Title: My brother is facing possible jail time over an incident in which he claims he did not break the law.

Question:
First of all it seems important to include that my brother has had past trouble with the law. Most recently his car had a breathalyzer installed after a DUI (about one year ago I think), but he was only one month away from having it removed.

Anyways, my brother was out of state visiting Tennessee for a concert/show, and he got pulled over near a small town close to Chattanooga. The reason he got pulled over was because he failed to realize that his blinker was left on for about a quarter mile.

The officer that pulled him over asked if he had been drinking, and my brother responded by pointing to his breathalyzer to show that his car wouldn't let him drive if he had been drinking.

After that, the officer requested to search my brother's car and my brother complied because he had nothing in his car to hide. Finding nothing in the car, the officer also requested that my brother submit to a blood test to test for drugs. **This time my brother said no**, and was arrested for DUI and driving without a seatbelt (my brother claims he was wearing his seatbelt). They also took my brother's car as a civil forfeiture.

He is about to meet in court on Wednesday, and I just found out that the lawyer my mother hired cashed her check, but has not responded to her calls in several days.

*Oh, I forgot to add that he is from St. Louis, MO.

**I guess my questions are: "Can this officer really arrest someone for declining to take a drug test?"

"What is the best way to find a reputable lawyer for these situations on super short notice?"

"Is there anything my mother can do with regards to the lawyer that stopped communication with her?"

"If it comes down to my brother's word vs. the police officer's word, how fucked is my brother?"

Answer:
 I'll bet it was a condition of your brother's interlock/probation that he submit to blood tests in the situation you described. He should double check the status of his prior conviction and court monitoring and see if he has violated any terms.Answer #2: Ok. what is your question? The officer had a reason to believe that your brother was driving under the influence of an illegal substance. He arrested him. He took a blood test. If the test comes back negative likely everything will be dropped. If it is positive then they will prosecute. Answer #3: Stellarox, your first question should be asked to the lawyer who represents your brother. Question 2: there's no best way. Go online and make some calls.

Question 3: Your brother is the client, not your mother. The lawyer is very likely not obligated to return your mother's calls or to answer her questions, even if she paid the bill. To the extent he even can ethically, and does, it's a courtesy. If your brother wants to update your mother he can. If your mother is concerned about the lawyer's performance, she needs to discuss it with your brother.

Question 4: If it's a police officer's word against a civilian's, the police officer is usually believed. But it sounds like you don't have the whole story here and I'd be surprised if the only evidence is your brother's word against the officer's.


Title: [MI] Quick question about a Food trade between two restaurants

Question:
Hello everyone,

I was wondering if it's legal for restaurants to trade food in Michigan as of 11/15/2018 (we would send food from my restaurant to a Chick-fil-A and they would send some food back)

There would be no charge or money transferred. It would be comped or written off on both sides. The employee driving to pick up the food would be off the clock.

This Chick-fil-A franchise owner is interested but I thought it might be better to review my opinions first.

Thanks in advance for your help

Answer: You're asking if it's legal for two restaurants to give food to each other?


Title: (NE USA) Pulled over for tail light, found weed, fake ID, wants me to help them catch someone.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You need a lawyer. The police can lie. They can charge you up until the statue of limitations. Helping them might not get you out of being charged after.

You need a lawyer.


Title: I'm being harassed, by a family member that is a retired police officer.

Question:
I need some advice about laws concerning harassment. They have sent me several emails after I explicitly asked them not to. Do I have any legal recourse? What is harassment? Is a restraining order possible? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

How would you take it if somebody, said they knew where you lived following a disagreement?

Edit: I'm in Texas. I've received several emails after I asked them to stop. Its making me a nervous wreck.

TLDR: Political disagreement, gets personal, ends in threat. They know where I live.

Answer: Block the email address.


Title: How to mitigate corporation censoring YouTube videos

Question:
I am in California. I believe the broadcaster is in Portland, Oregon.

Here is a please from a presidential candidate supporter explaining how CNN is actively taking down versions of a segment they aired. Shouldn't this be public domain?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrOaDEJeid0

Here is the original thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/3ovhjy/cnn_actively_censoring_bernie_media_curators/

Answer: Shouldn't *what* be public domain? CNN owns the copyright to programs they produce and air and no one has any right to distribute their content but them. If they don't want it on YouTube, they can have it removed. Simple as that. There's no big conspiracy here.


Title: Solicited a Tinder prostitute (IL) - either getting scammed or about to get arrested. Please advise on what to do.

Question:
Recently went through a terrible breakup and have made some good and some really stupid choices. Downloaded Tinder earlier this week and matched with a cute average-looking girl who said to message on snapchat and to "not be a broke boy." Like an idiot I assume that means have money for dates.

Message her on Snapchat, tell her I have a good job and if I get a date for not being broke. Next thing I see from her is a story of what appears to be her in lingerie and instructions on what to do. Instructions say that a cash exchange could mean she shows up and there is no payment, therefore she prefers confirmation of an online gift purchase. Once the gift arrives she meets up.

Being an idiot, who now has a surplus of cash of not taking a gf out - I inquire on the cost of a gift. She first asks me where I am and says shes in downtown. Then offers to send me a link to the gift. I say sure assuming she wants something from Amazon. I get a link to a [sketcy myshopify site with no refund polcy](https://kcjewelers.myshopify.com/). I tell her this makes no sense to me and to meetup for drinks instead and talk from there. She spends an hour explaining to me how this is for her safety and to ensure she gets paid. I realize if the site is a scam, I could dispute the charge with my CC and get money back so I order the product for delivery to my apt and show her the confirmation.
She said she can't wait for it to arrive in a couple of days so she could hear me say sorry for not doing it earlier.

Since that last message I have been crawling online to see if this could be a law-enforcement operation or to find a similar scam. I figured she would have to be legitimate in order to pickup the item. I sent her a couple followup messages saying I'd like to just take her out for dinner and drinks and that's it - nothing sexual. She is expecting to come over in a couple days.

What did I just get myself into? Do you guys think I am getting scammed - if so, how? Could law-enforcement be this aggressive in targeting solicitation? Am I currently breaking the law despite no exchange having took place?
Any advice would be much appreciated as clearly my brain is not working at the moment.

Answer:
 PSA : if someone online says " we are the police , give us money or we'll Arrest you " it's a scam Answer #2: Common scam. Try to dispute with the cc company. Answer #3: Probably just got you to send money to a scam site.  Some guy in his garage scratching his balls and drinking beer. If the cops contact you tel them you can’t talk without a lawyer.

P.S.  Be prepared for scammers to come back for more and try to blackmail you or some shit.  And maybe meet your tinder dates at the police station....


Title: My [27f] mother left my brother [22m] and I a piece of land to share. He doesn't want anything to do with it and told me to take it. What now?

Question:
Basically what it says. We were given a piece of land to share and we both have to sign a document so it is in our names.

My brother and I aren't on good terms, never have been, and I've already had the attorney write this up and he has now said "Just take it. I don't want anything to do with this." So I'll have to get it redone in just my name, which is fine, but how do we just take his name off?

I've asked him to sign something in writing so I can get it done and he said he's not signing anything for me ever and to not contact him again.

So now what? I AM GOING TO CONSULT MY ATTORNEY but she's not available until Wednesday so I'm just hoping for peace of mind.

TL; DR
Brother and I were left a piece of land to share and now he just wants me to take it but he doesn't want to physically sign the paper gifting it to me. Now what?

Answer: Get him to sign a Quit Claim Deed, Notarized, file it with the county property office. No other way.


Title: [NY] Child support hearing tomorrow, limits on child care?

Question:
I'm pro se in my child support hearing tomorrow. Through a discovery request, I finally got to see what she's paying the live-in nanny for our child (she's rich, I'm not). The nanny gets $750 a week. My ex lives in an apartment, by herself, that's $3,900 a month.

Is there any upper limit on what share of that $3500/month I have to pay? I talked to the people in the New York State gov that look after families and children and then gave me a "market rates" document that lists an upper limit for child care, which is only $370 a week.

I was just wondering if there's any official control over what I pay for extras like this in family court? The child support alone is almost enough to make me go broke and I still have ongoing legal fees in relation to our domestic violence case (me=victim).

Could I argue that she should pay it all, since she earns sooooo much more?

Answer: You should ask for a continuance of the hearing tomorrow and get an attorney. You can't afford not to.


Title: (OR) Wondering if I can take an obnoxious small-town cop to court over an illegitimate traffic stop.

Question:
About a month ago, I was driving through a crowded park in Oregon, keeping up with traffic when I was suddenly pulled over by a truck with flashing lights. The deputy claimed his reasons for pulling me over were that I was speeding and that I was looking down at my cell phone, a violation of ORS 807.511.

As far as speeding goes, it's important to understand that he never got me on radar. He had no proof that I was speeding other than that "he had training in RADAR and LIDAR" and was legally empowered to pull someone over for speeding without a radar reading. I'm having a hard time believing this, but he never even listed in on the final citation so I'm not sure it matters. He also claimed that the speed limit was 5 mph, although we drove through the length of the park later and never found a sign that stated the speed limit was lower than 20 mph. Ridiculous.

As far as the phone usage goes, the officer admitted that he never saw my phone in my hand. He saw me looking down for a moment, and therefore he assumed that I was texting. I told him that I wasn't on my phone, but perhaps that I had glanced at my navigation turn signals. Either way, he has no way to prove that I was even looking at my phone at all. This is where I think I can get the guy: I looked up precedent on ORS 807.511 and found this - http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/docs/A156353.pdf. It's a trial from last summer about a woman who was pulled over because she seen by an officer looking down, with a light coming up from her lap. The traffic court agreed with her contention that the officer did not have objective cause to pull her over, and the state lost its appeal. Without any visual confirmation that I was texting or talking on my phone, or even visual confirmation of a phone at all, it seems like he would not have probable cause to pull me over. He ended up giving me a warning for this infraction as well.

