Title: Virginia - Buyer claims item I sold him on Craigslist is not working

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 If you didn't have any sort of warranty, he can go pound sand. The police won't do anything as you didn't break any laws.

He can try suing you in small claims for the cost, but he would have to prove that he didn't break it I would think. Answer #2: The only thing I can say is that at the end of the day he bought a USED part before checking it. He doesn't have much of a leg to stand on.

IF he keeps trying to contact you, just ask him to leave you alone or to serve you with a law suit. If he keeps up after that, it's no longer a business dispute like another poster here claimed, but harassment.

Also, don't take his threats of being in the military seriously. If he is (which I doubt) he most likely doesn't have access to any system to look for you. If he does, he is misusing it and you can contact his command and report him. Misusing government computers is a court martial offence.


Title: Posting child pornography

Question:
I'm 14
He lives in the UK and is 22
I live in the states. He's threatening to post pics he forced me to take.
Can he post them on other sites? I'm so lost and scared. Can i get them taken down? Reported?

Answer:
 Technically , if you sent him naked photos he’s already in huge trouble , and you could call the police in the UK right now and destroy his life .
Tell him that and don’t be scared of him, you are basicly about to destroy a predators life . Good .


Title: Employee-Manager Confidentiality with Pregnancy?

Question: So my girlfriend is pregnant. We told our GM of our restaurant that we work at so he knows for scheduling purposes. By rule he has to tell the other managers in the store so they know. That's fine. But then he told other employees and a manager of another store (whom he has a friends with benefits relationship with) for no reason. Is there some kind of confidentiality on the workplace similar to a doctors office? I live in NY

Answer: No, there's not.


Title: (British Columbia,Canada) Strata is making half the units change balcony mounting to our type, but is billing us for the extra cost?

Question: I live in Vancouver, the strata held a meeting regarding the outdoor balcony renovations.  The units agreed to change them but cost resulted in some  renovating later, ours included.  When we had to renovate the old contractor was out of business so we had to hire a new one who did it differently (side mount vs. top mount).  Now the strata decided that won't do so half the units will be renovated to our side mount while the other half stays the same.  The strata had decided in the meeting that since half the units had to change to our style, that we would be charged for any additional costs.  Could they do this and whathe would additional costs entail?

Answer: You know... I know you're trying to say something here; but, it's kind of unclear.Answer #2: When the condo does work on common areas/exterior of the building, the cost is going to be shared by every owner.  Presumably you can have access to their accounting records to examine what these costs are.  What's the problem here?


Title: [Pennsylvania] My work scheduled me to work at 5 am and now that im here they said that they dont have anyone to cover the later shift so now i have to work until 8 pm. Is this legal in anyway?

Answer:
 Absolutely legal. It's gets even more legal when they pay you overtime once you exceed 40 hours. Then every week you'll be like "hey, need me for the next shift?". Answer #2: It's legal.Answer #3: Does your job involve driving (other than your commute to/from work)? If so, FMCSA (U.S. federal) regulations say that 14 hours after you come on duty you must stop driving until you have a 10 hour off-duty block. Your post gives a shift length of 15 hours. Also, you would be limited to 60 hours on duty (driving and non-driving combined) in a 7 day rolling window (70 hours in 8 days if employer runs 7 days a week).

If your job is strictly non-driving, this doesn't apply.


Question:
Couldn't work for three months due to broken leg/recovering from injury. Got my work release two days ago and I bring it in, and I've been terminated.

I work at a Denny's in Ohio, I'm 18 and a freshman in College.

Can someone help me?  Is this legal?

Answer:
 Did you work there for at least 12 months and at least 1250 hours in the last 12 months?

Was this a work injury?


Title: My housemate works nights and when he gets home he repeatedly receives texts from my crazy downstairs neighbor threatening him to move out and to ‘stop walking’. She calls him every name under the sun and is behaving in a harassing manner. Do I have legal ground to complain about her harassment?

