Legal Advice UPDATE: (California)Can I be forced to pay for damage to other party's vehicle, if they have full collision coverage? I think I may be being strong armed. |
- UPDATE: (California)Can I be forced to pay for damage to other party's vehicle, if they have full collision coverage? I think I may be being strong armed.
- My car was broken into and my PS4 stolen. The thief(?) used my Netflix on the PS4 and I have their IP address. Can I get police to use it to recover my property?
- My ex is claiming I raped her and is threatening to bring me to court. My town's police asked me to go to the police station to "give a statement" I need advice.
- Judge is trying force going to church as part of probation.
- Single dad needing child immunization advice.
- My boss keeps our tips and threatens to dock pay
- After agreeing against it, roommate brought her cat into our NO PET house
- Father left no will and now the inheritance is on hold because of potential heir issue.
- My grandfathers blood thinner was stopped without our consent and he suffered a stroke.
- ID, loaned a girl money. Refuses to pay unless I meet her in park at 11pm tonight.
- Work asking me to do something illegal, or just unethical?
- Car broken into a couple days ago, shoes and wallet were stolen. I found someone wearing the shoes on facebook. Now what?
- Landlord Deceiving Us, We are paying another tenants gas and electricity
- I was hit by my foreman at work, where do I go from here. California
- Neighbors Noisy Dog (Orlando, FL)
- Legality of pay cuts
- Can I legally refuse service to someone because of their tattoo?
- (New Jersey) Father passed away with no will or power of attorney, my sister and I are in the process of getting Administrator Authorization but family refuses us access to his belongings and paperwork.
- Wrongfully charged for prescription fraud and looking for my next step (Maryland)
- Mechanic mislead me and potentially damaged my car... What can I do? (US - Florida)
- [OH] Moving old landlord took keys, locked doors before the end of the lease. Refuses to give keys back or allow entry.
- Update: [Missouri] "Mechanic" had my car for 4 months and used it for personal use. Car is now ruined. I accept I'm at a loss on this. In that time he went to jail for a week for unpaid traffic violations, and I just learned he also took MY plates and put them on HIS car.
- My dog bit the person who was trying to steal her, they're pressing charges.
| Posted: 08 Jan 2020 11:25 AM PST I submitted my original post a year ago. Here's the link I realize that this update comes late. I'm afraid that I gave the wrong impression in my last post. I certainly wasn't trying to weasel my way out of responsibility. I was just very confused, having been initially told after the accident that everything was covered, and then receiving a subrogation notice months later. I wanted to let you all know what came of this situation, in case that it may serve as a help and warning to others. I consulted with an attorney (she gave me some free advice over the phone), and responded to the other party's subrogation letter with this response, via certified mail: Claim Number: ######### Insured: --------------- Date of Loss: 6/4/2018 Amount of Claim: $7,529.81 Dear Claim Specialist, I received your letter stating that my policy limits were insufficient to cover the stated claim amount, of $7,529.81, with your request of payment from me in the amount of $2,529.81. I will require a hard copy of the itemized repair estimate for the insured party's vehicle, as well as a hard copy of proof of payment by [insurance company] of said repair estimate, before being able to proceed further. I look forward to resolving this matter. Thank you. I never heard anything back. I called my own insurance company a couple months later to check in on things. They informed me that my case was completely resolved, that I owed nothing, and that the other party signed a waiver releasing me of any further responsibility. They waived their right to pursue me independently. All of this was finally behind me! I never owed anything, and YES, the other party's insurance company WAS trying to take advantage of me. They were not able to provide me with the proof I required in order to remit payment. I called the attorney back to thank her for her help and tell her what happened. She told me that insurance companies try to do this all of the time, and it's perfectly legal. They will obtain multiple repair quotes, go with the cheaper one, but send you the more expensive quote and claim it's what you owe. It's disgusting. So, always consult with an attorney and ask for proof, before remitting payment on a subrogation claim. Don't let insurance companies intimidate you! This was a very happy ending for me, through a very stressful situation. I hope this update helps someone else. Happy New Year! TLDR: Insurance company tried to make me pay over $2.5k in subrogation that it turns out I didn't actually owe. I won by asking for documentation that proved I owed that amount. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2020 08:46 PM PST Hi all, Title pretty much says it all. My car was broken into last month and they stole my PS4. I did not file a police report at the time, but I have pictures showing the damage to my car and receipts for the repairs. I also have texts from the day of to multiple people stating that my PS4 was stolen. I started noticing new shows popping up in the "recently watched" on my Netflix tab. Went into my Netflix account and found the IP address of the person accessing my account via PS4. If I turn it over to police, will they recover my property? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2020 09:17 AM PST First and foremost, no. I didn't rape her. She's merely using that because our breakup was pretty heated and shes now destined to ruin my life because I said I didnt want to be friends with her after we broke up. She wished to still use my hulu and be friends with me after we broke up and she never said anything to anyone about these "allegations" until I told her that I didn't wish to speak to her anymore. My basic question is. What do I do? How do I get her off my ass? I've been trying to get rid of her harassing me for the past year and a half and she claims that IM the one not leaving her alone, and my police department just believes her word over mine regardless of all the evidence I have showing that her story is blatantly false and manufactured. Edit: I'm in Connecticut Update: the cop who originally called me called me back after i no-showed to the "meeting". I told him "I do not wish to answer any questions without an attorney present" no more. He then gave me his number and told me to follow up once I have an attorney. [link] [comments]  |
| Judge is trying force going to church as part of probation. Posted: 08 Jan 2020 11:39 AM PST So, I did something bad (DUI). Now I'm on probation with 150 hours of community service with the normal fines. The thing that is wierd to me is that the judge stated that she gave that high of hours because she credits one church service as 8 hours of community service. Is that normal? Legal? I'm from a very small town in Georgia, USA. I dont go to church and I cant bring myself to attend, then get the preacher to sign a paper afterwards saying I'm only here because the judge told me to go. Open to suggestions on completing these hours too. I'm a tax accountant with experience in non profits. Edit: To clarify alot of questions, The issue I'm having is that most people get ~50 hours community service around here for first time offenders, but no option for church counting 8 hours. This was my first offense besides a brake light ticket in 2010 I spent 6 hours in the drunk tank It is written in the probation papers I signed that just attending 1 church service per week counts for 8 hours of community service per week I'm not going to the Church of Satan [link] [comments]  |
| Single dad needing child immunization advice. Posted: 08 Jan 2020 09:28 AM PST the details: My daughters' mom and I have been separated since her birth and had to go through the courts to get a child agreement. One of the agreed points the court-mandated was that our daughter is immunized, her mother was and is vehemently against the idea and I am vehemently for immunization. Due to the age of our daughter at the time of the separation, we agreed on a schedule that would see her with more time in early on and it grows to fifty-fifty as our daughter grew into childhood. The setup with the courts, therefore, had her listed as the "head of household" as far as our daughter was concerned. I have known for a couple of years now that she has ignored the court's decision and not immunized our daughter but been worried what the legal ramifications would be of just getting her immunized myself. We had to go back again a few years ago because she was refusing to allow the schedule to change to equal time. My daughter's mom has now remarried and asked if id take over ou kids' health insurance. I'm looking into getting her on mine or her own through Obamacare. Every month I don't do something about it I feel more and more like a horrid parent. I don't want to give any ground to take her from me but if the courts said she needs to be immunized isn't that now a fact of law between us? please help me. [link] [comments]  |
| My boss keeps our tips and threatens to dock pay Posted: 08 Jan 2020 12:14 PM PST I work at a family owned pizza place in NC and am payed hourly. Customers can tip through the square app and put money directly in a tip jar, but the employees don't get any of it. The boss says that all the tips cover any mistakes made. so if we get tips any mistakes we make come out of our checks. Is it legal for the boss to take all our tips? also is it legal for our wages to be docked to cover any mistakes we make? [link] [comments]  |