I was eventually cited for Failure to Carry Registration, which I can prove wasn't my fault because the OR DMV had messed up its records. I had paid all my fees when I bought my car a year and a half ago (I have written DMV paperwork to confirm this) but the DMV put a freeze on my title and registration because they thought I still owed them a $38 county fee. I was never issued a registration in the first place, although I proved my car was registered because I had proof of insurance.

He also cited me for Operation of Motor Vehicle No Drivers License. This seems unfair to me, as I had yet to decide if I was going to live in OR full time after I graduated in May. All residents are required to get an OR license after 30 days of residency, however I was in and out of town all summer and only just recently signed a lease confirming my residency here a few weeks ago. I did not know of this rule, as I was never required to get an OR license as an out-of-state college student. I've since taken the test and received an Oregon license.

So, my question is whether or not I should take this deputy to court, because I feel confident he did not have probable cause to pull me over, or whether I should plea no contest and hope that the judge will reduce or dismiss my fines due to the circumstances surrounding the infractions I was cited for. Any and all advice is welcome, thank you all! My first post on Reddit ever!

Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer:
 > cited for Failure to Carry Registration, which I can prove wasn't my fault

Doesn't matter whose *fault* it was, ultimately it's your *responsibility* to have it before you drive.

> He also cited me for Operation of Motor Vehicle No Drivers License. This seems unfair to me, as I had yet to decide if I was going to live in OR full time after I graduated in May.

LOL.

Fickleness isn't a defense to a civil infraction.

By all means, go to court to try to get your tickets reduced, present your arguments, but none of them sound particularly compelling.


Title: If someone illegally parks their expensive Ferrari in my driveway can I destroy it?

Answer: No.


Title: (Florida) A former employee is threatening to sue me for firing her due to the way she dresses.

Question:
She's claiming discrimination. She says that it's her right to express herself through her clothing and that the dress code is gendered and sexist toward women.

I run a car dealership(mostly Mercedes-Benz). She was showing up to work everyday in pajamas. No one is going to buy a car from a woman in tweety bird pajama pants. I gave her one warning to stop wearing pajamas to work and the next day she was back at it.

She claims that is discriminatory toward women. I am a woman if I can put on a pair of slacks or a skirt everyday so can you.

Can she claim discrimination for being fire for wearing sleepwear(complete with slippers the first time!) to work?

Answer:
 I can't help but think that this is a scam.

A very stupid scam.

What does she think will happen if it goes to court?Answer #2: Off topic, but why is every crazy thread on here always Florida?Answer #3: http://i.imgur.com/1oxWgEK.gifvAnswer #4: Sounds like she didn't work for you for very long. It seems like she is trying to scam you. Getting a job and then doing something she thinks is sexist so she can file a lawsuit. I doubt any attorney will help her. She can sue you, but she will lose.Answer #5: She can claim discrimination all she wants. There is nothing stopping that BUT she will never win in court if she does actually file a claim. Just make sure you show up if you get served and also stop talking to her for now. Something like "I will respond when served with a court summons but until then I have nothing more to say to you. Please stop contacting me."Answer #6: I'm not sure how it's discriminatory toward women.  Sure, she can *claim* it.  But I can claim Bill Gates has all my money.  Doesn't mean it'll fly in court.

If I were you I'd be tempted to pay for the filing fee myself just to see how this plays out in court.  lolAnswer #7: This pajamas wearing nonsense is some kind of a trend. I made a [post asking about this a week ago](https://np.reddit.com/r/WDP/comments/4ebsj9/wdp_walk_around_in_public_in_their_pajamas/.compact) after seeing four different people walking around in their pajamas. The people in that thread all said it was because pajamas are comfortable as if that's all you need to say to explain it.

So, I don't know if this person was trying to get fired or not. I think it's possible that it's a generational thing that we simply cannot comprehend.


Title: Always been curious, is this a case to sue the government?

Question: Its not something id ever actually do but i suffer from depression and one of the greatest things that has helped me has been Marijuana. I wont go into the reasons, im not here to get on a soap box but i was just curious why i wouldnt be able to sue the federal government for pain and suffering for making an inexpensive and safe  medicine illegal?

Answer:
 because the government doesn't have liability for making laws and doing its job. it's called sovereign immunity.

your proper recourse against this is to vote for leaders who will make the laws you want. Answer #2: I'm with you.  I too suffer from depression, and the one thing that makes me happy every time I do it is killing someone.  Why shouldn't I also be able to sue the federal government for pain and suffering for making a free and safe (to me anyway) activity illegal? Answer #3: Ya know, people making arguments like this make it *harder* to convince those on the fence to support legalizing marijuana.


Title: My dentist admitted to making a mistake but is still making me pay to fix it.

Question:
I'm not sure if this is right sub for this, so if it isn't let me know.
I recently started seeing a new dentist, my usual dentist that I've had since I was little suggested since I wanted to get some cosmetic work done that I should look around so I did. I'm a student so it took me a few months to finally come up with the money to pay it all off but I pulled it together, I did a lot of research since I had a lot of time to prepare and a dental practice that fit my needs.

I had my appointment with them a few days ago and she redid some fillings which I was okay with but she also drilled holes in teeth that I had no problems with. I understand that that was fully my fault, I didn't ask enough questions and I signed the form. However when she was drilling a one of my molars she she went a little too deep and she admitted to that, she initially admitted that is wasn't on purpose but afterwards she started saying that it was probably necessary and that I would have to come back if my tooth started to hurt when the anaesthesia wore off for a root canal that would cost me over £300.

Although this didn't seen right to me, I have a follow up appoinent booked a week from now and the tooth doesn't hurt so I'm not very worried at the moment. My biggest problem is that when she was filling the tooth some of the filling stiff went on my other teeth and dried there, the next day I woke up with cuts on the inside of the month and each day I wake up with more cuts, they're very small cuts but it hurts when I talk, chew, drink or move my mouth for any reason.

I wanted to ask, if there's anything I can do? I can't afford to pay for the same treatment again and she explicitly said that even if I go for the emergency treatment I would have to pay for that myself out of pocket that I also can't afford. If she admitted to messing up is there anyway I can get her to fix her mistake without me having to pay for it?

Answer: Get a new dentist to fix her mistakes and then talk to a lawyer about her footing the bill to fix them. Do not go back to a crappy dentist.Answer #2: Dentist here, if finances are a concern for you I would not recommend going to a new dentist just yet as your current treatment has not been completed. What most likely happened is that you had a small pulp exposure. This can result in nothing or it can necessitate a root canal. Pulp exposure can be a necessary part of treatment if the cavity approaches or enters the pulp. I tell you this so you have a better idea of what is currently happening. As for your next step you should contact the dentist and schedule an appointment to have the excess composite removed from your tooth/teeth, this is not uncommon for patients to realize adjustments need to be made once they have gotten home as the anesthesia has warn off. The adjustment should not cost anything extra as it is continuation of the same procedure.


Title: Would it be illegal to lay your hands on your 18-22 year old child?

Question:
Texas. I posted here because I'm not really looking to take action, but if this is the wrong place please tell me!

Lay your hands on as in grab an arm and force it, or just forcibly holding someone. What about slapping or hitting? I ask this because my step parent (not legally related) loses their temper sometimes at my sibling (older than me) and hits or forcibly grabs them, or forcibly pulls them. Step parent claims it is perfectly legal to do to someone her age and my age (18).

Also, does anything change if my step parent is law enforcement? Sorry if I come off like a bratty child.

Answer:
 No. "Laying hands on" an adult is called "assault" in the legal jargon, and would be "domestic violence" if they live together.

Slapping and hitting are also illegal against children as they would be abuse.

Being a cop, judge, etc. does not make someone above the law. Even the president would be breaking the law if he slapped his wife or kids.

Your step-parent is an abuser if he's hitting and pulling on you and others. You, your siblings, and your other parent need to leave him behind in the dust and report him to the authorities for abuse.


Title: Attorney is going after me for "personal injury" due to a car accident. What are my options?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > even though I wasn't following close,

Yes, you were.  You were following too close because you couldn't stop in time.

Your narrative is unclear as to whether he's seeking to negotiate a settlement, or if you're actually being sued.  If he's trying to negotiate a settlement, you're not required to participate.  Failure to do so might lead to a suit.  If he does sue, or if you choose to negotiate, get an attorney.


Title: Help what’s going to happen to me? I was extremely drunk at a Tinder date’s place and got escorted out of his house by the cops?!

Question: I have no recollection of what happened. My tinder date accused me of wanting to self harm with broken glass, then cops came very hard on me and talked about destruction of property (?) I think I was asking the tinder date to kill me or something like I said I don’t remember. They didn’t arrest me though, but they ID’d me and I sat in the back of the cop car and drove me home. It’s definitely going to be on a police report somewhere but will it show up in background checks? I didn’t get any charges pressed against me but I don’t know, does it take long to process? If I didn’t get arrested that night, am I in the clear?

Answer:
 You’ve been posting some pretty disturbing stuff across a bunch of different subs..

OP, you need some help. Not sure where you live or what kind of health care you have, but you need to look into getting some help. It’s pretty clear you have a drinking problem, and that’s a tough one to tackle on your own.

I know it’s too late to tell you not to contact the guy who had to call the cops on you last night, but please leave them alone if they ask you to. If you don’t, you will end up with a restraining/no contact order.

Your problems are deeper than last night’s drinking. Start googling rehab programs near you and get a handle on this before you end up in serious legal trouble. You deserve a better life and rehab and therapy can help you get it.