Question: She's tried to contact the landlord but they know it's an old house and the floor creeks, so they mostly ignore her. We've placed down a rug over the carpeted floor to help with the noise but she's still complaining and has now started to send me endless texts as well. She's even complained about my cat walking and of white noise (?!). I'm fed up and want to handle this sternly yet diplomatically. Any advice would be much appreciated. I'm in Toronto, Canada.

Answer:
 Let your landlord know you've taken reasonable steps to minimize the noise by putting rugs down and walking quietly, and that she's still harassing you.

Let her know you'd like her to stop contacting you, then block her number.

If your landlord seeks to evict you due to noise complaints and you've taken steps to minimize noise, you'll likely be fine. The Landlord and Tenant Board understands that some buildings are just noisy by nature, and that tenants are entitled to reasonable use of their own homes. Doing things to irresponsibly cause noise - thumping around as hard as possible, running the stereo at full volume, and so on - could get you kicked out, but if she's complaining about a _cat_ then she'll only be satisfied if you're silent, and she's not entitled to that.


Title: [VA] Officer handing me a ticket says I was going 13 over, I look at the ticket after he leaves and it says 43 in a 25. I have a voice memo of the conversation. Any hope in a reduction?

Question:
Had a bad bit of luck today.  Dropped my '98 Honda Civic off for an oil change, then immediately afterward borrowed my parent's 2012 Kia Optima to stop by the store.  Obviously the acceleration on these cars are very different, and I was speeding in the Optima without even trying or realizing it.  Just my luck,  I drive the car for 5 minutes and get my first speeding ticket in 4 years.  Not saying I didn't deserve it, I should have paid more attention.  It's just very unlucky because I otherwise exclusively drive a car that would never be mistaken for powerful.

Anyways, the officer pulled me over and right away said I was going 43.  He did not state what the speed limit on the road was (I thought it was 30 or 35, its single lane double yellow with frequent lights).   He then asked for my license and I handed it to him.  I then graciously asked if he would like me to move to a safer location, as this road had large snowbanks on the curbs, with moderate traffic flowing.  I move up a couple hundred yards into a turn lane, and wait for him.  At this point, I begin recording a voice memo on my iPhone so I can have record of the conversation.  I will try to figure out how to attach the voice memo so reddit can listen, if anyone knows how to attach through AlienBlue that'd be awesome.  But here are the quotes that I am hoping may give me a chance at reducing my fine.

"You can come see the judge, your date is May 14th, you can come see the judge here in [redacted] on May the 14th or you can pay it. I wrote you for the $6 over section, so its $6 for every MPH over the limit, and you were 13 over, plus the process fee."

"Here's your copy of the ticket for going 43." Doesn't say 43 in a ____ zone.

I don't expect to get the charge dismissed because I was in fact speeding.  I am just wondering if there is a chance my fine could get reduced because the officer made an error in stating my speed?  He clearly states I was going 13 over but he ticketed me for 18 over.  If this could get adjusted I would save $30 in fines.

I should add that I was extremely gracious and friendly with the officer the entire interaction.  My father has been a cop for nearly three decades so I learned very early that being polite to police makes a world of a difference.

Any help would be fantastic.  Thank you.

Answer: What if the error was in his statement and not what he wrote on the ticket?  You admit you were going 43.  If the speed limit is, in fact, 25, the fact that he misspoke won't benefit you.


Title: Is it legal to drive with a temporary self-made license plate?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 No you cannot just make your own plates. As usual and is par for the course on this subreddit, you provided no state for us to help you.

Depending on your state you can likely legally print out your own temporary plates. I know for a fact MD and VA allow you to do this and they are valid for 60 days. If your registration has been renewed and is valid they should allow you to do this online but without your state we have no idea.


