Title: Injured on a ride/attraction

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Your injury sounds like a known and predictable injury for the type of activity you were choosing to participate in.  Answer #2: Are you absolutely, positively sure you "didn't sign anything"?  This is a ski mountain.  These places have extensive releases you have to sign before they'll sell you a lift ticket.  It would be very weird for them to get the liability buttons checked for skiing but not their other attractions.Answer #3: You can check with a PI attorney, but your damages would only be for your out of pocket expenses, less whatever percentage that a judge or jury determined that was your fault for taking such risks.

That said, a PI attorney may be able to achieve a quick settlement that at least gets you something.

Answer #4: I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:

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[](#bot)Answer #5: Had you just jump up an down the injury most likely wouldn't have happened. Just like with rock climbing, assumption of risk would have likely applied. Perhaps a bad angle or a miscalculation on your part affected the backflip.


Title: eBay offer $30 higher than BIN

Question:
Hi guys
So I listed something on eBay a while ago for $520, which is a pretty good price, considering similar items go for at least over a hundred more. I received an offer yesterday of $550. I accepted, and said the address I needed to ship to was in Taiwan.
The seller's location (on his profile) says he's from the US. He's got good feedback, but the latest one is over 7 months old.
Why would he offer me 30 bucks more than the BIN price? He did pay immediately though...

Cheers, would appreciate help.
I'm from Switzerland btw, charged $40 for shipping to Taiwan, which is reasonable.

Answer:
 >Why would he offer me 30 bucks more than the BIN price?

To make you greedy.

What you need to do is to contact ebay customer support, because all seller protections go out of the window if you send an order to a different adress than what is on the sellers profile. Answer #2: I suggest asking in /r/Ebay/, it's a decent sub for sellers.


Title: [TN]cabin was robbed and all our luggages were stolen.

Question:
We booked a cabin for 2 nights in Great Smoky Mountain. At first night, we went for dinner and came back in 2 hours. When we came back, we found somebody had broken into our cabin and took all our luggages. We have 8 people and the total loss is great than $10,000 as some of us came from other country and brought cash. We called the police and got the policy report. Cabin rep told us they were not responsible for our loss and asked us to contact my own home insurance. But I live in an apartment and don't have any home insurance.
Sorry for my poor English and thank you very much for reading my post. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!

Answer: The cabin rep was right; It's not their responsibility to pay. If you don't have some sort of insurance to cover this, you are out of luck unless the police happen to catch whoever stole your stuff and they still have it.Answer #2: Renters can get insurance, and you can get travel insurance too.


Title: (MD) Automated speed enforcement camera.

Question:
On the way to my workplace there was a speed camera with a speed limit and photo enforced notice before it for a while. One day the system was moved say 30 feet and placed to face the opposite direction on the road, so now the notice is after the camera. The Maryland regulation for speed cameras say that the sign must be before the camera, and in addition all notices 30 days after installment must be warnings, not fines.

Considering those two points I am wondering if either the relocation of this speed camera would qualify as a 'installation', or the sign being after the camera in terms of the direction it is pointing would hold up in a refusal to pay the fine. Any thoughts or experience in this situation?

Answer:
 Is there a notice in the other direction? Answer #2: Not a lot of time to look right now but check the actual law:

>AN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE
GOVERNING BODY OF A LOCAL JURISDICTION UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL
PROVIDE THAT FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 30 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST SPEED
MONITORING SYSTEM IS PLACED IN THE LOCAL JURISDICTION, A VIOLATION
RECORDED BY ANY SPEED MONITORING SYSTEM IN THE LOCAL JURISDICTION
MAY BE ENFORCED ONLY BY THE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING

Sounds like notice may only be required once to enact in a fairly wide region, not that each individual camera requires notice, just "conspicuous" signage.


Title: Young gay couple in Florida getting married also trying to get immigration papers. Any help appreciated

Question: Basically my fiance (22) and I (20)are thinking of getting married soon. We understand the general process getting marriage licence and all that. But the immigration part is where it gets tricky and we have little to no knowledge and thought it may also differ a little due to us being gay.

Answer: Ok. What's your legal question? You haven't provided enough background to give you any useful advice.


Title: (California) Can I drive my date to prom on a provisional license?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > I am aware that police usually don't charge minors they catch driving with others on their provisional licenses, but my parents don't buy that when I tell them.

Your risk assessment may or may not be accurate. But nevertheless, it is quite possible that police are enforcing it more strictly on prom night. They know when it is, and they want to keep you knuckleheads safe.


Title: A coach on r/sex just posted about observing a student rubbing their genitals and the comments are demanding he report to CPS. From a parent's perspective, I wanted to clarify what my reaction should be if CPS showed up at my door? (California)

Question:
I'm not associated with the post. I'm just asking for my own curiosity. Here is the reddit post in question:

https://np.reddit.com/r/sex/comments/4hldx1/child_behavior_not_sure_if_im_overreacting_but/

The description of what the coach observed seems like normal childhood behavior from what I have seen having a daughter of my own. Sometimes children don't properly understand privacy regarding their genitals. The people making comments are looking at this from the perspective of the coach and the child's welfare which is great. But, there seems to be a mania about reporting that outstrips the child's action. You may think otherwise if you have or don't have kids.

If my child displayed behavior like this and it is reported by a coach/teacher, what would be the best course of action if CPS shows up at my door? Should I immediately lawyer up before talking to them?

Answer:
 My mom was a teacher for almost 40 years and she said there is a kid in basically every class who does this. This is totally normal behavior.

EDIT: Just wanted to say I didn't realize the age of the child when I posted this... I think my comment applies to kids a bit older than a 4 year old...


Title: My soon-to-be-ex pushed me through a door while holding our daughter, what can I do?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Assault and battery is a criminal offense. You don't need an agreement for the authorities to pursue. If they pursue, he'll be charged. If they don't find any cause, they won't charge him.


Title: Wallet stolen

Question: So I made a post here before regarding my wallet being stolen and now I'm learning a gym staff found a woman in the mens locker room but didnt escort her out. He went to the front desk and then thought that it was weird she was In there and when he went back in all the lockers were broken into. I'm in bakersfield California. Should I hire a lawyer?

Answer:
 If your property was stolen you should report it to the police and endeavor to replace your credit cards.  What do you want a lawyer to do for you?Answer #2: Lawyers cost hundreds of dollars an hour and are used to represent you in court to sue.

Who are trying to sue?


Title: Can police detain someone just because they're injured? [California]

Question:
Today I witnessed and videotaped a woman being detained on the street. She hadn't committed any crime, but rather was the victim of a crime. Someone (not the police) had pepper sprayed her. She was crying and blowing her nose a lot, and was acting upset but not dangerous. The police told her to sit down on a bus bench and wait for an ambulance. She said that she was fine and just wanted to go home. They wouldn't let her leave. When she attempted to walk away, they grabbed her. She was asking them not to touch her and trying to pull away. Every time she pulled away, they grabbed her more forcefully. I was just taking video, but a braver bystander started actively questioning the police on why they were detaining her. The cop answered, "Because she's injured. We can't just let her walk away. We'd be liable if she got hit by a bus." Eventually, with the woman getting more and more agitated, and more and more bystanders taking video, they did let her go.

So, was that legal? Can police really detain someone just because they think the person needs medical attention? Even if there's no cause to believe that the person isn't competent to make that decision?

Answer:
 Generally speaking, yes they probably can. And more often than not, the worst thing that will happen to you if you've not committed a crime is that the EMTs will show up, check you out, and let you sign a refusal of care slip unless there's an absolute need to disregard the patient's wishes.

Officers also get stuck in a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Letting someone who's just been pepper sprayed leave and then something horrible happens to them, like say they die of unexpected complications or drive off despite still being unable to see and crash... and everyone's gonna blame the officers. Officers try to keep the victims around long enough to be checked out (completely rational thing to do) and... the crowd thinks they're assholes detaining the poor victim.


Title: Grandfather fell at a store. Need advice on how to proceed

Question:
My grandfather is 70 years old and lives in Tennessee. He went to a store for dog food on August 20th. As he turned around with the dog food he tripped over an empty pallet that was left in the isle. Someone helped him up and carried his dog food to the car for him, but it seemed to me they were trying to push him out of the store ASAP. No offer to call an ambulance or fill out an incident report.

Later on he ended up calling the company and filling an incident report that the employees didn't offer to do at the store. They  wanted all this information from him like his driver's license number and even his social, which I found to be very odd. I wasn't there to advise him against giving them this info. He went to the emergency room on the 21st because he felt even more sore and was found to have bruises and swelling on this forearm and possibly a hairline fracture. I just got off the phone with him now when he told me all this. Now his wrist is really bothering him and he's going to the Dr. again to have it checked out. He's not really able to lift more than a few pounds with the hand.

We're not a litigious family and he's not looking for a big pay day, but shouldn't the company be at least paying for his medical bills? If this would go to trial, what would be an appropriate amount to ask for? Any and all advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.

Answer:
 Call them and tell them that he was injured and you need to file an insurance claim.  If this store is a chain then just find a number for their corporate office and call there.  The incident report is just something they write up at the local level in case someone files a claim later.  It isn't a claim with an adjuster, and if they haven't gotten in touch with you yet they probably didn't turn it in.