Title: Army Guardsman getting denied a job opportunity due to drill weekends & 2 week training periods

Question:
I was previously employed by this private company on a full-time status for 2 years, then got put on a sub-contractor for a 3 month period that expired in June.

During the time I worked as a subcontractor, they took forever to process my invoices. I finally received them (lump sum) June 4th after working since March 6th. I went away for a military annual training from April 17 - May 11 so I was unable to work during that time and I provide them notice of this.

Fast forward to now, I tried negotiating a new contract with them at an increased pay rate (from $25/hr to $35) and got back this response:

--------------
Hi /u/realjaso7,   They would like to keep you but your availability was a problem since you have another job and military duties.  So they had to hire someone full time.  At this time, we will conclude your contract but let's keep the door open...
Thanks,
HR
----------

Is this a legitimate violation of equal employment opportunity?

Answer: You're not an employee, you're an independent contractor. In business for yourself. You don't have any of the protections you are thinking you have.Answer #2: Unfortunately, /u/swalsh411 is correct. The law that normally governs protections for reservists is the Uniformed Services Emoloyment and Reemployment Act (USERRA). Unfortunately, [20 CFR 1002.44](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/20/1002.44) clearly indicates that independant contractors are not eligible for USERRA protections, and lists the test to determine if you were properly classified.


Title: Just had an amazing idea! How do I protect myself!?

Question: Long story short, my friend and I just came up with an idea for a new packaging for meats in grocery stores.  It all makes sense on paper but I need to make sure we're protected before we try to manufacture it and get it up on Kickstarter.  Whats the best way to protect our product from being stolen!?

Answer: File a patent.


Title: [AB, Canada] Underage drawing's

Question: This is more of a theoretical question, if say a somebody drew two minor's (who are real people) preforming a sexual act, what legal ramifications can that said person be facing.

Answer:
 Any representation, including written works and drawn images, of underage persons engaged in sexual acts are considered porn under Canadian federal law. Producing child pornography is punishable by not more than a 14 year term of imprisonment and not less than 1 year. Distributing child pornography is punishable by not more than a 14 year term of imprisonment and not less than 1 year.

That being said, fictional representations of child pornography (drawings, writing, etc.) are very rarely prosecuted.

Source: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-163.1.html

(Edit: Grammar)


Title: Can I dispute a hospital bill if they did more harm than good?

Question:
I had a horribly in-grown toe nail that made it hard to wear shoes, walk, etc... one night it became unbearable and I had a family member take me to an ER in the middle of the night, hoping I could get something done in time to still make work the next day.

We waited a couple of hours in an empty ER room.
Finally god called to the back. They made us wait some more.
Finally had a nurse come in. She numbed my toe.
Doctor took so long to come in that the numbness was wearing off.
He asked me if I could feel him squeezing my toe and I told him I could feel it a little bit. (I've had an in grown toe nail on my other foot removed by a professional and I never felt a thing).
He decided to go ahead and start anyways.
He started shoving tools in to my toe and cutting on it. Nothing that looked like what the professional did on my other foot.
After doing that for a few minutes he quit and said there was no toe nail growing under the skin. He had a nurse wrap it up and told me not to work for a week. (Which ended up getting me fired).

A while later, since my toe never stopped hurting so much and it was obvious it was still in grown and *now infected*, I went back to the professional. He got it taken care of for a couple hundred dollars in a single day.

Now I'm receiving a letter from an attorney agency to collect a debt of nearly $2,200.
Can I dispute this charge?

I'm in Texas.
Topic:
Douche

Answer: I know you don't want to hear this, but this is exactly why you shouldn't treat the ER as a walk-in do-everything service. It's expensive and not very good at things that aren't saving your life. Answer #2: They did the work. It is medicine. They do not guarantee to solve every problem. You chose to go to the ER which costs more then a regular Dr. You can call them and see if they will knock it down at all but if it is already in collections you might be out of luck.


Title: I Ran Into The Back of this Lady’s SUV

Question:
I just received a letter via my insurance company via an attorney detailing the accident where I ran into the back of a SUV. I was in a small two door hatchback. I was traveling down a road with a train track...one that doesn’t get used very often...so when A train does travel down the track it’s very odd and people seem to try to speed up to avoid waiting. This day the lady in front of me did the same thing...when she realized she couldn’t make it then proceeded to slam on the brakes and I hit her while slamming on breaks. I couldn’t have been going over 35 mph. The paramedics and police were called. They didn’t issue me a ticket but determined the accident to be my fault.

The accident happened over a year ago. I get a letter today saying this lady has had a horrible time since the accident. It says she can’t work, play with her kids, etc. I’m a young 20 something and literally have no money and it says something about owing $50,000. I’m so naive when it comes to this kind of stuff. Can someone help ease my anxiety or is this going to ruin my life?

It’s hard for me to imagine the size of my car and the low speed of the impact hurt her in the least? I felt fine after the incident. Also the lady never even rolled down her window it was weird. I got out to check and make sure she was okay. She wouldn’t look at me or my dad. It was so odd. Is this all a lie just to get money? Please help.
Topic:
Insurance

Answer:
 Contact your insurance company (the insurance company you had at the time of the accident, if different from now), and inform them that there may be a claim stemming from that accident.  They will handle it, providing legal representation if necessary, up to the limits of your policy.

Where did this letter come from?  An attorney's office, the courts, or..?


Title: [CA, San Francisco] People hold public parking spot by standing and blocking with theirs bodied.

Question:
Recently, I have encounted multiple times people "holding" a parking spot on a public road by standing on it and blocking other cars with their bodies.
So I have 2 questions:
1) Is it legal?
2) What can I legally do immediately?
3) Is there any way of legal actions to take to discourage people from such behavior?

I anticipate a lot of answers will be like "move on with your life", but parking is really bad here, especially during rush hour, and often I need to pick up my kid, I can't afford to be looking for a space for another hour.

Running over a pedestrian is NOT an option and is never considered, so let's not even bring it up.

Answer:
 I wonder how long they would continue to stand there if you just laid on the hornAnswer #2: Whatever you do, DO NOT have your passenger get out and stand in the same spot or hire someone off the street to do so.Answer #3: >  California Vehicle Code 21950.
  (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to
a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or
within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise
provided in this chapter.
   (b) This section does not relieve a pedestrian from the duty of
using due care for his or her safety. No pedestrian may suddenly
leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path
of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.
No pedestrian may unnecessarily stop or delay traffic while in a
marked or unmarked crosswalk.

Sounds like this is outside a school, So contact them aswell as the non emergency number for the police. And i highly recommend not driving into the pedestrians. That never ends well when it's asked here FYI.


Title: Is it possible for a landlord to raise the rent after my husband and I paid for and completely redone our rental? KY

Question:
My husband and I were desperate for a place to live. My current Landlord offered us a 2 bedroom trailer that was in really bad shape. We pay 300 monthly because he said it needed work. He refuses to help with any materials for this one place but buys and has a carpenter for the rest of his rental properties.

It had no smoke alarms, we had to purchase our own. No flooring in the hallway or bathroom. My husband had to buy and put down the flooring. Holes punched in walls from previous renters, holes and mold above the bathtub. Busted water pipes, duct work for heating system completely torn off the trailer. And it needed new paint, when we accepted the entire trailer was a brown mud color. I have since painted it all white. Along with busted windows

We've taken care of some issues so far but alot more work to be done. My landlord got upset when he found out we were fixing it up as agreed. He wants to raise our rent to 500 monthly. Can he legally raise the rent because we fixed all the problems like we agreed to? My husband wants to withhold paying because these issues should have been fixed before being rented out. Is this even legal?

Answer:
 Doing work on a rental property is generally a very bad idea. After all, you don't own the property. You won't get back any of that value.

Without a lease there's very little protecting you. He can raise the rent for next month. He could tell you that you won't have a home in two months, because he wants to rent it to someone else.

Withholding would probably result in your eviction. As Kentucky doesn't allow withholding rent as a remedy in a dispute with landlords.

[Here](http://www.laslou.org/lasfiles/Tenants%20Rights%20Manual%2010-26-10.pdf) is a handbook from Louisville Legal Aid that covers it. I am sorry to say that I don't think that there's a way to have it both ways. The landlord is junk, the rental was illegal until you brought it up to code. I would recommend trying to find an alternative as soon as possible.


Title: VA tenants withholding rent for broken fridge

Question:
My tenants (4 individuals) fridge broke down recently and I had it replaced, however the replacement took 12 days. My tenants are withholding rent in the amount of ~$500 saying they spent that amount on food in surplus to their normal monthly food expense.

I had the fridge checked out and replaced as quickly as I could. Do I have any legal recourse for the rent they are withholding?

Answer: Dude...12 days?  When the fridge went out in our rental, we had it replaced by next day AND I gave our tenant a gift card for $100 to the grocery store.  Nearly two weeks without a place to store food is unacceptable.  Answer #2: $500 seems pretty reasonable for going almost two weeks without the ability to store food.


Title: Employer mandating I take 30 minute unpaid break, everyday, regardless of hours worked.

Question: In Pennsylvania, I work in a restaurant and regularly am cut before I reach 8 hours. Employer recently edited my hours to include a 30 minute break on a 7 hour shift, which I did not take. Higher ups (this is a corporate restaurant) have pushed back repeatedly saying every employee must take 30 minutes. This is not in anything I signed, nor is it state or federal law.

Answer:
 Your employer can mandate breaks. You can refuse. Your employer can then fire you for refusing to follow the instructions of your superiors.

Can you leave the restaurant during these breaks or conduct personal business?Answer #2: I don't think you understand the relationship between the employee and the employer. They can dictate break policy, and you can be legally fired for not complying.


