Legal Advice I have just discovered a family member of mine has racked up over $12,000 in credit card debt under my name. What can I do? |
- I have just discovered a family member of mine has racked up over $12,000 in credit card debt under my name. What can I do?
- [GA] Our Baby was billed for its own delivery resetting deductible and costing us $3,5000
- parent demanding money for "gifts" given 20 years later
- [FL] Arrested on a warrant, lawyer filed motion to surrender in court
- [IA] I quit my job without notice. In retaliation, my former manager is actively calling around and [lying] saying I was fired and not to offer me hours.
- [VA] Apartment Rental, No Air conditioning since September 9th. AC is included in rent. 3rd maintenance request marked "completed". Maintenance worker told me he "Threw in the towel".
- [IN] My City destroyed surveying marker marking my property corner when they replaced the sidewalk. Now they are refusing to help.
- Rape investigation going nowhere? (NY)
- Who is Responsible for Blocking in a Car?
- URGENT: Mom rehomed my cats (possible theft of property)
- I think I was fired for my religious beliefs. Can I do anything about it?
- Is it illegal to jailbreak e-scooters
- Can my parents have a home security camera in me and my brother's bedroom?
- [Ontario] Someone slashed my tires but they lost a finger because of the resulting explosion
- Ex wife is trying to make me pay child support for a kid that's not mine because the biological father died!
- (IL) My niece was sexually assaulted on a schoolbus
- I was laid off on maternity leave, and my temp now has my job full time. I want to sue my Fortune 100 company. Please help!
- TSA cut the band of my Fitbit band. Is there anything I can do about it?
- Can our CEO take money out of our checks for "mistakes" that cost the company money? AL, US
- Odd (and immoral/NSFW) situation involving a coworker - is this extortion? [FL]
- Landlord is going through divorce. His wife demands to end our contract or move in as a room mate [Ontario]
- Our old landlord still thinks we live there?
- Can they tow my car if there are no posted signs?
- [PA] I was diagnosed with AIDs while being hospitalized for a cold, but only a few days later was told they had "made a mistake" with my blood cultures and I was clean
| Posted: 30 Sep 2019 10:21 AM PDT Hi all, I am brand new to this subreddit but I know it is a valuable asset to go to for people who do not have extensive legal experience. I don't want to make this super long so here it is: I'm a 23M who has recently graduated from college. I have been monitoring my credit score because I recently began financing a car and when I applied for the initial auto loan, the financial advisor made a comment about my credit utilization being very high. I hadn't thought anything of it at the time but now that I'm paying closer attention to it I have noticed an alarming amount of credit lines opened in my name. Almost all of them are near or above their maximum amount, with the total balances lying over $12,000. I know for a fact that is this exact family member, because almost all of the accounts were opened while I was away at school or while I was still in high school and most correlate to things only THEY would open an account for (certain stores, certain banks, etc.). This same family member did the same thing to my brother a few years ago, with his balance being almost twice my own. As far as legal action goes, I just want to know where I can take this. Ideally, I would like to transfer the ownership of these accounts to that person and call it done but something in my gut tells me it's not that simple. Please anyone who has any experience in I would greatly appreciate some guidance. [link] [comments]  |
| [GA] Our Baby was billed for its own delivery resetting deductible and costing us $3,5000 Posted: 30 Sep 2019 12:53 PM PDT Hey everyone, Thanks for reading over this. My wife gave birth 3 months ago and, when going through the bills, we noticed that our baby was billed for its own delivery. Conveniently (for the insurance company), this meant that it applies towards my son's deductible ($3,500) instead of my wife's which had been fully met at that point due to an earlier hospital stay. Our insurance covers in-network hospitalizations fully after the deductible has been met. Our insurance provider is saying that this is required under a "State Mandate" in Georgia but I can't find any reference to this. If anyone has any experience with health care law or can tell us anything helpful here it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| parent demanding money for "gifts" given 20 years later Posted: 30 Sep 2019 06:47 AM PDT My husband's mother bought him a $25,000 car when he was 19- in 1998. She gave it to him as a gift, though we have no paperwork saying this. She now says she wants him to pay her back for it, though had never said it was bought for him with any expectation he pay her back and hadn't mentioned anything about the car in 20 years. She's doing this as revenge as she's a toxic alcoholic and we don't want her at our kid's birthday parties so she's trying to flex in whatever way she can. She says she's having her lawyer write up a letter demanding he pay her back for the full price of the car, as well as for other random things she had bought for him/us over the past 20 years. None of the things were ever given with any expectation we pay her back, though of course we have no documentation stating it was either a gift or a loan. Do we have anything to worry about here? Edit: location is Massachusetts [link] [comments]  |
