initiate an eviction on ME if the rent is unpaid. They said I am the leaseholder so there isn't a way for them to evict him without also including me in the eviction. They just care about getting paid. They don't think the cost is worth it to just evict him if I am paying the rent but if i refuse to pay and move out then it's worth it for then to start the eviction. This sucks edit2: I spoke to the landlord again and they are refusing to get involved. They told me I can not cancel my lease but also said they are not going to countersign the lease he signed. They said my lease is the valid lease. They pretty much told me 'it's a roommate dispute' wished me luck and reminded me rent is due tomorrow. They suck. I tried to speak to him again but he is sticking to his plan. He pretty much told me that if I want him out I can pay him the amount he plans to save before moving (two months rent!!) plus the security deposit back. So he is basically extorting me for three months worth of rent. I called around to different attorneys today and they are charging crazy amounts to get him out and all basically said it will take at lease 6 months IF IM LUCKY!?!? I spoke to my girlfriend's dad who is an attorney and he pretty much told me I should just try to negotiate to PAY him less than he is asking. I am so pissed off. I can't afford to lose that much money just because he is being and dick. There has to be another way. Anyone? Please? edit1: idk if this changes things but I just double checked our docusign and it turns out he went back in yesterday and signed the original lease renewal that was sent to us two months ago with his name on it. When I submitted the lease last month the landlord had crossed off his name and accepted it with me as the only tenant but I guess they never canceled the docusign they originally sent us. How does this impact things? The lease I have with his name redacted is signed by the landlord also. The one he signed isnt My roommate situation is horrible. I was on a one year lease with C that ends this month. We live in a one bedroom that was converted into a two bedroom so there is no living room. When the renewal came up for our lease two months ago C told me that he does not want to stay and that he won't be renewing. Since I can afford it now I chose to resign the renewal lease alone so that I can stay and basically use the apartment as a one bedroom. I thought Everything was all good and our management company issued me a new lease for the renewal (to clarify his name is listed on the renewal lease but he didn't sign it and the landlord basically crosses his name out when they accepted my lease) which I signed and they accepted. I noticed that C has not been packing anything so today I asked him about it since he has to move out tomorrow. He casually told me that he isn't going to move and decided it would be better for him to stay since he couldn't find another place. He said that this is best for everyone since i can afford the place on my own and don't need a second person to contribute to the rent. He told me he plans to stay until he can save up enough to rent a nicer place and that he will move out when that happens. He said it will take him 2-3 months for this. I asked about the rent and he told me HE WONT BE PAYING RENT SINCE HE ISNT ON THE LEASE ANYMORE AND THE LATE FEES WONT IMPACT HIM!?! he said that if I care I can just pay the rent myself. I called my management company and they basically said it's a roommate dispute and they don't get involved in roommate disputes. I asked them to change the locks and they said they could BUT that since he is a current tenant they would have to GIVE HIM A KEY. Reddit I'm freaking out here. I tried to talk to him today but he isn't budging. Idk what to do. I can't move out without breaking the lease. I was supposed to pay him out his secury deposit tomorrow so I'm going to use that to cover his portion of the rent for June but I need him gone by July. What can I do? Is my management company right that they can't help? He isn't on the lease so can't they evict him for June? Are they right that I can't just change the locks without giving him a key? Any suggestions welcome! [link] [comments]  |
| [US, FL] My father passed away Monday. Can his crazy girlfriend evict me? Posted: 31 May 2019 07:19 AM PDT TLDR: My deceased father's crazy girlfriend is trying to evict me from my house two days after he died and her ex husband threatened my boyfriend. I'll try and keep this as short as possible, but there's so much on my mind if I ramble a bit I apologize ahead of time. I lost my father on Monday. He died suddenly of a heart attack and I've barely had time to even come to terms with his death and his crazy girlfriend is losing her mind. My father and the girlfriend bought a house together a year ago to the month and I moved in with them while I finished my degree. As far as I am aware, he had no will, but he told me years ago after his mother died that he wanted to make one, and that he had life insurance policies for me and my brother.