Sometimes local stores are resistant to filing claims or don't know how.  You need to push this forward with their corporate office.


Title: Can you be asked to leave a store because of your age?

Question:
Not so much looking for advice, more like answers. In a state where the legal age to buy anything related to smoking is 21, is it legal for an employee of a smoke shop to force individuals under 21 to leave? What if they are accompanied by someone over 21?
My personal experience (in NY where legal age is 21) was being told to leave a smoke shop at 19 while I was with someone over 21. I didn't think it was legal for them to tell us to leave because other shops have allowed it, and I wasn't buying anything.

Answer:
 IANAL, but think of it another way; Imagine you wanted to go into a porn shop at 15 years old. Do you think they would let you in? Do you think they'd let you stay if they discovered you if you had gotten past them without noticing that you're under age?

I can't speak to the legality, but I have seen many places that don't even let you in the building (or, rather, past the turnstile) without showing ID if you appear young.


Title: Easement agreement with neighbor involving walkway and water line, hasn't paid me in over a year.

Question:
I have an easement agreement with a neighbor, in NYS.

I own a home that previously had two buildings on the property until the previous owner sold them off individually. Now, I have the front property with 2 apartments on the building, and the neighbor has the carriage house on back. When I bought the place, it had an easement agreement that stated:

I pay 2/3 of the water, and she pays 1/3  due to a shared water line.

She uses my walkway on my property to get to her house.

We are supposed to split the cost of snowremoval and maintenance on teh 80 foot walkway. It's about 3 feet wide.

Basically this women is a nightmare. I had a roof put on the house, and she refused to pay me water for a year a while back. I had to sue her in small claims court, I won, and she paid.

Now years later she refuses to pay because the walkway wasn't shoveled a few times this winter when she left for work in the morning and it snowed over night. She says her cost per shoveling my share of the walkway is $100...I pay a guy to do my 40 foot half of the walkway and he does a good job.

It's been over a year and she owes me around $600. I live out of state, and filing a small claims court again is not worth it for me.

She ignores me every time I send her the quarterly bill. I have statements indicating I've paid every cent of the water bill throughout the time she's failed to pay. I have tenants, and can't let them shut of the water.

I'm thinking about installing a valve in my basement that allows me to shut off the water to her carriage house. I'm going to send her a letter in the mail that says exactly how much she owes me.

Can I turn her water off?

Answer: Can you get your water utility guys to split the pipe and have two separate water meters for the building. Pay for the splitting and only your meter....


Title: My landlord (who is also a tenant that lives in the same apartment and owns the lease) is forcing me to pay the rent for August and won't accept my security deposit as rent. (NYC)

Question:
I've been living here since June now. My landlord promised me that I can stay here long term but changed her mind and said that I have the 31st of August to move out. I recently told her that I'll use my security deposit that I gave her as my payment for the rent of August since this will be my last month. She refused and demanded that I pay my August rent. After pressing her I found out that she had already spent my security deposit for something else. I did not break any property of hers, so I assume that she had no right to misuse my security deposit. She claims that she needs me to pay my share of the rent in order to pay her rent to the landlord of the building.

I do not really have a contract with her. I've been staying and paying the rent month to month. I do have a receipt of the security deposit, 1st, and 2nd month's rent. I refuse to give her any more money, because I think that she is very untrustworthy. I do not believe that she will give my security deposit back when I move out if I do end up paying her more money for August's rent.

Can she legally evict me from the apartment? Or do I have a legal right to stay in the apartment for the month of August? Is it possible that the security deposit that I gave her which she had misused be counted as my August's rent?

I am afraid that she might throw out my things while I am away from the apartment. Is this illegal if she does do this? Any advice will be much appreciated.

Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 She's correct. Security deposits aren't for rent. You can absolutely be evicted for not paying rent and then you will find it very hard to rent again. If your security deposit isn't returned by the required time then you can sue her. You are 100% in the wrong here thinking you don't have to pay rent.

> I am afraid that she might throw out my things while I am away from the apartment. Is this illegal if she does do this?

Yes.


Title: Will be suing my HOA. Need advice.

Question:
I will be taking legal action against my HOA.  I live in the USA.  Since this is my first time suing my HOA, I have 2 questions.

- Is there a specific type of lawyer when it comes to laws dealing with Home Owner Associations?

- Where can I best find these lawyers?  Google, Yelp?

--

Thanks.

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P.S.  Any other personal advice from people who have gone down this path before would greatly be appreciated.

Answer: Why are you suing the HOA?


Title: Got a DUI (M/24 in PA, blew .13), am already moved out of state - is this the end of my life?

Question:
This month it has seemed my life was all falling into place.
After seven years of school, I finally got my BA in Social Work. I met the woman of my dreams and have made the decision to move to Texas with her. All my hard work and dedication has seemed to be validated and has paid off. The happiness almost seems surreal.

But that all came to a screeching halt last night. I made the poor choice to drink and drive, a decision that I should be glad didn't end another persons life. I am a dickhead and understand that my consequences should reflect as so. My uncles have gotten DUIs and I've always viewed them as shitheads that deserved their lot in life. Anyway, I failed a final sobriety test out of the four administered and went to the State Police Barracks to try to exonerate myself by giving a breathalyzer test, only to blow 0.134, which is in the mid-range. I was arrested but was allowed to have my friends pick me up. I was told my citation for driving under the influence would be sent by mail.

Fast forward to today, I have to explain to the police that I never got a Texas license that reflects my new residence since I'm still in the act of moving there. I moved half of my shit down already and was going to physically relocate my vehicle there this weekend.

What options do I have, in regards to the transfer of my charges down there? Has anyone else ever worked with someone, known someone, or received an out of state DUI charge, specifically in Pennsylvania?

Edit: I've already went through ARD for a charge I got when I was younger related to marijuana possession.

Answer:
 There is no transferring charges. You broke the law in their jurisdiction (penn) and they will be dealing with it.

So you need to hire a penn attorney to deal with this. You hopefully can do classes and what have you in TX.

Also, a DUI is going to greatly limit your job options in social work. So trying to get it down graded to something else might be a wise choice also.


Title: Chase bank let someone open an account under my SSN

Question:
I'm located in Florida. Chase is claiming it's a case of identity theft and making me go through the hassles of dealing with it (though it's their fault this happened). They have done nothing to assist me with this other than giving me misleading advice on where to go and what to do to straighten things out. This person who used my SSN closed the account with an outstanding balance (Chase wouldn't give me anymore details). Do you think I have a case?
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 Unless you purchased some sort of identity theft insurance from Chase, they are under no obligation to assist you with anything, or give you any advice on where to go or what to do to straighten things out.  I'm not even sure what kind of "case" you have in mind.

You need to work with the credit bureaus to get this matter sorted out.Answer #2: If someone opened the account with all your info how is it their fault?

Most likely your info was compromised at some other point and they had all your info leaving chase with no way to know they weren't you.

If someone has all your info they can use it to open accounts, credit cards, etc.

Report it to the credit agencies as fraudulent.  Pull your credit reports once yearly and review the accounts and make sure they are all yours.  Go on with your life.


Title: Girlfriend (20) is constantly sexually harrassed at work, management does nothing about it, and she cannot complain to HR. What do I do?

Question:
My Girlfriend of a little over a year works at a Bashas in a location that has a lot of elderly and overall weird people (junkies). Elderly white men especially almost always give her sexualized comments, as well as hit on her. The super weird people in the area, whenever she is sitting outside or on break, drive up and ask her "if she needs a ride" or if they could "take her somewhere". This could be seen as a sort of nice gesture, except for the fact that she is simply sitting right out front of her work, in the uniform of the store, browsing her phone, and sometimes eating, which plenty of other employees do.

She's complained to her male head manager before, to which he's just shrugged off or given some excuse. She's been complaining for 2 years.

In the past she's brought complaints to HR. Every. Single. Time. HR has flipped it around and tried to get her fired. And apparently it's not just with her. Bashas HR doesn't care about the well-being of it's employees, so whenever one even mentions anything they get labeled as "hard to work with", and receive a write up.

I'm a broke college kid who lives 2 hours away. What can I do?

Answer:
 Giving your location is not optional.  However, from your post, I'm not sure what you expect the company to do about the behavior of random people passing by in the street.  They can't kick out people who aren't in.  They have no control over that.

Same goes for the stalker, if it was entirely outside of work.  Someone exiting the building at the same time she does is neither creepy nor actionable.

You also seem to be under the impression that HR exists for the protection of the employees.  It doesn't.  It's there to cover the company's ass.

If your girlfriend ever feels she isn't safe, she should call the police.  That's what they're there for.


Title: I'm probably going on a list for asking this but...

Question: Is underage pornography illegal for underage people?

Answer: Yes, it is. Child pornography possession, distribution, etc. is illegal regardless of the age of the viewer.Answer #2: Yes, and if you just mean naked pics of your girl friend (normal) and not pics of little girls (get help), it's still illegal and a current hot button issue for prosecutors looking to make a name for themselves and make an example of this "awful sexting culture", so incredibly dangerous


Title: Girlfriend blackmailed by ex boyfriend into sex by threatening to share explicit photos/recordings of her

Question:
I'm writing this on a throw away account because I kinda want this to be as anonymous as possible even thought it seems unnecessary

But yeah the title describes my situation in basics. About 4 months ago my mother passed away leaving me without any parents. Understandably this was traumatic but then 2-3 weeks later my girlfriend of now 7 months admitted to me, after the, I hesitate to use the word 'man',  pmed me telling me that he had been cheating on me with my girlfriend.