| [FL] Arrested on a warrant, lawyer filed motion to surrender in court Posted: 30 Sep 2019 04:00 AM PDT My boyfriend is on house arrest. We just had a baby two weeks ago and he drove me to the hospital when I went into labor and stayed with me until the baby was born. His PO was a new guy and told him this would be okay and the monitoring center would harass him to go home, but to ignore it and he would clear the violation. (Unfortunately, we did not get this in writing, so this is just gonna be a he said she said case) I went into labor while his PO was on vacation and the stand in officer put it in as a violation and a warrant was issued. We contacted our lawyer and he filed a motion to surrender in court, but they picked him up before the judge was able to see the motion. (Filed on a Friday, he was arrested at 5:30 this morning Monday) I'm wondering what would happen in this case. If the motion is approved would he be released until the next court date? Or would the motion just be denied since he's in custody? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2019 11:50 AM PDT I was a pharmacy technician for 5 years. I was the best at what I do and I was the favorite employee of my manager and my store director. Without going into details, I have been passively seeking employment elsewhere for years, but never any urgency. Last week, several things came to a head and I determined it was in my best interest if I immediately terminate my own employment, so I left. Neither my manager nor store director saw it coming and were understandably shocked and angry. Now that I am no longer employed, I informed the manager of another pharmacy that I walked out on my boss, that I know they need help, and I'm now available to help while I look for other employment. She wants me, her HR is happy to hire me, she just needs the okay from her director. Then, word made it's way back to me that my former manager is calling pharmacies in the area (and even pharmacies in towns as far as a half our away), and saying I was fired and telling them not to hire me if I ask for hours. I have since confirmed that what I have been told is true. It was advised to me that if I was fired, then I could collect unemployment because I was fired for no fault of my own. I called HR and asked for my termination paperwork. I was told they could not give that to me, so I asked what the paperwork says was the reason for my termination. She said, "...you quit..." I'm assuming that means unemployment is off the table then. Aside from the fact that what my previous manager is doing is extremely unprofessional, do I have any legal recourse? I would be happy if she were to call other pharmacies for me and tell the truth, that I quit without notice. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2019 06:46 AM PDT This is small, I can deal with having no AC, and there is no medical reason why I need it, but what I don't like is that I am still paying for it with my full rent which is meant to include AC. I feel like I have been patient, but we are now on day 21 as of Sept 30 with no air conditioning on the 14th floor. It is only my column of apartments (those above/below me) so it seems like they are not pressured enough to fix it. I am absolutely moving out as soon as I can, not only for this issue but for the <1 year lease time I've been here, the water has been shut off from 9am-5pm 10 times, more than once a month on average. one day I was not properly notified as the water shut off was "canceled". It was not canceled. Is there anything that I can reasonably expect in compensation? My only ideas would be to request rent credit for everyday without AC to go towards October, refund for everyday, or get some percentage discount from next month's rent. First legalAdvice post, Let me know if I missed a rule. Appreciate the read, thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2019 05:59 AM PDT I had a iron rebar punded into the ground for my property corner and this spring my neighbor got the city to replace the sidewalk in front of their house, and when the city tore out the old sidewalk they tore out the surveying marker that was next to it. I called them initially when they had finished the job and they said they would be out to replace it. I called every couple weeks and they continued to say they would replace it eventually. Then last week I called and they said it's not their responsibility to replace it. What can I do to get them to reestablish the corner they destroyed? [link] [comments]  |
| Rape investigation going nowhere? (NY) Posted: 30 Sep 2019 08:50 AM PDT Four months ago I was raped. DNA and video evidence was found placing him at the scene at the time I was there. There was also evidence that I was intoxicated. Rape kit found semen inside of me- and I hadn't had sex since over a month prior to the rape. About two months ago I reached out to the perpetrator to get his contact information as the police wouldn't subpoena his information from Snapchat or tinder for whatever reason. It was clear that the detective on the case wasn't taking things seriously- she believed he was guilty, but seemed to blame me and judge me heavily (she told me, "honey, you're as guilty as he is" and that I should feel lucky that I wasn't more hurt like had happened to her when she was younger) and so it was clear the only way to move things forward was to find out his info myself. Two weeks ago, the detective called and told me that the perp lawyered up and that she would no longer be working the case, and that I should contact either one of the other detectives or the DA. I've since called both the DA's office and the police department around 5 times each, over the past week and a half, each time leaving my name and number so that someone could contact me. I have not heard from anyone. I did get in contact with the lieutenant, who asked for my number so that someone could reach out. Still, no one has. How long after a rapist lawyers up should it typically take for the next step forward in the case to occur? What happens after the perp lawyering up? Is there a reason I have not been able to contact anyone regarding the case, or should I be concerned? [link] [comments]  |