Less than 24 hour hours after my father's death, his girlfriend calls me in hysterics telling me I'm excluding her from everything and she's just going to hold a private service. I calmly told her I'm not and I thought we were all going to discuss funeral arrangements together. Later that day, my brother and I go to the house to talk to her and pick up some of my clothes for me. I had decided to spend a few nights with my boyfriend, because being in the house he died in was too much to handle. She does not show up or respond to our texts while we're at the house, but since my brother has no car, she said he could get my father's car keys and use it as long as he did not "touch her stuff." Weird. We had a hard time finding the keys and thought it could be in a drawer in his closet, which is located in the master bathroom. We noticed the bathroom door was locked, we thought that was also weird. I tried using my house key on it, but it would not work, but we found the keys buried at the bottom of his nightstand.
My brother was in contact with her throughout this entire process, and we were asking her if she was going to come over to discuss funeral arrangements. She did not respond that day.
The next day my brother and I received a text saying she was getting a locksmith because we tampered with her bathroom lock. I don't know if I could have damaged it by trying my house key on it, but she thinks we tried stealing something. We didn't touch anything of hers and only took my father's car keys. I tried calling her and she was hysterical and belligerent on the phone with me. Immediately following this, my boyfriend and I drove to my house and saw a locksmith already working on her bathroom. Her first words to me when I walked into the door were "you're disgusting, you can't be here." I asked her "what did I do?" She was incoherently screaming at me and then starting saying nasty things like "I know how your father really felt about you." My boyfriend told me to go into my room and he would talk to her, but I lost my cool and called her a crazy bitch. She then shoved my boyfriend after this and with how insane she was acting I called the cops.
The cops told me she cannot legally change the locks to my room or the home until probate has gone through and she is allowed to change the locks to her bedroom and bathroom. That's fine with me of course, so I stayed in my room for pretty much the entire rest of the day. She tells my boyfriend she has already retained a lawyer and is meeting with him at 2:30 that day. He tries to explain how I want her to be a part of the funeral arrangements and she says "after everything that happened here today I'm going to have to get a lawyer." A few hours into my boyfriend consoling her and talking to her, she lets him look around her bedroom and bathroom for a safe of his that contains my birth certificate and my father's social security card, because we needed to start closing his accounts. The girlfriend finds the safe and the key for it and hands over a few folders of documents. My brother and his girlfriend arrived and were talking calmly to her as well. Everything seemed to be getting better, we agreed to meet later to discuss funeral arrangements.
I'm guessing her lawyer hyped her up, because when we met back a couple hours later, she tells me she doesn't want to be threatened or touched and then starts literally screaming in my face demanding I leave. She throws a box of garbage bags at me and says "you have 30 minutes to pack your shit or you'll be arrested." Then she throws an eviction letter in my face and says I have 3 days to leave. This letter says 7 days. She calls the cops when I say I won't leave. Later, her ex husband arrives and they walk up to my boyfriend and get in his face antagonizing him. He was confused because he never met this ex husband and literally a couple hours ago he was on good terms with the girlfriend. The ex husband threatens to knock my boyfriend's teeth out and I hear him say he's going to get his "12 gauge," so I call the cops again. The cops said it wasn't a credible threat to harm him, but they did stay while I grabbed a few of my valuables. They cops said the eviction letter seemed authentic, and my boyfriend called the lawyer on the letter to confirm they wrote it, and they did.