I later looked through her phone and found out he had indeed Blackmailed her into cheating with threatening photos and a recording. He Blackmailed her into having sex with him on three occasions.

I've tried to just move on with it for the last 3 months because I was so torn between leaving her or just killing him through outright murder because of the situation and point of my life I was in buy I can't deal with it any longer.

It should also added that everyone involved is a northern Irish citizen and the man blackmailing was 18 and my girlfriend is 17.

Thank you for reading

Answer: Your girlfriend can report this matter to the police, if she would like.  You have no recourse.


Title: Process Server has stopped coming to my house (NY) - What now?

Question:
I own a collection agency. Real quick before I get started, I have been sued 4-5 times in the past 5 years and I can genuinely say that 1 incident had merit (a new hire was baited into an FDCPA violation by a professional debtor) and all of the rest have been meritless but we keep ending up in a settle vs. fight cost analysis in which case it becomes more expensive to fight the allegations than to settle. It's a broken system. Anyways, moving on-

I have surveillance cameras around my house and have noticed this past week that a process server has been stopping by mid-day while I've been working. He has waited around for about 20 mins each time and eventually left.

Finally this past saturday (attempt 5) I was out grocery shopping when he came by. You'd think he'd check what I drive with his skiptracing tools so he could see that the car in the driveway is my tenant's daughter's car and not mine. Either way, he got visibly frustrated and pounded on my door, rang my bell, rang my neighbor's bell several times, walked around the house, came back, rang the bell some more. (My tenant wasn't home either). The process server made a phone call from his car parked in the end of my driveway and got back out to take a picture of my house.

It has now been 3 days and he hasn't come back, stopped by my office, posted a notice on my door or mail, etc. I only know about this because my camera system recognizes people and notifies me when someone is around and I'm not home.

It's very likely that this is a debtor trying to shake us down and likely hasn't done any research besides looking my company's name up on the department of state website.

What different outcomes can I expect? Keep in mind, I have no idea who is suing me, why I'm being sued or anything about the case. I assume if I was a witness or anything of that nature I'd have received a phone call.

I'm a bit nervous that 'evading' service of process can have consequences, although there was no evading but I'm sure the disgruntled process server thinks there is.

I'm in Buffalo New York to be clear. Thanks in advance!

Answer: Why don't you have an agent for service of process? I'm surprised New York does not require you to have one as a business. Most states do.


Title: (Urgent Please) Friend forced to stay somewhere by police?

Question:
Hey guys, my friend is stuck in a little bit of a situation and she needs some help. This all takes place in the state of Utah

She was out with her friends who were doing weed (not her, but she was with them) and they got caught. They were all taken back to a (one of her friends') house and were told to stay there, but the cop is no longer present.

Now my question is, if she is completely sober (although she was with her friends who were doing weed illegally, she didn't do any like I said earlier) and is not being detained by the cop because he left the house, is she required to stay there? She is telling me the cop said she has to stay there and that they will be patrolling the area, but then left the house. I am not sure what the cop told any of the people who were doing drugs illegally, but that is what was told to my friend.

Sorry if some of it doesn't make sense, I'm typing all of this in a rush. If you have any questions feel free to ask and I will get ahold of her

Edit: My friend told me the cop took down their plates and their info, and then told her he was going to give her a warning. This was before she was told to stay at the house she is current at, wouldn't this mean she is fine to leave? She is over 18, so I wouldn't think anything has to be involved with her parents.

Answer:
 I think one of you misunderstood.  In the State of Utah operating a vehicle with ANY amount of marijuana or it's metabolite is considered DUI.  By the sounds of the situation the cop was basically saying:

You guys are high, I know it, you know it but I'm not going to do anything about it.  That being said you can't operate a vehicle so you all need to stay here.  If I see you driving I'll arrest you.Answer #2: >She was out with her friends who were doing weed (not her, but she was with them)

Hmmm.


Title: [Canada] My employer terminated my contract without notice, and asked me to sign a new contract with less pay/benefits within 2 business days or I stay fired.

Question:
My employer terminated my contract without notice. I was asked to sign a new contract with less pay/benefits within 2 business days. The new contract has clauses that say I transfer my rights to work we have been working on to the manager (we were working on something, and the work can be patented, and most likely will be in the near future).

If I don't sign the new contract, I stay fired without notice or knowing whether I was fired with just cause or not.

Is this coercion? Am I in a situation where I am being asked to sign a contract under duress? Would anything I sign be valid?

Answer:
 Read your original contract. What the contract says is infinitely more important to us than its mere existence, you know.

If the original contract says anywhere something alongs the lines of "Your employer may terminate this contract at any time and without notice" then 1. Its perfectly legal, and 2. Thats a huge red flag, why did you sign it?

If the contract says "employer may terminate this contract with X notice, or under certain conditions that werent met, then no. It isnt legal.

It would appear canada does not have at will employment, so they absolutely need to have a reason for terminating you. Contract expiration is a good reason, though.

No its not coercion. No its not duress. Its all about the contract.

Seriously, read your contract. Seriously.Answer #2: Rehiring you back with lesser pay/benefits doesn't disqualify you from unemployment, especially if they broke a written contract and did not give notice or Just Cause.

I would not sign that contract, just because of how shitty they are doing it. Find a new job with better employers.


Title: Help me I have a broken face

Question:
Hello, this is a burner account, thank you for you time.

So I was in an altercation involving a couple others recently. I'm not quite sure why? I received a concussion, 5 facial fractures and a broken nose. As well as partially blurred vision and supposed nerve damage in my nose, up row of teeth/gums/lips on right side as well as right side of nose and part of cheek. I also received a concussion so my memory is foggy. I have one witness. However, the only reason I feel I should press charges is this.

I have been in fights before, sometimes with multiple people, it happens, especially when you're young "I'm 20". Now I am a really fun loving guy, charismatic, open, I was pretty attractive, I have many friends and my friends care for me deeply. I get along with just about everyone and have only ever defended myself in fights. I have never lashed out to severely hurt them however. If one strike puts them on the ground, then I'm good. Only what's necessary and gets me out of harms way.

Now on Saturday (my memories foggy, some he said she said here), it began at a house party, I was DD so I had only a few beers before waters then driving my companions to the bars. But before I did this the perpetrator of this story punched me in the chest, he then have me a stern stare with no apology to which I retorted with a quizzical expression. I did not know this man. But he hit me for no reason, I hadn't even talked to him all night, so I don't know what offended him I'm the beginning. Anyways we leave and go to the bars. Have a great time, dance laugh drink a little more, drive back home at 2am get home little after 210 drink heavily and smoke marijuana then I went to sleep till around 340 am at the girl's house. My friends who woke me up as they were still awake were still having a good time. I had been tired and it was a long day and they were reaaaaally drunk though I wasn't drunk so much as I was high. Anyways, when I got outside to smoke a cigarette and go to the car this is where I don't remember, (I don't remember waking up either). But outside is the big Mexican male that hit me earlier and a big redneck friend. (I'm white, 160 pounds, 6 foot, lanky, untrained, recovering from past injuries still, depression and anxiety diagnosed(under medication) had a job interview to do this week and had to go to school, full time student in college). Anyways, I asked the guy that hit me why he did that earlier, I also had thrown up as in vomit, that's why the redneck was mad (in the parking lot though). Redneck maybe had a motive to be angry? Latino had none.anyways I'm going to my car and they follow me and they are taunting and of course I'm yelling back because I'm still a little drunk and well... Yea it happens. So when I was sufficiently corned they closed in so I took the only necessary choice and swung at the Latino missing or barly clipping him. At which point he returned and I turned to face a car and was smashed against the car, I was then on the ground. ( I only know this because my roommate was watching, he heard yelling when I was on the way to the car.) my roommate then went inside to alert re girls to call the cops and had to rouse them to help. He was missing for about the rest of the duration, 2-3 mins. When he returned they were gone, all we know is the Latino was swinging and the redneck was watching. But as I said there's 2-3 mins of unknown.

Cops

When the cops showed up I had gotten away from my roommates custody and was tryin gb to find my car, I was concussed, the car was really close and I went the opposite direction and wandered in circles, my roommate went inside thinking I was okay and the cops were coming and he didn't want to deal with it. Anyways, the cops found the pool of blood first, 2-3 feet in diameter, and a blood trail that was very heavy extending solidly 700-800 yards at which point they found me. I was taken by ambulance to hospital, not sure if kids were caught. And had a concussion, partial blindness in right eye, five facial fractures, a broken nose, nerve damage in jaw, teeth, gums, nose, checks. Severely popped blood vessel in eye.

Aanways. What can I do? We know who the kids are now but what plight do I have? I wouldn't want to press charges but this was SEVERE, and taken far over the top. The doctors said I was lucky to even live much less still have my vision. I may never have feeling in the nerve damaged spots and the blindness may be permanent. Can I do anything if I failed the hospital urinalyses? And was drinking underage? I really didn't deserve this in any way and sometimes I do don't get me wrong! I'll admit when I'm wrong! I was simply defending. But what can I do??? Please help anyone, is a case winnable? I want to fry him for taking this so far, there may have been barreling along. With what is more of attempted man slaughter than boyhood fight, other male is 19, Latino. This was just too far!!! If it was just a black eye I wouldn't care, but my face is broken, I'm disfigured and have perminant injuries. I've been in many fights, most of which no one get really anything but bruses or a big black eye. No broken bones.