Title: CA - HR: The new hire is pregnant

Question:
Both my wife and I are managers for different construction companies. She is pregnant with our 2nd child. We are expecting next year. The first time around neither of our past employers were sympathetic (too bad for them). I have had the unfortunate experience of having a pregnant employee try to manipulate the system to try to get paid not to work. So neither of us are completely naive when is comes to pregnancy and employment law.

Fast forward to the current situation, her current employer has a couple big projects that will be in full swing next year so they are at the point that hiring a new full time staff member makes sense to cover while my wife is on leave and then cover the additional work load when she returns. After months of selling the idea to upper management, interviews, negotiations, and stress, she hired a new assistant who started immediately. And per the title, after a few weeks of employment her new hire disclosed that she is pregnant and due roughly 6 weeks after my wife.

With the time frames involved the employee clearly knew she was pregnant and what her due date was during the hiring process. My wife was very explicit during the hiring process that the position was expected to fill in for her while she was on pregnancy leave. While sympathetic due to our past experiences, my wife is in emotional turmoil. Our first thought was we can make this work but as we talk about it more the anger and resentment come to the forefront. She feels lied too and for any team integrity is hugely important. Too make the situation work we would have to compromise our planned leave with our newborn because this employee could not fufill the basic initial requirement that she was hired for.

While part of me hates to suggest it, CA is an at will state. No justification is needed but firing her on the grounds of integrating seems perfectly justified. What are everyone's thoughts? The new hire's husband is a lawyer so we can be pretty certain a lawsuit will be the end result if she is fired.

Answer:
 You need to speak to the company's lawyer, or if that person doesn't exist, an employer-side employment law attorney.

Terminating a woman after learning of her pregnancy is a high risk endeavor.  California's anti-discrimination law requires a legitimate reason unrelated to the pregnancy and objective evidence to support it.  What reason and evidence do you have?


Title: Landlord moved in without notice to friends house that is supposed to be no men allowed(and a whole lot more stuff that's been happening)

Question:
Basically my friend moved into this place 6 months ago and the agreement was that it was an all girls house, no men allowed to stay the night etc.  No dogs allowed either.  They pay in cash because he does not accept checks because he doesn't want to be taxed twice, because he isn't even the real owner, he pays the owner with cash.  He lives in Mexico but the house is in San Diego, and he goes to the house everyday because he uses their entire living room as his personal office and the garage is packed with his stuff.  He is over 50 and has only ever allowed younger pretty girls to live at the place, apparently there have been dozens of girls live there over a few year's and each one has left because they found out he was a pervert and would hit on them when he was around the house.  They have seen documents that show he is being audited, and apparently owns an office downtown but he uses their living room as his office when he legally claims to be using his office downtown.

Recently they came home to find him living in the master bedroom with his wife who is apparently not a legal citizen and he moved in because she was detained at the Mexican border and he is afraid she won't get back into the country if he goes back to Mexico where he apparently lives.    He also brought his two dogs.  The girl that was recently living in that room had moved out because he was saying all sorts of things that made her uncomfortable and she is Muslim so she can't be seen by men when not wearing her clothes and he was constantly bumping into the house when she was just in her pajamas.

So now he has been there for a week, buying tons of groceries, just brought a bunch of suit cases to the house last night, and has been using the washer and dryer at times when the girls need to use it etc

They are going to move out as soon as they can but they need to find a place and they don't want to lose their deposit etc.  But they also don't want other girls to get stuck in the same situation that they and many other girls have fallen into.

He is always around now and they are all very very uncomfortable and they have told him many times how they feel and that he should not be living there.

What are their options?  How can they contact the real owner of the house?  And does any of this sound like this guy is doing some very illegal things?  Any tips, thoughts and advice is much appreciated.

Answer:
 If your friend either doesn't have a written lease, or is on a month to month lease, she can give a month's notice and move out. Sounds like many of the other renters have done that over the years without problems.

It doesn't sound like your friend has any other recourse since she was just renting a room in a roommate situation. All the roommates were well aware this man routinely used the house so the only recent change is that he's now sleeping in his girlfriend's room while she's in custody (basically informally subletting from her).Answer #2: Does the lease say they have control over the common areas or are just renting bedrooms? Can she just move?