| Who is Responsible for Blocking in a Car? Posted: 30 Sep 2019 07:45 AM PDT I pay $200 a month for parking at my Los Angeles apartment building. This morning someone parked in the driveway of the building directly adjacent to my car, meaning I couldn't pull out of my spot to leave. This is the SECOND time this exact thing has occured because there are no "no parking" signs posted along the driveway. The landlord called a towing company, who said they would arrive in 2+ hours. I work an hour away and had to call an Uber. Now, I'm going to be an hour late to work, and pay close to $150 for an Uber to and from work. Can I legally take the owner of the vehicle or the landlord/building owner to small claims for the cost of the Uber and lost time etc? [link] [comments]  |
| URGENT: Mom rehomed my cats (possible theft of property) Posted: 30 Sep 2019 12:42 AM PDT Hi all, I may incoherently ramble a bit, today has been really rough. I am a 20f, I live in the U.S. in southwestern Ohio. In the afternoon of 9/28/2019, I stopped by my house to feed my cats and care for them. I returned Sunday morning to find that both of my cats were gone. My mom made a Craigslist ad and got rid of them while I was at work. These cats belong to my boyfriend and I, we have taken care of them for the three years we've owned them and shoulder any and all financial burden they bring. We were in the process of moving into his brother's old room and bringing the cats with us. My mom has deleted the post, any emails/texts she received from their new owner, and says she doesn't remember their phone number or name. We have been crying all day but it's game time now—we will not stop until we find them. Our eldest, Kibble, has some severe dietary restrictions that my mom (and therefore) the new owner is not aware of. We are planning on calling all vet offices and shelters within a one hour radius to inform them of the theft, and ask them to contact us immediately should they come into contact with a cat that fits the description. I am at a loss, I believe my mom knows where the cats are but is refusing to tell us. She won't even answer a yes or no question regarding the issue. Several people have told us we need to file a police report, which we are planning on doing tomorrow. What kind of paperwork do I need to bring with me? Is this considered a theft? What legal routes do I have here to track down my stolen cats? The cats and I were living in her house, but were completely my responsibility and my property. [link] [comments]  |
| I think I was fired for my religious beliefs. Can I do anything about it? Posted: 30 Sep 2019 06:01 AM PDT I live in a very Christian part of the south (NC) and I had been working in a large grocery store for about 6 months. I practice Satanism and I try to keep it low key (I don't try to hide the fact that I practice Satanism but I don't go around yelling it from the rooftops, if you know what I mean). I was fired recently due to "not properly representing the company" I was pretty surprised about this because I had never been in trouble at work before and now I was fired. I was just wondering if I can do anything, legally about the situation. I literally know nothing about the law, but I would think that if I practiced another religion (Judaism, Hinduism, etc...) I could be able to do something (legally) about it, I just don't know if Satanism is as protected as other religions. Thanks for any help :) [link] [comments]  |
| Is it illegal to jailbreak e-scooters Posted: 30 Sep 2019 07:22 AM PDT On my campus there are a ton of these escooters parked everywhere ( illegally, last year they impounded and scrapped all the scooters parked on campus) I've seen threads of people buying them from impound lots and then converting them to personal. If i buy from a impound lot, am i still breaking the law since bird still owns this or is this now my scooter and i am free to jailbreak. EDIT: missed my point and sounded like i was just trying to pick one up off the street that's active [link] [comments]  |
| Can my parents have a home security camera in me and my brother's bedroom? Posted: 30 Sep 2019 01:50 PM PDT |
| [Ontario] Someone slashed my tires but they lost a finger because of the resulting explosion Posted: 29 Sep 2019 04:38 PM PDT Am I liable for any of their injuries? They slashed 3 of my tires for some reason. I heard a loud bang and when I went outside some guy was bleeding. I called an ambulance and so on. But will I be liable for this? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2019 04:04 PM PDT So my ex-wife had a kid (side note I really like that kid) as a teen and listed the biodad on the birth certificate. The biodad was fairly active and paid his child support on time(my ex wife brags about on Facebook), and they had joint custody. Anyways the biodad recently died of a inherited lung disease. Me and him was on fairly good terms. During my divorce the judge decided that since her son liked me, we had to have a visitation agreement for his best interest, not joint custody, it is that just an agreement that says I visit or get visited 10 a year. We normally go fishing or go to a amusement park something to make the day fun for the both of us. I also had a alimony obligation that ends three years after the divorce or when she gets married. Alimony obligation ended recently this year and she throws a fit saying it's unfair because both her child support and alimony is about to end. The biodad around this time was dieing. Anyway she is claiming that since the bio dad died and she was married to me and we have a visitation agreement that I should be paying the child support now. I honestly don't know what to do. I live in Lexington,KY Edit:Talked to a lawyer this morning that specializes in family law. He looked over everything on my end and told me that she missed her case by three years. He said that her case would had only flew if it was brought up during the divorce and if the father was a deadbeat. Since it wasn't he said the court would be on my side. He also told me to never ever hand her money. [link] [comments]  |
| (IL) My niece was sexually assaulted on a schoolbus Posted: 30 Sep 2019 11:31 AM PDT My niece (5f) was sexually assaulted and physically assaulted on a schoolbus by 3 students (all 8m) in Illinois. The school interviewed her about it without her parents consent, the school claims there are no witnesses on the bus and that the bus has no cameras. The school district has no title ix policy or coordinator. The police wont do anything about this because there "is no evidence or witnesses". The school does HAVE bus cameras but they have not yet been installed. What do we do from here? Sidenote that I am not my nieces legal guardian, just asking for her legal guardian. Edit: no school faculty took any steps to call anybody about this. They didnt tell my nieces parents or report the incident to anybody at all. This is the second time this happened, my other niece was also sexually and physically assaulted on the same bus, with the same bus driver, and nothing was done about it. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2019 08:09 PM PDT Update: First, thank you for all of the information and help! I was referred to an employment lawyer(s) in my area by another well-known firm and spoke with her this morning. Your posts helped me not only sort through all of the facts I needed to get across, but it gave me a good list of questions to ask my attorney. We talked for quite a while, so I'll try to break this down to just the facts. Here's what I learned: According to my attorney, whose firm is experienced in employment law and is currently handling multiple pregnancy discrimination cases, I definitely have a case against Fortune 100. You guys were right- this is a gray area. But the case would be against them, NOT my contractor, because the length of employment and type of employment I had with them was completely exclusive. My job was 100% for Fortune 100, and I had very little contact with my contractor. My attorney was clear on this aspect. While I live in an "at will" state and Fortune 100 could have legally chosen a litany of reasons to let me go (which I already knew) any other time during my 6+ years of employment with them, they did so during my FMLA protected leave. This could have also been legal (unethical, but legal nonetheless) had they not kept my temp, who was employed by a different contractor, on full-time. This brings me to my next point: To the commenter who suggested I get a copy of my employment contract (Sailor_Mercurial), you hit the nail on the head with that. It was the first thing my attorney asked me to get from my contractor. Here's where it gets even more interesting- it looks like my contractor may also have a case against Fortune 100 for breach of contract. Fortune 100 was contractually bound to seek a temporary employee from MY contract company to replace me on leave, not an outside entity. They did not do so, which means that my contractor could also file suit against Fortune 100 for loss of income and breach of contract. It will be interesting to see how that plays out. To the commenters who suggested that the lawyers fees would eat me alive- that was my main concern as well, and I'm happy to say that will not be the case! I will not be paying for my attorney upfront, they will take a 33% cut of any out-of-court settlement, which I'm totally fine with. If Fortune 100 decides to take the case to court, which my attorney is fairly confident WON'T happen (it is exceedingly rare in these types of cases), that percentage goes up to 40%. However, my attorney does not believe this will happen. And even if it does progress to a full-blown court case and we lose, I'm still not on the hook for a penny. I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with the outcome of my initial conversation with my attorney. The firm is comprised of 3 female attorneys experienced with and sensitive to this type of case. One of them also told me that she had post-partum depression after the birth of her child last year, and she couldn't imagine adding a job loss into the mix. So beyond knowing the legal ground this case is built on, she fully understood on a personal level what this has been like for me. After our conversation I truly believe they will fight for me, I feel I've made the right choice! Thanks again for all of the advice. Original post: This is going to be long, but hopefully coherent and in-depth enough to get some good advice from the great legal minds here. I have been employed as a contract employee for over 6 years at a Fortune 100 company in the US, which I shall not name. I LOVED