Can y'all help me? Please?

(Sorry for any mis spells and ramblings, I'm up late scared because these pills they gave me are extremely intense but without them I cant sleep. Will post pictures)

Thanks for any help and for reading!

Answer:
 >I've been in fights before,  sometimes with multiple people,  it happens...

No. No,  not really. I was 20 once. I drank,  went out, went to college,  college bars,  college parties,  etc. You know how many fights I've been in?  0

>I'm 20...I was the DD so i only had a few beers...

I don't think DD means what you think it means.  "But jcar, i know my limits and what i can handle..." says every person popped for a dui ever. Answer #2: >What can I do?

You can call the police and file a complaint for assault/battery against the perpetrators.

Once you know the full extent of your injuries, you can retain a civil attorney to sue them for your out-of-pocket medical expenses and pain & suffering.


Title: Charged with heroin being present where kept.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Yes, you can still be be convicted of the crime of possession even if you come up clean with a drug screen.  You need a lawyer.


Title: Continuously getting fined by campus security (Canadian University)

Question:
Not sure if this is the best place to post this but I'm about to get kicked out of residence in a different province so I'm kind of desperate. I apologize in advance for the long read, I just want to make sure I don't leave anything out. Thank you for reading and your help in advance.

TL;DR Been getting fines because my dorm apartment bathroom shares ventilation with a separate dorm room who constantly smokes weed in their room. The smell seeps into our room, and I got a cannabis fine for the 3rd time without being in the possession of anything pot whatsoever. After my 2nd fine residence services said that if I received another one I will most likely get the boot.

First off, yes I do smoke pot, in fact I have a document from the Canadian government for a medicinal cannabis prescription, which I was issued before I turned the legal drinking/smoking age. I do smoke often, but never in the room. On top of that, shortly into the semester I stopped keeping all of my prescriptions in my room, and anything weed related. Now, I'm currently attending an out of province Canadian university, and live on residence with in an apartment style complex. There are two rooms, each with two beds, one with myself and my roommate (lets call him **John**), and one with only one person living in it who doesn't say or do much. Regardless, the first time we got fined 100$ for the smell of weed, John and I were confused because we were keeping all of our stuff inside a thick wooden locked box, and they said it smelled like smoked marijuana. We thought we had learned from our mistake of keeping it in the room when we moved everything to our friends car (lets refer to him as *Frank*). To our surprise, as soon as we were ready to leave for Christmas break, we got another knock on the door only to find security saying that they smelt cannabis. At this point, we had no idea that the room directly beside us were smoking in their rooms 24/7. Security asked if they could search the room (their search consists of standing in the doorway of our room and looking around), and with nothing to hide, of course we allow them into our dorm room. Before we had answered the door to the apartment, **John** and I had been in our room playing video games and hadn't left our bedroom for at least a few hours. so we have no idea what it smells like outside of our room, and if you smoke pot often , you tend to develop a "nose blindness" to the smell of pot so we had absolutely no idea that the vent from above the shower was pretty much just a giant weed scented febreeze bottle. So again, we take another 100$ fine, and get sent a letter saying that if either of us are caught around weed, the smell of weed or whatever, we will most likely be kicked out of residence. A few days after the 2nd fine, **John**, *Frank* and myself had been off campus since before 5pm, and arrived to our apartment around 1030-11pm. As soon as we open our apartment door and round the corner, *Frank* looks at us and says that it couldn't smell like pot more in our room. He barely smokes so he can smell weed like residence security can. *Frank* follows the smell to the bathroom, door wide open, and to the shower where the vent is, and says that it smells like someone is smoking a joint in our vents. I trust my friend a lot, and *Frank* said that the only possible room it could be connected to is the only room that is anywhere near us, the apartment with the door directly beside ours. So I knock on our neighbors door , for about 5 minutes because they probably couldn't hear me over their sub-woofer, and at this point I'm even starting to smell it myself. When she comes to the door (mind you this is my first time meeting her), I swear I've never seen anyone more stoned in my life, and I've been smoking for a while. I'm instantly hit with the biggest wave of pot stench I've ever smelled, I seriously think they smoked a good 15 joints in that room. I asked her if she had been smoking in the room and how long shes been doing it, and she replied that she had been smoking in her room from day 1. I told her that because of smoking in the room, I can't keep my prescribed weed in my room, and that I've constantly been getting fines because of her smoking in her room. That ends the discussion and she goes back into that hot-boxed apartment. **John**, *Frank*, and myself all went to his room for the night because we can't get fined if we aren't in the room. Flash forward to last night, *Frank* and myself are at the library around 545, stop at Tim Horton's on campus (is your university Canadian if it doesn't have a Tim Horton's??), and return to my apartment bedroom to finish his essay at around 9pm. I hadn't even opened my food, logged onto my computer or anything. I had just gotten my jacket off, and sat down at my desk, when I heard a knock on our apartment door. My heart sunk immediately, because no one knocks on our apartment door, they just come in, and I thought we sorted that out somewhat with the neighbors before Christmas break. Lo and behold, 2 residence security officers, and the residence advisor for our floor are in the hallway, literally standing in front of our neighbors door because it's so close to ours. They say they smell cannabis, and want to search the room. Knowing that if I get fined again I'm probably getting booted out of residence, I said that I had just sat down from being at the library all night, and getting Tim's. They demand to search the room, so i allow them, and having just sat down to eat before they knock I return to my desk to continue to do so. The residence security officers said that they smelled cannabis, and that they would be issuing me a fine. **John** was not in the room while I was gone. I seriously have no idea what to do, everything I say is argued and belittled. I can barely afford just the monetary value of the fines alone, let alone figuring out where to sleep for the rest of the semester, or if I drop out then I waste all the money spent on tuition, fees, etc.

Going to edit later, have class soon and wanted to get this up before I left, thank you for taking the time to read.

Answer: The oddest part of all of this, if the smell is traveling as much as your story implies, is that campus police and residence life are searching your room every single time - if ground zero is the neighbor's place, why is their smell entering the hallway through your room?


Title: 8 tenants but only 5 signatures on the lease... Should I or should I not sign?

Question: I am going to be living in a single family home in College Park, MD with 7 other college students. The lease only has 5 signatures. According to my land-lord's assistant, this is the case because of a strange Maryland housing law that does not permit more than 5 persons who are unrelated to live in the same household because it would be a brothel. This doesn't really make much sense to me. Anyways, should I be one of the 5 people that sign the lease? What would be the pros and cons? If I do not sign the lease, would I still be able to prove that I live independently when I file my taxes and do FAFSA next year?

Answer:
 NO!  RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Answer #2: Laws like that are not about preventing brothels they are about preventing illegal rooming houses. And some jurisdictions do enforce those laws, particularly college towns where student housing is scarce. In an illegal situation like that you have little protection if the zoning authority decides the owner is in violation - you'd have to find another place to live very quickly and it is unlikely you'd get your deposit back.

If you sign a lease make sure it says you are only responsible for 1/8th of the rent, and doesn't include "joint and several liability" because what that means is if anyone else fails to pay the rent, they can come after it for you. IMO you should find another place to live.


Title: My mom wants to send me to live with my abusive dad. What should I do?

Question:
I'm 15 and I currently reside in Virginia, USA. My dad has been in prison for around 13 years and he is let out towards the end of December, at least that's what's scheduled at the moment. He would live with my grandma once he is let out if that matters. My mother and I have been arguing a lot lately and quite frankly, she is pretty manipulative and doesn't care about my well being.  She's been reported to CPS a couple times for physical and emotional abuse towards both me and my brother. But back to the actual question, can she force me to live with him? He has been pretty awful in the past year to my family. A couple examples are when he found out I was gay, he harassed my mom, my grandparents, and basically anyone else he could call. He called me directly and wanted me to go with him to find a hooker to "make me a man" once he got out and was overall really aggressive, even saying he wanted to kill someone since he was so upset. He has a somewhat violent record since he has gotten into more than a couple brawls, in and out of prison. He also harassed my family (I'd say about a month after the first time?) once he was moved to a halfway house and was able to use a cell phone. He made an Instagram account and tried to follow me, and once seeing that I put I'm gay in my bio, he again harassed me and my family since he wanted me to take it down. I have no idea if the stuff he did would affect if I can be forced to live with him but I really, really don't want to since that would put me in a really dangerous situation. I also have no idea how this would work. Would she just drop me off at his place or would there be some sort of court thing we would have to do? I know that I would also have to transfer schools systems, but I don't really know if that would affect what's going on. I'm also pretty sure he still has custody since my mom never took him to court for full custody but I have no idea if going to prison affects his custody status. Thanks in advance for any advice you guys can give. Also, sorry for any grammar mistakes.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: I suggest talking to a counselor at school, and see if they can put you in touch with a social worker or caseworker at CPS who is familiar with your family’s case. They can tell you more about how it would work legally, and what recourse you have.


Title: [Ontario, Canada] Can a store confiscate your bag or backpack when you enter the store?

