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- My gym membership was forged
- Lawyer revoked a court approved disability from abused friend
- My dad did credit fraud to me
- Suicide attempt while on 1:1 suicide watch
- Several staff are demanding an attorney on the team give his credentials to the volunteer group. He refuses, even to HR
- My job paid my commission to someone else and said there’s nothing they can do about it.
- [GA] I visited a Chiropractor for my back problem. He "treated" me including aligning my spine, next day I couldn't walk. I found out later I have herniated disc from trauma.
- [TX] Got insurance on a car I was going to buy. Deal fell through and the owner wrecked the car in the month while the insurance was still active. Now I got a call saying he hit a house and there has been a claim filed against me.
- Recently turned 18 and SSI is saying I am a incompetent adult
- Presidential ballot was forged.
- If my grandma dies and i was a beneficiary, can my mother legally use that money?
- (TX) Seller/Realtors did not disclose HOA and Title has a N/A in the acknowledgement portion of closing documents. Do I have to pay?
- I’m on Salary at my company and they just sent out an email stating - Oct. 1st everyone will be required to use an app to track your hours and you will be paid on hours clocked. Is this legal?
- My rent check was stolen and deposited. BoA, the bank that deposited it, own't return my money. Do I have any recourse?
- Towing company won't let me get my wallet from my car. Can they do that?
- What to do if my employer has a policy that prohibits speaking about wages?
- [MA] I'm moving from Boston to NYC and my company has agreed to let me work remotely. However, they require I sign this contract... and it's freaking me out a little.
- Employer claiming faults with a completed contract and refusing payment
- [VA] Tow company pulled my car into a parked car and caused $2,000 exhaust damage. What steps should I take?
- [Texas] Mandatory safety meeting during unpaid lunch break?
- Private US eye clinic nearly blinded my Dad through surgery, then lied about it. What can I do so that people stay away from these crazy people?
- Is it legal for my job to withhold wages that I earned?
| Posted: 25 Sep 2019 04:30 AM PDT Earlier this year, I registered with ClassPass to hit the gym in New York City. I went to a few gyms, including Crunch Fitness. After I canceled my ClassPass membership, I noticed that I was being billed by Crunch Fitness for a membership, which was weird. I contacted their customer support and it took several months until I could actually cancel that gym membership. Since I didn't remember signing up for a gym membership, I asked for a refund, then I would referred to the original guy who registered me - who isn't even working there anymore. I finally got one of the customer support reps to give me a copy of the original application -- turns out they fucking FORGED my signature. Not sure how they even got my credit card information - I never actually paid for anything through them. It is possible that they were able to obtain that information through Class Pass. Note at this point, it has already been nine months since I started to get billed and they owe me over $500 - and I still haven't been able to get a refund from them. Can I sue? They can't just steal my credit card information and forge my signature. What would be the best way to go about this? [link] [comments]  |
| Lawyer revoked a court approved disability from abused friend Posted: 25 Sep 2019 02:09 AM PDT Edit: hey, comments have pointed out a lot of missing information so I decided to add a note at the top instead of rearranging the story below because that might confuse newcomers and the ppl that have already tried to help "The lawyer" is the social security office. The timeframe. First filed over 2 years ago. Judge approved 2 months ago. SS denied it yesterday. Her grandma is representing her so shes not completely in the loop of some of the details. She was determined to be incompetent. My friend (26f) was abused by her uncle from 5 years old to 16 years old before the family caught him and separated them. Edit: bot asked for the location. This is in California. She's been seeing a psychiatrist for almost 10 years because since then she is unable to cope with the outside world. She was rarely able to leave her house during that time and a slew of other things but her problem is stressful situations, disagreements with people, conflict in general puts her on the ground in crippling anxiety and/or fear. She's been recieving a social security check from something her phych got approved and her phych filed for disability almost a year ago. Last week her phych told her that the case finally made it to court and the judge approved it immediately after just a short explanation of the circumstances. Yesterday she gets a letter in the mail from a lawyer. Claiming the judge abused his power and her disability is denied. Upon further review reading notes from her phych January 2018 "today she has the cognitive ability to answer questions and communicate appropriately. Also she is alert and aware of her surroundings" The lawyer then states this proves she is a capable functioning adult not in need of assistance. This is revoking her social security checks as well claiming she is a normal simply because she could speak and listen to her therapist one day. Does anyone know of there is a way to challenge this? Simply being able to talk means you aren't disabled? This lawyer is taking everything from her. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2019 04:24 AM PDT NEVADA So a year ago my father did credit fraud (opened a credit card under my name) while I was away working in another country. I found out about it during one of my visits back home. Initially, I had decided to report it as credit fraud, but my mom and siblings asked me to instead work it out civilly with him, and I came to an agreement that he'd pay $800 a month so that the card would be paid off in a year. I called the credit card company and explained the situation, but had asked them if they could prevent from any further charges being made to the account, which they said yes (so I assumed I could be paying off the card while the account remained frozen). Fast forward to today, I'm back living in the stated and I come to find out that my father used the card again. I tried to dispute it and now the card company is saying I am responsible because I had come to an agreement with my father a year ago and was therefore accepting responsibility. I'm not on speaking terms with my family anymore and now I have this debt to my name. Is there really nothing I can do to clear my name of this debt? [link] [comments]  |
| Suicide attempt while on 1:1 suicide watch Posted: 24 Sep 2019 05:27 PM PDT Long story short, my husband attempted suicide while under 1:1 supervision. His tech was out in the hallway bullshitting on his computer while my husband was alone in the ER room. He had taken his phone back from the bag it was in on the floor, broke it in half, and shoved it in his neck, trying to hit the carotid. The only reason he's still alive is because the shitty iPhone glass kept breaking because his carotid was too thick. He'd been trying to cut it through for about 5 minutes on two separate areas before they noticed his heart rate had skyrocketed and came in to check on him. Do I even have a case here? I get the wound was self-inflicted, but he was there to be in a safe environment from a overdose suicide attempt earlier in the day, and they knew that, hence assigning him to one on one supervision. My husband is better mentally now, thank god, but he hasn't regained sensation on the right side of his neck. I'm just really upset about how the hospital brushed the incident off and was super sketchy about it. Plus, he seriously could have died or had serious mental deficits had he been successful. I live in Utah in the US. TL;DR: can you sue a hospital for not really supervising a patient who's supposed to have constant supervision? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2019 06:37 AM PDT This may be a dozy so be prepared There is a nonprofit volunteer organization in Oklahoma that brought me in to assist with HR. There are people across the country involved. Two attorneys are part of the staff as well. One is from New York who's credentials were easy to find and she was more than happy to give information for us to keep with records. The other refuses to give any information or credentials or data. He was already in the group before I joined, and initially I was unaware of this. I just thought "cool, an attorney to help out." Time has passed and now there are members of staff that are demanding he gives proof, even the leader of the organization is struggling and unsure what to do. I am asking, is he allowed to do this since we are a non profit? Or does he at least have to have it in record with HR do we can say "we can confirm he is legit attorney." If anyone asks. We have been using his legal advice for a time before the other joined, and I'm worried about consequences for our non profit using his advice if it turns out he isn't truly an attorney. Edit: For clarification because I realize I've mentioned several states. The non profit is in Oklahoma. The attorney who does not want to give out information is from Texas. [link] [comments]  |
| My job paid my commission to someone else and said there’s nothing they can do about it. Posted: 25 Sep 2019 10:30 AM PDT Hello everybody. So to start off, I am a 1099 employee for a solar company. I sell residential solar, and I get paid a commission off of every sale I get. I have a contract that reflects that I'll be paid out for every sale at the regular rate. Basically what happened is this- my old manager was a dirtbag. He constantly had people put sales under his name, claiming it would help us all win a contest, and that we would pay us after he got paid for it. Well he was terminated for some very shady business practices, and we've been dealing with the cleanup. One of the things I've dealt with is that I just had a sale that was installed, and was set to be paid out on 9/20. I emailed our company accountant on 9/13, plenty of time before payroll was done, and explained the situation, essentially telling him that it was under my old bosses name, but that it was my sale and I needed to make sure I get paid for my work. He gave me a thumbs up over text when I told him I emailed him. 9/20 comes, and big surprise, I don't get paid. I text the accountant, and he said he would look into it and call me the next day. As of yesterday, nothing from him. So I went above him and called our CEO, who told me that they accidentally paid it to my old boss, and there was nothing they could do about it because they won't pay it out twice. Is there anything I can do about this? I know being a 1099 limits my rights, but I feel I did everything I was supposed to to let them know I was owed that money. It as about $3K that I missed out on because of our accountant's negligence. I'm in Arkansas, if that effects my rights. Thank you for any help. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2019 07:26 AM PDT About 3 weeks ago, I visited a local Chiropractor who my brother recommended. I've had lower back pain after moving few boxes about 2~3 weeks prior to that day, and I wanted to get an X-ray to see if there were any issues with my disc. I explained that to the chiropractor, and he explained I may have had disc bulging or slipped when I first had pains, but by now, it should have slipped back in, and that most of the pain is from the muscle. So he doesn't take any first patient forms or anything, but takes me straight to a room with a mechanical massage table, uses one of those electric muscle relaxer, and about 40 minutes later, takes me to a room with one of those table where you can lift up some parts of the table, and push down hard to "align your spine". He did those few times, then poppped my neck and back few times. After few more stretches? he tells me to come back tomorrow. I was ok that night, but the next day, I had the worst pain in my life. I could not get up, or sit down. There was only 1 position that felt manageable, and I had to lie down all day. The next day, I went to a different Chiropractor, one who specializes is pain and spinal treatments. He tells me those tables where you lift up and push down your body can be traumatic to a disc patient, and recommended me to get an MRI. 2 days later, I get an MRI and the doctor who specializes in MRI? says I have 2 herniated discs and 1 bulging disc from a trauma. The only trauma I experienced in my body was that prior Chiropractor. I never fell or was involved in any car accident. I have not been able to work for 3 weeks now, and I am slowly getting better, but the pain is still there. The new Chiropractor is really helping me with the pain, as I can now sit down and walk a few steps. But I still have sharp pains in my knee, and sometimes feel numbing sensation. I explained to my family, and they think I don't really have a case here for medical malpractice as it's really hard to prove that Chiropractor is the one who caused it, and even if he did, it may be considered he wasn't doing anything medically wrong. Is this true or should I go consult a lawyer? This is in Atlanta, GA [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2019 10:08 PM PDT He was not on the insurance, there was no transfer of funds between he and I or transfer of title. Am I on the hook for this? If my insurance doesn't cover it can I be personally liable? [link] [comments]  |
| Recently turned 18 and SSI is saying I am a incompetent adult Posted: 25 Sep 2019 02:55 AM PDT So I recently turned 18 and SSI sent me a letter with changes to how much I will receive and it said I am consider a incompetent adult even tho I don't fall under any of the guidelines that would say otherwise. My Payee would still be my mother but I want to know why they would say I am incompetent. I have phycosis(use to have bad paranoia but I am medicated and barely have it anymore) , ptsd (no flash backs or anything hell I don't even think this diagnosis is true) depression and a heart condition (treatrology of fallot) and had a learning disability. I plan on calling like later today but I was wondering if there was someone who could have say I was incompetent and what steps to take to change the status. Edit: This is in USA California [link] [comments]  |
| Presidential ballot was forged. Posted: 25 Sep 2019 09:04 AM PDT During the last presidential election I went to my local polling station to place my presidential vote only to find out that I couldn't because someone had already voted on my behalf. Is there any way to clear this up? How can I prevent this from happening again? This happened in NYC [link] [comments]  |
| If my grandma dies and i was a beneficiary, can my mother legally use that money? Posted: 25 Sep 2019 05:21 AM PDT Im in New york, I'm 18. Was looking through our family files, and i come across life insurance papers from when my grandma died (6 years ago) . I saw that i was a beneficiary. I know my mother doesn't have any of that money left, and i also don't remember her ever telling me about a savings account or that my grandma even left me money. i don't want to be greedy, i just want to know if i was actually entitled to the money, or if it could've gone to my mother legally a different way. i know nothing about all of this, sorry if its all over the place [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2019 12:07 PM PDT I received a call today from the President of the neighborhood HOA welcoming me to the neighborhood and informing me that we are bound by their rules whether we're "pay-for-voting-privilege" members or are just passive members. I have been anti-HOA for years and made it very clear I did not want to