Title: What exactly is Reasonable Doubt and how is this for proof?

Question:
For example and I'll give you my case:  A reasonable disagreement is provided such as not allowed entry into the victim's house party this is shown on video. The accused is known to have been in the same location and at the same time with the victim. The victim show the police the next day that they're bruised (beat up) and has their phone smashed (like thrown on the ground not just dropped) and their car keyed. There were witnesses to the brusing and the fact the phone wasn't smashed in the first place but after the fact and one witness other than the victim through the whole thing.

I was the victim, I gave all the proof I could. There were many people inside the house at the party but they help me out after the fact. police were called that night but I wasn't in the right State of Mind to talk to them (not intoxicated but convinced it would be better in the morning).

Answer:
 If you are the victim of a crime, don't worry about what is proof and what is reasonable doubt.  Just let the police do their jobs and they, along with the prosecutor, will decide if the case moves forward.

I have to be honest with you, your post was very very hard to understand.


Title: Ongoing Drug House Next Door

Question: I live next to a drug house that sells heroin. For the past few months I have have run off at least 20 people from my carport and backdoor. Vehicles come and go at all hours and stay for up to 5 minutes. The local homeless walk up to the back fence and hand cash over the fence to the residents and receive a small baggie. The usually then sit in my carport or sit right against my back door and shoot up. They leave used needles and baggies everywhere. I have files numerous complaints with the Sheriff's office and local PD with no change. The people I'm having to run off from my property are starting to get aggressive. What's my next step?

Answer: Install a sprinklers system that is activated by a motion detector, a camera system will be needed so you can watch the fun later!


Title: Previous owner of my car stole my car

Question:
So I bought a car from my buddy last year, around March. I made installment payments to the amount of 900 bucks over 4 months, replaced the radiator and got the front wheels fixed totalling close to 500. I've been using it since, have been the sole insured on it since, but I never had the title transferred to me.

The last two weeks my buddy has been living with my wife and I after a nasty separation from his fiancee, and I got him a place working with me. I told him I'd give the car back to him as soon as I can get another one so he can get on his feet. On Friday he asks if he can borrow the car to drive 20 miles north to see his daughter. He's the previous owner so I didn't think anything of it. That's the last time I heard from him 3 days ago and a lot of my personal belongings are in there. Is there anything I can do about this, what with the title still in his name? I have record of payment (bank statements), witnesses (his ex fiancee), and proof that I've been insured for over a year on it.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer: Call the police and file a report ASAP


Title: Bought a used car from hole-in-the-wall mechanic shop. As soon as I drove off the lot the check engine light went on, they said it was a knock sensor and they would replace. Find out today, they didn't replace they actually disabled the check engine light...

Question: So I bought the car about 2 months ago. It's been having some issues, so I take it to a Firestone I've been going to for years and have them run a diagnostic test. The mechanic said he scanned for codes and noticed the knock sensor code was still going off and said that should have made the check engine light go off. So he checks and the check engine light was disabled. The guy i bought it from didn't give me any paper work on the matter of replacing the sensor, is there anything I can/should do?

Answer:
 If you can substantiate that they intentionally disabled the warning system, you can sue them for the cost of fixing it, including diagnostic work needed to discover the problem.

If that's worth pursuing on its own, you maybe could include a claim for repairing the thing they promised to actually repair.  Normally, the as is nature of the sale would preclude that claim, but a gratuitous promise like you describe can be enforceable.


Title: Guy sold me my records back, claiming it was all of them but . . .

Question:
So I'm a part-time DJ in Seattle. I went through a rough patch when the economy tanked & had to sell a ton of possessions, including my much-loved record collection.

Over the years, I regretted it more & more, and when I got my financial affairs in order, I started emailing the guy, offering to pay him to digitize them, or let me rent them, or let me buy them back. Nothing.