Question:
Hi, I have a few questions regarding stores and backpacks.

Can a store confiscate your bag or backpack when you enter the store?

What are the legally allowed options the store can take if you refuse?

Could refusing admittance to a store if you don't hand over your backpack be considered an implied accusation that you are a shoplifter or are there to shoplift?

Can you argue on the grounds that women do not have to hand over their purses even though they can be very big as well? Would this not make the stores policy that mainly impacts 1 gender, men,  possibly discriminatory?

Can you insist on a written guarantee that if the backpack or its contents are damaged or lost that the store will pay the full cost of replacement equipment, camera equipment in this case?

If you can't get that in writing and you DO hand over the bag and nobody tells you, or no sign is up saying that the store is not responsible for any loss or damage to your items while in their custody, can you sue them successfully in small claims court to get back your insurance deductible plus any time lost while getting new equipment? Or save yourself a possible insurance rate increase by successfully suing the company to pay for the full replacement?

Sorry for the number of questions, and,

Thanks!

Answer:
 >Can a store confiscate your bag or backpack when you enter the store?

No, but they can deny you entry/service if you refuse to comply.

>What are the legally allowed options the store can take if you refuse?

Leave with your backpack.

The rest of your rambling questions are irrelevant... but consider each of them to be a no if you really need an answer.

And if somebody stole or damaged your expensive gear from a backpack you left when entering a store... report the crime to the police.


Title: [Ontario, Canada] Company sent cheque to wrong address, will not resend a new cheque and is ignoring all my emails.

Question:
I have been working on weekends for these marketing companies as a Brand Ambassador. Most of my jobs are done through the LCBO, I stand there for 4-5 hours and sample out random spirits/beers/wines. The LCBO is the ontario equivalent of the booze store, our provincial government regulates our alcohol sales and you cannot buy spirits anywhere but the LCBO.
Anyways, so heres the story :

I did one of these alcohol samplings on May 13th.. I submitted my invoice to the accounting department on may 14th and I was expecting to be paid subsequently in two weeks. So a full month passes and I email them asking when I could be expecting a direct deposit for the shift I worked. They said that they don't have me in the system for direct deposit so they sent me a check. That may or may not be true, but I have email proof of me sending them my direct deposit, correct address and the likes. Anyways, so I figure its not a big deal and proceed to ask them when I could expect to receive the cheque. They respond to tell me that they already sent it to my address but they sent it to a completely different unit - I live in a condo somewhere in Toronto btw. They labeled it to a unit that does not even exist in my building .. I reply asking them what should i do now, and they tell me to just go to that unit and ask them for the mail lol ? I respond and tell them this is impossible as this unit does not exist, and the concierge in my building has no recollection of receiving any mail labeled to that unit. Furthermore, he said should he have received it, they would have returned the mail as they don't have the unit in the building. I relay all this information to the company.

As of now there has been no response for ~4-5 business days. I sent a follow through email on friday and have still not received anything.

Background : 23 y/o student, use these jobs to supplement my rent, food etc. The cheque may be only for 100$, but for me that is almost 2 weeks of groceries. Anyways, i ran this by my friends and they are clueless lol cause they all have legit jobs that don't deal with this nonesense. My roommate told me to contact the Ministry of Labour here in Ontario, as apparently they love helping students out ? not sure if there is any merit to this.. my roommate seemed confident at the time though haha

What should I do ?

Answer: Yeah I would contact the ministry of Labour. They will be able to help you out the most.


Title: Rape Advice. Northeast Ohio.

Question:
Six years ago, when I was a minor (13-14), I was raped and sexually assaulted by an older women (19 to 20 at the time). I have been hiding this for years, and it has really destroyed me inside. During this we didn't use protection. She gave me HPV. I was obviously unable to consent and didn't know any better regarding protection or disease at the time. The reason that this is coming up now is that I am the age that she was when I was assaulted me, and I am can now fully grasp the messed up nature of what she did, and I am tired of hiding. I have a few questions:

In regards to the assault itself, am I still able to press charges? What is the process? What do I need to have?

In regards to the disease, is there any legal action that can take place? This is the thing that has really killed me inside. I have this horrible thing, something that I didn't know about at the time, ruin my life.

I would like to thank any people that offer advice.

Answer: You can file a police report in the jurisdiction the crime occurred in. The DA will review the police report then decide if they wish to prosecute. Most jurisdictions have rape crisis centers to help people. Do not tell any one that you are doing this because any mutual friends will tip her off and if she doesn't know about the complaint the police can try different methods to get her to admit to it.


Title: Neighbours abusing their handicapped spot/handicap permit

Question: On my street with very limited parking there is one handicapped spot for this one older lady, it's right in front of her house. Recently the teenage girl that she takes care of got her got get licence and her own car. What they do is switch the handicapped permit between cars, to make sure both of them get parking right in front of their place. I was just wondering if that is abusing the permit? I live in NJ.

Answer: If there is only one spot, then only one car can park there, right?


Title: I want to adopt my wife's son. Bio-dad has already terminated all parental rights. Do we still need his permission?

Question:
Based in Maryland, USA.

My wife has a son from a previous relationship, and I want to adopt him.  He has never known his biological father, as he strongly pushed for an abortion as soon as he found out about the pregnancy, and became a foul person towards my wife ever since.  I've been the male figure in the house since he was 2, he started calling me Dad at 3 after I proposed to his Mom, then we got married, and he's now about to turn 6.  I'm the only father that boy has ever known.

Obviously, we're going to need a lawyer to do this right.  Everything I've seen, however, involves getting the biological parent to give permission for another party to adopt.  Is that permission still needed when the biological parent's parental rights have been terminated?  Are there any common "roadblocks" or things to watch out for?

Answer:
 How were his rights "terminated"?

Because that's not really a thing in real life - the term may be used as a shortcut to mean "No visitation and no child support", etc, but actually removing legal rights involves changing the child's legal paternity.  That's not really done unless:

A) he was never acknowledged legally as the father in the first place (legal paternity was never established), or

b) someone else adopted the child and is now the child's legal father.

So... yes, you will (most likely) still need the legal father's permission to adopt him - again, depending on what you mean by terminated.

This is definitely lawyer territory.


Title: Children being bother by prank texts [CO]

Question: Hello I reside in Boulder Colorado and I need some legal advice to a unique situation that is happening to my child. My son has been getting pranked texted from an app or something and when I call the number it gives me an invalid number message.. Is there anything I can do about this?? If I go to the police will the be able to have this stop?? Or will they give me the name of the person so I can personally talk to them? I have never been exposed to do so I do not know what or if there is any process.  Honestly, I do not even know if law enforcement even gets involved in these matters. If there is anything you can tell me about the process of finding out the persons name who is doing it I would appreciate it.

Answer: Block the number. No, you will not be given any names.


Title: Underage Brother underpaid 400$ by boss (CA)

Question:
So my little brother and two of his underage friends had done work for a contractor on a house which consisted mainly of roofing. This work went on for the span of 7 days, about 6-7 hours or so a day (I need to ask him exactly) and before the job started they all were told and agreed on 700$ each for the job.

Now after the 7 days pass and the work is done his boss gives them each 300$ and claims this was what was promised when all three of them were told otherwise prior to the work.

Understandably they were pretty mad, and plan to go talk to him this Tuesday. As his big brother I wanted to go with him and help him straighten things out, but I’m not sure what we can do in this situation as:
1. there wasn’t a written contract before the work began.
2. All of them are underage
3. The pay was under the table

He also tells me his boss was also currently contracting unlicensed as his expired or something like that.

So r/legaladvice, what can I do to help my bro?

Answer:
 The easy way is small claims.

But you can certainly escalate things significantly.  $300 for 40 hours of work is well under California's minimum wage law.

Working under the table is illegal, something the IRS and state of California may be interested in.  Admittedly, this is small potatoes, but if he is paying your brother under the table, he might be paying others.

Employing minors?  Did the kids have a work permit?  The state division of labor might be interested.

Doing roofing work (presumably) without a roofing license?  The California State Licensing Board might be interested.  You can also report the unlicensed contractor at [this site](http://www.cslb.ca.gov/Consumers/Report_Unlicensed_Activity/).


Title: [GA] Can I call the police on my landlord for having drugs in the house?

Question:
Landlord lives in the same house as me. Has weed and LSD and Shrooms in his room and sometimes in our fridge. Can I tell the police and have them search his room or do the police need proof before they'll do anything?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 You really need to have a bit of restraint in this. At least consult with a criminal defense attorney before taking such action.

If the drugs are in a communal area, you could also be charged with possession. There is a legal idea of constructive possession. So, for example, if the cops find drugs in a place you have access to, and you say it's the landlords but the LL says it's yours, there is a possibility the cops will just arrest both of you and let the courts figure it out. This is because with it being in a communal area (such as a fridge you have access to) it could be argued that you are in constructive possession of drugs.

I'm not saying this will happen for sure, but you definitely want to cover your bases. Most lawyers give free of low cost consultations. It would be worth your time to make sure you report this in a way that can't come back to hurt you.


Title: Rented apartment on AirBnB- management has not found out but guarantor is livid. Grounds to be sued?