just about everything with my job. I had a great supervisor, schedule flexibility, a salary that reflected my market value, and laid back co-workers. I was very happy in my position, and I knew I had it good. I was perpetually afraid of doing something that would screw it up because I knew that I would never find another position in my chosen career or industry that allowed me the flexibility that I had. It was also the first job I actually enjoyed. In May 2018 my husband and I decided to have another baby. With my daughter (now 6 years old), it took me over a year to get pregnant. Well, this time it happened in a month. We were ecstatic to find out that we would be welcoming our second child, a boy, in April. I had already been through one pregnancy with this job (I was pregnant when I was sent to the company by my contractor), so I had a pretty good idea of what to expect with maternity leave. I knew what I needed to do before I left, and since I was having a scheduled C-section due to medical reasons I also knew when I was going to be leaving. That gave me plenty of time to tie up loose ends, get ahead of my work, and just have things ready to go in general so that when my due date got close I wouldn't be leaving a heaping pile of work to stack up. Near the end of my pregnancy I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. This meant that I had to take a few extra days off of work to see a nutritionist on top of my already scheduled weekly doctor's appointments. No problem. My boss lets me work whatever hours I want as long as my work is done. Things worked out seamlessly. So when my last week before leave came, I had everything ready to go. My work was done, and I was told that a temp would be coming in to take over some of my recurring weekly duties. I was assured that this person, who we will call X, would only be there while I was on leave... that's when I started to get nervous. I went on my FMLA protected maternity leave in April with the expectation of taking the full 12 allowed weeks to recover from my C-section. I didn't know what to expect since this would be my first section and I was just preparing my employer for the worst- just in case. I notified my supervisor that if I felt up to it though, I'd like to return a little sooner and ease back into work. If you haven't ever had to recover from a c-section, you're lucky. Having a major abdominal surgery where another human being is cut from your midsection is brutal. Oh, and then you get the added joy of caring for that screaming, pooping, feeding human while also trying not to bust through stitches. Unfortunately my son also had colic on top of all of this, thus depriving me of the little sleep I was able to get while suffering through the pain without meds (they caused me to be constipated, so I took as little as possible). And I was breastfeeding. My hormones were raging during all of this, and I ended up with post-partum depression. There were days when my husband was truly worried about my mental health. But, it got better. I got better. And finally 8 weeks after we welcomed my beautiful son, I decided to ease back into work. I called my boss on a Monday to confirm that I would be returning on Thursday, and everything was good to go. I was excited to see everyone and start making money again. My job offered no short-term disability or maternity pay, so my husband and I had saved up enough to easily make it through the 12 weeks of my leave without taking a financial hit. At 8 weeks out, our baby fund was starting to dwindle. So when I called on Monday, I had every expectation of going back to work as normal. Tuesday, my supervisor called me and notified me that I was being laid off due to "budget cuts." I was told that my position was being eliminated, and I was being laid off with several other people in our department- including my temp. He apologized profusely, told me he had no idea it was coming from corporate when we spoke on Monday, and that was that. I was a name on a piece of paper to them, nothing more. I spiraled back into depression almost immediately, but this time it was so much worse. I now had TWO children, no job, was still aching physically from surgery, and no hope of finding a job even close to as good as the one I had. I was devastated. As I stated before, I was always afraid that I'd do something to screw it up, because I knew I had it good. In my mind, I had done just that. Screwed it all up. I started regretting the decision to have my son, whom I loved dearly, but it felt like the minute he showed up my life started to fall apart. At this point I was tetering on the edge of a complete mental collapse, and I will admit that I occasionally considered suicide. I reached out to family for help, and things eventually got better. It took around a month for me to come to terms with the fact that I was now unemployed, and what that would mean for me. I had put all my eggs in that one job basket, and I didn't know what to do next. I was angry- I didn't think that my company could let me go while on maternity leave. I thought FMLA protected me, snd it would have. If I was the only person "laid off." But they told me that my temp was let go too, so I didn't fight it. FMLA didn't protect me from budget cuts or a mass layoff, just discrimination. So, I did what I always do- I let it go. I filed for unemployment and decided to move on. The only thing was that I needed to collect a few things I left in my office, so I requested that the department hold onto them until someone could get it all to me. I don't want to give away too many details about my employer, so I'll