- [Update] [NY] Was involved in a car crash, my car was totaled. Other party was found to be 100% at fault. Insurance is lowballing the payout. Other party and I have the same insurance company.
- HELP- my autistic son’s behavioral therapist called CPS over turmeric. Not kidding.
- [Update][WI] Local official awards himself contracts
- My Wedding Cake Never Showed Up
- Guy threatens to kill me multiple times at work, job says there isn’t enough to go by. Now same guy calls Inspector General and is feeding them lies about me. I’m under investigation and my jobs atmosphere is nothing like what it used to be. I feel unsafe and targeted, what do I do?!
- [WI] I (25f) have been very very sick all year. Took 3 ambulance rides earlier this year. My stepdad took the insurance money and pocketed it.
- I live in Alaska, received a default civil judgement in California (stemming from a hit and run where I was a victim) despite never being notified or served
- Austrian newspaper published my artwork as a lead image without permission nor credit
- (Maine, USA) - Wife (school kitchen manager) fell down the stairs at home and sprained her ankle. We have two doctor's notes that say to limit standing. Her boss wants to call the doctor because HR is on vacation until Wednesday.
- My health insurance provider canceled my policy due to their mistake, didn't tell me, and continued to accept my payments
- Someone stole $2,000 from me on Zelle, I don't use Zelle
- My landlord got hacked
- Debt collector doesn't understand a request to validate debt. Time to get a lawyer? [IN-US]
- Landlord reveals he needs access to my apartment once weekly, after I have already moved in.
- Can a landlord force me to renew lease because my roommate don't want to give notice to vacate? VA
- Neighbours asking for an easement to build drainage pipes through our property
- I'm in foster care, USA, and both my parents and worker have been procrastinating taking me to my old home to get clothes and other supplies.
- [Florida] My friends are shoplifting without me knowing. How can I legally protect myself in the event that they're caught and I'm with them?
- My landlord took $460 off my security deposit for unavoidable damage
- [CANADA] I am (close to) a slave and don’t see a way out.
- How do I approach separating when my husband refuses to leave?
- My mother is old and unwell. She thinks people are stealing from her and has now called the police to report the theft and that she has two suspects.
- Kicked Off My Cattle Lease
- Fiance spent all my money
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 05:53 AM PDT My original post can be found here After several months of back and forth with only small increases in the offer from Geico, I finally accepted their settlement, and promptly turned around and sued the other driver in Small Claims Court for the difference. Geico told the other driver that their duties of subrogation had been met and he was on his own for this, so he showed up with his own lawyer for the initial hearing. The day after the hearing, that lawyer then contacted Geico, seemingly disputed their stance on subrogation, and then Geico contacted me with a settlement offer of the amount for which I was suing. So in the end, Geico paid me the total replacement value of the vehicle as I saw it. [link] [comments]  |
| HELP- my autistic son’s behavioral therapist called CPS over turmeric. Not kidding. Posted: 01 Nov 2019 01:44 AM PDT EDIT: thank you all so much for your feedback. The irony in all of this is that I am a mandated reporter as well which, in a sense, has made me more concerned. Alas, I'm trudging forward with abandon and will be kind and cooperative. I'll be sure to post updates. I am in California. I need help and I'm hoping that some of you may have some insight. My autistic 6 year old has been with the same ABA (behavioral therapy) company for 4 years and we love them. Several weeks ago, we got a new behavioral therapist who is with my son 4 days a week, 2 of them at our home. I have not been happy with her as she rubbed me the wrong way from the start: harsher that necessary with my son and overall cold and calloused. I spoke to our BCBA (supervisor) and she said the therapist was brand new to the company and that they'd give her further training. Today, I get a phone call from our BCBA who tells me that CPS was called over a concern that there was a bottle of supplements (turmeric, to be specific) on the counter that my son allegedly picked up and it concerned her. The therapist never said anything to me about this. Our BCBA then says that she herself has been to our home many times and is here to back me up in anyway needed and that she has never been concerned about anything in our home. Questions:
Any feedback would be much appreciated. This is brand new territory for me and, quite frankly, I'm terrified even though I know that I'm a damn good special needs mother. [link] [comments]  |