Out of the blue, he contacts me, saying he's short on cash, and wants to sell them back to me, at an insane markup. I wanted them back so bad, I agreed.

So I get his cell number and he drives out with his truck full of records. I ask him, "this is all of them, right?" to which he replies yes. I talk him down on the price, we load them into my house, and he disappears. Before leaving, he comments that my records got him through some really rough times in his life, including a struggle with addiction.

Upon inspection, all the high-value, signed & rare  records are missing. Which is a major chunk of them. He hid it by padding the boxes out with a large portion of crap records. So, I call him, asking what's up. He says all the missing ones are at his band's practice space, and he'll get them to me. Then nothing.

So I've got a name, email & tel number, and I found him on Facebook, which lists his employer & some of his family. What can I do to get them back?
Topic:
Douche

Answer:
 I think it's worth trying to get written proof that he knows he didn't return all of them. You could try texting something like "hey, some of them are still in your practice space, right?".

You can try small claims, if you're willing to forgo the filing fee. There's not a lot to stand on, but you don't have to have a lawyer or prove "beyond a reasonable doubt". If you're clean cut and professional and he doesn't show up or does show up and says something dumb, you might see something.

Unfortunately, if he did sell those ones separately or lost them, and doesn't have income to give you back the value, you might just be out of luck even if you get a judgement in your favor because you can't get something (records or cash) that doesn't exist. Answer #2: All of them that you were paying for?

All of them that would fit in his truck?

All of them that he wanted to sell you?

What does "all of them" mean?


Title: Girlfriend (minor from Florida) flew to me (New York) without parental consent.

Question: So, I am an 18 year old, and my 16 year old girlfriend flew to visit me for a week over her spring break without her parent's knowing, and now they have found out. Her dad found a luggage tag on her backpack, but nothing else in terms of material proof. Her parents are pissed and are threatening me with legal charges. I am just wondering if there are any charges that could actually stick, or that he has a chance at actually proving. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Answer:
 So many questions. She's back home now I hope?

He can't charge or prove anything just FYI.  He would have to convince NY authorities to investigate.  They would be who could charge you.

First, thanks to the "Romeo and Juliet" law I don't believe you can be charged with statutory rape.

Second, I can't find any law about "harboring a runaway" in New York but there may be some other statute about the health and welfare of a minor.  It's unlikely he will be able to convince anyone in New York to investigate.

I'm racking my brain trying to think of what other angle he might possibly be able to come up with.  Did he mention anything specific?

I suspect you are dealing with a very irate father (rightly so) who has misplaced ideas about what the justice system can and can't do. You might consider staying away from Florida for a few years.  Us southern daddies own shotguns.  Just sayin'

EDIT:  After further review, my response was soley based on my non-expert understanding of state laws.  As /u/patentologist points out below, OP may very well have issues on the federal level.  Consult an attorney for actual legal advice.


Title: I have trouble answering job interview questions that are like "Tell me about a time when..." because of memory loss (medical reasons). Is there any legal way to prevent interviewers from asking these sorts of questions? [US, Colorado]

Question:
For the last several years I have been struggling with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder (as well as excessive daytime sleepiness/narcolepsy, but I'm not sure that's relevant). Between those medical conditions and the smorgasbord of medications I had been taking and trying my memory has become very spotty. I lost an entire Christmas vacation when my entire family flew in to see us for more than a week. I  just don't remember it happening. So when I get asked things like "Tell me about a time where you disagreed with a co-worker and how did you work it out." I often am completely unable to answer it. Usually these questions come in packs (they may make up the entire interview even) and it would look really bad to just say "I don't know/I can't remember" to 6 of these in a row.

Since this is medical related and specifically to a disease (MDD) that is considered a disability is there some legal way to get them to not ask these sorts of questions?