just say that I can't get onto the jobsite without being employed there. After months of requests, I never got my stuff. I got fed up this weekend when I realized that there was something personal I needed, so I messaged an old co-worker to see if he could run it out to me one day this week. He said he would, but he was busy. If he couldn't bring it out to me, then he would have X do it.... X was never laid off. X is now a full-time employee. X has my job. I am livid, and I finally reached my breaking point. Up until now I've given my supervisor and employer the benefit of the doubt, but now I'm ready to go nuclear and sue the company. They let me go on maternity leave, lied about it, and hired someone to do my job at a much lower rate. I need to know if I have a leg to stand on. I need legal advice on going after these a**holes. For the loss of income. For sending me into depression and making me regret having my precious child. For lying to me and trying to make me think that they could legally do this. But is it worth it to go through the process? I would think that I have a pretty attractive case- a breastfeeding mother on maternity leave laid off by a Fortune 100 company to save a few bucks... in 2019. I've never needed a lawyer, so I have no experience with this. I can't afford to spend thousands of dollars out of pocket- I still don't have a job. I need to know if I should actually pursue this lawsuit, and what I should expect. I have time to dedicate to it, and I'm pissed enough to go "scorched earth" on these people. I'm looking for an employment lawyer in my area- what can I expect? Thanks in advance for any help. Even if I don't get any advice, it's nice to be able to tell my story and get it all down somewhere. [link] [comments]  |
| TSA cut the band of my Fitbit band. Is there anything I can do about it? Posted: 29 Sep 2019 08:51 PM PDT https://imgur.com/gallery/NVJfxOG I just don't understand why the would have done this. Edit: This was at Hartsfield Jackson Airport [link] [comments]  |
| Can our CEO take money out of our checks for "mistakes" that cost the company money? AL, US Posted: 30 Sep 2019 07:12 AM PDT Back story. We are a staffing agency that sends employees all over the country to perform different types of work. This week we sent 50 guys from Alabama to New York to get some work done. Part of our process is checking for valid IDs, making sure they have all the stuff they need before they go, etc. Well, it was pretty hectic getting all those guys out and we missed a couple of ID checks. When the guys get fired or removed from a job we purchase them a bus ticket home. My CEO sent an email yesterday stating that since we didn't check THEIR IDs that the cost of the bus tickets will be coming out of the entire operations' teams' paychecks to recover the cost. I don't feel like I should be charged for our employees not having THEIR stuff in order that they KNOW they need for weeks/months before leaving out on a job. Sure it was our responsibility to check this, but, I'm looking at losing quite a bit of money as he's also laid off/fired some members of the operations team so the team is quite small (3-4 right now). Not only this, I'm a salaried employee. Is this legal? What should I do if he does, in fact, implement this horrid strategy? (Aside from looking for a new job) [link] [comments]  |
| Odd (and immoral/NSFW) situation involving a coworker - is this extortion? [FL] Posted: 30 Sep 2019 11:40 AM PDT Hello all, Let me begin by saying that this whole thing seems a bit dubious and like the plot to a porno, but I have some knowledge of the parties involved and believe it to be credible. I am just a bystander in all of this but I have some concerns. Let me also warn that I am describing the main party as "coworker" instead of friend because I believe that either way he's pretty scummy for this: My coworker just pseudo-bragged to me about a situation that has unfolded between he and his previous roommates, a young couple. Allegedly they all moved into an apartment together last year and split the security deposit of $1200 in half (the couple paid $600, coworker paid $600). Coworker states that over the course of the year they lived together he and the other male had various disagreements and ultimately decided not to renew their lease for the next year. Both parties vacated the apartment and found new living arrangements. Allegedly at this point the male of the couple told my coworker that the apartment complex had given him a laundry list of repairs that need to be made and told him that they would not be getting their security deposit back. Coworker was suspicious of this and requested proof, which the other male assured him he would obtain. As you probably guessed, after a month of dodgy responses, my coworker contacted the apartment complex and was told that the full $1200 was refunded by check to the other male. Coworker was understandably furious, and confronted his previous roommates with this information. The other male immediately admitted the theft, apologized profusely, and said that he did not currently have the money because they had used the whole check towards their new security deposit. Coworker was understandably furious, and gave a five day deadline by which to be reimbursed or he would contact the police and/or initiate a lawsuit in small claims court. Here's where things get dark: Allegedly the first 2-3 days were mostly apologies and begging for more time from the male roommate. Coworker did not budge on his terms and demanded the full $600 by the deadline he had established. On the 4th day, he received a text from