Title: Infection after surgery left me without a bellybutton

Question:
So a little background. I'm a single gay guy in my early 30's and I've been working really hard on going to the gym and taking care of my body for the last two years to get to a place where I feel confident in my appearance and put myself back out there in the dating world which is daunting at times.  I have really felt like I was coming into my own in the last year with my progress and wanted to get my hernia fixed because I didn't like how it looked and I also didn't want it to get any worse since I've started weight training a lot more this past year.

I work for a hospital in administration. I've been there two years and have a decent health plan. I had an umbilical hernia for the last 10 years or so nothing major but since I have coverage I decided to get it fixed. The surgeon advised me that it seemed small enough to suture but he wouldn't know for sure until he had me on the table and could actually look inside and see the extent so he said he needed me to sign off on possibly using mesh though he thought it unlikely.

I woke up after the surgery and they said everything was good and they did end up using the mesh. For the first week everything seemed normal and I had an innie as I expected (I always had an outtie before and the hernia had made it stick out a little more) about a week later I woke up and the innie was now flat. I called the doctor and they said swelling was pretty normal and not to be alarmed unless it grew, became painful, and or I developed a fever. A few days later it had swelled more and was now protruding a bit so I went to my PCP's office where they said they didn't know enough about the surgery to really make a judgement on whether it was normal and said if I was concerned to go to the ER which I did that evening. They ran my bloodwork and said there was no sign of infection. The following day I went to bed feeling fine generally but still swollen.  I woke up in terrible pain and struggled to climb out of bed. I was also freezing cold so I grabbed my thermometer and I had a pretty high fever so I grabbed a few things knowing this was not good and went straight back to the ER. Based on the extensive overnight swelling on top of the existing swelling and the new redness and my fever they knew it was infected. They drained it right away in the ER and within two hours I was back in surgery to have the mesh removed because they said it would harbor the infection and so it had to go. I spent a week in the hospital due to the infection having made me septic and when they did my dressing change I came to find out that where my belly button was there was now an almost 2 inch hole and no bellybutton. It's deep enough that I can see the sutures that they closed the hernia with after removing the mesh. The hole is deep and even tunnels to the side a little bit under the healthy skin that was not removed.

I'm out on disability now and luckily my job is secure and my insurance covered everything except the copay for the first ER visit which I am going to call billing and see if I can get waived granted I had a massive infection within 48 hours after that visit (labs for some of the bloodwork I found out later take 5 days to mature).

My family are pressuring me to get a lawyer and file suit against basically everyone. I don't think that is reasonable but I also don't want to let myself get screwed over either. I have no idea how this is going to look when it heals and it feels like I've been disfigured.  I expected this to be a pretty easy straight forward surgery but it has been anything but easy or straightforward.

I've generally stayed in good spirits generally(thanks to the support of my friends who have been amazing) but I'm also really anxious about the end result after I'm healed.  Am I going to have a huge ugly not-bellybutton-looking scar where my belly button should be?  The doctors can't even venture a guess. It just depends on how I heal and then we can discuss further fixing to make it look better after it's fully healed.

Am I right in thinking that infection, which was specifically mentioned to me as a risk of any surgery, would not really give me a case against the hospital or medical team?  I know there are a lot of class action suit against the mesh manufacturers and I am going to look into pursuing that but should I still also talk to a lawyer about pursuing a case against the hospital/surgical team?  I work at this hospital as well and I enjoy my job and my surgical and nursing teams treated me very well when I was there at every step of this.  I feel very torn about seeking legal action but I don't want to look back and regret not having stood up for myself in this situation either.

Any recommendations or resources anyone can point me to would be greatly appreciated. (I live in Pennsylvania)

Answer: Whether anything that happened here is malpractice is beyond the scope of anyone's ability to judge on the internet. But I will say that infections are a common complication of even the most competently done surgeries. If you want to look into it more, you should consult with a medical malpractice attorney.


Title: Fired for leaving 1hr early to a drs appointment. With Dr note. Ohio

Question:
  So this happens June 2017. It was 1 week before my four year anniversary of starting the job right out of high school, I feel that is relevant because company policy is you get maxed out pay at 4years so that is one reason I feel was the truth behind the firing.

  Any way,  I informed my supervisor two days before that I would have to leave work 1 hour early for a drs appointment. He agreed and just told me to bring back a drs note, which I did.  A week later I get stopped coming into the building and am taken to a back room with my boss's boss and HR. They inform me I am being terminated for leaving work early for a drs appointment which they had the note from.

  I filed for unemployment which I was granted for being unreasonably fired.  My therapist told me I should contact a lawyer because that sounds like a lawsuit.
I have been nerves about approaching a lawyer because I don't know if this is really anything illegal but everyone I tell that too says I should contact a lawyer.

Thanks for reading my first long post on reddit. Sorry if it was a pain to read.

Answer:
 Your therapist is wrong. The company had a legal right to fire you and you have no recourse against them.

Feel free to pay a lawyer to tell you the same thing.


Title: During my last session with a new therapist he crossed the line into unethical treatment and started mocking me. I secretly started recording halfway through to have proof. Was this legal of me?

Question:
Hello! I recently shared my bizarre experience to /r/atheism in [this post](https://np.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/5evnbh/when_i_explained_my_agnosticismspirituality_to_my/) (also quoted below) and they recommended I check here about the legality of me recording the conversation without his knowledge. I know it varies from state to state, but from what I'm seeing online regarding my state (Michigan) it is fine since I'm the patient. It's hard to find exact clarification on this because it seems like such a bizarre situation.

I do plan on going through the correct channels of action against him, but I want to cover my back and make sure I didn't violate any laws by recording him.

Here's my original post

> Hello, this is a throwaway account for obvious reasons.
> I had a very surreal experience this week with a therapist that I recently started seeing. I'll spare you the details of the anxiety/depression, but I do believe the behavior of my therapist was very unethical. This was my second session with him and it began with him going through a list of background questions for his documentation. They were general questions about my hobbies, interests, family history, and education. When we arrived at the "Religious / Spiritual beliefs" question I openly explained my personal beliefs. I explained that I was raised as a Christian and spent a large portion of my childhood in private Christian schools. As I got older and learned more about sciences I strayed further away from religion. Like most people I would consider myself spiritual, but not religious. As I was explaining this I was cut off by him arguing that there's no evidence of evolution. He began to excessively split hairs between micro-evolution and macro-evolution which is fine, but he became very condescending and standoffish as if I had offended him. He would not drop it when I explained to him that I do not believe what the Bible says anymore. He insisted that I was educated wrong about the Bible and that everyone he sees that is in sorrow or depression is due to their lack of spiritual / religious connection. I explained that I do feel spiritual, and he goes on to say that the Bible is "the truth". When it started to get uncomfortable I said "we're kind of straying away from the session". He got in a few last words and we went onto different questions. After 2 or 3 other questions he brought up the spirituality/religious topic again. He basically asks me what my beef is with the Bible and I tell him a few inconsistencies. No matter what I said he would negate it with "Science proves that's possible now. It's simple". ("Science shows someone can live in a large whale for days.." etc.). I explain to him that even though the Old Testament was for a different time and different people I do not take confidence in that kind of God. I bring up the stoning of women who were not virgins and he starts getting upset with me and goes on to later say "You are a very confused person", "How small minded of you". He explains that you basically can't be a good person without the Bible, and that not believing in anything is worse that extremist islamic terrorists. I explain to him that I believe that all humans are connected in some way and he cuts me off with a sarcastic "Ohhhhhh okay.... so...I'm connected to ... a ISIS member.... the Taliban... hmmm oh okay". I kept trying to get off the subject but he wouldn't let it go, and then he tried to manipulate me by saying "Look who's more visibly upset between us right now" even though I was very calm tempered the entire time. At this point I'm putting my coat on and standing up asking "are we done here?" while he passively tells me "The evidence is in the person. Who they are and their attitude reflects their connection with a higher power.". I calmly tell him there won't be another session and I walk out.
> Also I should mention that earlier into the conversation when I realized it was getting sketchy I started recording the audio on my phone. I'm not sure how exactly to pursue an ethics violation like this. Can anyone give me some rational advice?

TL:DR

My new therapist mocked my agnostic/spiritual beliefs and adamantly forced Christian religious views as the only cure to my depression/anxiety. During the session he acted very unethically so I started secretly recording on my phone. I'm going to pursue action with his management, but I want to make sure I didn't break any laws in Michigan.

Thank you so much for everyone who has already helped and given great advice.

Answer:
 There is no use for this recording that doesn't involve every legitimate therapist in a thousand-mile radius hating you forever.

Just leave, find a new therapist and if you think your therapist has violated his professional oversight agency's code of ethics, report him to that board. Answer #2: What's your goal, here? It seems like the fastest solution would be for you to drop him as a therapist immediately, which you don't need a recording for. If management asks, you can _tell them_ you're leaving their practice because your therapist openly mocked you during a session. They don't have to believe you, but it won't matter: you're taking your money and going somewhere else anyways.

Michigan is an all-parties state, but there does appear to be case law exempting participants in a conversation from the definition of "eavesdropping" which might make it okay for you to record.


Title: [CA] Am Idiot, Minorly Broke A 62-foot Rotten Fence, Neighbor Requesting Payment for Full Replacent

Question:
Hi Everybody,

I just want to start this off by acknowledging my stupidity and thanking everyone that takes the time to read this and help me. I am a student in San Diego, California. I was at a party about a month ago and people suggested I hop the fence to jump into the neighbor's pool. I know it is very stupid, but I thought it would be funny and did it. Apparently, the 62 foot fence broke when I did so. Looking back, it was already tilted towards the neighbor's yard; but when I jumped it, the top half of the fence separated from the intersecting fence [see pictures in comments]. Nobody from the party witnessed (heard or saw) it breaking, but the neighbors reported it. They called the police and said they did not want to press charges, but the police came and broke the party up.

