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    Legal Advice Huge water bill due to landlord mistake

    Legal Advice Huge water bill due to landlord mistake


    Huge water bill due to landlord mistake

    Posted: 02 Dec 2020 03:14 PM PST

    Moved into a new house a month ago. It's in Texas so it has an irrigation system for the grass and plants. Last week I received a water bill for $1300 stating that I've used 80,000 gallons of water. My landlord sent someone over to look for a leak but instead they found that my irrigation system (which I have not touched) was set to use 70,000 gallons of water per month. The irrigation system even has a sheet of paper attached to it stating that it should only use 7800 gallons per month (https://i.imgur.com/mPitqFu.jpg).

    The landlord now says that the water bill is my responsibility since the irrigation system is under my control. The city says they can't reduce my bill since there was no leak.

    Is there anything I can do? I just moved in a month ago and I'm not home much so I didn't notice it was watering the lawn that often, plus I never go in the backyard anyway.

    Really appreciate any responses!

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    Can I view my file at the lawyer’s office free of charge?

    Posted: 02 Dec 2020 03:25 PM PST

    My family's immigration lawyer is being weird about giving me copies. First request over the phone, they said "sure, I'll get it done soon". Then no over email. After some hassle, they reluctantly agreed for a $20 charge. Honestly, I'm just tired of their unprofessional behavior.

    Am I entitled to view my file at his office for free so I can take pictures?

    Location: Houston, Texas

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    Sued over “home inspection”

    Posted: 02 Dec 2020 04:15 PM PST

    Canada

    Hello, thanks in advance for everyone's time. Got a call today letting me know I have been named as a co-defendant or third-party defendant in a lawsuit.
    I'll try to make it brief. I'm a general contractor in a small family business and I have a friend/client who I've done several major jobs for over many years. A couple years ago she was buying a house and asked me to come to the initial viewing with the realtor. I was not there in an official capacity, just as a friend to take a look at the bones of the house and make any suggestion for immediate renovation if she were to end up purchasing. She ended up buying the house and then a year ago filed a suit against the former owner, the real estate firm and the agent over foundation issues that she claims they knew about but were undisclosed. It's an older house and I mentioned while we were there that there might be issues with the foundation and it was obvious some recent work had been done to it. I have been brought into this because they are counter-suing and the real estate agent is saying that I said I was a home inspector and that there were no issues. I am not an inspector, I have never purported to be one. I have literally no documents or emails or any sort of communication with this realtor or my friend that have anything to do with the foundation or anything to do with the sale of the house. In fact I can provide documentation and correspondence between myself and the engineering firm that I deal with to show that I do go through the proper channels when dealing with structural issues on my jobs, proving there would be no way I would ever make any official "proclamations" in a professional capacity about the foundation of a home based on a 20 minute walk-through with a realtor. How worried should I be or are they just grasping at straws at this point?

    Thanks

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    I forgot to take the license plate off and didn't sign the title before selling the car

    Posted: 02 Dec 2020 04:25 PM PST

    So Im new to this whole thing and didnot know I was supposed to take the tag off my car and sign the back of the car before selling the car. Now Im freaking out if the buyer is going to use the car to commit any crime and it'll come to me since the car is registered under my name. The person stopped picking up my calls. I called the county clerk and they've flagged my old license plate and they have been notified that the car has been sold. I have the bill of sale. Is there a way to protect myself and fix my mess if anything bad happens? Im from Alabama.

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    Husband has Covid - work telling me to file for unemployment while I’m quarantined (PA)

    Posted: 02 Dec 2020 04:07 PM PST

    My husband who works in assisted living tested positive for Covid today at work after not feeling great. He got sent home and so was I once I found out and informed my employer. I'm a recently graduated dental hygienist and work at an office with only 5 people that is owned by a larger company that owns multiple offices.

    Our front desk/office manager employee told me to stay home one week and to file for unemployment to make up for my missed work since we don't get sick days. Is this legal? I'm already stressed because I was just diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had to move my surgery consult for the week and now am concerned my job is telling me to make a false claim in order to avoid giving me our sick leave.

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    Girlfriend Was Just Fired From Job Due To My Positive Covid-19 Test.

    Posted: 02 Dec 2020 02:27 PM PST

    Hey all,

    I am very angry right now typing this because it just happened and I felt I needed to reach out for legal advice for her.

    I felt symptoms this morning at 4am, and I went to sleep upstairs while my girlfriend was sleeping downstairs so I wouldn't disturb her. She left for work without speaking with me because I was sleeping. I texted her that I was going to get a Covid test done and that I tested positive, but she didn't see the message until later in the day when she was leaving. She told her employer that I tested positive, and her employer told her to leave and get a test. He called her after she left the office asking why she came to work when I was getting tested. Keep in mind she didn't know I was even getting a test due to her working and not checking her phone. He called her "wreckless, shameful behavior, and accused her of putting their families and children at risk." He claimed he is not firing her for being positive with covid, and that he's firing her for being wreckless at work and putting others in danger.

    I can never imagine speaking to one of my employees in such an unethical manner.

    She is a dental assistant for a private practice.

    Does she have any legal grounds to sue for wrongful termination?

    Thank you for your help.

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    My car Was hit by a car and i let them leave after taking a pic of their license plate, face, & their phone number

    Posted: 02 Dec 2020 03:26 PM PST

    My neck kind of hurts and and they never picked up my calls, anything i can do? what are my options? I live in CT

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    Tree Law - Neighbor complaining about our leaves falling in their yard (CA)

    Posted: 02 Dec 2020 04:36 PM PST

    So, my next door neighbor hates trees. They came over today to complain about leaves from our trees falling into their yard (concrete fence dividing property). Specifically, because it's falling into their pool, clogging their filter, etc. They also complained that our sprinklers are damaging the concrete block fence. They said it's falling apart on their side, but on our side it looks completely fine, so I'm not sure if our sprinklers could be causing that.

    This probably isn't relevant info, but just to add to the pettiness of the story, in the past they have scooped up leaves on their side of the fence and dumped them over onto our side (I couldn't care less). They once threw a large branch over the fence that had fallen off our tree. We had tree trimmers out one time and they tried to get the trimmers to cut more than what we had hired them for. When they bought their house a few years ago, they ripped out their front yard and tree and paved it with concrete. It's the only house on the street that doesn't have a nice front yard.

    I'm not sure what kind of trees they are, but they're very tall, and it's the time of the year that all the leaves are falling off (not a year round problem). The base of the tree is probably 15-20ft from the fence and no branches are close to hanging over their property. It's simply a very tall tree that sheds a lot of leaves.

    They want us to trim the branches back (at our expense), which I'm not sure will make a difference. The tree is maintained, but obviously our opinions differ on that topic.

    So my question is, is there any liability on my end for their problem? Am I responsible for where the leaves from my tree land?

    As far as the fence, at present I have no idea why they are having issues with it on their side. I'm not sure what I can do about it.

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