Title: [MA] Some guy is suing me for injuries that were his own fault. Is this frivolous?

Question:
So I was driving home from the bar a few weeks ago and some jackass was stopped in the middle of the road. I didn't have enough time to stop and crashed into him. His car was pretty messed up but TBH mine was too. He claims that he had a flat tire and started yelling at me. I gave it right back to him and started cursing at him. After a few minutes I realized this was going nowhere so I drove home. Where I come from if you have a flat tire, you pull over to the SIDE of the road not the middle.

Two hours later the police came to my house. They actually arrested me, saying I did a hit and run and I was also being charged with a DWI. I was drunk but how do they know I didn't start drinking when I got to my house? And I only had like 4 beers and a shot give me a break. And also, how the hell is that a hit and run? I stopped and talked to the guy and he was being a dick so I left.

Now get this. I found out today that the guy is actually suing me for injuries him and his girlfriend got from me crashing into them. I didnt even see his girlfriend but he claims she was in the car. Give me a break! First off, he caused the accident by STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. Not my fault. This will just get thrown out of court right?

Second, can I countersue him for damage to my truck? My headlight is smashed and I will probably need a new bumper and paint.

Finally, can I sue the police for wrongful arrest? How the hell can they prove I was driving drunk? They werent there. And this hit and run BS. how is that hit and run? I stopped to talk to the guy and he was a douche.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance.

Answer:
 You are going to receive a valuable lesson in criminal law and civil law. You should notify your insurance company and hire a criminal defense lawyer or ask for a public defender. PLT: If a car is parked in the middle of the road you can't just drive into it. Answer #2: You, by your own admission

* drove while intoxicated

* hit a stationary vehicle

* fled the scene of an accident, where there were injuries and damage

You need a lawyer (or two) and to realize that by being drunk and fleeing the scene, you sacrificed a lot of your ability to defend your self. You let the police report and initial set of facts be established by the other party.

Answer #3: Fault is almost always going to be a factual issue. From your description, there is nothing frivolous about the suit. It will not be thrown out of court.

You may counter-sue and might find that good in negotiating a resolution. I suggest you get an attorney or contact your insurance company for guidance. Being charged for DWI might be a problem in regards to your insurance.

The police? No. They had the statement of a witness and facts certainly seem to back up what was said. You have nothing against the police.

Again, get an attorney. Being upset about this is not going to make it go away. You may actually find you will be found liable for the damages even with an attorney.

Reading /u/mcx9099 edit:
He is correct. You will need an attorney for both the civil suit and the criminal charges.


Title: I received 2 parking tickets due to expired village stickers and illegally parking. Is there any way to fight them?

Question:
I’m back in my town for my 2 weeks vacation. My uncle let me borrow his car for the time being because he’s not allowed to drive for right now. I took his car and drove home.

I parked on the correct side of the street and went inside my house. When I went back to my car there were 2 tickets. One ticket for expired registration and another ticket for illegally parking due to expired registration.

Is there any way to fight this and avoid paying this bogus $65? I got plenty of time and I’m willing to spend it in court.
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer: What's bogus about it? It actually sounds valid and like you just don't want to pay. Answer #2: It's not bogus. You didn't have the right sticker and were therefore parked illegally. There's nothing to fight.


Title: Fired after having brain surgery

Question:
I live in Texas and am a student at a large public university.

I've been a student worker for a department in my university for over a year now. I have a genetic condition that causes a physical disability. My job is pretty much being a warm body at a desk and answering phone calls. This job description had no physical requirements so I felt okay applying. I disclosed my disability to my boss after being hired but made sure she knew that it would not interfere with my job, which it didn't for the entire time I have been there.

I'm almost 3 weeks post op from brain and spine surgery. I got the news and a date in July and made my boss aware of it and how long I would be out. I was allowed to go back to work part time a month after surgery, which would have been two weeks from now. My boss was supportive and said there shouldn't be a problem with me taking a month or so off for this. I made sure they knew that I would not have any physical limitations that would interest with my ability to work after I got back. My boss said yeah that's okay, we have the fall schedule made up and the other workers can just cover your shifts until you get back.

I got a text from her today that said "Call me" so I did. I was informed that due to "budget cuts" that I was let go. She emphasized that it wasn't because of my performance, they just needed to cut back. I found out later that another student worker was also let go, she's a single mom with 3 jobs while going to school full time. She had also been with them for over a year.

At first I just accepted it, as shitty as it is. But then I realized some things didn't add up. My understanding of hoe the student wormer system workes is that the university itself pays our salary, not the department. They are allocated 40 hours a week for all the student workers. So two could work 20 hours each, 5 could work 8, etc. If the student workers don't hit the 40 hours max the department doesn't save money since our pay is completely separate from theirs. The same group of six of us has been working there for a year and everyone has gotten a fair share of the hours. I had been the only one working that entire summer, and was up for a raise at the beginning of the fall semester.

I'm not sure how much this affects things, but starting in July I had to start wearing a hard neck brace for some time while I worked. My boss okayed it. I also have a service dog in training, but he tucks himself under my desk and most people don't know he's there. My boss also okayed this.

I'm just now realizing that none of these conversations were ever put into writing, it was all verbal. I also found out that my boss's boss had said that it wasn't guaranteed that I could come back, that was never explicitly stated to me.

I've had issues with discrimination in the past. I had a girl in a class last semester with an emotional support dog that she tried to play off as a psychiatric service dog. Those do exist, but she admitted to me that her dog wasn't task trained, thus it is not a service dog. Texas actually has pretty good laws for this, service dogs in training get the same rights as fully trained ones and it's an offence to fake a service dog or willingly allow an animal to interfere with their ability to work. Her dog would bark and lunge after mine, interrupting him mid alert. She broke both of those laws numerous times. School disability services did nothing, the Dean did nothing, my police reports were deemed not important. The university eventually stated that her dog was allowed to be there, meaning that they as an institution value a pet over an actual human beings right to be in the classroom. And then i got really realmy sick and gave up on pursuing it.

I'm scared that the same thing will happen if I go to someone about this. My name is already associated with trouble. If I make a big deal out of this I might not be able to get another student worker job because no one wants to hire a liability. But I *have* to work to keep up with my service dogs expenses. And I'm going to be here for quite a few more years due to having to go part time.

I really don't want to take action, but I also want to know what my options are.
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer:
 FWIW, my kid JUST got the exact same notice. A day before classes started.

Different school, different state; but he has just completed a highly profitable and well regarded internship from a company that donates buckets of money to his school annually.

Budget cuts are very much a real thing right now. I’m so sorry you are being hurt by the current climate. It isn’t fair, but most of life isn’t.

Chin up. Find another option. And never feel guilty when you don’t donate to your alma mater.  NEVER.


Title: Auto accident case gone sideways. How can I hold my lawyers and doctors accountable?

Question:
Backstory: I was in an auto accident back in January that caused a disc herniation in my neck. I acquired a lawyer and started treatment promptly. This is my first, and hopefully last, time going through this process so I put my trust in my lawyer and went through the recommended treatment.

Throughout the process my case manager had denied,or at least dragged their knuckles on, my chiropractor's requests for certain imaging to accurately diagnose the cause for my pain. Upon, difficultly, getting in contact with them to see why a request was taking longer or was denied I was told they wanted to be sure that the settlement amount would not be less than incurred charges so they were being cautious with the approved procedures. Sounded good, right?

Fast forward a couple months. I'm getting medical treatment for my pain from a new location my chiropractor referred me to. Things are looking up and I'm sure I'm nearing the end of this saga. I had a total of 4 epidural injections, radio frequency ablation, and was scheduled for a disectomy when I receive a call from my new case manager informing me that the charges incurred from that one place has already exceeded $100,000, I only had 75,000 available for settlement, and my disectomy was going to run another $100,000. My heart dropped. I am still in pain and very confused how the balance got so high when they were blocking MRIs in order to keep costs down. This case manager then tells me that they dont deny anything, which is entirely contrary to my experience. Anyways, I did some research and discovered fair market value for medical procedures. It turns out that even on the very high end my total charges shouldn't be beyond $20,000. I then cancelled my disectomy while seeing if my insurance could help cover the cost of past and future procedures and requested my current bills. Upon receiving them there is no discerning information outside of dollar amounts. No explanation of the charges or anything. Just a print out saying I owe them $124,000.

All this to say, does this seem at all normal procedure? And how can i address clear inflation of charges? I literally cannot afford to owe this much money and I'm also still in considerable pain that effects me every day. My case manager is once again not returning my calls to follow up on this and the doctors wont tell me if my insurance will help cover anything or not. Please help kind vigilantes of reddit.

Answer: How did you not know what you settled your case for?Answer #2: You should talk to your attorney. Have you at any point gone to see an MD?


Title: (CA) Bit by pediatric patient - Clinic response?

Question:
This post might be a bit premature as the clinic management has promised to sit down and have a meeting regarding the patient in question. Nevertheless, we want to have an idea of what to expect when the meeting occurs.

On to the story, today, for the 3rd time, my partner was bit by the same patient. My partner is a pediatric PT specializing in developmental disorders and the patient in question is cognitively impaired. Today however, the bite broke skin and I'm pissed. As noted, this is the third time this patient has bit my partner and the clinic has seemingly ignored the situation. I'm not sure what the "industry standard" is in this situation, I highly doubt that forcing the patient to wear a mask is legal, let alone ethical, and I also certainly understand that denying the child services is unfair to the child. However, I can't imagine that the clinic has no obligation to my partner to provide a safe working environment including from the patients!