| [Update][WI] Local official awards himself contracts Posted: 01 Nov 2019 08:16 AM PDT Update to this I went back and forth for a couple months on how to best get the ball rolling on having someone investigate the town chairman. Considering how difficult it had been to get records from the chairman, I decided to just run against him in the spring election. Including the chairman, three of the five board seats were up for election. With the help of some neighbors, we put together a little "campaign" flyer and mailed it out to everyone in the town. It seems the old board wasn't all that popular, and all the incumbents including the chairman lost their re-election bids by a significant margin. As the new chairman and armed with the keys to the town hall, I gathered all the relevant documents and handed them over to the DA's office. They were pretty interested and investigated for a few weeks, but ultimately they told me that even though they thought the whole thing was shady, too much of it hinged on whether the former chairman had criminal intent. They said it came down to a question of whether or not the town just kept really awful records of discussions, voting, and recusal when considering contracts with the chairman. Part of their reluctance I think was that he had already been voted out of office. Mostly I'm just glad the guy is gone. Unfortunately I've been busy since getting elected since the town records weren't the only thing that got sloppy while the other guy was in charge. Also it turns out that local government positions are pretty thankless, but someone has to do it I guess. And I'm not a crook so that's a plus. [link] [comments]  |
| My Wedding Cake Never Showed Up Posted: 01 Nov 2019 06:01 AM PDT As the post implies, our cake never showed. The cake lady is telling us that she thought the wedding was the day after the actual date. We sent the money in full to her, and on the order we included the date for the actual date 10/19/19. She has apologized, but has stated that she can only give us 60% as a refund because she has business expenses and can't afford to give us the rest of the money back. Obviously, I know this isn't right and i deserve to get my money back, but here is my thing, how long of a case am I looking at with small claims court? I'm in Tulsa, OK. Essentially she is offering to give me $480 back instead of $800. Is it even worth going to court over if the case is going to be dragged out or should I just settle for 60% and write reviews/report the business to the BBB? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 04:44 AM PDT Long story short, (this is in NY, NY) A coworker of mine was involved in an accident and hasn't been the same since. He has/had a huge lawsuit against the company I work for because of this accident. One day I'm working with him, and he randomly begins to tell me that he's going to kill me. That it'll take a couple months before what he does to me, kills me. He says it multiple times, in front of my foreman as well. Occasionally adding that he would kill another coworker of mine first, and I'll be able to witness that death first before I die. I tell my foreman that I'm scared and I don't know how to take this. He tells me "he probably forgot to take his meds, he will forget about this tomorrow". We get back to our shop and he says it again, I confront him, frustrated. Just verbal, asking him why he's saying these things. He has no response and my foreman tells me to take a walk. I bring it up to my managers, and an investigation status, foreman claims to write a statement. I saw it, 5 lines long, he "forgot" the rest. The guy is let off. He then calls inspector general tells them A bunch of lies about me, and the other guy he mentioned. Also a bunch about other people he's has issues with. Now I'm under investigation for being a drug dealer. No one at work trusts me anymore, barely talk to me. I'm alienated, and the call to the ig opened up investigations against so many other coworkers and it's all being blamed on me having brought told the managers that this guy wanted to kill me. My sanity is dissolving, I don't know if there's anything i can do to legally protect myself. When the IG interview me, can I demand a lawyer first or do I have to speak with them? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 09:33 AM PDT In February and March my kidneys stopped working and I ended up having 3 separate ambulance rides totaling over $3,000. I've been very sick ever since also and haven't exactly been on top of insurance things etc. I'm on my stepdad's insurance plan. I called the ambulance company because I saw it went to collections (I moved recently so didn't receive the letters) and they said my insurance said they sent 3 checks totaling over 3k to my address on file (my parent's address) and the checks were made out to the subscriber (my stepdad). The letters with the checks stated what and who it was for. He definitely pocketed the money. My parents aren't responding to my messages. I am SO upset. I'm literally hospitalized right now and I feel so helpless and drowning in medical debt and they know how hard things are for me... and they took my money. I informed the insurance company and they said since the checks were addressed to him there is nothing they can do. Is there anything I can do. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2019 10:32 PM PDT Edit: I just want to add that this case is not found when searched for on the relevant court website. I have also never received anything regarding this claim, including any hits to my credit which I monitor frequently. The whole thing is so bizarre. It almost feels like this collection agency was waiting until the maximum amount of time had passed (nearly 10 years) in order to collect as much interest as possible. That's pure speculation on my part however, since they haven't given me a dollar amount. I will be filing a motion to vacate as soon as possible. I'm hoping the clock started ticking when they sent me the notarized letter with the court case information, rather than the original phone call from several months ago. Original post: As the title says, I live in Alaska. I was, briefly, in California in 2008. That summer I was in a bike crash, a truck ran me off the road on my way to work and they never found the guy. I was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. I had insurance, and it paid most of my bills. I paid the remainder that I owed to the hospital, but never received anything from the ambulance service (which was the local FD). Fast forward to three months ago when out of blue I receive a phone call from a collection agency. I think it's a hoax or fraud or something, and I tell them as much. They claim that they have a default judgement against me from 2010. I scoff and say I moved from California to Alaska in September of 2008. I ask how they served me notice of the court case. They list off my old address from California--where I did not live at the time of the supposed service. I tell them that even if there is a real court judgment (which I doubt), it was clearly fraudulently obtained. At no point do they tell me how much they think I owe or how I might pay them. A week ago I received a non-certified letter with a supposed copy of the court judgement (still no dollar amounts on it though). I tried looking up the court case online and found nothing. Today they attempted to levy my bank account. Thankfully it just so happened that there wasn't much in there as my wife is an accountant and had moved things around recently. Weirdly the sheriff's department that attempted the levy is in a different county than the court judgement. What do I need to do? I know I need a lawyer, but in Alaska or California? Or both? And if in California, who do I call? (Not asking for a specific lawyer/law firm but just in general). [link] [comments]  |
| Austrian newspaper published my artwork as a lead image without permission nor credit Posted: 01 Nov 2019 07:08 AM PDT Hello everyone, Was just made aware that an Austrian newspaper published my concept artwork/rendering of a 2021 Formula 1 car without credit nor permission from me, using it as a leading photo both in print and online. How should I go about this? I'm obviously going to seek compensation as the damage has been done, the image was published in print without credit. How should I approach the newspaper being that I'm not even from their country? What are the things I can/should do about this? Would appreciate all your help! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 06:05 AM PDT My wife is a kitchen manager at an elementary school in Maine. She fell down the stairs The evening of October 15th (Tuesday) and hurt her ankle. We went to a walk-in express care clinic the next morning and confirmed her ankle was just badly sprained, not broken. They told her to stay off it for a few days and then only limited use until it got better. Because she has a standing job, We dropped a doctor's note off with her supervisor and got the OK for her to stay home, using sick time, for the remaining 3 days of that week. She went back to work Monday the 21st, with an air cast (really just a removable brace), and tried to limit her standing. Due to her job, she wasn't able to sit nearly enough and her ankle just stopped getting any better. So a week and a half later, she went to her primary doctor (Oct 30), and her primary doctor sent another note to her supervisor stating that she will need a modified work plan to allow her ankle to heal. Now her supervisor wants to get HR involved (That's fine) but HR is on vacation until mid week next week, so her supervisor want's her to talk to her supervisors boss, AKA bigger boss, but the bigger boss wants to call the doctor for clarification. We feel they everything they need to know outlined in the two notes they have gotten from two different doctors. If history with other school employees is any indication, they are probably going to start giving her serious flack. If they don't accommodate her needs, what do we need to know before we decide to get a lawyer involved? Can the bigger boss even talk to the doctor if we haven't given consent? We're really just looking for her to be able to sit and ice her ankle for 5 or 10 minutes 3 or 4 times during her shift (difficult due to the nature of the job) or shorten her shift to limit standing time. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 08:45 AM PDT This is in NY - in April my health insurance provider cancelled my policy and didn't inform me. They also continued to accept my payments until September when my login details suddenly didn't work and I called them. They told me my policy was cancelled due to an error on their side (I've never missed a payment), but now have given me a bizarre choice: either: a) get a refund for the months I was paying despite not being insured, BUT they won't reinstate my health insurance until the next year. b) Let them keep the money I paid them for doing absolutely nothing, and they can restart my coverage from now. I've never taken legal action against anyone or anything before so I don't know if I have a case here, but surely there's something extremely wrong in them letting me walk around for months thinking I was insured when I wasn't, taking my money during those few months, and also holding me to ransom if I want to be covered for the last two months of the year. Would I be able to sue them for any of this? [link] [comments]  |