| After agreeing against it, roommate brought her cat into our NO PET house Posted: 08 Jan 2020 10:27 AM PST So I moved into a new house (in US) a few months ago, and one of my roommates had a pet cat at the time that she wanted to bring. The lease specified that no pets were allowed whatsoever. We all agreed that she would have to let the cat live with her parents, who live nearby, and were happy to take care of the cat. After a few weeks, the roommate sends an email to the landlord with pictures of her cat begging to let her bring the cat into the house. The landlord responded with a harsh no, outlining the relevant clause from the lease. About a month later, without telling anyone else in the house. She brings home her cat anyways, after it had already been living at her parents. She was trying to quietly keep it in her room but left the door open and it wandered out. I have no problem with pets, but don't want to risk losing our deposit, or nullify the lease. In addition, my girlfriend is severely allergic to cats and can't live in a house with cats. I haven't confronted the roommate yet, and unsure if I should contact the landlord. [link] [comments]  |
| Father left no will and now the inheritance is on hold because of potential heir issue. Posted: 08 Jan 2020 03:53 AM PST My mother's father passed away and left behind a large inheritance with no will. We've gone through the probate process, but now she's received a letter claiming that someone "exposed" her as not being biologically related to him. We know this person is her sister. Biologically, she isn't his daughter, but my mom didn't find out about it until this year when we had a ancestry kit done. Her father signed her birth certificate, put her as a beneficiary on his tax free saving account and he's the only father my mother has ever known. She now needs a lawyer, but we live in Ontario and her fathers estate/trust is in Nova Scotia. How would we go about this? [link] [comments]  |
| My grandfathers blood thinner was stopped without our consent and he suffered a stroke. Posted: 08 Jan 2020 09:13 AM PST Title basically explains it. My grandfather lives in assisted care and his blood thinner was stopped without our consent (my mother is the legal caretaker over him who has power of attorney). He later suffered a stroke this week, causing him to lose his ability to speak, which the doctors said could be a result of his blood thinner be stopped. Do we have any legal grounds here? We are visiting the nursing facility today to find out the exact date his medication was stopped in relation to the stroke. [link] [comments]  |
| ID, loaned a girl money. Refuses to pay unless I meet her in park at 11pm tonight. Posted: 07 Jan 2020 05:07 PM PST Location Idaho. oaned the girl $300 for rent. She was let go after she was caught using meth on the job, so she lost her source of income. I got a message saying to meet her in a park in a not great part of town at 11pm for me to get my money back, and if I did not get it tonight I would not be receiving it at all. It's a 4 mile walk each way, I do not have a car and it's the middle of winter. If I say no would I have any right to try to reclaim the money in small claims court? Could I ask for a police presence at the park for me to be safe? Walking around with that much money at night is scary, and I don't have a car. and asides from a taxi service or ride share I don't know what options I have. But I really do need the money. Update: Got a text from the girl a few minutes ago saying goodbye. I doubt she ever intended to give me the money back., especially tonight. Thanks for the advice everyone. Need to really take this as a lesson and never do anything like this again. [link] [comments]  |
| Work asking me to do something illegal, or just unethical? Posted: 08 Jan 2020 05:47 AM PST EDIT: Thank you everyone for the replies! Takes a lot of weight off my shoulders thinking I was doing something potentially illegal. I do want to clarify to a few posters below: my billable hours are not total hours worked. Things like research and monitoring logs/events that is roughly 80% of my work is not considered billable hours. While I argue this all the time, according to management the clients pay a flat rate for monitoring, so therefore it's not billable hours by me. Only time it's billable is when an incident occurs. It baffles me the company is setup like this and expects 80-100% of my time to be solving incidents, but that's more just a dumb company policy thing. The higher ups don't seem to understand security and look at it like an engineer who sets up and installs things for a client. Oh well. Regardless I appreciate all the comments!! Location: Pennsylvania Client locations: 70+ clients all over the U.S. My work measures its success by billable time. We are an IT firm that works as a MSP (Managed Service Provider) and do everything IT related for other businesses. This billable time thing is company wide for all IT employees. If your billable hours to clients is too low, it's terms for firing, discipline, etc. The issue is that my position is a security analyst/incident responder. I respond to potential hacks, phishing emails, that sort of thing. We're basically the fire department of IT. When a fire comes up, we put it out as quick as possible and set measures in place to prevent it again. My role is all about creating as little billable time as possible. If there were fires every day, I wouldn't be doing my job right. The legal question is that my bosses are getting pissed that 15% of my work is currently billable. They want me to "work slower" and "do extra scans, add more hours" when solving an incident, not because I miss something or mess something up, but because of low hours billed. None of this is in writing to prove they said this. Obviously this is unethical, but is this illegal? I feel like this is almost fraud. I currently have ignored them and I am looking for a new job but until then I'm stuck here unless I get fired so I can get unemployment. If I don't get any bonus from the billable time (my boss, and the VP's/directors of the company get bonuses from billable time), do I still face potential legal problems if I get no benefit out of it? I'll stick to my guns and not lie and scam our clients, but I want to make sure I'm covering my ass. Also, is there an agency that I can report this to? Or should I not report it once I eventually leave this company as it might come back to me regardless if I comply with my bosses demands or not? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2020 10:26 AM PST Aurora, Colorado. I filled a police report and told the officer that I wanted to press charges and would be willing to do anything to help and cooperate with the entire legal process. Lets backtrack a bit. Sunday my car was broken into, My wallet and a couple pairs of shoes were stolen. These shoes were kind of expensive and I had payed someone to do a custom paint job on them, making them a bit more unique and easily noticeable. Im really big into the buying and selling sneaker group page on facebook. I posted a picture of the shoes on the page just to alert people that they were stolen and to give me a heads up if any listings pop up. Today I received a message linking me to someone that took a picture with them on. I know for a fact these are mine due to the custom paint job and lace swap done on them. I found out where he works. I gave the officer all the information I have. Whats the next step? I know I may not get my stuff back but id at least like for him to get in some sort of trouble. Of course there's no proof that he himself stole my stuff but he is in possession of stolen goods. [link] [comments]  |
| Landlord Deceiving Us, We are paying another tenants gas and electricity Posted: 08 Jan 2020 10:49 AM PST I live in San Francisco with 2 roommates. Small apartment, just 3 rooms, one bath, living room and kitchen. The building has units above and below us. We signed our lease on December 1 and have lived here for a month now and we pay rent to our landlord, and that includes water. Our lease says we are responsible for utilities such as electricity and gas, so we set up our account with PG&E. I work full time and commute, I am gone a minimum (usually more) 12 hours a day. My other roommate works full time as well, and the 3rd works part time. Regardless, we are out and about on weekends, only use electricity mainly in the evening when home then we shut heat and lights off for sleeping. Our stove and stuff is gas. We also were all gone for a week during the holidays, so really only at our apartment 3 weeks in December... and our utilities bill was $700. Obviously we freaked out since me and another roommate have both lived in houses of 6 people and in cold states ( lots of heat use ) and our bill never exceeded $300 total. Our bill showed about $50 of gas usage which makes sense, and the rest was electrical. After some digging and phone calls to PG&E, we realized we must be paying for the basements unit electricity as there's only two meters in the basement (one for ours and for the top unit, we think, and are testing them tomorrow with our landlord present.) I went and talked to the basement tenant and asked if he pays PG&E an absurd amount, and he is foreign and basically said he pays our landlord one bill which includes all his utilities and he does NOT have heat so uses a space heater. (Illegal and against renters rights to not have heat) and PG&E told us on the phone it must be someone using a space heater Bc those rack up hundreds in bills. So essentially we found out we pay his electricity. We are worried our landlord is trying to scam us and we want to know how to handle it and what we can approach her with in terms of legal confrontation and verbiage. In our emails to her asking if the unit below us has PG&E set up she basically acted dumb saying she doesn't know and PG&E told us she should know as a landlord how the building works for utilities. She said she didn't know if there was a meter for the basement unit, like yeah right. How should we handle it?? She's coming over tomorrow because we told her we wouldn't shut up the electricity without her present since it will affect other tenants, but we want to make sure she knows that we aren't dumb and she's trying to scam us into pay his electricity. Sorry for the novel. Any help is appreciated [link] [comments]  |
| I was hit by my foreman at work, where do I go from here. California Posted: 08 Jan 2020 12:17 PM PST So yesterday I was struck in the head by my foreman with his hand hitting my hardhat and my head and then called many derogatory names. This happened because I refused to drive a class A vehicle by myself because I only have a permit. I have talked to my employers and it seems like nothing is getting down. Also the next day a couple of other workers again were calling my names for reporting him and asking me "come on let me see the marks" [link] [comments]  |