The cops also said there should be a probate process and these eviction letters, to their knowledge, shouldn't come until the estate is processed. Is this true? I have called close to a dozen lawyers that have all told me they can set up a consultation next week, but with this eviction letter, I am worried that will be too late. What are my options? EDIT: I greatly appreciate the thoughtful replies. I'm a bit more at ease knowing more about my rights and this process. I'm having some trouble finding a lawyer who can do a free or inexpensive consult. I don't even know if my brother or I are going to receive anything from the estate to pay a lawyer in the first place. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 12:03 PM PDT I have sole legal and physical custody of my son. His mother has supervised visitation that can only occur in an enclosed public space. She wants to have a visit with him at the county fair, which is on a 25 acre area. When I raised my objection, she said that it only has one entrance and exit (which isn't true I've been there in past years) so it's enclosed. My worry is that since the venue has a fence around it, would it count as enclosed. The exact language of the order: "Visitation shall occur in an enclosed, public space and may not occur in Petitioner/Mother's home." Is she technically correct that it counts as enclosed? Location: Fairfax County, Virginia [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 12:56 PM PDT Kentucky here - My son (12) was looking at his phone in the hallway just before classes started at school when a female student (12) kicked him in the groin without provocation. My son and this girl have been friends for the entire year and have even gone on movie "dates" as friends so there was no previous bad blood or animosity. He then obviously fell to the floor and was unable to move and a teacher just happened to see some commotion and came to investigate. Witnesses all confirmed he was kicked without provocation and apparently this girl has found it "funny" to do this to other boys. The teacher took the statements and wrote a report and contacted me telling me the situation. At that time he claims that my son seemed OK and that there was no nurse at school for an examination but if we found him to have some ongoing pain or stomach aches, etc, to let them know. I told them I would contact my son and follow up and thanks for letting me know. About an hour later my wife speaks with my son who is holding back tears saying his "junk" hurts and his stomach is upset and he wants to come home. You men/boys out there know exactly what I am talking about!! The wife does a visual inspection and aside from a bit of swelling on the inside of his leg an swelling in 1 "nut", it looks like something ice and rest would take care of. The next morning the swelling and pain were significantly worse so the wife calls the pediatrician to set up an appointment. The doctor's office immediate calls back and tells us to go to the Pediatric ER ASAP. We take him to the ER and they rush him straight back for a full exam and ultrasound. Fortunately, there was blood flow to all parts so no worries of a testicular torsion (google it if you want to lose your lunch!). The ER sends us home with orders for rest, ice, and anti-inflammatory meds. Now, before anyone asks, we have spoken with the parents and school administration and are satisfied with the disciplinary actions taken. We believe the parents have educated the young lady on the dangers of such assaults. We also have our own insurance and a supplemental so our total out-of-pocket expense since we have not yet met our plan's yearly deductible is somewhere between $1500 and $2200 depending on supplemental reimbursements (thank you AFLAC). So in two parts: we asked the school for their insurance information so we can file a claim to have the bills paid for by their insurance. Their response was since we didn't buy into the "Voluntary Insurance" (a secondary insurance that kicks in after our primary insurance) at the beginning of the year (about $40/yr), then our child would not be covered for injuries. IF our son had played a school-sponsored sport, which he does not, the "Voluntary Insurance" would be a requirement for being on the team and then he would have been covered. We also do not qualify for Free Lunches or whatnot so this insurance should be non-applicable to us, or so we thought. From what we can tell, the only information we would have received would have been in the packet of info sent home at the beginning of the year, usually in multiple languages, for those parents applying for reduced fees, free lunches, etc. So my first question is how can the school not cover a child that gets injured while they are on school property and during school hours? Where is the information that tells parents the risks involved in not opting into this "Voluntary Insurance" and what about any number of other scenarios that could be considered the parents' responsibility? Is the school district negligent in having adequate coverage for students or at least negligent in informing guardians of their financial responsibility in the event of an injury/accident? Also, after looking at the schedule of benefits for this "Voluntary Insurance", we would have been covered for a MAX of $300 Diagnostic Imaging and $150 ER Services. That's only a quarter of the actual bill!! We plan on raising a formal complaint with the school board and asking them to pay the bill, but we don't think it will get very far. Maybe $1500 is worth not having the bad publicity and possible backlash with not effectively explaining to parents the risks of not having this insurance?! The second part was trying to get the parents of the girl to pay for the medical bills. We have been in contact with them a few times since the incident (remember we had 2-3 other times prior where the kids met up for "dates") but they claim they have no money to give us