| Someone stole $2,000 from me on Zelle, I don't use Zelle Posted: 31 Oct 2019 11:03 PM PDT [Located in NYC] There is a charge on my Chase Business bank statement that shows $2,000 going to someone named "PDAWG" on Zelle but I never authorized this nor do I use Zelle. I have heard of Zelle before but have had my Venmo account hacked in the past and lost over $700 so I don't use any apps like that anymore. (Cashapp Zelle Applepay etc.) When money was stolen via Venmo a few months ago, I called Venmo, my bank, and the police but no one was able to help me. I was credited by my bank and then after the investigation ended was told the payments were not fraud even after I faxed in the police report, so will the same thing happen with this Zelle incident? I don't want to have to go through all the trouble of calling to police and sending in the report if they will not able to help me. I also checked my online bank account and saw that there were authorized logins from two devices I don't recognize and was wondering if maybe they could find out who did this through the logins? I really don't know what to do anymore because I have 2fa on all my accounts and don't see any emails or texts for verification to log into my bank. From the way the bank and law enforcement will see it, since it wasn't a phishing scam and the person who schemed me somehow got my information without me involved at all, the transaction will not be flagged as fraudulent by any side. Is there anything else I can do except hope my bank can reimburse me? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 01:02 AM PDT I send my rent to my landlord via e-transfer every month and have done so for a couple of years. Each month I send him my rent and a separate e-mail telling him what the password for the transfer is. This month, his e-mail was compromised and someone else cashed my e-transfer. He believes I still owe him rent and that the responsibility for this falls on me. I have a receipt saying that I sent money to his e-mail and that the money was accepted and deposited. I've spoken with my bank and they are opening an investigation. I've spoken to the police and filed a report and they will be calling me back at some point tomorrow. I'm obviously going to pursue this as far as I can, but I guess my big question is - am I still on the hook for rent if it went to his e-mail and was deposited from there? He's saying that because it never hit his bank account, it's a theft from me rather than a theft from him. I live in BC, Canada. [link] [comments]  |
| Debt collector doesn't understand a request to validate debt. Time to get a lawyer? [IN-US] Posted: 01 Nov 2019 06:14 AM PDT Hi all - I previously had service with Comcast which included TV, Internet, and Home Alarm. When we moved out of that house, I called Comcast and tried to transfer the service. At that point they realized that they could not transfer the service because I would be out of their service area. So I was allowed to cancel the TV, Internet, and Alarm service without an ETF. You should also know that all of my Comcast payments were setup for autopay and were never late. I am 100% sure that I don't owe Comcast a single penny. It's been over a year since I canceled this service. About 8 months ago I started getting calls from ERC (a debt collector). I followed the process and requested verification/validation of the debt. A couple weeks later I received a letter in the mail from ERC stating that the debt could not be verified and that they were no longer going to pursue it. Today I got a new call from a company called Southwest Credit Systems. They're now trying to collect on the same debt. So, again, I tried to follow the process and explained that they need to A.) Validate the debt and send me correspondence via the US Mail, and B.) Stop calling me until that's been done. The agent on the phone didn't seem familiar with this and transferred me to her supervisor. I spoke to him for a minute and he also didn't seem to understand my legal rights. He said that Southwest Credit Systems was going to send me a letter today, but the best he could do was to send me the "last statement" from comcast. I told him that I need them to provide all details of the debt and its history via mail, and I also explained that this debt was previously attempted to be collected by ERC. Both the agent and the supervisor wrapped up the conversation with "Thank you for allowing Comcast to serve you". Is this a shitty attempt by COMCAST to collect an invalid debt now?! I suppose I'll wait for whatever they're going to try and send me in the mail, and then I'll respond with a certified letter requesting the debt be validated, but I'm seeing red flags already that they're not collecting correctly. As of right now, there's not any marks on my credit report. If they fail to validate the debt and continue to try and collect this debt, is there much of a point in going after them or should I just ignore them? The invalid debt is somewhere between $250-$288 depending upon who you talk to and what day of the week it is. (Which I'm pretty sure is also illegal) Has anyone been in this situation and spent the time / effort to speak with a lawyer? [link] [comments]  |