| Neighbors Noisy Dog (Orlando, FL) Posted: 08 Jan 2020 12:39 PM PST Using an Alt account. I live just outside Orlando FL, in Sanford FL. My neighbor has two German Shepard's he keeps in a 5x5 pen in his fenced in back yard. They bark non stop, and I do mean non stop most the day and almost all night. He does feed them and clean the pen but that's it as far as his interaction with the dogs. This is FL suburbs so houses are close but we all have fenced in back yards. When those dogs are barking it reverbs off all our houses and right into my master bedroom and my kids rooms down the side of the house. The neighbor to the right of him has complained several times as well as us. No HOA. What we have tried/done:
What is the next step here? Do I hire a lawyer for a cease and desist? Do I continue to try the police? Court somehow? These neighbors don't seem to care about the dog bothering everyone. When neighbors and I complain they act like its serious and put the dogs away but only for a day or two. TL:DR Neighbor has two German shepherds that bark non stop at night and we cant sleep. Have tried talking to them, deterrents, and animal control but it has done nothing. Have documented over a month of it going on. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2020 08:38 AM PST Edit; I'm located in Oklahoma, USA Hello everyone, this post is being cross posted from r/advice and I was recommended to post here instead. I'll do my best to respond and answer any further questions! So on Monday (12/16/19) my boss decided to pull me and multiple other employees into his office (separately of course). This conversation ended up being about how everyone is getting a pay cut due to company finances. I won't go into huge detail about the company, but a large portion of 'lacked finances' is because 'company A' and 'Company B' are under 1 owner, who started putting large amounts of profit into 1 business over another (irrelevant?) [That being said, the 'company' has been split into 4 companies to avoid company-wide insurance to employees, how illegal is this?] My pay decreased by $3 per hour while other employees pay decreased at the same rate, if not more. I was told that pay cut would be effective immediately. However, upon receiving my check this Wednesday (12/18/2019), my pay cut had reflected the last two weeks as well. I didn't have prior warning, or knowledge that my pay was to be reduced until after the fact it had already happened. Is this illegal? And if so, how do I go about handling such a problem? [link] [comments]  |
| Can I legally refuse service to someone because of their tattoo? Posted: 07 Jan 2020 08:43 PM PST There's a man who often comes in to my work place with a swastika tattoo on his cheek and I don't feel comfortable serving him. When I tell my managers this they tell me I can't refuse service based on looks. I'm a religious and ethnic Jew and will never feel right serving a nazi. Is it illegal to refuse service based on this? It's at a fast food establishment btw [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2020 09:27 AM PST Our father(60) passed away 11/2019 with no will. He wasn't married or dating, my sister(21) and I(23) are his only children. He lived with his younger sister(54) and mother(90). The house is owned by his sister (grandparents sold to my aunt for $5 back in 2016, a few months before my grandfather passed away). I have a 50+ page document(which I update daily) detailing phone calls/text messages/and visits with everyone I have been in contact with about my father since the day after his passing. (Funeral Home, departments of his Union, Banks, my aunt, my father's attorneys, Storage Unit.) I have a 7-page document detailing his belongings and where they are located in the house and storage facility. I also have all copies of his death certificate, cremation certificate, his driver's license and wallets, and his car with registration and insurance. My sister and I have been trying to complete as much as possible without the use of a lawyer since we can't afford one. we are also in the process of getting Administrator Authorization through the Surrogate Court, and understand that we need a list/value of his assets. (Car, bank accounts, Annuity and Pension from Union). Our aunt had said back in November when he passed that our grandmother won't allow anyone into our father's room. We have explained to our aunt on several occasions that we need his paperwork and computers in order to become Administrators. She had told us to wait until after the holidays because our grandmother will be calmer by then. We were forced to wait two months, but I continued to contact his Union, banks, Storage Units, and everyone else I can think of.
There are no beneficiaries for his Pension, but we are the beneficiaries of his Annuity. There is also $5,000 set aside by the Union for Funeral Arrangements.
We had gone to our aunt's house the other day and asked when we can come by to begin collecting our father's paperwork (Not his belongings, just the paperwork). She had told us that her main concern/priority is our grandmother and that she will die of a broken heart if she sees us going through our father's room. As long as our grandmother is alive, nobody is allowed to go through our father's belongings.