and that they are living paycheck-to-paycheck. We empathize and suggested homeowner's insurance, but they said they rent. We suggested Renter's Insurance and they said they had a claim for a roof in 2016 and couldn't make another claim until sometime in the future. (huh? I've never heard of that. You either have insurance or you don't) We have attempted one last time in writing to tell them that it is their responsibility to cover the medical costs and that we are NOT malicious in asking for punitive damages (missed work, pain and suffering, loss of activity, reimbursement for hotel and travel for a soccer tournament my son could not play in) nor do we want to start involving the police and the court systems, but if we can't make some arrangements, then we would be forced to file an assault charge on the 12-yr-old girl and begin the legal route. We haven't heard back yet, but assuming we don't, is that our only path left? TL;DR - A girl kicks my son in the "junk"at school. School is refusing to pay for medical bills because we didn't enroll in some sort of "Voluntary Insurance" that apparently only kicks in after our primary insurance. And the girl's parents are refusing to pay because they don't have money and they don't have Renter's Insurance. What now? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 11:21 AM PDT During college I worked as a limousine driver for a local limo company, it was smallish and was family run. I did routine pickups from the airports and prom nights/night outs in limo's. Even had a set contract to pick up a notable basketball player from our professional team. I worked there for close to 8 months and on a run I was pulled over for going slightly over the limit (45/35). I gave the officer my license and insurance paperwork for the vehicle owned by the company, he stated the vehicles commercial registration was expired. I received a ticket for the registration, warning for the speeding. I gave the ticket to my supervisor and he said it would be handled internally, I didn't think much of it afterwards. Fast forward 2 years and I had left the company about 5 months after this ticket. I got a letter in the mail regarding this ticket from what looks likes an attorneys office / collections company saying I owe 645 for expired registration. I tried to contact the company but no one answered and there website is down, seems to have gone out of business. Questions 1: I did not own the vehicle, so is the liability of maintaining registration on me? Q2: Can I fight this? I don't have any proof saying that the vehicle was not owned by me, only that I used to be a previous employee. Q3: Will it be cheaper to just pay it and not go through an attorney and small claims court? [link] [comments]  |
| My neighbors moved and left their cat behind Posted: 31 May 2019 08:13 AM PDT Location: California I already have 3 cats of my own and can't afford/nor would my landlord allow another one. I'm beyond stressed and disgusted that they would do this. Is there anyway I can report them to animal control for abandonment? [link] [comments]  |
| [Canada -AB] Male leaving an abusive marriage Posted: 31 May 2019 11:43 AM PDT I have 2 kids and a stable job however all our credit card debts worth under 20,000$. My wife had full control on our finances and I rarely was allowed to use the credit cards. We have 2 cars under my name with car loans. I had been in emotionally and physically abused throughout the years but didnt have the guts to leave until she chased me with a knife a few weeks ago. I didn't have proof of the knife chase however I have video of her punching, biting, poking my eyes which happened after I managed to get rid of the knife. The police says i have the option of pursuing criminal charges. What's the best way to go about my scenario? She never hurt the kids but they've witnessed me being abused. I just dont know what to do from here legally. Sorry for the formatting and grammar. Its hard for me to express myself at the moment. [link] [comments]  |
| [CA] - billed for lawn service I did not sign up for Posted: 31 May 2019 12:33 PM PDT Recently bought a new house in California. We have a very small front yard and there is a landscaping crew that handles a few of the neighbors' lawns. I asked one of the landscapers how much they would charge and they said $50/visit. Seemed too high for the size of my yard so I said no thanks. About a month ago I came home from work and my lawn was mowed and weeded and there was an invoice on my door for $50. I called the number on the invoice and explained I never signed up for service. I left a voicemail and did not hear back. Well the same thing has happened each week since. Four weeks in total. They never return my calls and always come when we're at work. Today I took off work and saw them at the neighbor's house. I approached them to resolve the situation. It was a different crew but the same company. The guy I spoke to actually said he is the owner and he apologized for the confusion, but insisted I pay for the service provided which is now $200. Do they have any recourse here? I don't want to be an asshole but I never signed anything and I tried to call them ~10 times with no reply. [link] [comments]  |