My partner documented the incident, filed the relevant paperwork and the clinic took pictures. We also took pictures of the wound on our own camera. We have not sought medical attention, only cleaned the wound and bandaged it.

Are there specific questions my partner should ask in the meeting? Is there any legal obligation on the clinic here? Do we need to do anything to protect ourselves and/or protect a future claim if the bite were to get infected?

Thanks in advance /r/legaladvice

Answer:
 > We have not sought medical attention, only cleaned the wound and bandaged it.

Tell your partner to seek medical attention. Human mouths are _nasty_ and an infection is more likely than not.

This is also likely a workers' comp issue, although if the clinic covers the doctor's bills that may end up not mattering.Answer #2: Medical provider here. Human bites are BAD. Off to the urgent care or ER to...

1. Get antibiotics
2. Labs for hepatitis and HIV done. I hope to god your clinic pulled those each time after a bite by the patient.
3. Legally document it.

Honestly your friend can “fire” them as a patient. I would in a heartbeat. Personal safety is #1. PERIOD.

It’s technically battery? Yes lawyers here? So while the kid may not be accountable- their parent or aide is.

If the company won’t let your friend fire them then it’s time to find a new job.Answer #3: In hospitals we have blood drawn to check for disease and follow up blood drawn 6 months later and typically the patient also requires blood draws to check for disease like hepatitis And HIV


Title: [CO] ER missed an obviously broken ankle. Is it worth speaking to a PI attorney or making a complaint?

Question:
I know that medmal is really fact-specific so I guess I'm not asking someone to say whether this qualifies or not, but whether it's worth it to get a consult.

About six weeks ago, I fell and heard a snap. Went to the ER because I could not walk and was in extreme pain. Got some x-rays, and the doctor said it was luckily just a sprain, so I felt extremely relieved because my insurance isn't that great. I couldn't walk so I took off of work to RICE for the weekend. With the brace and tightly wrapping it with a bandage and icing I was able to at least get around enough to go back and forth to work. Eventually, it was still painful but at a level where I could get around with crutches. I was still in pain and had a ton of swelling as of last week so I went to the orthopedist to see if I could get into some physical therapy or something to help ease the pain.

They did more x-rays and it turns out my ankle was obviously broken. Even as a layperson I was able to see it. The reason I'm asking whether this is worth it is because I am not sure what my actual damages would be, since I only missed a bit of work, have some medical bills, and I walked and worked through the pain most of the time because I didn't want to get fired. I am mostly concerned that such an obvious thing was missed, and I'd like to report it, but I'm not really sure how to go about it. Any suggestions?

Answer:
 You can talk to a med-mal or PI attorney, but it is really not uncommon for breaks to be missed initially.  The way the body responds to a break immediately after often makes imaging unclear or masks breaks.  5 weeks later, the break may have become MUCH more clear.  So while your break was "obvious" to you later, it may NOT have been so obvious in the initial xrays that the ER had access to.

Then, of course, you'd have to prove that the doctor did not perform the necessary standard of care, which is again different.  Someone falling and coming in immediately is going to be treated VERY differently than someone who reports unresolved pain despite following care instructions for 6 weeks.  When you went to the ER, it COULD have been something, but it equally could have been nothing.  By the time you saw the orthopedist, it was OBVIOUSLY something serious.  So your orthopedist had REASON to pursue past inconclusive x-rays while the ER doctor did not.

And on the flip side of that, if you DID just have a sprain, went to the ER, and were charged for multiple x-rays despite the initial x-rays showing nothing, I think you would have probably come here as well :)

What I am saying is: talk to someone, but be prepared for the answer to be "No case".  Doctors are human, and humans make mistakes.  It sounds like the ER doctor was not negligent, just wrong (possibly understandably depending on the initial x-rays).


Title: Employer gave a raise and then fired me

Question: So recently I was promoted to manager for a store and my fiance was promoted to my assistant manager. The owner forgot she had the conversation she had with me to get our raise so I had to remind her when we noticed we still hadn't gotten our raises. So two weeks went by without our raises and then continued to work for a few weeks after. They blamed me for not getting things done or showing initiative to do things when I was in constant communication with the owner for approval of things tasked to me and she would not respond to me so I couldn't get things done. She didn't even have the balls to come fire me herself she had someone else do it for her. They blamed us for their faults and fired us basically because we were the two highest paid employees. How do I get what I was owed for those two weeks with the difference in raises?

Answer: File a report with your state's Department of Labor, or the equivalent for your jurisdiction.


Title: Girlfriend’s dog bit a family member, parents putting him down tomorrow. Is this legal?

Question:
So my girlfriend is in town visiting me (we’re on winter break from college) and she just got a phone call that her Great Dane bit her aunt on the leg unprovoked. It broke skin but didn’t cause any serious damage (the aunt isn’t hurt and isn’t encouraging the family to take action against the dog). Her parents are very rural people with one-track minds and don’t see any other option as for what to do with the dog. In their words they “can’t have this in the house”.

I’m here because I find it hard to believe that there isn’t some other avenue of recourse in this situation before putting a healthy 3 year old dog down...the other issue is her parents are heartless people and don’t care if the dog dies, so even with other options they won’t take advantage of them unless it’s legally necessary or we step in

Let me know what options there are for a dog that’s bitten someone once, as well as for contesting the killing of a dog that may not actually be dangerous. Thanks :)

Answer:
 Who owns the dog, technically speaking?  If they bought the dog it could be their dog, in which case they would have the right to kill it.
Answer #2: The prudent thing for your girlfriend to do would be to travel home and collect her dog, and offer to pay for whatever bits of her aunt's clothing her dog damaged. It's inconvenient, but if she's determined to keep her dog alive, it's a lot more likely to produce results than legal action after the fact will.

Her parents are not obligated to put a dog down because of a single bite, but may be able to do so if it's their dog. Who bought the animal originally? Where does Fido live during the college term? Whose names, if any, are on microchip paperwork and purchase records?

Ultimately, if her parents put _her_ dog down without her permission, your girlfriend could consider suing her parents for the replacement value. Unless her dog is in breeding or show condition, that's not going to be much, even for a purebred - three-year-old dogs are generally a lot easier to come by than newborn puppies. A breeding or show dog is much easier to demonstrate real value for.


Title: Copyright concerns

Question:
 Essentially If I traced this image (as in traced with a pencil) then uploaded it on to a tshirt. Added my company logo and some text Could I face legal issues? What is the copy rights on pictures of people? Thanks ahead of time
http://i.imgur.com/HeEPCCM.jpg

Answer:
 No, you cannot do that. The Macho Man and Hulk Hogan have the right to control commercial use of their image. It's also infringement on the copyright of that photo. Answer #2: ....
yes.Answer #3: Photographs are copyright by the photographers or companies that took the picture.

Tracing an image or using it in any other way is creating a "derivative work." derivative works are automatically owned by the copyright holder of the original image. So yes, you would be infringing copyright to distribute or use that traced image.

The penalties for copyright infringement if you were sued are something like $15k to $100k per infringement.


Title: My 10 yo niece got touched by her father in law and my sister can’t afford a lawyer what options are there?

Question: This is in Mississippi. My sisters husband is very wealthy and has multiple big shot lawyers. Currently they’ve got a restraining order on him but when they went to court, they postponed it since she had no legal representation. The lawyers she’s been to say they need several thousand up front to help. We’re all pitching in as much as we can and I’m pretty sure that he has to reimburse her (in that state) for the lawyers later but I’m wondering what options anyone could think of here. Literally any advice or help would be extremely appreciated.

Answer: How does a 10 year old niece have a father-in-law?


Title: I was beaten and robbed last night, and need some advice.

Question:
Drug deal gone wrong. A sizable amount of money was stolen from me, and I was left battered and bruised. I want to know if I have any recourse in this situation. Due to the nature of this betrayal, I am willing to incriminate myself and take any charges I deserve in order to see these pieces of shit locked up. One is currently on federal probation.

Should I even bother going to the police? What charges could I be facing? NC, USA

Answer:
 Robbery Detective here.

I, personally, appreciate it when a victim is honest with me about what shenanigans they were up to before they were robbed.

I have never charged one of my robbery victims with any drug related crime when they have been honest with me.

I have, however, decided to not go forward with a robbery case when a victim has lied to me.

Your mileage may vary and it wouldn't hurt to talk to a lawyer first.


Title: [US-AL] Would I get arrested if I allowed children to play on, around, or use lawnmowers & they got hurt?

Answer: Maybe.


Title: Insurance cancelled because self install black box wasn’t installed correctly. (M20) (UK)

Question:
Started an insurance with a self installed black box. Installed it, had a letter through saying they weren’t getting the readings, organised someone to come install it again. Started getting emails about my driving score and how I was driving great.

3 months in I get a letter saying they’re cancelling insurance due to the black box not receiving readings and I’ve failed to rectify the issue despite contacting me many times.

They never contacted me apart from the one letter/email at the very beginning so they’re lying about talking to someone multiple times. Since then I’ve been getting notifications on my good driving! What is my legal stance to get my insurance back or get the bad ‘cancelled’ insurance off my account as that can effect future insurances?

Answer: First contact the Insurance company,  it sounds like they have some wires crossed with your account and someone else's account.


Title: [PA] Is it legal to post pictures of narcotics on the internet?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Possession is illegal.  Pictures are evidence of possession.

The actual posting of photographs is not itself a crime.  It's just evidence that a crime has taken place.