She basically shut us out from the family and told us: "I understand that's not the answer you were looking for, but it is what it is. You can accept it, or do what you have to do." The Probate Clerk told us we can go to the Police with the affidavit and explain that we are going to go to his house to collect his belongings. Our concerns are this:
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| Wrongfully charged for prescription fraud and looking for my next step (Maryland) Posted: 08 Jan 2020 11:43 AM PST I had three months of prescriptions for adderall and I went to a place I don't normally go to so the pharmacist called the doctor to confirm. The doctor completely slipped up and said he never heard of me. I got charged with ten different ways of saying forging a prescription. I did all the leg work which was talking to the doctor, pharmacist and charging officer. Everyone is on the same page that it was a mistake. I can't talk to the district attorney because you have to be a lawyer apparently . Do I pay for a lawyer or do I just go in hoping the cop gets it right ? Is there a proper way to bring a written statement from the doctor or pharmacist . Can I avoid court ? Should I have the doctor pay my fees or maybe more ? Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Mechanic mislead me and potentially damaged my car... What can I do? (US - Florida) Posted: 08 Jan 2020 09:05 AM PST I purchased a 2012 Nissan Maxima from a local used car lot on November 10th. The finance company required a third party warranty which is mutually beneficial so I agreed. The warranty is pretty decent and covers the powertrain as well as various electrical components within the car with only a $100 deductable, free towing, and a rental car clause. I test drove the car twice over the course of a week and there were no issues. No check engine light or running problems. New Years day the car began having running issues including no power above 80mph and erratic shifting. I immediately called the dealership and was told to bring it to their shop and they would look at it on the morning. I left the car at the dealership on Wednesday 01/01/20. I wanted to speak with the service writer in person to relay the symptoms so I went to them shop on Thursday 01/02/20 and explained the top-end power loss and shift issues, advise them of my warranty and asked if they could perform the repair by Sunday (01/05) in time for my late wife's memorial. The shop owner said it shouldn't be an issue as it was just the step down motor ($35) and a solenoid on the valve body ($1250 for the assembly). He had me call the warranty company and they explained how to process the claim (he had to send them the info). On Saturday 01/04 I was told it was ready and to come pick it up but was later called off as it mysteriously entered "limp mode" and needed to be "reprogrammed". I drove over and gave them shit for misleading me (the owner was using vague terms assuming I wasn't educated in regards to mechanics) and found out that rather than using the warranty they sold me that they had installed junkyard parts and expected me to pay $250 cash, more than the deductable would have been. I told them they hand until Monday to have a solution as I didn't appreciate the level of service I was getting and reitterated that I wanted it repaired under warranty. On Monday 01/06 I called in the afternoon and was told the mechanic arrived late but would hopefully have the "high pressure switch" replaced by closing time. I called at close and they said it wasnt done but that it should be completed the Tuesday 01/07. I called yesterday (01/07) morning and was again told it should be ready by close. At 4:30pm I called and was told they had no way to repair the car and wanted to send it to another shop they worl with. I declined and went to pick up the car as it was. When I arrived the car wouldn't move under its own power. It had no transmission response whereas it was drivable when it arrived. I then found out that their shop is not ASE certified (a requirement for the warranty), they may have put the wrong fluid in my transmission (a bottle of ATF was beside my parts on the table whereas it requires CVT fluid, I have photos), they installed used parts, and they rendered the vehicle undrivable while trying to make the repair. I reached out to the finacing company for advice this morning and they suggested having it towed to an ASE shop for repair under warranty (as we had attempted). I've made one payment on the car outside of the down payment and TTT and would love it to operate as intended but they botched the repair and have left me without a vehicle. Do I have any recourse other than massacring them on social media? I feel like they attempted to take advantage of me and damaged my car. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2020 02:13 AM PST Hi, I moved over the weekend my old lease has an end date of January 31st. I told my landlord on Sunday that I had fully moved out, and made sure to keep keys on the counter, but was still working on cleaning/fixing and would be interested in ending the lease weeks sooner if they wanted to give a portion of the rent back. (I paid the rent on January 3rd, I told them this on January 5th) The landlord never responded to my message and instead on Monday when I came to clean and to fix stuff the doors were locked and I had left the keys inside. I lived in the apartment for 5 years, I never locked the doors. It's just a small one-bedroom and I never owned anything valuable, but I still just used a cheap security camera. It seems the landlord went in, took the keys and then locked the doors. Monday I called the landlord and asked why the apartment was locked, they said they'd happily return the keys