purchase property under and HOA. The Seller's Disclosure did not disclose an HOA. The Realtor listing said "No" under the HOA information section. The title paperwork seems to say "N/A" under the HOA section. I can't find any evidence that I was ever informed of this organization. Yet, he told me that they have had to take other residents to court and received judgments in the thousands of dollars multiple times due to breaking of the rules. I believe him as he is also someone I personally know and absolutely is not a liar. I am waiting to receive the by-laws and hear back from my realtor before contacting an attorney. However, (from Google) this sounds like a "voluntary HOA" and I'm being pressured to join. Is this a real thing? Am I obligated to pay dues and follow their rules if none of my paperwork disclosed the HOA? What recourse do I have? I would not have purchased this home if I had known this beforehand. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2019 06:54 AM PDT I was under the impression that you can't deduct a salaried employees pay based on hours worked in a single day. OKlahoma [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2019 10:56 PM PDT In June, I mailed my rent check to my landlord. He called and said he never received it. I checked my bank account and it had already been deposited. I inquired with my bank and told them I thought the check was stolen because I could see from the image online that it had not been endorsed (signed on the back). They got back to me and said that because the endorsement didn't exist and there was still money in the receiving account, they would be able to quickly return the money to my account, which they did. A few days later, it was taken out again. My bank called me and told me Bank of America, the bank where the check was deposited, denied the claim and refused to return the money. My bank told me BoA thought I had "benefited from the transaction" in some way. My bank said I had to take it up with BoA. A bunch of back and forth later, I get the claim number from my bank, get on a call with a rep from BoA, and find out that they can't offer me more details because that would be revealing details about an account I did not own. It's unclear if they meant my bank's relationship with BoA or the account that wrongfully deposited my check. The BoA rep said I basically have no options and my bank has to do something. One option they mentioned was my bank could submit for "reconsideration". I don't know what that means and I'm tired of being a football. Are there any tips for navigating this bureaucracy and do I have any legal recourse here? Edit: This happened in NYC [link] [comments]  |
| Towing company won't let me get my wallet from my car. Can they do that? Posted: 25 Sep 2019 09:56 AM PDT I know nothing about law or legal issues, i'm 20. Basically, my car was repossessed and i have 10 days to get it back, which i can do. the issue is that my wallet and my tools were in my car. I am a construction worker and I live in Florida. granted, i do care about the tools because they cost so much, i can get by without them. what i cannot get by is not having my ID/Debit Card, which are in my wallet. inside of my car. i don't care about the tools i just need my id and money. i found the repo company, called and asked if i could get my wallet so i can have my id from my car. they told me that i would need to pay $100, provide id and have the car keys. i can't pay if you're holding my wallet hostage... they kept saying this robotic response so i went with it. now they say i can't get it until tomorrow after 2pm with an appointment. i can't get into disney to work without an ID. and i can't pay them without my wallet. inside of my car. if i were to go there today, what could i do to get my wallet? [link] [comments]  |
| What to do if my employer has a policy that prohibits speaking about wages? Posted: 25 Sep 2019 06:53 AM PDT Alabama - My employer has a policy stating that under no circumstances should an employee discuss their wage with another employee, regardless of the reason. The punishment for violation is termination of employment. Is this legal, and is there a way to report it without getting fired for violating it before reporting? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2019 06:36 AM PDT I am an employee at a tech company in Boston, MA. My partner has gotten a new job in New York City, so we will be moving. I got approval from my managers, the VP of my department, as well as HR to continue my employment remotely. Historically, the company has been extremely remote friendly and we are a partially distributed team. However, as of late, there has been more of a push from upper management to have more employees in the home office. Regardless of that, I was still approved by all parties to work remotely. The majority of my team is remote, from Chicago to Boston to North Carolina, and I already work from home 3 days a week, so this should be a very easy transition for me. We set up video calls for all meetings, and I'm able to do all my work from my laptop. My manager mentioned that HR would be writing up an agreement and I would be required to visit the home office in Boston occasionally, which is no problem for me. However, the contract they sent me is a bit worrisome. I've copied it below.