| Landlord reveals he needs access to my apartment once weekly, after I have already moved in. Posted: 01 Nov 2019 08:26 AM PDT I am in New Jersey, USA. I just moved into my apartment. It is a two family home, I am renting the first floor apartment and he lives on the 2nd floor apartment. I had viewed the apartment previous to lease signing. My landlord showed me some things on day of move in, like how to use the thermostat, etc. And then he opens a door that during the showing, he never opened. I had thought it was a door to the garage, which we don't have access to, so I didn't ask questions during the showing. I should have opened that door during the showing, because it has now been revealed that this is actually the landlord's laundry room, and he needs access to this room in OUR apartment once a week. None of this was disclosed previous to me moving in. What can I do about this? I feel like it is illegal, as he intentionally deceived us. I was thinking of trying to strong arm him into paying to build a door that blocks off the hallway in our apartment that gives him access to the laundry room, but I am worried to create confrontation because I just signed a year lease and have nowhere to go if he decides to terminate. Worth adding, the lease says nothing of him needing this access. Thank you so much for any help. [link] [comments]  |
| Can a landlord force me to renew lease because my roommate don't want to give notice to vacate? VA Posted: 01 Nov 2019 05:19 AM PDT A few months ago I took over someone's lease with 2 roommates already living in the apartment. I have given my notice to vacate and they are telling me it's REQUIRED that all 3 of us give notice or it automatically goes month to month when it expires in December. One of my roommates is essentially taking us hostage and refusing to give notice to vacate. The only thing I signed stated I was taking over the lease, I looked everywhere for the rental agreement and couldn't find it. I gave sufficient notice. EDIT: I checked every correspondence I had with them, I was never given a rental agreement and it's nowhere to be found on their website. I never signed anything about automatic renewal. EDIT2: Yep turns out I'm screwed. God bless America. [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbours asking for an easement to build drainage pipes through our property Posted: 01 Nov 2019 04:55 AM PDT I live in Sydney and we've recently received a letter from our neighbours that share our back fence requesting an easement through our property to drain water (0.9m wide) onto our street's gutter. The reason why is because their property slopes down into ours, and it'll cause water to flow onto our property. Our issue is that on the left side of the house, we have our swimming pool's pump system and the other has our rainwater tank and a 1m wide space between the house and the fence. There's also concrete footpaths, which they will reinstall at their own cost. He's asked our other neighbours as well, but as far as we know they also have swimming pools in the way. Has anyone been in this situation? What do we do/need to know especially since they've involved lawyers? Is there anyone we should ask about the pipe laying? We've never experienced this before and are super lost on what to do. Edit: the letter received was from their property lawyer Edit: The reason why they need the pipes is because they're redeveloping on their land (building townhouses), and the council requires them to have a drainage system in place so the water from their land doesn't flow into other people's properties. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 05:32 AM PDT I've been in foster care for over a month. I was instantly given a home to live in. After the first week they promised to take me to my house themselves (parents) on a Saturday, and when the time came, they didn't do it and said "thats life" Next week before Saturday I ask if we can go, and they say they're busy that day, although they said this at one in the afternoon and they really didn't do anything important for the rest of the day, AFAIK I tell them over and over that I just want to get my stuff, so my worker has to come in and promise we'll go next week on Tuesday (this week). That was great, until we booked an eye appointment on that say day after school. OK great, they moved it to today, Friday. Yesterday on Thursday my foster parent "reminded" me late at night that my boxes should be ready for tomorrow and were supposed to be packed in her car. I never remember being told this, but I replied that I would fix up the boxes in the morning before school starts. Morning comes around, I woke up 20m earlier than usual, brought two out of five of the folded boxes upstairs in my room to downstairs near the door. I assumed she wanted me to store these boxes in her car, but her car was (obviously) locked and I didn't want to wake her up or annoy her in the morning. Had I brought all five folded boxes downstairs, prepped them, and put them in her car I'd be late for school (and I'm a good boy so I don't want to be late) I get to school on time and text her that I brought my two boxes downstairs (because I didn't plan on getting anymore than two boxes worth of stuff besides my PC, which wouldn't possibly fit in the box and I didn't trust it to be in one). She gets very upset and tells me it was extremely irresponsible on my part, then creates a three-way text convo between me, her, and the case worker (that she said she didn't have her number). The case worker says "Name, We are unable to get your belongings today as you did not prepare. You need to make sure we have a lot of boxes to pack up your things. Also make sure on the day we plan to go next that someone at the house knows we are coming." First off I explained myself, second off I can not contact the person at the house because I don't have their information. I have suggested before that a friend could simply go to my old home and get my belongings, then bring them to my foster home and they denied this suggestion. I have an adult friend who has asked for my workers number. They want permission to pick me up, drive me around and do stuff. What can I do? What do I do? I'm furious that this keeps getting procrastinated and pushed back. I really need my computer to get certain schoolwork and homework done. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 10:09 AM PDT Hi, The title is largely self explanatory, but more details can help. When I've gone to stores with them, they're being petty thieves without me noticing. I only see it when we've left and they say "I took X" (usually something like a snack, but the largest item has been maybe 50$). I don't want to argue the ethics of what they're doing because to be honest I can only control myself. But I'm nervous that I'll be with them and either: A: I won't realize that they stole something, they're caught, and I'm forced to either dip and pretend I had no association, or be questioned myself, potentially getting charged. B: They'll steal in front of me, putting me in an even worse position because if they're caught then, I'm an accomplice. So what would the process look like if either of the above happens? I don't steal things myself, and I obviously don't want a record, especially since I'm currently applying to universities. I've talked to them about it before, but they're stubborn and confident they won't get caught. So I want to learn what I should do in the worst case scenario Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| My landlord took $460 off my security deposit for unavoidable damage Posted: 01 Nov 2019 08:48 AM PDT 3 years ago, I moved into a just-renovated apartment in NYC. The bathroom cabinet under the sink was made of cheap, flimsy wood (or something like wood). After three years of completely normal bathroom use, the cabinet doors under the sink became damaged/warped from contact with water. My super (who has always been over-the-top rude to me and my roommate) told us that we'd have to pay for the damages. My roommate and I knew it was absolute BS...there was literally nothing we could have done to prevent the "damage" besides not using our bathroom sink. After a month of waiting (which is illegal in NYC), we got our deposit back with $460 removed from it for the cabinet. We were going to let it slide if it was like a hundred bucks or something, but $460 is an absolute joke to replace two cheap doors. Do I have any room for recourse? It's not my fault they used shitty cabinets in a bathroom that literally melt if they touch water. Nothing could have prevented this, so we are considering taking them to small claims court. Thanks for listening! [link] [comments]  |
| [CANADA] I am (close to) a slave and don’t see a way out. Posted: 01 Nov 2019 12:33 PM PDT Hello folks, I'm seeking help with my situation. Me and my wife moved to Canada on last November. We had been here before (2017) and met a business owner in Richmond, let's call him Fred. Fred has a company with his dad (John) and when we met I told him I would love to move to Canada but would need a job offer. He said that he could do a deal with me, he would do my LMIA and I would have to work for some time for him after I get my PR and I would have to pay the LMIA and Pr fees. I agreed and we moved to Canada on November 2018 and that's where the nightmare begun. On my LMIA it's stated that Ill be working 37,5 hours a week in a office for 23,50/hour (it's an office position). When I started my job his dad was VERY RUDE with me all the time, literally he was the most disgusting and disrespectful person I ever met, insulting me all the times and making my job 1000 times harder. I tried my best to not feel bad every day for working there but it was quite impossible. On top of that he said that my wage was going to be $15/hour and not $23.50 and he would discount from my paycheque the difference, with all the discounts at the end of the month I receive about $9.00/ hour which is not only below the minimum wage but also extremely low for any kind of paycheque. Whenever they are talking to me they are irreducible, always saying that if I don't agree I should go back to my country. During this last year they removed me from the office saying that his dad wasn't liking my work but as they are nice guys they were going to put me in another sector. The sector they put me is installation so I am working as a labourer. They don't pay any benefit or anything more for overtime, they don't give any protection equipment, sometimes we don't have lunch time, sometimes I work 15 hours in a day, sometimes I have to travel to Vancouver island and they don't give any penny extra for that, last week we got stuck in the island because the ferries were cancelled and he discounted the time we were sleeping from the paycheque. I asked him for a raise and he said that he already helps me too much and for me to stop pushing him. Because I get paid so low I can't save money to pay the pr fees and I can't leave the company or I lose my LMIA and have to go back to my country. It's been quite a nightmare living here and I'm only enduring because I think better days are coming but I've reached a point that I literally don't wanna wake up anymore, I just feel suffocated all the time and this has been the worst I ever passed in my life. Is there anything I can do? Please, if you can, help me find a way. [link] [comments]  |