When I jumped the fence, I did so about 1/3 of the way from the left, I landed on their gazeebo roof (looks lik cheap corrugated metal) and dented it. [see pictures in comments]

The neighbors said they are not pressing charges, but they just want me to pay all of it. However, in a text to the hosts, they discreetly mentioned the charges that could be applied. Could this be blackmailing and is that illegal? Sorry, I am completely ignorant to legal matters. They got an estimate, which came out to about $2,700, since they want to replace the entire fence separating the host's house from theirs. [see pictures in comments] They also want me to pay for the dented gazeebo and gutter lining it, which they haven't gotten an estimate on. The hosts of the party tried to get their own estimate, but the person said that since the fence was rotten before, that the first estimate included everything that had to be fixed.

I have not contacted the neighbor, since I wanted to get advice first before I say anything stupid. I will pay for the gazeebo roof and gutter, since that is on their property and it is 100% my fault.

However, I do not think I should have to pay for replacement of the full fence.
1. It is shared between the hosts and neighbors, so don't the hosts have a say on what should be fixed and how?
2. It was already tilted and weak before, and I think they are trying to take advantage of me in order to get themselves a new fence. The rotten fence is not my fault and is the actual reason it has to be replaced.
3. Shouldnt I just have to fix the fence so that it's upright again, since that was it's inital state? In the pictures I will include in the comments, you can see that the fence is not collapsed or completely broken.

If I refuse to pay, can he still press charges and what would they be? Would this be cheaper than paying $3000+ and would I have to do any jail time/community service work? How bad would this look on my record? I don't have the money to pay that, or even half that. I have learned a huge lesson and am thankful to anyone that can help me out.

I will attach pictures of the broken property, conversation between the neighbors and party hosts, estimates, and conversation between me and the party hosts.

Answer: No they can't upgrade their fence on your dime. Get an estimate for repairing the fence.


Title: [CA] Is it legal for me to enter into contracts with any individuals or businesses (non-gov't) with an alias (first and last names that are completely different from my legal name)? THANK YOU!!

Question:
Edit: This is absolutely not for fraudulent purposes, only for privacy reasons.  With an uncommon name like mine, it's very easy to find info about where I live, etc, and having the been the victim of stalking, I'd like to prevent such occurrences in the future.

I know most contracts are not part of the public record.   I'm worried about being stalked by people I might enter into contracts with. Seems a bit paranoid, I know, but stalking has destroyed my life and I want to take whatever measures are open to me in order to prevent it in the future.

Answer:
 Because the community knows you as Baron Turdburglar, and that's how you like to identify? Sure.

Because you are trying to commit fraud/not be held to the contract by using a fake name? No, that's fraud.


Title: Got arrested for driving under the influence of marijuana

Question:
I know I shouldn't have smoked a few hours before driving. I'm not a bad person and this is my first offense. I honestly can't believe that this happened because I have smoked before driving countless times. I know that I am to blame and I need to accept my punishment but I feel like driving under the influence of marijuana should be frowned up less than driving drunk. My court date hasn't been set yet and I'm just here worrying about how I'm going to pay for lawyers and all the fines. If anyone has been through something like this and can give me some guidance or just wants to throw some support my way please comment. I need some help...thanks in advance.

Edit:
Sorry I didn't want support for breaking the law, merely a breakdown of what will happen next. I live in Baltimore, MD but the crime happened in Pennsylvania. Does anyone know the average cost for a dui lawyer or if I even need one? I'm not sure what's going to happen next and could use some help.

Answer: check with your local public defenders office and see if you qualify for their services.


Title: My dogs got and killed another dog?

Question:
I am in California, Los Angeles.

While I was at school my two huskies managed to escape (we have two fences around our house), and apparently got into a neighbors yard and killed their pomeranian. Of course, like any other dog owner, I couldn't believe my dogs would do that since their so well behaved and look after one another. But it happened, so now I'm wondering what I should do? They dug a hole under the corner of one of our fences (the bottom of all of them are boarded up) and we're guessing that's how they got out. My neighbor said he's calling the pound to get his dog, andI feel terrible. My mom said she went to the market and I got home while she was at the market and noticed they weren't in the backyard. So it all happened very fast. I need advice on what I should do.. Neighbor said they bit his dog, but we haven't seen the dog and I don't want to ask because it sounds fucked up..

This is what our backyard looks like: http://imgur.com/Dcr9kMP
The area in between the fences is the gap between the fences of our backyards. The line indiciates were they travelled.

Edit: We have cameras in front of our house and right now we're rewinding the tape to see if they could have escaped from the front of the house, but it seems unlikely since we found a hole where it's indicated in the picture.

Answer: Dogs are property so if they killed their dog you would owe the value of the dog. Your dogs could also be reported to animal control. Answer #2: Huskies have a high prey instinct, which as the owner of two you should be held accountable for that knowledge.  So yes, having them in an enclosure they could escape from next to a pomeranian is arguably negligent.


Title: In Michigan, I work for a corporate wings restaurant and my general manager clocks me out at night every time I close with him.

Question:
He says that he always gives me and whomever else I close with extra hours, but Its hard to actually prove whether hes actually doing this or not. Either way I don't understand why he has to clock me out and it seems slightly illegal whether hes giving me extra time or not. Halp!!
Topic:
Labor Law

Answer:
 Start keeping track of your time on your own. Then compare it to your time sheet. If there's a discrepancy bring it up to your manager. I used to do that when I worked hourly.

Is he clocking you out before you're done closing? Or is he clocking you out as you're about to walk out the door?


Title: Can parents who ignore a mandatory evacuation be charged with child endangerment?

Question: There's been at least two babies killed from hurricane Florence so far even though mandatory evacuations were in place. One of them drowned when the mother tried to drive them away, and it says everywhere that nobody should be driving in the waters. Could there be any charges for endangerment of the kids or even manslaughter?

Answer:
 Was it the New York Times who recently published an article about the resources people who do not evacuate have? Like a majority of them have households making less than $20k and a larger majority do not have cars? Child neglect laws and enforcement are biased against low-income families already.

\*I recognize there are many people who *could* evacuate and don't.Answer #2: i hope so, but i feel like this is one of those career killers for prosecutors. so short of a mom livestreaming them sipping a maragarita while the baby plays in a canoe on the front lawn, i doubt we'll see anythingAnswer #3: To add to this - what if the child is, say, 13 and wants to evacuate but their parents won’t evacuate or allow them to? I saw several 13-17 year olds post in /r/tropicalweather as Florence was approaching asking what their options were in that situation. Answer #4: Sometimes you have to try to talk to people earnestly, and if they don't want to budge, leave them to their mistake.  My parents had a mandatory evacuation in Myrtle Beach, but they thought it would be too much trouble to leave, so they stayed.  They got very lucky and didn't even lose power, but it was LUCK, not a smart move and not the right move.  It was a mandatory evac, and they stayed.  There would not have been a rescue crew if they got in trouble.

It's not fair to the kid, but what can you do?  You really can't manage things that way ... charge them if the kid dies, but you can't charge them for not leaving.  That slope is VERY slippery.


Title: [CA] my car was involved in a hit and run inside a business parking lot can I legally request a CCTV footage from their security system

Question: This happened two days ago and the manager wasn't in the premises at the time so I was told to check me back today, can I legally obtain the footage or should I just ask nicely and hope for the best?

Answer:
 You should ask nicely.

Asking legally involves initiating a lawsuit and issuing a subpoena.  You need to get a lawyer involved to send a letter directing them to preserve this evidence if you're going to go that route.

Alternately, the police can subpoena it if they are conducting an investigation.

FYI, security camera footage in real life is rarely like footage in tv crime shows.  Many cameras don't capture a lot of detail, and they often aren't pointed where you'd hoped.Answer #2: You can ask for it.  They aren't required to give it to you, absent a court order.  You won't get a court order unless you have a lawsuit.


Title: Legal to geofence or block police from my app

Question:
I am building a mobile application and was wondering if it was legal to block any peers that have the words "sheriff" or "police" in them from connecting to the service. Along with this, is it legal to geofence police stations. I believe in privacy and believe if I can do this, it would send a huge message.

I am in the united states, LLC in DC

Answer:
 You are free to use any criteria you want when designing how your app peers itself.  Now with that said do you really think the police are so retarded they won't be able to figure out your blocks and figure out a way around them if they needed?

"Oh no if we register the app on a system that has the word sheriff in the profile we won't be able to use the app.  Too bad there is no law that forces us to identify which phones belong to sheriffs and police forces.  And too bad there are no laws that prevent us from going down the street to starbutts and using the wifi there to bypass the "geofencing"."


Title: Injured at a summer camp

Question: I was sitting on the top bunk of a bed at a summer camp. The wooden support that's supposed to support the mattress gave way, and it as well as the mattress fell onto the person on the bottom bunk. This fall happened after I had been lying on the bed for a few hours. Nothing had seemed to be wrong with it either. The fall has caused soreness in my left shoulder, and neck. I want to see a doctor, but the nearest emergency room is 13 miles away. Do I have any legal recourse? Note I'm only about 155 pounds and I heavily doubt my weight was the issue here. This is in New York state.

Answer: You need to go see a doctor. You can sue to recover any actual medical expenses, but don't worry about that now. Go tell an adult you need to go to the doctor and tell them what happened.