Question: I rented my RS apartment on AirBnB a while back. My guarantor, who later found out and is extremely upset, has been asking for information such as names, payment amount -- all of which I have disclosed. The lease says we are all jointly and severally liable and prohibits AirBnB but management does not know of this instance and it's been quite some time since it happened. Could it be possible I get sued by my guarantor?

Answer:
 Who is your guarantor? Do you mean a cosigner on your lease? Most landlords consider AirBnB their property a serious breach and you can definitely be evicted if you are caught doing it.Answer #2: Where are you ?   I admit I'm unfamiliar with the phrase "RS apartment".

Not sure why you would disclose who your renters were... they have nothing to do with your violation of the terms of the lease.

In general you could be sued for extra wear and damage (if it occurred), and maybe your lease agreement can be broken by your landlord.

Do you have a year-long lease, or a monthly lease ?   How long is "some time" ?Answer #3: You generally have to have suffered damages to have grounds for a lawsuit. Sounds like your guarantor has not (yet) suffered any damages.


Title: My mom bought a boat for $12,000 from a marina. It was inspected by them and sank 3 days later.

Question: As the title says, my mother just bought a boat for 12,000 and it sank 3 days later.  She bought it from a Marina, and it was inspected by said marina.  They say there is nothing they will do about it.  It was not insured yet, but in the water in a boat slip which is where it sank.  Does she have any legal recourse or is she completely screwed?  My poor mother has worked so hard in life and always gets screwed.  I just feel so awful right now. Thanks for any advice.

Answer: For $12k you're in "get a lawyer" territory.Answer #2: Ok they "inspected it". You can "inspect" something in terrible condition. Did they make any guarantees as to the condition?


Title: Help my friend got fired for being pregnant

Question: A friend of mine his wife got fired after working at this job for a week. It was a antique store but also the fact that they said they will not pay her for that weeks worth of work I feel really bad for the guy since he has no money to pay for a lawyer. Fellow redditors please help.The state of New York

Answer: She can file a wage claim with the Department of Labor to be paid. As for being fired *for* being pregnant, that may be difficult to prove.Answer #2: Even if the employer should have provided FMLA leave, your friend's wife would not qualify for it. She's entitled to the amount of work she did, but that's it. I'm not familiar with NY's employment laws, but I doubt they'd give any type of protections to a person who worked only a week's worth of time.


Title: Recently passed through Delaware on a road trip and received a toll violation letter a few weeks later. We have no idea what they're talking about. Details inside.

Question:
My family and I live in New Jersey, and last month we traveled through Delaware to visit my wife's brother. About six weeks later (yesterday), we received a notice that says, in part, "The Delaware Department of Transportation believes that the vehicle pictured in the photograph recently traveled through a Delaware toll lane without remitting the **toll due** of $4.00."

The aforementioned picture does indeed appear to be of our car, but all it shows is the car on some pavement (ie, no proof of any violation). They want us to pay the $4.00 toll plus a $25.00 "administrative" fee.

The problem is we don't know what they're talking about. We don't have EZPass, and paid all the tolls we came across with cash. We have absolutely no recollection of somehow passing through a toll gate without paying (Is it even possible to do that?).

My question: Do they have to prove we violated their toll before we are legally obligated to pay them? I know in theory that we are innocent until proven guilty, but practically it often doesn't work out like that.

Any insight you guys have would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: I guess we must've driven through an EZPass express lane, as many of you have suggested. We're going to pay the $4 and not the $25 administrative fee and see what happens. Thanks for your replies.

Answer:
 You might have gone through an express lane, which wouldn't have had a normal toll booth, but just some overhanging sensors (and lots of signs warning you that it's EZPass ONLY. I've gone through these on accident, although I think it'd be hard to do so without realizing it.

Anyway, if the picture is of you going through the express tollway, and you don't have an EZ Pass, that's all they need to prove you didn't pay the toll. I'd pay it and just chalk it up to experience.


Title: Adding something to someone’s criminal record without them facing consequences?

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer: That's not how it works. At all. If you report a crime to the police, they may investigate it and the prosecutor may charge him with a crime.


Title: Seeking legal advice for a second DUI arrest.

Question:
**Edit: I'm currently in Suwanee, Georgia**
So, I was arrested June 1st at 11:20pm for my second DUI citation within 3 years.
My night started when I went to celebrate a friends birthday, I enjoyed a drink as well as a few shots. Later that evening after having a couple drinks and a shot, I left to pick my brother up from work, unfortunately my tire burst causing me to veir off road(from what my rather vague memory allows to be remembered)resulting me to lose my rear bumper as well as smother my car in mud.

Being a fool, I continued to drive on the tire to pick my brother up from work. Unfortunately a police officer was already posted up by the entrance and after investigating me and my vehicle she had discovered that I was driving while inebriated.
Needless to say, this would be my second DUI in 3 years if convicted as so. I presume this will be the decision made although would like advice on how to go about preparing myself or even discovering ways to fight the case. If this is possibles it would be greatly appreciated.

Answer:
 I'm curious what it is you expect to hear here. You've already been through this once and it is the exact same thing over again, except this time the penalties are much more severe.Answer #2: You are probably the sweetest sounding delicacy I have read about on this vast online legaladvice community. If I bumped into you, there would be no time for questions, only answers.

Your post resembles thatof an individual I once knew, it is the post which cultivates attention. You are the ideal poster for attraction of most stars and eBOLA posters, leaving one to ponder just how much time would one bill in an hour on a case such as yours. There would not be enough time in the world I presume.


Title: Car elevator malfunction in my building

Question:
I rent in a condo with a parking garage for multiple residents. The parking garage has 3 levels and the only way to get up and down each level is to use a car elevator. Within the last couple of months, this elevator has been breaking down days at a time. It usually breaks down on weekends since that time has the most volume of cars coming in and out of the garage. The building cannot get a repairman to come until the beginning of the week, leaving the elevator useless until it's fixed.

I have my car parked on the 3rd level. In order to get to street level, I have to drive my car in the elevator and go down 1 level. There have been multiple occasions where I wanted to use my car, but couldn't because of the broken elevator, thus trapping my car and spoiling plans. Recently, without any notice or emails to tenants, I packed up my car for a vacation and called the elevator. Nothing happened. So I had to take a Lyft to the nearest car rental and rent a car to go on vacation. The elevator was down for a couple of days.

This has been happening pretty much since I've moved in earlier this year. Usually the building alerts us of malfunctions, but this last one really ticked me off and I wanted to find a source to post this to and get feedback. Whether it be any actions I should take or just find a new place to live in and deal with a broken car elevator, I wanted to see some responses here. I figured this would be the best outlet to share in and look forward to productive responses back!
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: Has anyone brought this up at the condo board meetings?  What have they said?Answer #2: If parking is included in your lease, your best bet is to give your landlord a certain amount of time to fix the problem permanently. If he can’t, you can void the lease and vacate, but consider hiring a lawyer who knows local tenant law to guide you through that. There’s going to be a specific process you have to follow.


Title: Neighbors from hell, apartment complex doesn't care.

Question:
I'm not sure where else to post this?

I've lived in this apartment complex for a year and a half now. When we moved in it was great, quiet place to live for the most part. This complex has had multiple management agencies since then.

A little over a month ago some people moved in across from and below us. I can feel their music and doors slamming throughout the day and night. I've called the cops twice in a night (at 11pm and 1am) because that's all the office manager told me I could do. I talked to the cops that night (last Friday I think?) and they told me they don't know why she told me that, they're not sending reports everytime they're called. After that they just retaliated and were even louder.

The slamming things so hard our walls shake is a daily occurrence. No exaggeration. It's all day and night.

I have a 5 month old. A five month old who can't sleep through all of this. None of us can. It's hell.

Well tonight I heard a woman screaming in the apartment below mine. It really scared me because she sounded very distressed and it was extremely loud. The screaming continued loud enough for me to hear their words very clearly. This screaming was accompanied by slamming doors hard enough to shake things in my living room. Obviously I was scared for this woman and I called the police, they knocked and announced themselves four times and I don't think my neighbors ever answered the door.

Que the extreme measures of retaliation happening. They went and slammed their bedroom door over and over and over for several minutes, started blaring music. It got quiet for a while and now they are slamming things so hard all throughout their apartment that a glass on my coffee table was rattling.

I've researched the laws for Arkansas and it says our living conditions should provide "peaceful enjoyment" or something along those lines. It also states this in our lease.

I don't want to live here anymore because I do not feel safe. I do not feel that I can safely remove myself and my child to stay the night elsewhere.

How can I break the lease? Can I? Is there any hope for this situation? The lease is up in May, we can't afford to just buy ourselves out of it. We really can't even afford to move but this is completely out of hand.

I'm going to the office as soon as they open to beg them to take action.

I don't want to hear that this is just a part of living in an apartment. I've lived in them for seven years, this is not okay.

I'm at a loss. My anxiety is off the wall because of all the noise below me. Can someone give me any pointers about discussing the law and the lease stating that we're entitled to a quiet living environment and the cops disagree with the advice I was given.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: You could try recording every argument and email your landlord about it. And keep filing reports for noise. If you’re hearing DV, call 911.


Title: Pulled over By officer. He cited a speeding violation that occurred "around 2 am last night". I was neither in the locale or guilty of crime. Was written a warning -- do I have any means of recourse even for this "non-penalty"?

Question:
I'm still quite frustrated so forgive any errors.