the girlfriend (female half of ex-roommate couple) doing some begging of her own and asking for some sort of payment plan or leniency. Coworker responded (near-verbatim, I have seen the conversation) "Unless you're offering to suck my dick then I will be contacting the police tomorrow if I don't get the money back". He claims he was just trying to blow her off rudely and make it clear he was serious, BUT, she responded about an hour later asking if he was offering to waive the whole debt in exchange for a blowjob from her. Obviously he was surprised by this, and apparently also excited, because he responded back something like "If you're serious then yes, I will drop the whole thing if you blow me to completion". She agreed, and they are apparently negotiating a time/place and further terms. My coworker is utterly STOKED about this turn of events, but I cautioned him that I believe he may be guilty of extortion. His argument is that he was simply negotiating a deal for the money he was owed and that worst case they are both guilty of prostitution. I couldn't help but warn him that if this does meet the definition of extortion then he has set himself up to be in far worse trouble than they would have been for the initial theft, but he is adamant that he has done nothing wrong and wasn't seriously suggesting the deal until she expressed genuine interest in resolving it that way. Who is correct? Is he guilty of extortion, or is this just a questionably-legal-but-not-extorted deal? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2019 02:30 PM PDT Hey guys, Just curious what my options are here. I received a phone call today from my Landlords wife stating that their were some legal issues with our renting contract. Here's a quick run down: We signed a 12 month lease back in May 2019 for a condo. Move in date was July 1st. The wife called us in June saying she had to cancel the contract because they were unsure were the marriage was going but the real estate agent stepped in and discussed with the wife that she couldn't do that. Everything was fine until today. Today the wife calls me saying that there separation is going through and that I either need to 1) end the contract and move out early or 2) allow her to live with me and my girlfriend as a room mate. I said no to both as that was not part of the legally binding contract. She then threatened to take us to court and stated that she was trying to help us and not make any "legal mess". I contacted the husband but have yet to hear back. If she does continue to contact me and my girlfriend, what are my legal Options? [link] [comments]  |
| Our old landlord still thinks we live there? Posted: 30 Sep 2019 08:16 AM PDT Hi there, everything's a disaster but I'm hoping I can make it less of a disaster. Location: Washington County, Oregon, USA We've recently moved apartments, with our old lease expiring a couple days into September. We lived at the old place for about two and a half years, and when we went to renew our lease (a little over a year ago), we replaced a roommate, added a cat, and one of us had them put her new legal name on the lease. Everything was fine on the lease we signed (with the exception of the cat who wasn't listed, which at the time I thought was no big deal but clearly this was the foreshadowing of great incompetence to come). So we decide to move to a new place, because (among other reasons) one of us is in a wheelchair and it turns out second-story apartments with no stairs aren't great for that. So we give them written notice that we're not going to be renewing our lease (in person, in hindsight I bet registered mail woulda been a good idea), they say cool, just bring us the keys before your last day. We despair over moving an entire apartment's worth of shit but at least dealing with the landlord is done with. But I wouldn't be posting in /r/LegalAdvice if that were the case, would I? The first warning sign is when Replacement Roommate goes to double-check with them how much our last rent payment should be with prorating and all that. They can't find her name in the system and, apparently, say everything is fine don't worry about it (AAAAAAAAAAA!!!). Yeah that woulda been a great time to nip this in the bud but that did not happen. Meanwhile, in oblivious-to-pending-disaster land, I'm figuring out how to get bedframes down stairs and dealing with the new apartment. We move into the new place, old keys are returned, everything's great, and then a week or so later I get an email from Old Apartment's amazon locker thing, saying that <MY LEGAL NAME> has a package waiting for me. To clarify, I never use my legal name unless I absolutely have to (banks, leases, etc). I'm trans and really too fukken cute to have some gross-ass boy name. In addition, I've been either putting my work's address down for packages or putting off getting anything for the last two months. So this email raises two red flags. I resolve to head over there and see what the fuck is going on, but real life got in the way and I was unable to get to the old place before the Amazon demons banished this deadname package to the great beyond. Whatever. Then we get a letter. And by we get a letter I mean that our old apartment got a letter (on the door and via mail), and the USPS's mail forwarding genie got it to us eventually. Old Landlord is wondering where our rent is, saying we owe an entire month of rent. Oh god, oh fuck. Remember how I said that Replacement Roommate did not exist in the eyes of Old Landlord despite whole-ass signing the lease and having her name on it? This letter is addressed to:
No mention of Replacement Roommate, although the roommate she replaced is thankfully absent from all documentation. There's about a zero percent chance of us having missed a payment in the past, I've had no intentions of spoiling my back-to-back rent-paid-on-time championship belt after seven years without so much as a penny late. So this is where we're at right now. We're looking to head over there (as soon as we're all around at the same time, yay working different shifts) and trying to unfuck this, obviously we goofed up in not heading this off earlier but yeah. Ideally, they work with us and we get something in writing I guess? But if they tell us to pound sand, what should we be doing? I'm highkey freaking out about this and "talking to people" really isnt my strong suit. I feel like there's at least ten problems here and I don't know how to fix any of them. tldr: i write too much, old landlord thinks we're still living there, now they want money, heads up asses from all parties and hindsight is 20/20 [link] [comments]  |
| Can they tow my car if there are no posted signs? Posted: 30 Sep 2019 06:33 AM PDT I live in New York State for context. My house is on a dead end drive, and nobody on my side of the street has a driveway so the only option is street parking. Sometimes (often really) there just is not a parking spot on the street, so I don't have much of an option other than park in a retirement home parking lot located at the end of the dead end. I've lived here for 2 years with no problems until recently. The last few times I've attempted to park I've been hassled by a group of old people yelling at me that i can't park there and they'll have me towed. Now, I understand I'm not entitled to a parking spot, but in 2 years I have never seen this lot more than 1/4 full, so I really don't think I'm taking a spot from anyone. But onto the legal stuff: Can they actually tow my car? There is not a single sign indicating anywhere that parking is restricted and that it's a tow-away zone (there's actually not a single sign in general on the lot). I'm not the most legal literate so looking it up didn't make it too clear for me. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2019 12:46 PM PDT So this happened back in March of 2017 when I was a Junior in college in Pennsylvania. I contracted some cold or virus and I was bedridden with a temperature of ~104 for ~4 days at my home. I went to go to the bathroom one night and passed out. I had a friend take me to the hospital and when they saw me they fast tracked me to the emergency room. They (nurses & doctors) asked a slew of questions and ran a bunch of tests. They ran a lumbar puncture because (at the time) there was a case of meningitis at a nearby college. Came up negative. Ran a bunch of blood cultures and other random stuff... The first notable piece of news I got was that I had a blood infection. Mind you, I was and still am a very healthy in shape person. 6'1", 170 lbs, plays sports/works out multiple times a week. I'm not some old person on the brink of death, so this took me a bit by surprise, but whatever. At that time I was just happy to hear they had some solution. I wasn't eating or drinking and all I could do was lay in bed all day. Nautious, tired, and other typical sick person symptoms. They started me on a heavy dosage IV drip of a strong antibiotics and told me I should get better and once I was healthy enough (still bed ridden in the ward) I would get discharged and have to self administer an IV drip everyday for something like 4 months. I was so sick at that point it was honestly the best news I had in days. Another day goes by, they keep taking a bunch of blood every 4-6 hours to blood culture it and confirm. They come back the next day and break the news that there is a high likelihood I have HIV/AIDs.... nope! I was in such denial. I told them my sexual history and how 2/3 sexual partners (previous girlfriend and current GF) were literally virgins beforehand. The 3rd person was a known friend and there was an incredibly low chance that she had AIDs. Anyway, they had the head doctor come in the next day and confirm and tell me I had AIDs, and the whole spiel of how you can live a full life, yadda yadda, take meds, you'll lead a normal life... fuck that. Still didn't believe it. So now we're on the probably 4th or 5th day of my hospital stay. They send in some poor nurse that had to break the news to me that they fucked up the blood cultures or swapped it or something. I was happy to hear that I didn't have AIDs, but also livid that the lab or whoever was handling could be so incompetent! Out of the blue on the 6th day I wake up and just start feeling a bit better. Nothing in terms of meds had changed. I was only taking ibuprofen. My temperature went below 100 for the first time in what was probably about 10 days. I ate some food and started feeling better. I got better the next day and they discharged me. The last notable thing that happened before I walked out of the room was that I asked the doctor/nurse "can you tell me anything related to what was wrong with me or what I contracted?" I shit you not, all the medical professional could definitively say was "it was a bad virus". That was seriously it. Thankfully I was under my mother's insurance at the time, but still got hit with a $10k bill (I need to look back at the records. It may have been higher or lower, but somewhere around that $10k mark). So reddit, can I sue to recoup any of the expenses? Can I sue them for malpractice? Can I sue for emotional distress at the time? [link] [comments]  |
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