| [CA, USA] Rent increase during first year?!? Posted: 31 May 2019 05:31 PM PDT I just received a "60 day notice of rent increase" on 5/31/19 stating that my rent will be increasing from $1899 to $2261 effective 8/1/19. I live in an apartment community in Orange County, California. No reason for rent increase stated on the notice. This seems like a huge jump ($362, ~19%) to begin with, not to mention that my lease has not even been a year (my lease started in late December 2018). Is this legal? What can I do against it? Is the rent negotiable, since it's not with an individual owner but a management company (really shitty one at that)? I've paid all my rent and utilities on time, every time. Edit: Lease is for 1 year and 11 days (executed in 12/21/18 to end 12/31/19) Lease has a clause: "Changes in the rent The resident agrees that the amount of rent may change during the term of the Lease if: A. The Program Administrator determines, in accordance with the Program procedures that an increase in rent is warranted. B. The Program Administrator changes any allowance for utilities or services considered in the rent are warranted. C. The income, the number of persons in the Lessees' household or other factors considered in determining the Lessees' Program eligibility. D. The Lessor agrees implement changes in the Lease rent only in accordance with the time frames and procedures set forth in the instructions and regulations related to administration of the Program. The Lessor agrees to give the Lessees at least thirty (30) days advance written notice of any increase in the Lessees' rent. The notice will advise the Lessee(s) of the new rent amount, effective date. The notice will also advise the Lessees that he/she may meet with the Lessor to discuss the rent change." [link] [comments]  |
| Improper rounding of hours in workplace Posted: 31 May 2019 06:17 PM PDT Houston, Texas. Workplace pays in 15 minute intervals, but they always round down. This sounded like bs so i did some searching and I think this is illegal. I'm currently gathering evidence to confront whoever is in charge, but everyone in the workplace agrees that this is in fact happening. At the moment I'm just cataloging all my out/in times and trying to get a few others to do the same. How should I go about confronting the company, or should I consult a lawyer before I do this? This is a factory job (temp) so it is a bit daunting, since they (factories in general) have a record of ignoring workers rights for long stretches of time without repercussion. [link] [comments]  |
| CA - how can I remove myself from a mortgage when the other co-owner refuses to let the home go? Posted: 31 May 2019 01:59 PM PDT 10 years ago I purchased a home with a (then) girlfriend. Eventually we split. We decided, verbally, whoever stayed in the house would be 100% responsible for it financially. Recently I was rejected from a job opportunity because my credit score was too low. I was surprised because I have zero debt. I found out she hasn't made a payment in 2 months. Before that she was always a month or so behind. My score is so low now, in the 500's, that I honestly don't care about taking an even bigger hit and handing the bank the keys just to cut all connections to this woman. But what are my options? She won't sell because it's worth less than we owe. She has no where to go so she's holding on dearly. I can't refinance if she can't afford it on her own. So what are my options if I'm seriously considering destroying my credit and starting from scratch at this point? Am I just at her mercy from now on? [link] [comments]  |
| [WA] Neighbors cut down their tree and threw branches into my yard. Can I just throw them back? Posted: 31 May 2019 12:17 PM PDT Per the title, this is in Washington state. I am a renter. I know that the more correct answer here is to let the property manager know about the situation, but I'd rather not have to get him out here and see if I can take care of this myself. My neighbors have a tree in the corner of their lot which they cut down about a week or two ago and ended up just throwing the branches over the fence, pretty dead center into our back yard. It's pretty obvious that they didn't accidentally fall over. I went to their house to talk to them about it and their daughter was the only one home. I asked if they cut down the tree, she said yes and "heard some of it may have ended up on your side". I asked if they hired someone to cut it down since I could very easily see some incompetent workers just taking a shortcut, and she said no, her parents cut it down. I told her I didn't want to put in the energy to throw all the branches back over and asked if they would hire someone to come over and take them away, and she said her parents would be over in the evening. Turned out my roommate and I both left for the evening so we have no idea if they actually tried to come by or not, but I wanted to ask: They knew that the branches were in our yard and made absolutely no mention of this for weeks or any attempt to clean them up. The way the branches are laid out in my yard make the action seem pretty deliberate. If I just throw the branches back over the fence (obviously not attempting to purposefully damage any property), am I opening up a can of legal worms here or putting my landlord at risk? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 09:10 AM PDT Franklin, Wisconsin Hi All, thank you for taking the time to read this. I am meeting with the developer Monday 6/3 at 430pm CST. My mom lives on 8 acres of land in a somewhat wealthy city, and the land is completely bordered by large, thick, old trees that have been there for decades (and are on our property.) It is unique property in the city as we are able to bow hunt on the land, and we have a large deerstand (actual structure with cement footings, roof, etc). The land to the north of us is being developed and condos are being built. They need to connect to the city water and sewer, so they are doing it themselves. They requested an easement on my moms property line in which she agreed to (no money, and unfortunately I wasn't there to negotiate.) The agreement is that they would tunnel with the pipes, replace any trees that they need to cut down, and leave the deerstand. Behind that woodline is a farm for winter wheat and it is essentially mud and just a bad view. On Friday, the developer contacted us and said that they can no longer tunnel because they found that the farmer originally put rock under all of the dirt, so they have to excavate the old fashioned way (digging a trench.) They now say that they will have to remove many of the trees outside of the easement to get the machinery in there and to have enough room to build the trench. Additionally, the deerstand is right in the middle of it all, and they want it to come down. This time, I will be speaking for my mom. She is near retirement, and just too polite to say no or ask for money. Our worries are that the view that's been growing for decades will be destroyed (trees removed and now looking at dirt), we will no longer be able to hunt, and our natural fence will be destroyed. A few questions:
She has a nice 2400sqft house, 8 acres of land in which 2 are the wood line property border and the rest is grass or the pond. The large deck looks directly where they want to remove trees. House value is about 250k, land value is about 300k, so I was thinking about 50k from the developers? I really have no idea. Any input would be greatly appreciated. This is all new to us. Thank you so much in advance!!! [link] [comments]  |
| Mother trying to take custody of children Posted: 31 May 2019 07:20 PM PDT -Temp account- My apologies if this doesn't belong here My fiance found out this week (Has yet to be served) that her parents are suing for full custody of her children. Long story short, my fiance went through a nasty divorce 5 years ago and moved in with her parents with her two children. Her mother decided it would be better if she moved into a one bedroom to get her life back together and her parents take care of her children. They lived with her parents for two years, she visited her childen every other day and brought them to her apartment/our home until the restraining order Edit: (Temporarily restraining order preventing my fiance from seeing her children). Fast forward two years, my fiance and I move in together , she gets a better more rewarding job, and we are planning for the future. We have a home, in a great school district, and my son loves my fiance and her kids. We got everything ready for her two children to move in with us, was ready to file petition to change the divorce decree for geographical location. Well, we were beat to the court house by her parents. They want full custody of her children, child support, supervised visits and her attorney's bills paid. Every lawyer we have spoken has hit us with very large retainers and hourly rates, something that would bankrupt us. We have the ability to file all the required forms, and we plan on going to court, but we need advice on what we are not thinking. We both do not have criminal records, are normal people. Edit: We reside in Texas, we were trying to get the county over added to the Geographical location. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 05:18 PM PDT When I first moved in, cable, internet, and garbage were all included in my rent. After seeing an increase in my utility payment this month, I learned that I'm now being charged for all three. The garbage is something that I can accept, but the internet and cable is through Charter and every apartment in the complex is now splitting the bill. The internet is a necessity but the cable ,(the most expensive of the 2) I don't use, can they really just start charging me for a service that I didn't agree to pay for? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2019 03:41 PM PDT Hello! Someone from another sub said I should ask for advice here since I have a unique problem and I'm currently living in my car. Today I parked my car at a local restaurant to grab a burger during their lunch special. I ate my burger and decided to walk over to a book store a few blocks away. I fell asleep for a couple hours and came back to my car being gone. At first I thought it might have been stolen, but I realized my car really isn't worth much to a thief. I went inside and talked to a manager who informed me it was towed. They said it was because it was taking up multiple spaces, and they don't allow sleeping in the parking lot. The only signs in their lot say no overnight parking, but nothing else. Also I was not parked in two lanes because I always make sure to be considerate of others. I've also never stayed overnight in their lot and definitely did not sleep in their lot. My gut feeling is that they noticed I was homeless while eating and watched me to see what car I came from to have it towed. I've been to this place a couple times before, and while the serves are generally nice to me, I've noticed that the managers never say anything to me even while greeting other tables. I've also caught a couple bad stares from them. I try to never bother anyone and I always am super self conscious about my smell so it's something I pay attention to. I always tip since the waitresses usually give me soda for free and I always leave if they get busy so I don't bother other people waiting for a table. I tried to reason with the manager and explained that I know I wasn't parked in two lanes, but they basically threatened to call the police for tresspasing so I left. The contact for the tow company wasn't much help either. Their owner also didn't seem to care and only wants the $120 fee. I have only a few dollars until I get paid next Friday and I only work part time right now after just getting this job this month. I'm trying to stay calm and figure things out, but I'm freaking out inside. I have no idea what to do and I don't know how to fix this. My car had my clothes, some dry food and drinks along with most of my time. I also had my work id in there for my new job. Basically everything I own is in that car. I have a gym locker with some stuff in it for like a day or 2 but that's it. So I'm freaking out. Is there a way to get the car back for free? I know they are lying about me being parked in two lanes so I don't understand how they could tow my car so quickly. Can I get the camera footage somehow? Is there some way around paying since my car is my home too? I'm just looking for any help I can possibly get with this. Thank you all so much. [link] [comments]  |
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