Title: Laid off without warning?

Question:
I dont know where to go about this situation but a friend of mine suggested to do this so lets see how this goes..

I worked at a school as an office receptionist and have done that for a year now. I was told I had winter break and summer break off.  Summer break is almost over now and I have not gotten any calls or emails from the school about any schedules for the new year.

A few days ago a teacher messaged me telling me how in a meeting they mentioned I was not going to be showing up anymore but I was planning on showing up the first day back to school. I tried to call my boss and left him an email.

The next day I called him again and got sent straight to voicemail with a text saying sorry I can't talk right now. I sent him a text back asking him when would be a good time to talk as I needed to speak to him, but he never answered that. I called the school and told the other receptionist what has happened and ask to be transfered over to other lady who I thought might knew something. She said she did not know anything and the only person I can talk to about this is him.

So while im waiting for a call back, my big brother, who used to work there as well, called me telling me that he got a call from someone at the school and told him how they were replacing me with someone else and might give me another type of job there, but told me to stay calm and when I go in Monday to fight for my job back as that "other" job was going to be shittier than what I was doing now.

A few hours later I finally got an email back from my boss. I was told that apparently it was a 'seasonal' job and was told the last days of school that he would call me if they still needed me. I was never told it was seasonal and I never saw him the last days of school. The email also says that they are replacing me with someone else who has more priority than me as shes been working at that school for 8 years now. They also mentioned how they don't have any more positions either and that's it.

I just.. I don't know how to feel about this at all. Im just asking for opinions or something on this. I was never notified about anything. All this happened 4-5 days before school comes back up. Some have told me that this isn't right and others said I should move on and take this as experience.

Answer:
 In Florida you're an at will employee and barring a contract or union agreement can be fired at any time for virtually any reason.

You can file for unemployment and look for a new job.


Title: (Arizona) Teachers posted a list of those who are failing classes publicly

Question: At the end of the semester our teachers posted a public list showing those who are failing and those who aren't. Those who were failing were sent to a different classroom while the other half of the class watched a movie. Now they're trying to force the students that failed one or more classes to leave the school without being given a chance to redo the class. This is a public school and I was wondering what the legality of this situation is and what kind of lawyer I should contact.

Answer: Are we talking middle school, high school, college, trade school, truck driving school, beauty school, or what? Answer #2: It's usually a violation of FERPA to post identifiable education information like student names and their failing grades.  But FERPA doesn't confer a private right of action.  So you can either speak to someone in the school's administration, or someone in the district office (maybe even the district counsel), or [file a complaint ](http://familypolicy.ed.gov/complaint-form) with the Family Policy Compliance Office within the Dept. of Education.


Title: What can I do with my mentally ill sister after my mom passed away?

Question:
Okay, Reddit, I decided to come to you in hopes of receiving advice and to see if anyone else has been in a similar situation?

I am twenty four years old and my mother is currently dying of respiratory failure. My sister is thirty one, schizophrenic, bi-polar, and possibly has multiple personality disorder as well. She's been in my mother's care her entire life, but I'm unsure of what my options are once my mom passes away. Her illness/instability makes her completely unfit to function in society and I certainly don't have the time, money, or skills to take care of her(unfortunately). Since she's an adult, I've been told that she is technically able to make the decisions on her own, which doesn't make any sense to me. Basically, I was wondering if from a legal standpoint this is true? Will I be able to put her in an assisted living facility where she will get the treatment and care that she needs? If so, where do I even start? If not, is there any way to make myself in charge of these types of decisions for her?

I live in Columbus, Ohio and I was also curious if these types of laws vary from state to state?

Answer: Thank you to everyone that has replied and taken time out of their day to help assist me in this time. All of your responses have been extremely helpful with my situation! I plan to go back and through the thread and respond to specific comments and questions individually, today has just been extremely hectic. Thanks again.


Title: What happens to old people who can't take care of themselves and no one is willing to take care of them? (MN)

Question:
Hello Legal advice.

Some facts about the situation.

Grandmother has dementia and can not take care of herself any more. Mother and father are currently taking care of her and have been for two years. They can't continue to take care of her for a variety of reasons.

Grandma has a reverse mortgage.

Her income is ~$2,000/mo. This isn't enough even for the most inexpensive home in the area. Her bills and expenses mount to roughly $1,800-$1,900/m. She has a $1,200 emergency fund in a savings account.

She is currently getting $660 in county assistance. It is being used to get her out to an adult day care facility once a week so that she actually has somewhat of a life that is not sitting in front of her TV. It's not enough for the kind of care she needs either.

Since she has no money/assets and no one can take care of her do we try to get her to be a ward of the state? What steps should we take? If this would be better asked somewhere else I'd be glad to post it there.

Answer: You can call adult protective services and they can take her to a state run faculty if there is no one to care for her.


Title: Detained by cops and forced to go to hospital

Question:
So last night I was leaving an airport in Maryland, fairly well inebriated but hey I wasn’t driving. I was wearing flip flops and slipped at the top of an escalator and basically fell down a flight of moving steps.

I got some pretty good cuts and scrapes on my face, but didn’t otherwise hit my head. A police officer, later several police officers, forced me to wait and be evaluated by an EMT. I did not want to do this.

The EMT wants me to go to the emergency room and gets a doctor to say I should come in. I don’t want to go, I don’t have anything broken, the bleeding stopped pretty fast, and I want to go to my hotel and go to sleep. It is close to midnight at this point.

The police say I have to go to the hospital and cannot leave. An ambulance is now outside and they bring in the stretcher. They say because I was drinking I can’t make a decision for myself, and that I have no choice but to go. I haven’t broken any laws, but I’m basically being detained at this point.  They forced me to give them my ID, and at one point took my phone from me. I did call 911 since I was basically being abducted.

When I continue to refuse, I get the old line we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Three cops literally twisted my arm behind my back, picked me up, and tied me to the stretcher. I was then taken to a local hospital where the police stayed to make sure I didn’t leave.

The ER doc ordered a CAT scan. I refused. The cops and doc say they can sedate me if I am not cooperative. So I go to get the scan. The ER doc eventually comes back and tells me the scan days I broke my nose. Wiggle nose back and forth, pretty sure it’s not broken. Tells me I need a tetanus shot. No. Tells me he wants to stitch one of the cuts. No. They didn’t even clean the cuts out but want me to do this other stuff?!??

I was not permitted to leave for about three hours and finally just took my stuff and said I was leaving. A nurse threatened to call the cops again. Whatever.

I was drunk, and falling down isn’t a crime. How can I be forced to receive medical treatment against my will?  How can they justify forcing me into the ambulance?  Am I financially responsible for the cost of the treatment and the ambulance ride?  I had to shell out $20 to get back to the airport to my hotel too.

Im not a legal eagle, but I feel a little violated today that I was held against my will. Is there a legal justification for this?

Answer:
 >How can I be forced to receive medical treatment against my will?

Because sometimes very intoxicated people are not capable of making medical decisions for themselves, even if they are still conscious and talking. It sounds like you were pretty drunk - were you ever made to use a breathalyzer or did the hospital run a blood test? How many drinks did you have?Answer #2: I am very stuck on the fact that your nose is broken! Why would they lie to you about that? You need to get a copy of your hospital records so you can take them to a doctor or urgent care.

Yes, you will be financially liable for all of these costs.


Title: Quit job without notice. It has been 12 business days and I still don't have my final paycheck. (OR)

Question:
I was employed by the USPS. I failed my driving certification and so was told to resign or be let go. I resigned at that time. Went in and did it in person and they said I'd have my check soon. I left them my time card.

The check I recieved was for one day of work even though I should have 6 on there. I called and asked and they said the rest would be on the next check and they'd call me. It has been now 12 business days or 16 days total since resignation and I still have not gotten my final pay.

It is my understanding that this counts as withholding pay and is illegal.

Answer: We're you paid biweekly?


Title: Landlord walking in on wife unannounced?

Question:
This situation is potentially very complicated, I'm going to try to explain it as clearly as I can. There are multiple factors and questions. If you can think of anything else that'd be great.

We are a small family recently moved and are now living in western Ohio, husband, wife, six month old daughter. I'm looking for advice about the situation mentioned above, as well as just other renters advice. Like, we're considering moving out of state in another half a year or so, so we don't want to MOVE to another place and sign a year lease, but the situation just keeps getting worse and I don't foresee it doing any better unless we make something of a stand or just leave.

When we moved to Ohio we looked around for a month or two for a place to rent and came across this pretty decent place we are currently at with two bedrooms and baths. It's a nice cozy little place, but it was in shambles when we rented because the old man  whom we rented from (we assumed) was incredibly forgetful and possibly losing his mind. Like we told him that we wanted to rent from him and he kept calling us telling us that we needed to tell him if we wanted to rent from him or he was giving the apartment away to someone else. After seeing his 'son', I'm guessing it's just a family trait. Anyways, we signed the years lease and he said he'd need a few weeks to get the cleaners in to deal with the place and update stuff. When we moved in the apartment was in shambles, the floor left black marks on our feet, all of the drains were clogged with hair and overflowing, the food disposal was full and clogged, nothing was working, the AC wasn't working either so it was freezing the pipes constantly and running nonstop with little cool air the summer we moved in and cost us a fortune. We contacted him a few issues at a time to get them resolved and for the most part it was taken care of.