Title: Got a letter in the mail this morning implying my s/o is has a garnishment judgement against her (Indiana, Hancock County)

Question:
Grabbed the mail today.  Found a lovely form from a local court with the tite:  ORDER TO APPEAR TO JUDGMENT DEFENDANT AND GARNISHEE DEFENDANT

"The plaintiff in the above-entitled matter has an unpaid judgment against the Judgement Defendant (my s/o) on which there is now due a principal sum of (about $3000).

Then there is an order to appear in court soon.

The first thing is she was never aware a judgment was placed against her.  At some point in time they summoned her, somewhere, to appear in court over supposed money due.   She has never improperly broken a lease, has been on time with student loans and car payments, so we don't know what this matter is even about.

The plaintiff is Razor Capital LLC, which if you google you will immediately see people asking about what do now that they are getting sued over various collections issues.

Please, tell me if I'm wrong, but my line of thinking is:
1)  Get a hold of Razor and find out who their client is.
2)  If possible contact said client and determine what this is all about.  If it is a misunderstanding, can the original summary judgment even be reversed?
3)  Lawyer up.  Even if it costs $500 or more to obtain an attorney for the day if they can help up us it's better than paying 3g in unpaid fines.

Thoughts?   Sorry if this is frantic, I/we've never been in this situation before and don't know what the best options are.

Answer:
 Hire an attorney first.  Don't do anything else.  Let the attorney advise you how to move forward.  You *might* be able to unwind the judgment and take this back to trial.  The more contact you have with the plaintiff, the more likely it is you'll say or do something to make that difficult.Answer #2: Absolutely do NOT contact the plaintiff.  Get a lawyer first.Answer #3: Before getting a lawyer, get online (if you can) and search the appropriate clerk of court to see if you can find the case.  If not, call the clerk and see if you can get a copy of the docket, complaint, and judgment.  Make sure you are not being scammed.  Don't contact the creditor, and deal with them only in writing.

Then get an attorney and see what you can do.


Title: [US-TX] need advice on removing my son and I from an abusive household

Question:
I don't want to go into reasoning,  but basically after two back to back incidents in one morning,  I'm deciding to take a stand. I want us out.  But I don't want to get charged with kidnapping my 10 month old,  or risk getting him taken away from me.

 I've filled out a temporary restraining order and am going to bring it in tomorrow, but my County website said it takes at least two weeks,  and I need to make something like 3 court visits.  I'm still going through with that,  but in the meantime I feel like it's really dangerous for us to stay here.  He is volatile. I have a lot of the aftermath on video -  him being verbally abusive,  smashing things, screaming ect.  Will that help my case at all? Of course I'm hiring an attorney for this... Im just really scared and want out right now but don't want to break the law regarding my son.  I feel like that will hurt me down the road but I'm not sure.

What rights do I have?? We could possibly go to my mother's,  but she lives in Colorado.  My only other option is a battered woman's shelter,  which I will do if I am allowed to take my son.

I would note that we don't have a marriage license,  but I've been told that in tx we are considered common law married because we have been together 3 years,  have a lease together (that ends in 1 month) ect.  I have been subtly separating our lives (savings accounts,  got my own car,  took him off my health insurance) preparing for this.  I know I'm a coward for not leaving earlier but please don't berate me.

I just want to know if it's okay to take my son and leave.  Someone please help.  I can't sleep here tonight.

Answer: Yes, you can take your son immediately and leave without notice. Especially if you'll be driving your own car, leave now and handle the legal issues as soon as possible. You'll want to avoid making a scene or telling your partner before you leave.


Title: Parents have owned a vacant property lot in Florida for decades. They have recently been contacted by the city and have been told somebody has been illegally dumping and now must pay a huge fine. Options/advice?

Question: Somebody has dumped about 10/15 tires and overgrown vegetation. They have owned this vacant lot for decades. Is the only option to pay it? How can they prevent this from happening again? They are MANY states away. Thanks for the advice.

Answer: Property owners have an obligation to keep their property up to code, and that includes the situation you describe. They can hire a property management company to keep an eye on it, but that may be expensive. Their only other options are to sell the properties or keep paying fines (because if someone dumps on the property one, chances are someone will do it again)


Title: Landlord from hell

Question:
Okay, so I’ve got a bit of a conundrum. My fiancé and I needed a short term place to live in New Jersey(3 months) so we found a place that was in our budget but just barely. We handed her a deposit and then rent (1250 total) which is incredibly expensive for just renting a single room in a shitty town not even close to anything.

I forgot to mention that she didn't want to sign a contract. So we don't have a lease. Then the nightmares started to begin. Come to find out the place is in the process of foreclosure. She hasn’t told anyone about it. Not even the other roommate who has been here since December. I only know because I ran into the process server who was kind enough to let me know all he could. This was just the beginning. She refused to sign a lease considering it was only going to be a short time. It was my fiancé dealing with all this because I was living in another state.

Okay, well the other day I was reading in the living room and dozed off. Apparently now we’re not allowed in the living room. She refused to talk to me and instead talked to my fiancé. I guess I’m chopped liver. She told us we couldn’t receive mail here either. Wtf? We keep to ourselves and clean up the nasty messes she and her girlfriend leave. I even got a bunch of pots and pans and plates and the like because there were literally none here. She’s incredibly rude to me and accused my fiancé of eating her cereal last night because we had just bought a gallon of milk. Um, no. We have our own cereal. That’s not to mention the fact that the area around her room CONSTANTLY smells like pot and she’s admitted she smokes pot.

Here is my question, we have receipts for rent paid as well as mail with our name on it. She can’t kick us out after we’ve paid her a ton of money? I just don’t understand why she is being such a bitch. We spend 90% of our time quietly in our room. We don’t steal, in fact we have brought things in to help. What so we do here?

Yes, I know there were a lot of mistakes here, but I was still out of state while this was all going on.

Answer: No, she cannot evict you without going through the standard eviction process. As you've already been doing, make sure to keep records of all payments made.


Title: Can a teacher search my backpack without consent or police with a warrant?

Question: Some kid in my gym class got his phone stolen and we have been sitting for an hour waiting for an admin can I just say I will decline search and leave?

Answer:
 Sure. And the school can do whatever disciplinary thing is appropriate. Detention, expulsion. Answer #2: >can I just say I will decline search and leave?

You can, but they will likely punish you and search your bag anyway. While the 4th amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures, that protection is diminished in a school environment. The school can search your backpack if it has a reasonable suspicion that a crime or a violation of the student code of conduct has been violated. The search has to reasonable in it's scope and purpose. Here, some student had his phone stolen from gym class. So, there's reasonable suspicion that a crime has occurred. It's reasonable to assume it's one of his fellow classmates, so they're searching a limited group of students for the purposes of trying to find the phone.


Title: I had a tinder girl I just met stay the night. She lost her wallet at my house with $350 in it. We've looked everywhere she wants to call cops what do I do?

Question: We've looked absolutely everywhere. We are the only 2 people in the house but we think my puppy snatched it and hid it somwehere. It's a big house and Idk what to do. Would I be accused of theft in this case? I can't afford court or to pay back $350. What do we do?? How does this look in the eyes of the law? All her bank cards and ID's are in to so she can't get into her accounts when she has bills to pay.

Answer:
 Sounds like a scam to me. Did she actually have a wallet or did she just say she had one?Answer #2: Who meets up with a stranger for sex with a wallet with 350 in it? I get uncomfortable with more than 40 in my wallet. I'm thinking scam.  Answer #3: Sounds like she's trying to get you to give her $350.  Wallets don't disappear like that.Answer #4: You tell her to leave, get her number, and say you'll call her if you find it. Chances are, there is no wallet though. Answer #5: There is no wallet. This is a scam. I really do the get how willingly people invite internet strangers into their house and then get scammed like this.Answer #6: Everyone already pointed out this was probably a scam so I just want clarity on one point. You say "we" think my puppy snatched it but is it really "we" or did she suggest it and you think it is possible? If she said she lost her wallet and suggested your dog took it with no knowledge of how your dog acts then I would just say bs.

I mean you know how your dog behaves and it is very unlikely someone would leave their wallet in a strangers house in such an open place that a dog would take it and hide it. The entire situation sounds ridiculous.Answer #7: Did you even see a wallet or the cash in the wallet?  Sounds like a scam to me.Answer #8: Call the police yourself. Who carries that much cash?


Title: My mothers boyfriend of 10 years just went on a rampage and made me fear for my life.

Question:
I don't usually post on Reddit and am quite new to this but less than 2 hours after the incident I'm sat alone with no where to go and need somewhere to get advice.

My mother's boyfriend who is roughly 40 decided to wake up this morning and turn off the WiFi whilst me a 17m who pays a reasonable amount of money for rent was trying to relax and drink his coffee. Long story short. After I confronted him.about it I agreed to what he wanted from me but he still refused to turn it back on. I got irritated and swore at him and at that point he launched himself up from his chair and dared me to say it again and me being a stupid 17 y old said it again. But he had a complete overreaction and ran at me which is when I ran back into my room and held the door shut.

At that point he was going absolutely insane and I was shouting through my door that he needs to calm down and then we can talk about it. But this angered him even more and he started throwing glass plates at my door. And screaming "I'm going to F***ing kill you" and "I'm going to wring you F***ing neck" I was shaking and quite scared but decided to go out there and just tell him I'm sorry and he needs to calm down because I think he's overreacting but that's when he grabbed a large plant pot and threw it at me however I managed to close my door which is where it hit. At this point he was screaming you better hide and I'm going to Fucking kill you whilst trying to bash my door down but I was holding it shut and shouting at him to stop. I packed a few things and climbed out my window and jumped off my roof before going to my father's friends house and climbing sitting here whilst they are at work since I know they'll understand.

I'm sorry if this is jumbled and I am still shaking. What do I do in this situation what can I do?