on Tuesday as they thought I was done and left. Tuesday (yesterday) I went to the apartment to find the place still locked, and keys not returned. When I texted the landlord this time they instead said they would not be returning the keys because they have the right to not let me in due to security and control of occupancy of the apartment. With me no longer living there, and I like to leave the doors unlocked they won't let me back in. I called police who were just stumped and said I could kick in the door if I wanted, but it'd be silly since the lease ends on the 31st and I'd then need to pay for a new door. They said I could use the police report so the landlord can't charge me for any damages to the apartment. The landlord being shady and difficult as they are, if they're not going to return a portion of the rent then I'd still like access to the apartment until the end of my lease. The utilities are all still in my name until the 31st too. My family tells me I should just switch the utilities out of my name and be done with it. I'm scared though without heat the pipes would freeze and the apartment is still mine until the end of the month ): What could I do to get back into the apartment? The landlord does not want to end our lease any earlier than the end of the month. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2020 01:56 PM PST My Caprice is no more. It was towed away and I was paid 160$. I was hoping it would have the engine or transmission pulled, but it's going "straight to the shredder". As the "Mechanic" broke the driver's side interior door handle (exterior was already broken), I got to watch the tow truck driver bust out the front window. Also watched it fall off the lift and, probably, ruin the rear suspension - not that it matters anymore. I took a good long look inside trying to find anything I might want to keep. Had to sift through trash and leaves, lots of broken pieces of my car that I guess he just didn't care enough to not break taking off. Couldn't find the cragar wheel cap that the "mechanic" said he was going to put on for me, and didn't. Noticed that he never replaced half of the wheel studs he said he replaced. I only took the front bench seats - the mold on the side of the driver's seat wiped off easily and I'm going to treat it quickly and turn it into a couch. Nothing I can do about all the cigarette burns everywhere. He bolted the seats in with just a single bolt, so at least it was easy. Rear back seat rest is unsalvageable, ruined with mold and tears mean it's all in the cushioning. According to the odometer, he drove it over 500 miles despite telling me it couldn't do more than very, very short trips. While I was waiting on the tow, I spoke with a neighbor and have his phone number to use as a witness if I sue - which if I do, it will be after I move, as the "mechanic" knows where I live. Not that it will matter much, he doesn't have any money or assets, but it might make me feel better. Learned of a bunch of other things he's done, stealing from neighbors, for example. That he cycled my plates between his two cars and my own - and would use my car cover on whatever car didn't have plates at the time. Learned that the car was up, running and driving within days and he just used it as a personal car from that point onward even though I thought it was still not running and kept paying him more. Learned that he only ever put it on blocks when he knew I was coming to see it such as to pay him. Learned that it's apparently really easy to look up his mugshot and other offenses online, wish I knew that sooner. Human garbage, he is. I went to the DMV and successfully filed that I no longer own the car, but too late since it's 2020 so I'm going to have to pay taxes again. Not a big deal. I went to another police department and asked them to run my license and plates. They did, and there are no tickets on my license OR associated with my plates. I tried to file a police report in case this comes back to bite me in the future, but unfortunately as the crime is no longer being committed and I have the plates back - I couldn't. Filing a police report after the crime is no longer being committed and can no longer be committed for documentation purposes is not allowed. So that's it, I guess. I'm at least not currently in legal trouble for his actions, and I'm out a bit short of a thousand dollars all things considered, my car is already at the shredder, and I've documented it's no longer my property. I wish this never happened, but it has, and it's now at a close. Gallery of my time with it. Thank you for the advice and kind words everyone. [link] [comments]  |
| My dog bit the person who was trying to steal her, they're pressing charges. Posted: 08 Jan 2020 02:45 PM PST EDIT: I'm in Colorado. My house is surrounded by fences, which are then surrounded by shrubbery and trees. I also live along a farmers ditch that is in front of the house. There's a cattle gate that is locked and has no trespassing signs which can only be accessed via a driveway that goes over the ditch. A woman and a man reversed into the driveway and got out and reached over the gate to pick up my female German Shepherd, she's only about 45-50 lbs - on the smaller side of the spectrum when it comes to the breed. My dog bit the woman as they reached for her. I didn't see this happen, but someone who stays on my property saw it happen. We have clear signs on the gate that say "No Trespassing" and "Beware of Dog". These people reached over anyway, and suffered the consequences. They called the cops and they are pressing charged against me. What are my options? I feel that is very unjust, my property is clearly marked. [link] [comments]  |
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