In the last few hours I was stopped by an officer on the grounds of speeding last night. The conversation essentially consisted of him attempting to extract an admission of guilt out of me, which foolishly on my part, he did somewhat. I was not aware that an officer was permitted to stop a citizen for a "past" infringement, but that is beside the point.

He said that around 2 AM, I was on a road near my residence, and turned around a corner, permitting my "escape" and preventing him from turning on his lights and stopping me etc. His reasoning consisted of "I did not want to endanger you or myself, and ergo did not see a point in speeding up to pull you over" (rough quote). This is obnoxious -- the road in question leading up to the turn is at least a mile and half long -- incredibly well lit and very easy to spot other traffic at night. Not to mention the sheer silliness of an officer *not* speeding up to catch a would-be criminal is obviously a ridiculous claim -- it happens on an hourly basis.

I often workout late at night and (being already flustered at this point), kept repeating the familiar "I do not necessarily recollect these events officer" line every time I was prompted for such a response, as I was tired and was not thinking clearly. In the end, I believe I told him something akin to "Well if you say so" (in not such layman's terms -- but really the equivalent of that).

I suppose he became frustrated after a certain juncture, because upon my request to review the "camera", he became slightly more hostile and merely stated that, unless I came along with him to jail in a "criminal setting", I was not allowed to view the evidence against me or to verify it was my vehicle. I frankly believe he did not have any evidence whatsoever, and was lying to me in entirety. Essentially, it seemed to me as I was given the option to receive a fine or go to jail.

Anyway, progressing onward, he attempted again to have me "apologize" for my infractions and assured me that at this point, my options were to either "go to jail" or receive a warning (likely because he had no evidence or even crime on which to substantiate a true ticket).

The real kicker here?
I have several family members who can attest to my presence, at my home, at 2 AM. I was nowhere near the road, and certainly not committing the offense of which I was being accused of. I was in fact nowhere the locale during that time, and have substantial proof of such whereabouts.

If I can provide any more clarification, please let me know. I feel at this point like I'm a bit out of luck, because there is no official penalty, but it seems like the amount of harassment and injustice present in the situation calls for something a little more than to "simply forget about it". I was thinking of complaining to the department itself (at the station), but I feel that's akin to writing a letter and throwing it in the garbage -- non effective entirely. I live in the US and in MO specifically. I'm 19 and and have a clean record barring 2-3 minor traffic offenses (non-moving violations).

So essentially, do I have any means of recourse?

Answer:
 Is an officer allowed to conduct a traffic stop for a past violation?  Yes

Is it stupid? Yes.  For this exact reason.Answer #2: Really, the only thing you can do in this situation is to file a complaint with the department.


Title: Accidentally viewed gore.

Question: One of my friends sent my an internet challenge called the gauntlet and it turned out to be really bad stuff involving gore and death. I almost threw up it was disgusting. I'm not touching anymore internet challenges but I dont know if this site was legal or if even viewing it was legal. Is gore and stuff legal? If not how do I report it? And am I going to be in trouble for accidentally viewing it?

Answer:
 >  Is gore and stuff legal?

You don't post where you're located, but in general, there's nothing wrong with viewing photos of disgusting things, or of death.  You've likely broken no laws, and are not in trouble.Answer #2: Why do you think gore is illegal? Welcome to the internet. It is full of gross


Title: Lawyers in my country charge based on "what wealth you have". What can I do to minimize attorney's fees in this scenario?

Question:
Hello there. Non-native English speaker here. Do ask for clarifications if you do not understand anything.

I am from Bangladesh. I have contacted a few lawyers and all of them have told me that they charge based on an *individual income capacity basis*.

From what they told me, the system works like this. You visit the lawyer and they "size you up" regarding your income, what you can afford to pay, what wealth you have etc. They then set a fee on the basis of that. In addition there is a minimum lower limit to the fee too. So its like charging as much as possible to empty your bank account. This is especially true in criminal cases and others where the stakes are high and the results are unpredictable.

In this scenario what can I do to minimize attorney's fees?

[English Based Legal System, Bangladesh]

Answer: I am completely unfamiliar with Bangladeshi law, but as a general rule deceiving your attorney is a very bad idea. Is the amount they charge based on a law in that country or business custom? It sounds like the system is there to make sure everyone can afford a defense.


Title: (Anywhere) How legal is it for video games to offer "mystery chests/boxes" in games, especially in games children play without revealing the actual odds?

Question:
I play League of Legends and they've gotten into doing mystery chests as have a lot of games.

I bought about $60 worth this year and wasn't pleased the results as I ended up with about 11 sets of duplicate skins(or items for simplicity terms) from the chests. I knew the odds weren't that good, but in a game where there were well over 900 total possibilities, getting 11 sets of duplicates seemed shady. More shady was the fact that nowhere was it revealed that the odds were not even odds and clearly you had better chances to get certain items than others. When I brought this up to the customer support team, they confirmed that the odds weren't even and didn't really make me feel like honesty was the goal here. I'm not particularly mad about the odds or results, but I think the practice isn't good.

How legal is this stuff? Especially when people under the age of 18 are buying? It seems shady at best and doesn't seem like it would follow gambling laws in the US.

Answer:
 Totally legal.

If you want a guaranteed item, don't buy a mystery chest.Answer #2: Welcome to freemium games. An over-engineered melting pot of psychological fuckery that claims many victims.

Source: I am a dev for a major game company that makes them.Answer #3: Not having read the specific TOS/EULA or other associated language, my guess is that the boxes and their "content" have no cash value.  There are no "odds of winning", because all outcomes have the same value: nil.

That there is a secondary market where skins are traded for cash doesn't make things like this have a legal cash value.  And it's only "gambling" because of that pseudo-legitimate secondary market.


Title: Restaurant owners took 24% of my tip last night.

Question: I live in Maryland. I wait tables for $3.63 an hour plus tips. Last night I was handed an invoice for a party I was working and at the very bottom, written in pen, the owner’s wife/co-owner wrote “tip x 0.78 = tip for server”. That’s 22% of my gratuity. On top of that they’ve been taking 2% of our gratuity every night to help pay for the credit/debit card transactions. The fact that the owners are taking our tip money because they need spending money infuriates me. Especially considering we already share 25% with the support service staff.

Answer: Your edit - Bad idea /u/Buzz_Laxyear.  “Under Maryland's Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, it is unlawful to tape record any private conversation without the permission of all the parties. Recording with criminal or tortuous purpose is illegal, regardless of consent.”Answer #2: If this was a gratuity or service charge (the guests are required to pay it as part of their meal) Maryland does not consider this a tip and the employer is not required to pay any of it to the server or tip pool. Only **voluntary** tips are considered tips in Maryland. If the guests pay anything above the mandatory charge, that is considered voluntary and must be tipped out. The restaurant can choose to pay out a portion of mandatory charges as tips, but they are not required to do so.


Title: Rental property advertised as having central air - on move in, discover that it does not function properly.

Question:
I live in CT.

I just moved into a new rental property.  The house was listed as having central air conditioning as its cooling method - this was also one of the few "musts" for me in looking at a property.  At the walkthrough, I turned the system on and the fan turned on.  The landlord and the realtor both represented that the central air functioned.  I did not leave the system on to test how cold it got.

Upon moving in and turning the system on to cool the house, I discovered that the cooling system does NOT work, it just turns the fan on.

The landlord is now claiming that he never told us the central air worked, and that if it was listed as having central air, that was the realtor's fault.  The realtor is claiming that the landlord represented to her that the house DID have central air, and she had no obligation to verify anything he said, but it was his misrepresentation, not hers, so not her fault.  The lease is silent as to central air in all respects.

First off - doesn't a realtor have an obligation to verify at least some of the representations a landlord makes, within reason?

Second - what can I do??  This sounds like fraud and a violation of CUTPA (Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act), but is that really a cost-effective and/or expedient way for me to get results?   My current thinking is that I should file an Ethics Complaint with the National Association of Realtors (http://www.realtor.org/code-of-ethics/ethics-complaints-arbitration-requests-and-related-information) and a Complaint to the Department of Consumer Protection (http://www.ct.gov/dcp/cwp/view.asp?a=1629&Q=274424).  Is that likely to get anywhere?  Is there a better step I should be taking?

Discussions with the landlord and the realtor are both fruitless.  They are pointing the finger at each other and disclaiming all responsibility.

I'm flexible as to what I "want".  Lower the rent.  Fix the A/C.  Letting us out of the lease.  All these are acceptable.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks...
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 You have representations versus a lease agreement, what does your lease agreement state about the A/C unit and fixing it? Merger clause? At this point, I would discuss this mostly with your LL. Get the LL to fix the A/C or otherwise you will have to escalate the matter. Communication is your best bet.

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Did you pay the broker a commission? Either way...Maybe you can let the firm know about the broker's false representations. Maybe you can notify the licensing board about the broker.


Title: Minimum wage laws different for small businesses?