A lot of it reads like a typical employment contract and I understand already that I am an at will employee, and my position could be terminated at any time without cause. However, the part that concerns me is the 90 day trial period, as well as the possibility of the agreement extending every 90 days. I'm familiar with 90 day trial periods at the start of a new job, but I have not experienced an employment relationship where I am continually evaluated every three months. As an employee who reports into the home office, my relationship is not evaluated every 3 months. We have an annual review and goals throughout the year, which lead to promotions or performance bonuses. Not sure if that is synonymous? The way this contract reads to me seems like the first opportunity they get, they may end the relationship, as they have urged many times "many jobs are not appropriate for telecommute" and that this type of relationship may not be appropriate for business needs. I guess I'm trying to figure out if I should be concerned that my job is in jeopardy or if by signing this I give my company ammo to terminate my employment simply because they no longer want to support remote work. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Employer claiming faults with a completed contract and refusing payment Posted: 25 Sep 2019 12:25 PM PDT About a year ago, I started a contract for a small startup. I finished it in April and part of the contract was to demonstrate the technology in person. The demo went fine and no issues were brought up. The payment was supposed to be partly a physical asset and partly cash. I have received the physical asset already along with a signed transfer of property document but no cash. It's been about 6 months and the company I'm dealing with decided to, rather than communicate anything, block all communication as soon as the contract was complete. Now that I've had enough waiting and trying to communicate, I went to their office and asked what's going on and they said "[they] are withholding payment". They also brought up things that they are claiming weren't fully correct in the completion of the contract 6 months after it'd already been acknowledged as completed. Can they nullify an already acknowledged and completed contract? Would I be able to get my payment through a small claims court and if so, would I have to pay the legal fees? Doesn't seem fair that I have to go through all this work AND loose some of the money, let alone time, to get what was already owed for my time under the contract. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2019 07:09 AM PDT Virginia. I had my car towed about 2.5 months ago. My car was still in the parking spot. The operator attached cables to my car while I was in it turning the wheel as he pulled. We were getting very close to another car, so I started to hit the brakes. The truck kept pulling and it pulled into a parked car on the exhaust side. I have pictures. Immediately after the accident, it only appeared to be slight body damage to my vehicle, so I offered to take a free tow as long as there was no additional damage to the exhaust system. I asked the mechanic to take a quick look at it. He said there didn't appear to be any additional damage, but because of the work I was having done, they never put the car in air to look underneath. Fast forward 2.5 months I'm getting my oil changed, and when they put it up, the first thing they notice is that the tailpipe is bent into the leaf spring and will rub until it develops a hole. A support hanger by the muffler was also bent, and in the mechanic's opinion, was likely caused by the impact. Because of the way the parts were messed up and where they are, the only way to really fix it is to replace a good portion of it. The quote is for $2,000. [link] [comments]  |
| [Texas] Mandatory safety meeting during unpaid lunch break? Posted: 25 Sep 2019 09:13 AM PDT Throwaway for anonymity Full time employee, working 7-4 with an hour lunch break. Today when taking lunch, managers told everyone to clock out and come attend a mandatory safety meeting. This is cutting our lunch hour short and we are not getting paid for this time. Is this legal? Advice on how to approach this would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2019 09:49 PM PDT Long story short, my dad went in for a non-emergency cataract surgery in Virginia. A week after the surgery, he lost vision in one eye. He went back to the clinic and they told him that he had a mini stroke in his sleep causing his retina to detach. They took his blood pressure, noted it as high, gave him medicine as to "prevent blindness from happening in the other eye. My dad, a healthy guy that works out regularly, was skeptical so he took his own blood pressure when he got home. Three separate times, all normal. He went to get a second opinion for his eye, and after doing some tests, they couldn't find any signs of a mini stroke, and were led to believe that the surgery was just performed poorly. They recommended he get corrective surgery immediately as the retina only has a certain window before its lost for good. THE PRIVATE CLINIC FOUND OUT MY FATHER HAD GOTTEN A SECOND OPINION, AND TRIED TO DISSUADE HIM FROM GETTING THE SURGERY, stating that these other guys had no idea what they were doing. Mind you these other guys were a well respected public clinic in the area. They went further and tried to get my father to wait until the surgeon who performed the surgery, got back from overseas vacation in 7 days. What. The. Fuck. My father told them to fuck off, rightfully so, and went ahead with the surgery. Now....it would seem that the first private clinic, fucked up the surgery, realized they fucked up, and tried to blame the fuck up on my fathers health. And when he went to get the second opinion, afraid of being found for malpractice, tried to get my father to wait, so that his condition would be incurable and they could blame it on "the mini stroke." My father wants to wait until everything heals before even considering suing, and all the stress that comes with that, but what can I do in the meantime so people stay away from this crazy clinic? I'm obviously beyond furious, but would like to prevent this clinic from taking advantage of other people like that. TLDR; They nearly blinded my father, and then fucking lied about it. How can I get the word out that maybe people should consider another eye clinic? Edit: Added location. [link] [comments]  |
| Is it legal for my job to withhold wages that I earned? Posted: 25 Sep 2019 08:12 AM PDT I work in the state of Missouri for a company that pays commission but I'm not a 1099 employee. My company does "claw backs", meaning that if I sell business that doesn't stay on the books for at least 1 month, they'll deduct what I was paid off of my next check. Yesterday, we found out that they're going to start withholding 15% of every paycheck and put those funds into what they're calling a "piggy bank". That way any claw backs that we may have in the future can be withdrawn from our reserve funds. It's a rolling 3 month window. So if I still have money in my "piggy bank" at the end of that quarter, I get a check for that amount. If we quit our job before the end of the quarter, we will not be paid for any remaining funds that we have in our piggy bank.
I don't know who to contact? The Department of Labor? [link] [comments]  |
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