We were the only 2 people in the house

Answer:
 Um - call the constabulary?
Answer #2: You can call the police and have him charged with assault.  As long as you are now physically safe, you should definitely talk to your mother first, so she doesn't feel blindsided.

Your parents should take care of all this for you.  They should make sure that this man doesn't assault you again, and your mother should probably break up with him.  They should decide whether it's worth it to press charges.

If your parents aren't willing to help (idk your situation) then you should move out of your mom's house and consider whether pressing charges will do more to help you stay safe or if it will damage your relationship with your parents in a way you can't afford.  If you don't press charges, I recommend you never be alone with that man again.    Answer #3: Got any older friends with a place? Maybe they would let you temporarily rent a couch while you look for a room? I'd be looking into moving out and how to make that happen at your age. I put up with bullshit for way too long when I was in your position in order to save on rent. When I moved out, over the next few days I was astounded at how much happier I was. My only regret is not taking on a little more student debt in order to move out sooner.

It is great to live with parents if it saves you money, but not at the expense of your mental health. It is much easier to deal with being poor than it is to deal with living in an unsafe home.Answer #4: Just a quick tip, go to r/legaladviceUKAnswer #5: Cops.


Title: How to cancel year-long gym membership contract?

Question:
I signed up for a gym membership at 24 hour fitness because there is one located very close to my residence. I thought it was a good idea, and stupidly signed a year long contract. I went over to the gym to work out recently, and it's utterly terrible - half the machines are broken, it smells awful, it's dirty and in disrepair. It is truly depressing.

I can't even use my favorite machines to work out as they are broken. (i.e. the treadmills don't start, the rowing machine doesn't record meters etc)

I am locked in to paying them $400 and as a student, I really can't afford this. I know that I made a mistake, but is there any legal way for me to get out of the contract honestly? The facility is unsafe, and their yelp page details many injuries from machines and other problems.

What can I do?

Edit: located in California

Answer: Read the contract to see if there's an early termination option.  Otherwise, nothing really.  You signed a contract, you can't just breach it because you regret it


Title: (Hypothetical) My car was booted, can I move it? BC Canada

Question: I was reading the adventures of Dolly Man (TL;dr: his car was booted, he put it on dollys and rolled his car into his garage) and was wondering, what can I do to my booted car with out getting into legal trouble? Can I tow it to my house? Can I remove the boot without damaging it?  Take off my tire? I'm going to assume any damage to the boot by my actions would count as destruction of property.

Answer:
 One of the times where I wished that I was one who reached for their camera rather than just observe a scene was the day I watched a dude try to drive with a boot on. It was very loud and smelled bad as well. But it was a hilarious scene to say the very least.

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It appears that you've received your answers and moving your car is a big no-no. Actually, in many places they post a boot notice on your car which tells you not to move your car.


Title: [CA] Police seized my stuff during raid on roommate and I need one item back today

Question:
Having finished my research essay on the morning of its due date, I triumphantly snatched it up from the laser printer myself and five of my roommates shared and walked out to met the professor. It turned out that some of my citations were off and she wouldn't accept it until they are fixed. A few hours later I made my way back to the dormitory complex and my bedroom had been torn up. Drawers were slammed opened, closets had been emptied, and both desks were stripped bare. The police were after computers, drugs, drug paraphernalia, electronic storage media and memory, personal effects containing a password, and basically anything with a plug and is more complicated than a lamp. They even took an external monitor (lol). I don't know where my roommate I share a bedroom is and he's not answering text messages.

The bloody essay was on my laptop. "Okay," I thought, "no big deal, it's in my Google Drive and I can make the changes in the library." I actually don't know my Google password since I use a password manager. The keychain file is on the laptop. Time to use the backup: a strongbox I keep in a desk drawer that holds my passport, medical history, cash, a USB flash drive with a copy of the keychain, a paper printout of it in a sealed envelope, and a diary. Then I realize the desk had been emptied out. Fuck! The only other backup I have of the keychain is as another USB flash drive and envelope - at home, in Florida.

Answer:
 Did you get plenty of photos of the state of your room? I believe I would first take this to student or campus services as a serious complaint. How was the raid/seizure handled? Did the school have any representative present during the raid? Did they make any effort to ensure the police caused minimal damage and documented what was taken?

The police will be harder to deal with, but you can create a shit storm with the people responsible for placing you with a criminal roommate and allowing the police to ransack your room.Answer #2: There's literally no way in hell you're getting your computer back today.

If it was seized as evidence (I'm assuming that the roommate you share a room with was the one that was raided), then you are going to have to go through some hoops to get it back as well.  As of now, the police are going to keep it until they determine that there is no evidence on it or until the completion of your roommates trial, if he gets arrested and has one.  Answer #3: In addition to the suggestions that have already been made, consider having your backup keychain and envelope overnighted to you from home.  If it's sent tomorrow, it'll arrive Wednesday (possibly in the morning if you pay extra) which should allow you to finish the paper by end-of-day Wednesday.

It's not cheap and this whole situation definitely sucks, but aside from re-typing or OCR'ing your paper, it's probably your fastest option.Answer #4: Another couple of suggestions: try Google account recovery using your phone or secondary email.

Failing that, OCR the draft you have, if you can find a place with a scanner on campus, or retype it.


Title: Is it legal for a cashier to give out your name to the next person in line if they ask?

Question: A friend of mine recently noticed another customer at a local business making alot of eye contact and uncomfortable stares. They proceeded to ignore the creepy customer and pay for their goods with their debit card and left while noticing the creepy customer walked right up to the cashier after my friends transaction. Having never seen or met this person before they went home to find that person had already friended them on FB within a matter of 5 minutes. Our only assumption can be that the cashier gave the creepy customer my friends name. Its something that seems borderline illegal but have found nothing similar when searching the internet. Ive never submitted or frequented this sub before so if Ive made any egregious errors I apologize. Any help or people with similar situations is much appreciated. Im in New York, sorry for not reporting that earlier.

Answer:
 Yes, it's legal. Your friend should call up the business and complain, though. They shouldn't be reading out names from debit cards to random customers. Creepy. Answer #2: I can't see any reason why it would be illegal, but it may be against company policy. If they have good reason to believe it was the cashier he/she should report it to their managers.

If the person who got your friend's name starts being a nuisance, he/she should record each interaction and then contact the authorities. Answer #3: Do you think there is a law that applies to every single human interaction? There isn't.


Title: Public defender or private lawyer?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Your friend won't get to pick.

Generally, Public Defenders are for people who are too poor to afford an attorney, period.

If your friend has the means to hire a private lawyer (even if it causes hardship) then it's likely that (s)he won't qualify for a public defender.


Title: Building Management Wont Give Us Rent Breakdown

Question:
I live in NYC section 8 housing with my Mom and 3 other siblings and the rent is based on 30% of our income. But if that's the case then my rent shouldn't be 500 a month because all together its 1000 split between my brother, mother, and I. Problem is when i ask the person in the building management office they told me to "figure it out yourself" is that legal? Since they are charging us for something dont they have to plainly break it down instead of just throwing a number as us and telling us to Figure it out?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: They don't have to do math for you. If you have questions, call your social work or the section 8 administrator directly.


Title: Scam refund policy

Question: [deleted]

Answer: In short... yes. A "No refunds at all" policy can exist.


Title: Medical marijuana in jail?

Question:
I was arrested for extreme DUI in Scottsdale AZ. I took a plea deal requiring 3 days in my county's jail, tent city (Sheriff Joe's House).
Yesterday, I had to have emergency dental surgery yesterday and was prescribed hydrocodone and an antibiotic. I'm not a fan of addictive pain medication. There was a recent ruling in the case of Keenan Reed-Kaliher and Jennifer Lee Ferrell where it wes ruled that those on probation can not be prohibited from taking medical marijuana. Under that logic, if I got my medical card could I make a case for being allowed to take my herbal medicine in tent city (jail)? I'm scheduled to go in this Saturday (8/22) through Monday.

Answer:
 No, you will not be allowed to use marijuana in jail.Answer #2: I mean, comeon.  Seriously?

>Under that logic

Under what logic?  Not any that I see.Answer #3: > if I got my medical card could I make a case for being allowed to take my herbal medicine in tent city (jail)?

Most definitely not.


Title: Poor Student: ScribeAmerica job “ending”/non-compete clause question

Question:
Hello y’all,

So I need some help and advice. I’ve been scribing for a year with ScribeAmerica who is known to be a big butthead about their non-compete clause. Here’s what’s happening: We’ve been staffing two hospitals (one is a small community hospital and the other is pretty large), but the doctor corporation which hires scribeamerica is terminating their agreement with scribeamerica. That means I’m no longer working at these two hospitals. In their words they said they will “offer a new job” working somewhere else if possible. Here’s my dilemma, I’ve been offered a scribing job at a major trauma center that I would prefer to work at. That would be going against the non-compete. They said if they offer me another job, the non-compete clause would be active still, but I really need it to be terminated with written proof. Someone has mentioned a legal precedent with Jimmy John’s non-compete clause which sided with the employees. Scribing is a very low paying job ($10/hr) and there’s really no “trade secrets.” Any advice on what to do?

Answer: I used to work for that company. I would take the other job and tell SA to pound sand.


Title: Help! I’m being blackmailed!

Question: I really need to know my options legally. I don’t know who is blackmailing me but I have a feeling they are over seas. They’re dming my nudes to people through instagram. I’ve blocked them on everything I could and they continue to try to harass me. I have a gmail account and I could get their cash app but I don’t know what I could do with so little information. Any sort of advice or help would be greatly appreciated. I’m in America and I am only 17.

Answer:
 If they are sending your nudes to people, and you are a minor, let your parents know. They should be able to contact the police/FBI.

They are unlikely to stop asking for money even if you pay them.