About a year later we get a notification in our mail that the old man was no longer managing the properties and that we were to send our rent to 'Mildred' at a local PO box and that questions and maintenance concerns needed to be directed to this other guy, whom we assumed was his son or something (same last name). Little bit of a red flag, because it didn't seem like a professional letter, but we figured maybe the old man died or something, sure. Next we had a few things left on our list that needed fix, like the drywall wasn't holding the blinds that came with the house and the chain on the light in our bedroom (the only way to control the light) broke and we needed that fixed. Previous tenancy at professional locations told us that we needed to just call them to have a maintenance guy come and fix it. We called him and he demanded to know where his rent was (this was the first of the month) and we assured him that we had sent a check from Chase and that he should have gotten it. He said he'd take care of the issues and we never heard from him again.

That is, until he knocked on our door a few months later demanding to know where rent was and that he hadn't gotten it. Don't know why he isn't calling us at this point, but okay. Old guy. Sure. We told him that we had sent it from chase and assured him that it was on its way. He stormed off, first impressions are a bitch, I guess, because we didn't have a good one with him. He called again, asking about it, we said we'd look into it, and then he showed up again later (when we were not home) to apologize because he had gotten the check the first of the month CASHED IT and didn't realize that it was our rent check... Okay... Getting kind of invasive and stalkery at this point. Plus the memo on the damn check said 'for rent' and the check had our name on it, but whatever.

Next we got a notification in the mail, still very unprofessional looking, that our rent would be adjusted to be a bit higher and our 'late' date would be earlier in the month. No big deal. 'Thanks for your continued tenancy' etc etc.

Fast forward another few months, we've been having to send money orders through the mail in order to pay rent to him the last few months, but this time we decided to switch back to Chase because it's free and easier to just send him a check that way. We're still trying to figure out this adulting thing. The check is sent on the fourth. Then, about four days past the 'due' date on the tenth we get a knock on our door; guess who? Landlord guy. "Where's rent? I didn't get the check? Blah blah."

I assure him that we sent it through chase and that it should be on its way. "Good enough." He says and storms away. Okay. Talk to my wife and we double check to make sure the check had been sent. It was, the money was taken out of her account, it should have arrived on the fifth or sixth. Right? Well great, it's going to be the same situation again. I reasoned to myself.

Few days later, TODAY, knock on our door. It's the landlord. Wife is at work at this point. I'm nearly naked because it's my day off. I answer the door. "Were's rent?" You didn't get it? "No, I haven't gotten a check from you or anything." Not even in your PO Box huh? "Nope." *sigh* Fine, okay, I'll have my wife check with her bank and see what happened. "Okay, can you call me this evening to keep me updated?" Sure, yea. That's fine. He leaves.

That should be that.

It wasn't.

I talked to my wife when she got home a few hours later, she said that the records showed that it was sent. I told her to call the landlord and tell him all of the information we knew so that he'd not ride our asses while we figured it out. She calls him, tells him that she can show an invoice of the sent check, that it was sent on the fourth, and that it was sent directly to his PO box. HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT. And it HAS to be an issue from his end. He didn't answer the phone, so we left a voicemail.

An hour later I leave to go pick up some dinner for the family, but I leave the door unlocked so when I'm carrying in all of the food and drinks I can just walk in. I'm going to be gone ten, fifteen minutes tops. She's there. No big deal.

I come up and she tells me, "Guess who showed up?" I said, "Who." And she said the landlord, asking about rent. But this time he knocked on the door and she was busy getting dressed for bed. (IE: She was naked.) He knocked, she thought it was me and looked through the peephole. It wasn't me, it was him. He then opened the door and tried to walk in. "Anyone here?"

She shoved the door closed and was like, "JUST A MINUTE!"

He waited, she finished getting dressed, he wanted to know where rent was and said that he didn't get the call. (Odd, considering that's his updated number.) I guess he was being super civil and polite... My guess is that he realized that he almost walked in on a woman getting dressed. But as she's telling me this, I'm getting incredibly angry about it. Like, it's on the verge of harassment at this point and now he's walking in on my wife in our home? Seriously?

The finale is that she said that she's going to stop in at the bank tomorrow, see if the check has been cashed yet (hopefully it hasn't because he SWEARS that he didn't get it and we'll likely have no way of proving that he didn't just cash it). If it hasn't then we'll cancel it and get him another, but he's charging us late fees for all of this stuff and it's like... We sent it, and we can prove it, why are we paying late fees?

Okay, so here's a summary of my questions:

- What are my legal rights as a tenant and what can I do to make sure he doesn't barge into our house without calling us first and telling us that he's going to be entering our home? I want to make a stand here, this isn't cool.

- If it's a mess up on Chase's end, is there any way we can get something covered, even just the late fees? Like it's not cool that we PAID it and we're having to deal with all of this stuff. Can I take any sort of legal steps with/against Chase in this case for soiling the relationship with the landlord and causing us some grief?

- What happens if he cashed the check and we have to pay the asshole landlord double rent plus late fees? We can't afford that. We have so many expenses already, plus recently had to buy a new car because my old one died, I don't know where we're going to pull that out from.

Needless to say, I'm going to start looking for another place to rent. Likely from a business instead of some random landowner, because there is just a lot of gray area and not very well defined protections on both sides for this to be worth all of the stress and hassle.

Thanks everyone!

Answer:
 >What are my legal rights as a tenant and what can I do to make sure he doesn't barge into our house without calling us first and telling us that he's going to be entering our home? I want to make a stand here, this isn't cool.

Since it happened one time and he waited outside as requested by your wife there is really not anything to do.

>If it's a mess up on Chase's end, is there any way we can get something covered, even just the late fees?

You can take that up with Chase but you will owe the fees to the landlord.

>Can I take any sort of legal steps with/against Chase in this case for soiling the relationship with the landlord and causing us some grief?

Annoyance and grief fall squarely into the shit happens category, you don't get compensated for that.

>What happens if he cashed the check and we have to pay the asshole landlord double rent plus late fees?

If you pay him double the request a refund. If he refuses you could sue him in small claims, although it may be faster to just wait and not pay the following month (since you have effectively pre-paid).

>Needless to say, I'm going to start looking for another place to rent.

don't you have a year long lease?


Title: [AZ] Purchased a vehicle and now the seller is threatening to take me to Small Claims Court for additional money.

Question:
I purchased a car from this person in July of 2011, they recently contacted me and threatened to take me to small claims court for additional money above the what it was sold for. They state that we verbally agreed for an additional $1,000 to be paid after the sale, and have witnesses to back this up.

At the time the seller was trying to get me to pay more but I did not agree to this, and their "witnesses" are most likely family who are willing to lie about it. Unfortunately I do not have any witnesses of my own, as I was by myself at their house, and no paperwork to back up the sale right now (I am still looking for the bill of sale). Even so all they have is their witnesses.

My question is about the date that this happened and how statute of limitations works in this situation. The date of the sale puts this at 3 yrs and 10 mths ago, and according to AZ law the limit on an oral agreement is 3 years. If I include this information in a answer to the suit what are the chances it will not be heard? If this does go to court what kind of chances do I have of wining with no additonal witnesses or hard evidence to dispute their claim?
Topic:
Contracts

Answer:
 The standard in civil cases that this person will have to reach is whether their side of events is more likely than not.

Most people who threaten to sue, don't.  I wouldn't worry about this unless you are served with papers.  If you're served in small claims court, you'll be expected to show up on a particular date and time; just bring all the evidence you have.


Title: Should I sue Google for revealing private information about me on Google Maps Street View?

Question:
I was looking at my own home at Google maps street view. At the time the picture was taken, I was trying to sell my car. I noticed that Google didn't censor my phone number on the ad I put on my car. I was wondering if I should sue them for showing my personal information online.

Edit: I live in Israel

Answer: So let me get this straight. You put your phone number on a car you are selling in plain view of a public street that anybody can walk down and you think that's somehow protected from disclosure?


Title: (Update Illinois) The pet shop owner ate the pets

Question:
[First post is here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3i80uu/illinois_pet_shop_owner_ate_the_pets_is_that_legal/)

Heres the update. I called animal control in that town and no one answered so I left a message. He called me back today and said there have been complaints and that he'd been to the store a few times. The pet shop owners were kicked out due to not paying rent last week and the animals that were left have been either sent to the humane society or gone to good homes. I guess there have been complaints for a while.

Thank you everyone for the advice and I've definitely learned to not work for cash and to always call about weird things.

Answer:
 Glad for the animals.

Answer #2: Good job on stepping up and calling animal control.Answer #3: Not legal advice but an fyi:

>But then the mother bunny started ignoring the babies. I noticed this and told the owners that the mother bunny wasn't feeding the baby bunnies.

This is normal, healthy behaviour.  Mother Bunnies **do not feed their babies all day long like dogs or cats**.  Rabbits are easy prey and constant back and forth from the nest would draw too much attention.  Instead bunnies nurse in the early morning and again in the evening, and never when a mother feels she's being watched.  At other times the mother will sit where she can observe the nest, but otherwise ignore it.

We currently have our second litter of baby bunnies at our house, and I'm very glad I had read about this before the first one as I too would have assumed they were being neglected.

If a mother bunny really wasn't feeding her babies, you might as well feed them to a snake - hand feeding is very rarely successful for rabbits.Answer #4: That sounds like such a bizarre situation. On the one hand, I feel bad for those animals, but on the other hand, what must happen in a person's life to reduce them to living in their failing shop, eating their merchandise for bare subsistence. I'm glad the animals are being taken care of properly now.