| How do I approach separating when my husband refuses to leave? Posted: 01 Nov 2019 06:25 AM PDT My husband and I share an apartment. We are separating and likely divorcing. We are both on our apartment lease. I'm the only one that works, and have been the entire time we've had this apartment. He refuses to get a job because since we are married I "can't kick him out". He is absolutely refusing to leave, insisting I'm "not his landlord". Legally I feel stuck. I could move out but how responsible am I for the current apartment? I could inform the landlord of the situation. I also don't want to lose my apartment and leave my home only to have him be evicted anyway. Especially because he punches holes in the walls all the time and I won't be there to patch them up like I've been doing for the past year, so there's my deposit. We are super toxic to each other so we need to be separate as soon as possible. He's going out of his way to be as miserable as possible about the situation - refuses to work on our marriage and refuses to leave it either. In the meantime he's disrupting my sleep with his tantrums, breaking my belongings, etc. 29-year-old M and F, Pennsylvania. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 12:04 PM PDT My mother, a widow in her 80's, has undiagnosed borderline personality disorder. After my father died 3 years ago, she started accusing my sister and me of stealing from her - a scatter rug, kitchen items, photos, baskets, scarves - just small things. Yesterday she called the police to report the theft of a novel, a blanket chest, a portrait, and 3K diamond ring. Other than the damn book, she has never owned these things. She has given the police the names of 2 family friends and a distant cousin. They will be angry but I doubt they will sue her. We both live 4+ hours away. The police are waiting to respond while she gathers the people's contact information. She has asked us to provide that to her. Other than stalling, what should we do? How bad could this get? Any advice is appreciated. Edit; the title should say 3 suspects. [SC] [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 06:35 AM PDT Hello All - So I lease a piece of property in Texas that is less than ~100 acres for cattle. I live in a small, rural community where people know and are known to everyone else, with longstanding connections to each other. My Uncle owned this piece of property up until about 1/2 a year ago. At that time, he sold it to a neighbor who is a banker and longstanding neighbor. The banker told my uncle he would honor the terms of the lease if the sale went through and therefore allow me to continue to keep my cattle there for the duration of the lease. I have an email from my uncle in which he at least refers to this verbal agreement with the banker. This was important to me because the land was involved in a government program that required me to keep a long term lease on the land. It is valued at about $17/acre a year for three years. So about 1500/year for three years. At first, everything seemed fine. Then a couple of months ago he wrote to me that he wanted to raise the lease payments from $5/acre to $15/acre even though the property is not worth that! I thought this was a breach of his verbal agreement, and not only that I went back and read the written lease that I had in place with my uncle. It turns out, the lease included an "heirs and assigns" clause. Therefore, I contacted my lawyer who carefully checked the language of the lease and confirmed that the lease is on my side at least until December 2021. According to my lawyer, he is bound to the original terms of the lease, including the lease payment rate. However, in the end I decided to pay the $15/acre to keep the lease, because with the government program I could continue to break even on the lease payment. However, I just received an email from him notifying me that our goals for the land are "materially different" and that he wants me to vacate the land. I have been nothing but courteous to him in my communications, and have asked him numerous times to communicate me his goals and desires for his land, etc, etc, etc. This really irks me. One, he broke his word to my uncle. Two, he is violating the terms of the lease. And Three, I have already bent over backwards to work with him and be a good neighbor. Now, my question is just about what my legal outcomes would be as I think about strategy here. Can I sue him for damages related to the loss of the lease? Or would my suit simply force him to keep me as a tenant (this is a bad outcome, for obvious reasons)? Thanks all for your advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Nov 2019 10:31 AM PDT Not me, but friends that don't have Reddit have this problem. In memphis TN. I transfered money from my bank account to my fiances, due to circumstance I left him, now he spent all of my money. I have the receipt from when I transfered the money. Can I take him to court or sue for this? [link] [comments]  |
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