Title: [Update] [SC] My boss wants me to repay relocation expenses after I quit even though it was not in the contract to repay it

Question:
I sent a counter offer of $1250 to my boss after her offer of $1000. She said she would pay the full deducted wages ($1167) and I agreed to this contingent on receiving the funds prior to me dismissing the case. However, she insists that you cannot handle a settlement this way and that I would have to dismiss the case before receiving the funds. Here is the last email she sent me:

"Either we or our attorney would be glad to provide you with a copy of the certified check or any other reasonable verification of funds availability you desire, but civil funds are simply never exchanged prior to actual resolution or settlement of a case.  I encourage you to verify this fact in whatever manner you choose.  The release of the funds to you in 3 business days is quite prompt in terms of a civil process, and we will follow though as indicated.  However, if you insist on departing from the standard of civil litigation we will unfortunately be unable to come to terms."

This makes me super uncomfortable and I just don't think it's true because I've read settlement agreements that included the receipt of funds prior to dismissal of the claim. Is she full of crap or is this really how it is done?

Link to previous post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/5wvvlm/update_sc_my_boss_wants_me_to_repay_relocation/

Answer:
 Why didn't you just file a wage claim instead of suing? Certainly you can sue in small claims but a [wage claim](http://www.llr.state.sc.us/Labor/wages/pdf/wcl-3.pdf) [PDF] for your state gets the government involved on your side.Answer #2: Just to muddy the waters further: I won a case against a company and as soon as I filed for the sheriff to go seize assets, their attorney called and offered to settle for slightly less ($200 or so) if I'd dismiss the case.

The paperwork looked standard, but I thought it was weird that I was signing that I had received the funds when I hadn't, and that they'd send me the funds after the case was dismissed.

I consulted a local attorney who reviewed the release and said for the small amount involved an attorney isn't likely to play games like that, and that this happens often.

It all worked out, and fortunately the company was so poorly run that the check they sent was for everything, whoever cut the check never received the settlement amount vs the amount won in court.

Best of luck OP.


Title: [WI] Brother in law's ex wife flippantly suggested to mutual friends I might be sexually abusing their daughter, do I have a slander case?

Question:
My wife's brother has a 14 year old daughter. He also has a terrible divisive relationship with his ex wife and they are constantly bickering and in/out family court over child support and all sorts of things.

My wife is very close to her niece and the niece spends weekends at our house about once a month.

I guess our niece/their daughter recently is acting differently, signs of depression, refusing to shower or change clothes. This all started when her mother moved in with a boyfriend. My brother in law said to his ex wife he was concerned about the new boyfriend and living arrangement and well that was interpreted as "your boyfriend is abusing our daughter." Obviously tempers were raised about that.

We live in a small town and I've gone to the same hair stylist my entire life, my mom took me to her as a toddler. I got a call from her this week asking how I knew my brother in law's ex wife. I said she was my brother in law's ex wife.

According to my hair stylist, the ex wife was in her hair salon with tons of other people around, detailing what my brother in law said about her boyfriend. Then out of nowhere she said maybe I was abusing their daughter because their daughter was spending time at our house.

My wife is absolutely furious and wants to talk to attorneys about a slander lawsuit. Hair stylist offered to be a witness if we needed one. I am upset she is flippantly saying this shit but I don't know if I have any specific damages to sue for (haven't lost my job or anything like that). If a slander lawsuit is impossible could we get an attorney to write a cease & desist letter? Or is she allowed to accuse me of child sexual abuse to random strangers? Brother in law is concerned a lawsuit could negatively impact his attempts to get the child support renegotiated.

Answer:
 Some alleging things (like child abuse, murder, and the like) are considered to be so damaging to someone's reputation that you don't need specific damages. You should absolutely retain your own lawyer.

Your brother-in-law should talk to his lawyer about how this impacts his case, but that shouldn't be a primary concern in your case. If your brother-in-law doesn't have a lawyer then he should hire one because this situation feels like it's going to blow up in everyone's collective faces.


Title: Neighbor's tree has trunk on their property, all branches come over mine. [MN] Bonus: TWO, yes TWO, MS Paint diagrams.

Question:
As the title says, there is a tree growing in my neighbor's yard that has branches that exist solely in my yard. It's a mulberry tree, and it definitely does not appear to be intentionally planted and is almost certainly the result of a bird pooping out the seed, as it's literally growing around the trunk of a different, non-offending tree.

The branches not only come into my yard, but because of the shape of the tree and branches, they hang towards the ground as is. This makes it annoying, at best, to mow that part of my lawn. Now that the berries are growing, they're now hanging down even lower. There is one mostly non-offending branch that I currently see no need to prune or trim away.

I'm concerned for a couple of reasons: One, if I prune those branches back, it may kill the tree. My neighbors are *just* shady enough that they may use this as an attempt to get money out of me, and I really, really, really do not want to deal with that shit. Also, I'm concerned that if I try and talk to them, they'd use this as an excuse to try and get money out of me.

So, here's the diagrams:

[Diagram 1, overhead](http://imgur.com/RAEKXUY)

[Diagram 2, along the property line](http://imgur.com/Hj0SFeB)

Am I just being a bit over paranoid here? Can I just cut the offending branches down, no worries?

Answer:
 If you have a certified arborist trim it for you, there liability policy will protect you if anything happens.Answer #2: Wouldn't solve your problem (an arborist could trim it for you, I suspect), but in the meantime, all-you-can-eat mulberries while you mow. Answer #3: Amazing MS Paint diagrams! Good work!Answer #4: If you do trim it keep this in mind:

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/ways-trim-mulberry-tree-59433.htmlAnswer #5: Have you try talking to your neighbor about it? Doesn't sound like a tree they would be overly concerned with keeping. This isn't a legal issue until there's a disagreement.Answer #6: Hey man. Just a bit of non legal advicd but mulberries are super difficult to kill. You could literally hack it off at the ground and be fine as long as it was spring or summer. Id just trim along fence line.


Title: My husband has jury duty and traffic court today at the same time.

Question: He called me frantic because they are saying he could be held in contempt of court for one if he doesn't show up. He's already had jury duty this year but I guess they haven't let him go yet to make traffic court. Is there anything he can do? He's at the courthouse right now.

Answer:
 His own court date is more important than jury duty. If he can’t quickly talk to the jury empanelment clerks and explain the situation, he should go to traffic court, ask for some sort of proof he was there, and then walk down to the jury clerks and explain. If it’s the same courthouse they should be able to call each other and confirm.Answer #2: >He's already had jury duty this year

On every jury duty notification I've ever seen, on the back as one of the standard "I can't because _____" reasons was "I served within the past year".Answer #3: You can reschedule Jury Duty.

Have him go to traffic court. If he can prove he was there everything will be fine.


Title: Oregon. Kicked out of a hotel because they did not want me there—need advice to sue.

Question: Law student at a T14. I attended a cult meeting (PM for the name) at a hotel in Oregon. I left one session 15 minutes early after leader started intentionally inflicting emotional distress by accusing me of sitting in another area of the hotel. Without going into too many details, the cult leader then told me I had to leave, and informed the hotel staff that I had to leave. He called me horrible and racially degrading names. Because the cult regularly hosts events at this hotel, the cult told the hotel I had to leave because I might out it as a cult. I paid for 2 nights in advance, but the hotel assistant general manager (who went to community college) said if I didn’t leave I would be arrested. I said it was bogus and against the rules of civil procedure. Then I explained to the uneducated police officer that I have Miranda rights and the hotel discriminating against me on the basis of my race is illegal, he started verbally harassing and threatening me. When I packed and demanded a refund, I then said I would sue; the idiot police officer said he now had to make a report because I’m threatening to sue. Clearly the idiot has no idea about civil procedure. I recorded everything on my phone—everything. I’d like to sue both the hotel and the cult.

Answer: Can someone who got here before she deleted the post TL:DR it for me , the comments have me curious


Title: My best friend's family is at risk due to a false accusation.

Question: My best friend lives in Kentucky. His mom is some type of head nurse at a hospital. One of her employees has been causing her some trouble recently. He's been intimidating other employees and not doing his job very well. My friends mom sent a confidential email to HR talking about how he was being a bully and so forth. Well, some how that email got leaked and made its way back to the guy. My friends mom took time off to celebrate my friend's 21st birthday, and that's when the dude started retaliating. He is accusing my friends mom of serial harassment and now the whole thing is going through internal affairs. My friends mom has her hands tied, and now, based on my understanding, it all comes down to whether her other employees and coworkers vouch for her and stuff. I'm terrified of this because my friends mom is the sole provider of the family, and they aren't extremely wealthy to begin with. I don't know much about how all this stuff works, but if she is found "guilty" she could lose her nursing license, which means their family will be cut of all support. My friend is a full time student studying to be a nurse, and if his mom loses her job and is labeled as a sex offender, he'll have to quit schooling to support them. I don't really know what I'm asking for, just that I don't know if this guy can get away with this or really what could happen in this situation.

Answer:
 Unfortunately, this sort of thing is pretty impossible for us to comment on.  You, and therefore we, don't have all the facts of the situation, and even if we did, there wouldn't be much we could actually tell her (you) to do.

Is it possible for this guy to "Get away with this"?  I mean, it's not *impossible*.  We can't really speculate how likely it is.  We can speculate even less on what would happen.

Will your friend have to quit school?  Try not to "worst-case" this.  It's not an automatic conclusion that your friend would have to drop out of school; there are many options that they may have open to the family and that is merely one of them.Answer #2: #1 there is no such thing as guilty in a civil process.
#2 I cannot believe that a nursing license could be lost over work drama. As long as she competently does her job, she’s safe. She may want to go work for a different hospital though.

Edit: I have no idea how my letters are so large.