Title: Arrested for driving intoxicated (as a minor) and need help Az

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 The best thing you can do (or your parents) is to hire a lawyer. You can ask the lawyer if being read Miranda was pertinent, but generally speaking officers are usually pretty right as to whether or not they needed to be read, and a failure to read them even when necessary doesn't always result in a total dropping of the case.Answer #2: So you had the chance to just get a DUI by blowing, but it looks like AZ differentiates a DUI from a Marijuana DUI, so you're looking at both charges plus refusal.

Not being read your rights won't help you here.  You need a lawyer bad.Answer #3: > I also declined a breathalyzer

I'm always amazed by this.  Why would you decline knowing that your license is automatically suspended in Arizona for a significant period of time **and** you've got marijuana in your system?

>They also found a pipe (not mine, but in my car)

It is yours, unfortunately.

You need an attorney ASAP.


Title: [CA] Was sold an invalid Coachella ticket and the festival will only let me pick up a replacement in person. I'm not going.

Question:
Desperate here. I sold my Coachella ticket to another redditor and when he tried to activate it, there were no codes printed. According to festival support, the only remedy is placing a replacement ticket at Will Call - I have to be there with my ID and credit card. But I'm not going to the festival at all anymore. Support said T&Cs do not allow refunds, etc. - has to be the original purchaser.

But they sold me an invalid ticket - how does that not invalidate T&Cs? Appreciate any thoughts here, thank you!

Answer: They didn't sell you an invalid ticket, they made a printing error.  You have a remedy, you just don't want to deal with it.


Title: Ontario - can I be fired for a Facebook rant?

Question: I worked part time for a private college doing social media work and event photography. Last night I wrote a rant on my own Facebook page displaying my frustration with a change in direction the school is making - no expletives, no personal attacks, no shaking or discrediting the school. Today I got a call saying that they have taken my rant as a resignation. My contract had nothing on personal conduct and my post said nothing the wad unsure. They changed my proposal without my consultation and I was not happy with that. That's all.

Answer:
 Respond clearly that you do not resign and that your social media post cannot reasonably be construed as a resignation letter, that you'd be happy to discuss what to do about the post, and that you are willing and ready to continue your responsibilities. If they fire you, that's their problem, but you'll likely have to take down the post and apologize profusely to keep your job, at this point.

You can be terminated for this, but a social media rant doesn't qualify as a resignation letter, or as conduct equivalent to resigning, or (most of the time) as the kind of just cause that would allow an employer to withhold notice or pay in lieu of notice or any owed severance. If they insist that you resigned, or if they terminate you without providing notice or pay in lieu, speak to an employment attorney about your options. You won't get rich off of improper notice, but a lawyer will be able to look at some of the more obscure bits of Ontario labour law and make sure you get every cent you're entitled to.

In the future, don't call your employer out publicly if you plan on continuing your employment.Answer #2: [This will help you.](http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employees/2014/04/social-media-and-termination/)


Title: Girlfriend (26f) was arrested for punching me (30m). I don't want her to be in more trouble. What do I do?

Question: I live in Tennessee and when I posted her bail the bondsman said I just don't go to court and charges are dropped.  Today the D.A. called me saying if I didn't meet with them and skipped court I would issued a subpoena to appear.  Any advice is appreciated!

Answer: You can make your wishes known to the prosecutor. If you are subpoenaed you will be required to appear in court.


Title: Legal for an employer to delay the start of a shift after an employee arrives to work?

Question: I work in a restaurant in British Columbia, Canada. The owner recently instituted a new policy regarding start times- although we're still required to be at work ready to start at the time listed on the schedule, we aren't necessarily going to be starting our shift at that time. Instead, we're supposed to sit in the back and wait for a manager to decide when it's busy enough for us to start work. We aren't paid for the time we're sitting in the back waiting, and we aren't allowed to leave because we may be required to start at any time. They did say that they wouldn't keep us waiting longer then thirty minutes- so not too much time, but still going to add up. This is my first restaurant job, so I have no idea whether this kind of policy is typical. I know that management is allowed to change our schedules last minute, but are they allowed to require us to be in the building for a specific period of time without paying us for that time? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Answer: [Here](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards) is a link to the employment standards of BC. They have a hotline you can call to discuss this issue. Based on your description I would think that the employer has to pay you as soon as you start your scheduled shift. Also it looks like changes are in the works to require 24 hour notice of schedule changes. Best of luck!


Title: [CA] Rented out room, they had a grease fire which caused a flood. AirBnB support is useless.

Question:
So, while I went back home over the Winter break, I rented out my room on AirBnb to a 2 guys - they were cooking and caused a grease fire, which caused the sprinklers to go off and flood parts of the apartment (no damage to property).

However, we've been billed by the property group management of $2175 for the flooding of the gym underneath us and the people we rented to aren't responding.

I need advice please:

1) Should we be liable for bad structure in the building in which caused some water damage to leak through down to the gym?

2) AirBnB is basically refusing to deal with the problem as it's past the 60 days. The invoice by management was sent today, when the fire happened back in January 1st (New Years Day). So because of the delay, AirBnB is wiping their hands clean even though it was their customer that caused the fire.

Any help is greatly appreciated please. I'm an Australian international student, and the $2175 is quite a kick in the teeth.

Answer:
 Your renters insurance MIGHT cover the damage if it doesn’t exclude use of the unit for AirBnB type use.

Buildings are not built with water right interiors. It generally wouldn’t be a defect if a flood on an upper floor dripped down.Answer #2: Yes, as the property owner you are liable for damage your tenants cause.

Buildings are not water proof. Water dripping down several floors does not mean there are building defects. This is why water damage can be extensive and very costly.

What does the rental agreement through AirBNB say the renters are responsible for?


Title: (CA) Issues with renting out room to a family member

Question:
I have recently (January) brought my girlfriends sister into the home we stay at and given her a room to stay in. The house is my fathers (loan/title), but I have been residing there and paying the mortgage and bills since moving in (March 2014).

The oral agreement with the sister was that she would initially pay whatever she could for rent, with the amount increasing up to the full amount ($500 plus her share of utilities, 1/3 at the time) as the months went on. She only paid 50 in March, 60 in April, and none in May.

The sister stopped sleeping at the home in early May to stay with her boyfriend and only came by periodically to get clothing.

On May 12th (I think, it may have been the day prior) she was there so my GF approached her, and apparently there was an argument between them. In light of things said during the argument, I told the GF to inform her sister she needed to pay the full amount of rent by the time it was due next month or find a new place to stay in that time - this was said with the assumption she was already essentially living with her boyfriend (as in, we wouldn't be putting her on the street), and done in hopes of lighting a fire under her ass to be responsible and either pay in full or negotiate terms, and maybe opening up communication (which clearly backfired as described below). The GF told her she had until the 14th of the following month. Communication was sparse after that, and we never saw her once.

Since that time, the sister has come into the home twice when we were not present and without informing us to pack and take portions of her belongings. She has refused to give us back the key, and when told she needs to inform us before she comes by, she has claimed that because she has mail delivered to the house she can come and go as she pleases without informing us until the 14th of June, and has threatened to call the police "if that's going to be a problem".

I'm very afraid that she will be vindictive and come into the home when we aren't there and damage my personal property. As of today (June 12th) I have changed the locks.

Have I acted illegally in doing this, what rights do I have in this situation, and what rights does the roommate/sister have in this situation? I want to try to make this situation right and I'm afraid it might be too late.

It should be said that I'm absolutely *not* planning on withholding any of her property; I would simply prefer that one or both of us be present to ensure nothing of ours is damaged or stolen in the process.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: Why can she not come into her home? You allowed her to live there and she has not been evicted. She has a legal right to be there. You need to give her a 30 written notice to terminate tenancy. Then evict her if she still has not turned in the keys. But you cannot lock her out.


Title: PA suit against employer/boss question

Question:
So where I work at we found out yesterday we are getting laid off sometime between "now and March".

We work for a big health system, and we are leased out to other agencies.   The big health system (our employer) is not the issue.

The agency we are "leased" to is.   They do not make enough money to stay open.

This comes after 8 of us attended a meeting about a change of power and reporting.  The manager threatened physical violence against a coworker.   He threatened to put audio and or video devices inside the vehicles so he can "hear whats being said".   He also stated he was going to follow us around in his personal vehicle and we will learn to know it.  We filed a complaint with the HR Department and they put someone else in the place to report to for right now.

They have made it compete hell emotionally and physically to be comfortable coming into work.   It has been like this for three years, but has only gotten worse.

Yesterday, there were new rumors going around that we were closing.  I contacted our "supervisor" and asked and got told "I have no idea, you'll have to ask so and so (board member) but we got told not to talk to him (Since we filed complaints against him).  I stated "It would be nice to know if we were closing so I can figure out my finances,  I will hunt down either he or she at their office or just call them and ask them directly".      They are our board of directors and we have been told before we can ask them questions.

We had a few hours later with the HR department stating we are indeed closing and the rumors leaked out early.   We could get a severance package, and an option to transfer to another position (we all applied for a few).   However they (management) are out for blood, they have wrote people up for petty things,  and once you get wrote up you WILL NOT be able to transfer.  So it fucks us.

So after the meeting, about an hour later a police officer called me.   Stating that my "supervisor" contacted the two board members and they then went to the police department to file a complaint for "Threats and harassment".

I at no point made threats, and I did not harass them.  I only stated to a THIRD PARTY I would find out basically where they were to ask them or call them.  I don't believe that fits the legal definition in Pennsylvania.