Question:
Hello,

I work for a small company. I was hired in May as an exempt employee at $41,600 per year (double $10 p hour). I've been that way ever since. Some of my colleagues have mentioned min wage has gone up so our salaries should because we are supposed to be double of whatever minimum wage is? My employer says because he employs less than 50 he doesn't have to follow that rule for at least a year and that doesn't seem to make sense to me. Is that correct or does he owe us the difference in pay from July? All of us are afraid to bring it up to him. Our HR person doesn't seem to be confident in her answers but she has posted the new minimum wages as of a week ago but said we probably won't get it

San Diego, CA

Edit 1: I make the minimum salary requirements for the state of CA. But minimum wage is higher in my city of San Diego

Answer: If you make over the new minimum wage, you are not automatically entitled to a raise because the minimum wage went up. However, if you make less than $47,476 per year, you are likely salary non-exempt, and entitled to overtime, as of December 1st last year (just over a month ago).


Title: Looking to export cars. Need legal advice

Question:
I have a Chinese friend whose export company has the money to wire me to buy a car and pay me 6,000 commission for doing it.

If they write me up a bank statement saying I have 400 K  in my account and then I buy the car cash, what legally can happen ?

Keep in mind I am not ripping the dealer off for any money, only buying a car that I am going to turn around and sell.

Do you think they would come after me for the fake bank statement if they had not lost any money?

Here is a link to an article that explains the process

www.autonews.com/article/20140721/LEGALFILE/307219975?template=mobile&amp;X-IgnoreUserAgent=1

Answer:
 Don't do it. It's a scam and you'll be the fall guy. You will be committing fraud as well as violating US export/customs laws if you do this.

Also, why is it posts on certain topics always come in multiples?! We just had someone post about this yesterday or the day before.


Title: My drunk friends locked me against my will in a room in new years eve so I couldn't leave the house.

Question:
They were not enough drunk to not knowing what they were doing, they locked me upstairs and they wouldnt let me down by force. I told them many times they had no right to doing that against my will, I called the police twice but they did not think it was worth checking plus it was in a cabin in the woods. I spent 2 hours until I decided I wanted out so badly Id risk hurting myself just to escape.

I just want to know what legal actions I can take.

This happened in Spain.

Answer: Doubt you will find many experts on Spanish law here, but generally in the USA your friends would have been liable both civilly and criminally for false imprisonment.


Title: Drunk asshole broke into my house

Question:
Early Sunday morning, while we were up with a vomiting baby, some drunk asshole kicked in my front door and tried to come upstairs where we were. We yelled and chased him out. The cops came and then went to look for him. Then he came back and got to opening the busted in door before we chased him away again. The cops picked him up shortly afterwards.

We're pretty sure he thought he lived here for some reason. His keys were in the lock of my door. We were able to use that to figure out who he is and, as I said, the cops got him.

So, I'm left with a broken door. The house is insured, but I just had a door guy out and he believe making things right is going to involve extensive work besides just replacing the door and the jamb that was broken away.

This is in Philadelphia. What are my options here? Ultimately, I want this jerk off to pay for the six or so thousand dollars that the door people seem to think this will take. Failing that, I want to make sure he at least has major difficulties because of his actions. Like I said, we know who he is and he's not some random poor drunk. He's in a junior academic (as in university) position and I can't help but think that they'd not look kindly on what he did.

But I don't want to cross any lines and if he's going to make restitution, I don't want to ruin his life (although I'd like to make sure he doesn't do something like this again).

Answer:
 Kicking in a door will not just damage the door and the jamb.   It's possible that the frame around door is now split or twisted.  That will involve removing a good portion of the wall around the door in order to make the door structurally sound again. This could EASILY run into the thousands to repair.  I get the impression the guy us a college kid?  He will most likely have no assets and therefore you will have to sue him for the repairs.

Your best bet is to make a insurance claim and have the insurance company attempt to collect from the guy. After all, that's why you have insurance in the first place.


Title: I broke a water pipe in my bathroom apartment wall and flooded the downstairs neighbors, maintenance guy says three apartments affected besides my own.

Question:
I was installing a bidet (easy peasy). Everything was fine and I was just putting things back together. The pvc pipe going into the wall was loose (or the bumper thing securing it to the wall is and the pipe wiggles freely). This is the same in the other bathroom. I did ask for maintenance to come by but they'd already left. I don't even know if they would have installed it for me because that's not really their job.

Then, with no excessive pressure used because I work in some construction and I know when to apply force and when to not, there's an ominous crack followed by a literal flood of water in my own bathroom and downstairs (mostly downstairs) into the neighbor's. I've worked with PVC so I know that cringe-inducing noise.

I tried to immediately shut off the water. No go: the handyman discovered about 25 minutes later when he arrived that it was behind a stackable washer/dryer. I know for a fact that this is not code because the water shutoff valve has to be readily accessible. Even if I knew the location, I don't think I could have gotten to it.

I know the damage has affected three other apartments, one is particularly fucked.

This apartment is riddled with shitty workmanship, and the pipes are obviously the originals. But I realize they're going to try to say I should have let maintenance handle it from the beginning.

So far I've only told them what I was doing at the time: there was a leak (I put everything back and it oozed so I took it back off to apply the white tape), and I was applying the white tape and tightening things. One apartment worker is something of a friend and knew what I was actually doing and I can't rely on her to not share.

So I know I may be at least partially liable, but damage would have been greatly reduced if the shut off valve had been accessible. It's even apparently a fairly recent construction where they made it so hard to get to, so it's not like it's prior to code coming into effect. I have renter's insurance and so does my roommate.

What do I dooooo?

Answer: You call your renter's insurance and you let them know, and you check your coverage carefully to make sure you're still covered.


Title: Doctor lied and cost me my eye and 3 fingers.

Question:
I started to experiencing some numbness and went to a doctor.

I was adamant that I wanted to be tested for diabetes as my mom is an RN and suggested they include it in my blood work.

The Doctor agreed and said he'd call me when the results came back in early the next week.

He never called and I followed up a few times with his receptionists but got different stories about my work.  One receptionist said they never tested for diabetes and the blood drawn might be too late to add to the lab work but would call me back when she found out if they needed to draw blood again.

Another couple days and I called but got the same story, so this time I emailed my Doctor since I couldn't speak to him and his office help, wasn't helping much.

He replied to my email saying they were able to test my blood for diabetes and I don't have diabetes.

This led to a few months of visits to neurologists, thousands spent in MRI's, CT scans, and xrays to ultimately rule out all other  causes of the numbness and weight loss.

I later found out, the hard way, that I do have diabetes and I just had my left pinky, ring finger, part of my middle finger, left pinky toe, second toe, and left eye removed because of it.

My current Doctor reached out to my first one and found out he lied.  He never tested me for diabetes and he lied to my current Doctor but ultimately confessed when he requested the lab work and couldn't produce it.

I don't think money will compensate for the loss I incurred but I do want this Doctor to not practice medicine anymore, so he doesn't do this to anyone else.

What should I do?  What would you do?

Answer:
 How did you go months without your a1c being tested at all? It's included in all my standard testing.

I'm sorry dude, there has to be more going on, wish we had a fuller picture. Good luck.


Title: Have to work with doctors note

Question: I work at Sysco in GA. I broke my nose on the job that required surgery. When I broke it I didn’t get medical attention for about 20 minutes because my boss said “let it stop bleeding and by that time I’ll be done eating” then they drop me off at the ER with no paperwork and my boss left. So I’m being billed. Then they try and make me come to work after the one day I was given off. But I had to call out because my boss said I had to do light duty but it required me driving heavy machinery which on tramadol you can’t do. So I used my last call out. Then I come to work again Sunday and tell him I refuse to drive the equipment for my safety and others. He says come back when you’re off the pills, we don’t have light duty. Then I get surgery. My on site nurse calls them before I do and they told her I can do light duty at a desk Monday. After my surgery I am told not to work until my next appointment one week later. This morning I tell my nurse that I am out for a week and she says that’s not what I’m told, you’re coming in and working. I said I have paperwork. She said I had to work. Then calls them and confirms light duty. I’m going to call and let them know I’m still in pain and on meds so I don’t feel I should work. Legally what are my options. I think I’m going to find a new job anyways so a lawsuit is the way I’m leaning. I’m not in the union yet because I’m still on my probation period. Can she even question my doctors note like that? Can they force me to come in?

Answer:
 You should contact a worker's compensation lawyer asap, because it sounds like they are trying to screw you. Since you were injured on the job, you have pretty robust protection.

That said, it hopefully won't come to a lawsuit - just having a lawyer telling them to quit the bullshit will hopefully resolve your issue.


Title: [South Carolina] If an uninvited person attends a private event in a hotel conference room that was reserved for the private event, is that person trespassing or can they just stay for the event?

Question: I was in charge of running a private event in a hotel conference room, a real estate investing meeting, that was for members only and two people who are not members showed up and stayed for the event. The invitations were clear that it was for members only. Could I have physically removed them or would that be assault by me? Were they trespassing or is there no law forbidding their presence? Could I have called the police to remove them? Thanks in advance for thoughts on this.

Answer:
 You should not physically remove them yourself. You should order them to leave. If they refuse, involve hotel management and the police to remove them. The hotel is private property and you've paid for exclusive use of the conference room.Answer #2: If it was reserved for a private event, they were trespassing if uninvited. You can call either hotel security or police to remove them.

Obligatory declaration that I am not a lawyer.Answer #3: IANAL, but I've worked in hotels.
Next time this happens, talk to the front desk agent. They can ask the offenders to leave and if those people refuse, it is the responsibility of the front desk to call management/security/police to assist. Do not try to remove uninvited persons yourself beyond asking people to leave.