Is that alone defamation of character and something I can file a civil complaint against?  They acted on information from a third party, that was not recorded.   No charges will be filed the officer was pretty cool with it and said "if I was loosing my job, I'd be asking questions, but call comes in, call goes out".

For the other employees and myself,  is it possible to enter a civil complaint for emotional distress?   If not for emotional distress, I'd like to follow up with something for them attempting legal action basically over hearsay and ruining reputation at the health system.

On the Pennsylvania side there are forms I can fill out:
http://www.pacourts.us/forms/for-the-public

What exactly should I do?  None of the employees can afford an attorney.  I got my tax refund back, and I am saving it to pay bills when we are finally laid off.     So if all I have to do is name the agency or the main person in the civil form, I'll gladly fill it out, take it to the local district justice and pay the required amount.

There are 8 total wow are willing to get signed and notarized statements about the issues and threats.   I can also try and get a copy of the police report from the officer if there are grounds for defamation of character or slander.

I used a throwaway because I don't want people to figure out who or where I am exactly.

Edit:

Could I/We File a private Criminal Complaint against the one party.
 In PA you can file a private criminal complaint.  You document everything and take it to district justice.

 PA 2709 Harassment:
A. Offense defined-- A person commits the crime of harassment when, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another, the person (2) Follows the other person in or about a public place or places.

He threatened to follow us around to see what we were doing and that we all would get to know his personal truck.

Another offense would be PA 2706 Terroristic Threats. he stated he wanted to grab our one coworker by the collar and choke her out because he was displeased with how they were working.  This was witnessed by 5 employees.

2706 for terroristic threats states an offense is defined as: A person commits the crime of terroristic threats if the person communicates, either directly or indirectly a threat to (1) commit any crime of violence with intent to terrorize another;"
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 > Is that alone defamation of character and something I can file a civil complaint against?

No and even if it were you would have to prove the accusation is false, which you won't be able to.

> For the other employees and myself, is it possible to enter a civil complaint for emotional distress?

You can complain about anything but you won't win. None of these actions come even close to being suitable and even if they were you would have no damages.

Answer #2: Move on. Nothing you mentioned is really actionable.  They are free to call the police on you,  and no, that does not equal defamation here.

Let's get something straight. If you're am at will employee,  despite what you may think as an underling you don't have the right to know anything. Most of this could have been avoided if you hadn't been running around with this sense of entitlement.


Title: Most Cost Effective Way to Settle an Appeal With My College (ADHD-Disability Related)?

Question:
So, I’m asking a question about the best way for a person with very little money to ensure they don’t get further screwed by a school.
I was enrolled in a nursing program at my university, in semester 4 out of 5, in about October of last year.
At that time, my grade in the class was below a 75 and so I had to report to my class instructors for midterm counseling.
At this time, I disclosed to the instructors that I had adhd and was adjusting my medications, was having trouble focusing and asked what they recommended I do.
At this time I WAS NOT AWARE THAT ADHD WAS CONSIDERED A DISABILITY.
The instructors told me I needed to drop out of the program as it would be too much for me to handle right now. My response was, that wasn’t an option for me since my loan money was almost used up and I would not be able to complete a second degree without paying out of pocket, which I absolutely cannot do. I was in the 4th semester, after the next one I would have been done. I asked if there was anything else I could do and their response was “if you don’t drop, you WILL fail one way or another”. The program has a history of trying to scare and intimidate students out of the program, so I didn’t take it the way I should have, I simply continued with the program. I do have a copy of the form with my adhd listed and them recommending me to drop out.
Before I took the final exam, my class grade was a 75. After the exam, the grade was a 73.6. I have no idea what questions I missed, or how many I missed, just that I was passing before and then suddenly failing. Because of this, I was expelled from the program and ineligible to enter another program in my state for 3-5 years, even if I could afford to start over.
In discussing the semester with friends and family, it was brought to my attention that I should have been given accommodations once I identified as having ADHD. Looking further into it, I realized this is both university Policy and law, and so I decided to appeal my dismissal on the grounds that I should have gotten accommodation.
Next, I appealed to the dean of the College of nursing. She told me essentially that unless I could prove I was given the wrong grade numerically, they would not hear my complaint.
Next, I appealed to the VP of Student affairs. When I initially met with her, she told me not to apply for any other programs and assured me I would be able to retake the final exam in order to pass the class. I have this on tape. She took a month to review the case and avoided contact with me during that time, causing the semester to start and make it where I could not possibly register anywhere else. They told me that A. There were instructors notes saying I was lying and the teacher told me how to get accommodations, I just denied them.
B. I never reached out and told anyone I had ADHD.
C. The syllabus had the information in it (how was I to know to go to the center for disabilities if I was unaware ADHD was a disability?)
My case was denied for these reasons and I had been stonewalled by the university until I appealed to the Chief of Staff in July.
To sum it up, my dismissal was overturned. The CoS found out that the Nursing staff had presented a fake “instructors note” and syllabus that had caused  my case to be denied. Y’all, the “note” was a piece of legal pad that said “gave student disability accommodations, student denied. No idea why. Why didn’t she come to me?” No signature by the instructor, my name isn’t on it, a poor ass lie.
Here’s where I need help. I was supposed to graduate this past may. They are proposing I do remedial work to keep my skills sharp, I have to apply for readmission and IF I am accepted I have to retake the class I was in in January and then progress to my last one in summer semester.
I feel enough of my time has been wasted; I’ve been out of program almost a year. I want them to do a grade appeal form upon completion of the remediation to change my previous grade in the class to a passing grade, and then allow me to into my last semester in January. OR I will do what they ask, but they need to guarantee admission and pay for both remaining classes (Sallie Mae is already calling me.)
I know I will not obtain these options without use of a lawyer. This program has messed up so many people, and I am the first to ever successfully appeal a grade. Do you think a demand letter might work or anything else? What’s the best way that’s going to cost me the least, or is there any program I can get help from?

Answer:
 OP- Your post is a blob of text.

* Edit it to include paragraph breaks
* Remove run on sentences
* Make your questions clear/easy to read
* Add your location (state)Answer #2: It's really not their job to go out of their way to explain to you what is and isn't a disability. Maybe your comment should have triggered them to ask if you needed accommodations, it very much depends on the circumstances.


Title: Unlawful Searching?

Question:
Hello all,
I am a high school student in a district near Dallas. As many of you may know (or might not) vaping in high schools is kind of an "epidemic" right now. Becuase of this the admins/principals in my high school sometimes search kids randomly. Now I have never vaped and probably never will but my question was if someone was to tip off the principal that I had a vape in my backpack and they asked to search me can they? Do I have any right to deny or not to consent to there search? And if they do search my backpack without consent is that unlawful? Just thought I would ask and thanks in advance for your answers.

Answer:
 They can search your backpack with or without your consent and they do not need probable cause of any kind to do so.  The courts have more or less said that the 4th amendment doesn’t exist within schools Answer #2: The school can search you when acting as guardian in loco parentis with broad authority.

If the school is acting as an agent for law enforcement that *can* change things and mean you have a 4A right.

Confiscating your vape pen doesn't fall under that.


Title: made a casual encounters craigslist add. now men are offering me money for sex. are they undercover cops?

Question:
i dont know if this is the right subreddit but i'll try anyways.

so i posted on craigslist saying that i was looking to have sex with women. i included a pretty suggestive picture of myself. i got an email from a supposed married man who is a corporate executive offering to give me a massage. he didn't say he would give me money, but he did say he would give me a donation afterwards, and that he could also help me out financially. he said to meet him at a very nice apartment.

i also got an email from a guy who started by saying he would pay $200 to have a straight guy like myself have sex with him. he then proceeded to type out a huge detailed paragraph about me ripping him open and stuff. not sure if i'm interested in this but i was just wondering.

Answer:
 Please clarify. You're "not sure" if you're interested in being a prostitute????
Answer #2: > not sure if i'm interested in this

Accepting sex for money is prostitution.  That includes "donations" for "massages", which is thin as tissue paper.

I'd recommend staying far away from anyone who offers you money.Answer #3: > Are they undercover cops?

There's literally now way for us to know, but its absolutely possible.

> Should you do this?

No, no one on here is going to advise you to do something illegal.


Title: Random dickwad used our address to sign up for fraudulent checking accounts. Getting collections notices in the mail. Obligated to do anything?

Question:
AB Canada. So about 2 years ago, we started getting random letters from a number of banks saying Mr. Random Jackass owes X amount at their Y institution. At the point in time I called back all the banks and told them this was a case of a random using our address to sign up for multiple accounts at various places and we've never heard of him (house has been in the family since it was built, no renters, no chance it's some previous tenant mix-up).

Recently we received a letter from a collections agency for one of the debts at one of the banks and I just want to know if I'm legally obligated to do anything about it (not the debt, but informing them that Mr. Asshole has never lived here and is some scam artist). Furthermore, I want to know if they'd ever escalate to anything beyond letters and how to prevent that as I don't want them harassing my poor mum since I've moved out.

Answer: Who are these letters addressed to? If they are not addressed to somebody who lives there, why are you opening mail that isn't addressed to you? That's a crime.


Title: Tree Dispute (FL)

Question: Me and my fiancee live on a lot where there's a tree that we need to cut down because it's leaning and could land on the house. The thing is the tree sits spank in the middle between 2 lots. Do I have to ask for my neighbor's permission or can we just cut it down?

Answer: Unfortunately [you do need to get permission before removing a boundary tree](http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/fe/fe96200.pdf). If he doesn’t want to cooperate you might want to pay a real estate attorney to write them a letter putting them on notice that the tree is diseased and outlining the liability they’ll incur if they refuse to grant permission and it falls into your house.


Title: (France) Boss won't let me block off-work days

Question:
I am a waiter in France. I have sent an email to my boss (he makes the work plannings) to warn him I won't be able to come to work on specific dates (2 saturdays and 2 sundays).
He told me : "Outiside of your exams, every date is a wish from you, not an automatic no-work day".
Is he allowed to refuse ? Does the reason I can't work on that day come into play ?
Mind you I'm giving him a 1 month notice on this and we always get plannings on friday for the following week.

I really need help on this ! Thank you

Answer:
 I don't think we have anyone here who's familiar with the law in France.

There is an attempt to revive /r/LegalAdviceEU underway- I do not know what the status of that is.


Title: [TN] My landlord had a break-in a few months ago where every tennant’s financial information was stolen. Now I’m getting letters about owing $2900 on a credit card.

Question:
Back in February, the apartment complex where I live had an office break-in. At the time were assured that nothing of value was stolen and we had nothing to worry about. Last week, I got a letter from a collection agency stating I owed them around $2900 on a credit card I’ve never had. The account address returns to Florida, it’s obviously not me. Checked my credit, sure enough about 3 weeks after the break-in the account was opened.

According to one of the managers, applications for around 300 people were stolen. Some were former tenants and people just applying, but along with it all the current tenants had their information stolen as well. The only reason I know about this is because there are at least 3 other people in this complex who have received letters from the same collection agency over the past couple of weeks. One of them put two and two together and figured the office probably wasn’t telling the whole truth about the break-in. He went to the police department and received a copy of the police report through FOIA and it turns out all of our applications were kept in an unlocked file cabinet in the break room.

What would my next step be here?

Answer:
 I would suggest asking the landlord to pay for credit fraud protection. Not saying it's due to their negligence (possibly is) but to keep you happy and safe, and from possibly seeking damages in court. It's a small price to pay.

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As for the dept do what Isaiah835vnr says and don't procrastinate on it, take it seriously.Answer #2: A good place to start (assuming you're in the US) is identitytheft.gov - it's the Federal Trade Commission website and it'll safely walk you through every step you need to take through this process, from filing police reports to more difficult issues. I use Turbo Tax to file and don't have any issues filing online. There's a place for the code at the end of every tax return.

*Please don't follow any link posted by an internet stranger, which is why I didn't post the full link above. If you Google "FTC identity theft" and make sure you go to a site ending in .gov, it's safe.Answer #3: Follow this guide: https://old.reddit.com//r/personalfinance/wiki/identity_theft  Be sure to share the link with any others that have been affected by this.Answer #4: In addition to what others have said, file a police report for identity theft. Currently, the police are not investigating this, because all they have is a burglary to investigate. Let them know you want to file a report and reference the burglary. Give them as much information about it as possible so that they can start this investigation.


Title: [Arizona] My HoA decided to make a new requirement soon about parking in front of your own house

Question:
I rent out 3 rooms in my 4 bedroom house. I myself have 1 car and 1 motorcycle. Then I have 1 tenant who has 1car and 1 motorcycle. My other 2 tenants both have 1 car each. All of us together take up 5 parking spots.  So that the car in the garage + motorcycles can get out of the garage, we have 2 bikes + 1 car park in the garage.  1 car park on the driveway and 3 cars park in front of my own house. If I have a guest, they usually park in the driveway or in front of my own house.

My HoA just had a meeting yesterday where they decided they're going to start not allowing cars to park in front of houses (this may have been an unenforced rule in the CC&R but I don't have a copy of the book and am trying to get one). However when I bought my house, one of my requirements to my realtor is that parking in front of the house would be possible as I had a run-in with another house I almost bought.

I found this: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/51leg/1r/bills/sb1278p.pdf

According to sb 1278, if I'm reading this correctly, this new policy they're trying to enforce cannot be enforced.
Is this correct? Is there anything I can do about this?
Thanks in advance.

Answer:
 Until you get your CC&R paperwork, you're not going to know for certain whether it can be enforced or not.

Ultimately, if they have the right to enforce it because it's written in the Covenants, then you're bound by them.  If you didn't read them before you bought the house, that's on you.


Title: Hi r/legaladvice! I am a landlord in a horrible situation with a formal tenant and could use some help!

Question: My wife and I own a duplex in the Philadelphia, PA suburbs where we had both units filled. There are downstairs and upstairs units. The tenants that live downstairs have lived there for three years and have no plans for leaving anytime soon. Even when a big problem happens in their unit, they do not make a big deal out of it and only let us know in passing. I try everything in my power to make them happy and they have been happy since living there. My upstairs tenants, however, were pretty horrible. They never paid rent on time, constantly made excuses on why rent would not be paid, and only brought up issues with the unit when we asked them about rent money.  We had to take them to county court two times during their lease, where on the court date, they would find a way to come up with all the back money they owed. These tenants moved out on the 1st of this month and left the apartment in pretty bad shape and left their stuff in the yard, including a basketball hoop and stand. They had left it there for a while and never gave us a forwarding address to send any of their stuff or mail to. Furthermore, they took the electric off of their name and, by default, went back on my name. They still owe $220 for the electric but now I am being penalized because it was switched back to me. I went back to the property to remove the equipment and was "greeted" by my former tenants and several of their family members who told me that I couldn't move this equipment as it was theirs, even though it was on my property and they never let us know when they were going to move it. One of the family members began to verbally assault me and even threatened me. I did not react to provoke any violent behavior as I am a person who absolutely have any type of confrontation. When we first bought the duplex, I wanted to get a property manager to take care of matters such as this. My wife thought getting a property manager was a bad idea and that's why, unfortunately, I had to be involved in stuff like this. Later in the day, my wife and I got a voicemail from a detective who is looking into what happened at the property. My assumption is the former tenants call the cops and filed a report. The detective is back in the office tomorrow and will expect my call then. I just wanted to know, what my next steps should be.

Answer:
 You should speak to a lawyer. What counts as abandonment varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and the fact that you encountered your tenants at the unit could well indicate that they have not abandoned their tenancy. If so, then you'll have to evict them if they're breaking the rental agreement. You can likely combine that with a suit for any remaining outstanding rent, the power bills they were responsible for, and for the cost of repairing the unit beyond whatever is covered by their security deposit.

If they have legally abandoned the unit, then at least you're done with their tenancy. However, you still have some responsibilities as far as disposing of their property goes. Again, that varies by jurisdiction; you'll want a professional to handle it so that you don't have to deal with a nuisance lawsuit later on for conversion.

You should speak to a lawyer before you speak to the police. This is one of the few times where it seems fairly likely that you can safely tell the police what happened - ideally, they'll back off and treat this like a civil matter - but what seems to be true to me and $2.50 will get you a bad cup of coffee. Get a professional: your tenants have likely dealt with this before and may be prepared to drag this out as long as possible.


Title: I bought a house, and at first my neighbors seemed OK...

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Real Estate law

Answer:
 I am not a lawyer.

I think you'll probably have more success addressing the neighbour's harassment through the police than going after the prior owners for not disclosing that they had bad neighbours.


Title: Need help in dispute over vacation rental

Question:
**TL;DR** I booked a vacation rental for an upcoming vacation on homeaway.com and fully paid in advance. The people I rented from are now telling me the location I booked is no longer available, and are offering a different place. I asked for a refund and they are refusing.

In September 2016, I booked a vacation rental for a four day family vacation in Miami in January 2017 for about $1600 on the vacation rental site homeaway.com. The listing was clear that the full amount should be made immediately, and there is a no refund policy. I paid $100 to the website and the rest of the amount using PayPal shortly after receiving the bill. In December 2016, I received a generic mass email telling me that the place I had seen online was in a building that was no longer accepting short term vacation rentals, and now my vacation rental is at another location three minutes away. A quick google maps search reveals that the new location is a suburban home about a 12 minute car ride away in a different neighborhood and doesn't look like it has a pool. I picked the original location because it was in an elevator building, in a walkable part of town and has a pool. I asked for a refund and after a brief email exchange, it was clear I would not receive one. I tried to dispute the charge with PayPal but they sided with the seller. I have had no contact with the people renting the place since. I contacted the help support of the original rental website homeaway.com, and they advised me to sort it out with the people I rented from.

I’m not a lawyer, but to me this seems fairly straightforward, I rented a place, that location is no longer available, I should get a refund.

Additional information

* The people I rented from insisted I pay through PayPal. I checked the homeaway.com website and while they offer the possibility of paying in full through their platform and discourage checks made to cash and money orders, this is not something they warn against. I used this website in 2011 for another trip and at the time paid using a check.

* The people I rented from operate using a small corporation (three people on latest annual report), all living at the same address (I found the company details on the Florida Department of State Division of Corporations website), all emails were sent from an gmail email address with the name of the business. Out of the three people, I have communicated with two, apparently a mother and daughter.

* I received communications from two gmail email addresses, one for the business, and one for an individual for Paypal.

* I received two emails on the internal homeaway.com messaging system, one saying “Reservation cancelled” and one saying “Payment 1 cancelled”, yet received no refund. This was before the PayPal dispute. The original email saying the original location is no longer available advised me to “contact paypal” for a refund. To me this is a big red flag, the people I rented from seemed to hint at the possibility of a refund, but are not issuing it. They later said "The owner is not issuing refunds, you have to call PayPal" even though the transaction had cleared through PayPal months ago.

* By recouping social media information, the emails, the rental bill, the instructions I received, the Florida Departement of State Division of Corporations information, and the email addresses used on homeaway.com and paypal.com, I am 100% sure of the identity of the people I talked to.

* I live in New York, the business I rented from is registered and operates in Florida

* The original email telling me the rental was no longer available was sent to a dozen other people in the CC field, not the BCC field. I know I'm not alone in this.

What should I do? Do I have any legal options? I have had no contact with anyone from the people since the PayPal dispute, should I call or email them to let them know I’m planning legal action if they don’t reimburse me, or should I just go ahead and find a lawyer? Most importantly, do I have a case worth pursuing or am I out of luck?

Answer: Why did PayPal side with the seller? They haven't held up their end. If you paid with a credit card to PayPal, you could try a chargeback.


Title: Why are police departments allowed to review their own misconduct?

Question:
This is a huge conflict of interest. Conflicts of interests are frowned upon in other areas of law. Why is this ok?

It seems that a lot of the tension surrounding police misconduct could be resolved with the implementation of outside review boards. What's stopping this?

Honestly, the status quo seems completely absurd and unjust. Am I misunderstanding the situation?

Answer:
 The status quo is completely absurd and unjust, which is just how police unions like it.

Take a look at progressive cities like for example Boston and Seattle. Boston started a body camera program to try to prevent injustices. The police union refused. The city said "you're doing it anyway" and the union thraatened to strike if they did. A compromised was reached where they would have a pilot program with only volunteers. There were zero volunteers. Whether the union twisted arms and forbade volunteerism is still being litigated. In Seattle, a pattern of I justice forced the DOJ to step in. The result was a consent decree that made a number of changes, like changing the review board from three cops and two civilians to three civilians and two cops. The police sued the city and DOJ, claiming that the changes, like requiring a crisis intervention team to respond to situations with mentally ill people and disarming the metermaids was an unconstitutional infringement of their right to defend themselves. That nonsense was dismissed with prejudice.

And those are two of the most progressive cities we've got. In less progressive places, your Little Rocks, your Tallahassees, your Saints Louis, then the local governments are also pretty thrilled with the status quo, because your cop always being found to have acted in accordance with training no matter what saves tens millions of dollars in judgments and training new hires. (Note that there is an even more sinister reason why your less progressive places might be fine with it.)

In the end, the problem is that the injustice benefits the best-connected and hurts the most marginalized, so it's going to stay that way until the inherent properties of our system change.


Title: Florida: Roommate is trying to sublease to another female who wants to have her permanent boyfriend move in as well. Not comfortable with the idea, possible new tenant doesn't care

Question:
I live on off campus housing that allows coed or single sex living (but, if you plan to live coed, all roommates must agree in writing to be "okay" with living with the opposite sex).

My sublease states that it is only one person allowed per one room.

I live in a 2/2 apartment, and my current roommate has left for the summer and plans to sublease.  A female has expressed interest in subleasing, and plans to bring her boyfriend to live in our 2/2 apartment along with 2 pets (which aren't allowed in the first place)

I am not comfortable living with another man; let alone 2 complete strangers.  My rent is pretty expensive, and there is a cap on utilities.  If we go over in utilities, the overage is split equally among roommates.

I have expressed that I would be uncomfortable with this possible roommate subleasing and bringing her boyfriend, and she essentially told me she doesn't really care and has made up her mind.

What are my rights here? Can I send the screenshots of our conversations to the leasing office? She states several times that she will get around having her boyfriend on the lease by just having it under her name.

I'm really worried, especially since I'm new to the area and already paid $300 for the application fee and cannot break my lease without more penalties.

Thanks for your help.

Answer: If it violates your lease to have pets and/or 3rd resident and/or a male roommate (without permission), tell the LL. Your current roommate is still responsible for her part of rent whether she is there or not -- *or more accurately you both are responsible for paying the full rent* -- otherwise you both can be evicted. Just tell your LL. Easy peasy.


Title: Ex girlfriend is filing false police reports against me. Is there anything I can do? Or will they just be ignored?

Question:
Well me and this girl broke up back in January.

She ended the relationship and started dating someone else immediately.

I tried to cut off all contact. However, she wasn't okay with this and accused me of being a "sociopath" for "throwing away a platonic friendship".

After enough pestering, we had an explosive fight and she FINALLY told me to never talk to her again.

I have not spoken to her since January. I even paid someone else to go get my stuff back so that I wouldn't have to see her.

Just yesterday, she told one of my friends to stay away from me because I'm a "dangerous person who throws away friendships over stupid things" and that if I'm willing to do that, I could be "capable of murder". She claims that she has had to call the police multiple times because she hears strange noises in her apartment at night and that a cop has to drive by her house every day to ensure she is safe from me.

Again, I've had no contact with her since January. Is there anything I should do about this? Is she probably lying?

I'm literally just living at my parents house working my ass off and trying to get into the fire academy. I'm a bit worried that these false police reports will effect my chances.

Answer: She claims she has called the police, but is there actually any evidence that she has? Have you been contacted by the police? It seems unlikely that the police (if she has even called them) are taking her seriously if they haven't even bothered to talk to you.


Title: (CT) Allowing 13 year old to stay with my ex for trial 7 day run before moving in with him. Not comfortable signing over custody just yet. He will be transported to/from school in home town before making any permanent decisions/changing schools (which is a HUGE downgrade).

Question:
Should I hire an attorney to write up a contract?  Again, nothing permanent yet - I’m hoping the trial run is a disaster and he wants to come back home, but I’m hella nervous about my ex brainwashing our son about me.  He has trashed me since day one of our divorce 10 years ago, he doesn’t get that it hurts the kids and not me.  He also owes me $25k+ in back child support.  I’d like to include that he will continue catching up on child support in this contract.  Am I making a mistake?  I want to protect my son but I want him to be happy and he’s not happy at home (we live with my parents, he can’t handle the rules), to the point where he’s verbally telling me he’s suicidal.  He’s being discharged after a 16 day inpatient psych hospital on Friday.  He is so unhappy, I feel like I don’t have a choice in this.
I am worried sick about my son, I can’t stop crying.  My ex is a horrible, horrible human and I don’t want my son turning out like his dad.  Any advice is greatly appreciated. 💔
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 >Should I hire an attorney...

Yes, absolutely yes.


Title: [HYPOTHETICAL] Can two people get married while awaiting trial to invoke spousal privilege?

Question:
To make locationbot happy, let's say this is in New York.

So here's the hypothetical: A and B commit a crime, and are caught and arrested. Each are summoned to testify against the other, but with the condition that their testimony won't be used against them in their respective trials. Without this testimony, both A and B will walk.

Can A and B get married while in awaiting trial, and then invoke spousal privilege to avoid testifying? I've found caselaw that says prisoners have the right to marry, but could, for instance, a judge call BS and nullify the marriage for some reason?

Again, this is a question of pure curiosity, I'm not planning anything nefarious with a soon-to-be fiance.

EDIT: Let's say further that A and B had no romantic relationship before this.

Answer:
 New York has a fairly limited spousal privilege.

First, spouses are generally competent witnesses:

CPLR § 4512

>Except as otherwise expressly prescribed, a person shall not be excluded or excused from being a witness, by reason of his interest in the event or because he is a party or the spouse of a party.

CPLR § 4502 does provide privilege for confidential communications between spouses -- but you'll note that they must have been married at the time of the communication not the time of the testimony.

>(b) Confidential communication privileged.  A husband or wife shall not be required, or, without consent of the other if living, allowed, to disclose a confidential communication made by one to the other **during marriage.**

&nbsp;

Further, this privilege does not even cover confidential communications if it was part of a joint criminal enterprise

>the [§ 4502] privilege does not extend to communications between spouses in which they are jointly advancing a criminal conspiracy or aiding each other in the commission of an on-going crime.

People v. Watkins 63 A.D.2d 1033 (1978)


Title: Could my boss make me get a spray tan?

Question:
This may not be the best place to post this, but it also might be the perfect place for it.

I work at a tanning salon in New York City (I'm 20, in college, no judging) and next weekend is "Spray tan weekend". They said that we all have to be trained and sprayed ourselves by spray tan weekend. I understand that they can make us train as that would be part of our job, however, can they make us get a spray tan? They say it's because it would help our sales, however they suggested I tan to help my sales regularly, which I don't but I'm still one of the best salesman.

For backstory, I'm against myself tanning in any way except the natural way. I've considered it but when I considered it, I was going to cover my face and body so just my scalp would get tanned, making my hair slightly more blonde, like it used to be, but is browning as I grow up.

I don't want to get a tan for the simple reason of I like the way I look, whether it's spray or bed, I don't want the tan. If they were to fire me for that, would it be illegal? I never signed a paper saying I'd tan for them or anything, the only paper involving me tanning is that I wouldn't tan elsewhere.

Edited to include location.

Answer:
 You might be in the wrong job. (no judging)

Would you work at strip joint and refuse to take off your clothes? Some things just go along with the job. No salon is going to hire a stylist whose hair is a mess.

If they fire you (not illegal), get a job at CVS. No one cares about what shade your skin is, there. Answer #2: LOL, why would you work at a tanning salon if you are against tanning?  Do you have some excuse for why you can't do it?  In a wedding, skin issues, allergies, asthma, who cares?Answer #3: How is a spray tan going to lighten your hair??Answer #4: >If they were to fire me for that, would it be illegal?

No.


Title: Do I have to go to DMV & court after cop pulled me over for not updating my address?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: How did they know it wasn't your correct address?