Answer:
 Probably not. As an employer, I would be concerned that someone who was unable to remember a significant point in their own life would require unreasonable accommodation in order to work for me.Answer #2: A legal document "exempting" you from certain interview questions will not make you look any better to an interviewer. It will make you look like an awful fit who cannot fulfill the basic requirements of the job.

Write down some examples from your past that fit as many of those questions as you can think of. Or even make some basic ones up. Have them handy and share them when the questions comes up.


Title: Situation: If carrying an illegal weapon, and forced to use it for self defense. Do you risk any legal trouble?

Question: For example let's say somebody under the age of 21 who had a handgun on them, was put in a situation where they needed to use their weapon (if they were being robbed) And are forced to use lethal force, will any charges be pressed on the person using self defense? Or will charges be dropped, will they confiscate the illegal weapon?

Answer: Charges *could* be filed against the person.


Title: What do i do?

Question:
I moved into a home in 2014 and signed a lease with a Property Manager who was hired by the home owner and paid 1100 for a security deposit.  Now that I moved out in May 13, 2016 I still have not gotten my security deposit back.  According to the home owner there was a $300 pet fee (not noted in lease) also was told by the home owner that I will not get my deposit back because I owed the rest of the last months rent $350 (I was told by the property manager that the last months rent was prorated).   Now according to the Property Manager I am owed my full security deposit.  The home owner will not give it to me and is telling me that the lease was through the PM but the PM gave the security deposit to the home owner.  My question is what/who should I take to Small Claims Court.

This was in NY i currently live in FL

Answer:
 >the PM gave the security deposit to the home owner

Well the PM fucked up.  The security deposit is *your* money.  It's just on loan to the PM.  The PM shouldn't be giving it to the owner unless the owner is entitled to it.

You should sue em both, but unfortunately you're gonna have to do it in New York so it might not be too feasible.


Title: [IL] Ex-wife has not refinanced mortgage post-divorce and has now stopped making payments

Question:
My ex-wife and I were officially divorced ~6 months ago, and she wanted/got the house. In the divorce decree, she was required to refinance the house in order to remove my name from the debt, but she has not done that and is now forgoing payments. I did not realize this until I was hit with a summons to foreclosure/mediation. (They don't try to *call* me first?)

Anyway—I understand that[ I need to make payments if I want to preserve my credit](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/1va16l/just_divorced_wife_got_house_but_is_now_foregoing/). Unfortunately, that's not going to happen.

Reddit, my question to you is this: What *kind* of laywer do I look for? This isn't quite a divorce case. She may be looking to file bankruptcy, but *I* am not. I know I need legal counsel, but what specialty do I look for?

Answer: You need to talk to your divorce lawyer and bring a motion to compel your ex to follow the divorce order.


Title: [NC] 17 y/o looking for relevant information about parents evicting me once I am 18

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Legally speaking, your parents can kick you out with 7 days notice in NC.

Practically speaking, you can pretty much be kicked out at *any* time and unless you're planning to sue them for doing so with less than 7 days notice, there's not much you can do if they do. Even if you do sue them, the chances of a court doing much about it are pretty slim.

If you're not planning on playing by their rules, have a back up plan ready to go at a moment's notice. Answer #2: Outside the scope of the law, but why are they (potentially) kicking you out? You may be able to get help depending on the reason.


Title: Stocks as a Service

Question:
I was curious if there were legal limitations regarding trading stocks for other people (not strangers, like friends who want to give you money to buy/hold stocks for them in a verbal agreement). I've created a piece of software that deals in low volume/frequency trading and was wondering what would be stopping me from saying "give me your money, I'll put it into this account with proven gains, and you'll get 99% of those gains". Other than trust, volatility of the market, etc, is there anything *in theory* keeping me from offering use of my trading software (as an regular individual trader, I have no certifications/qualifications)?

Edit: Sorry I forgot, I'm in the Northeast United States

Edit 2: The people theoretically giving me money would not be deciding what stocks to get or anything. It would simply be they "deposit" money and at any time they can see a "balance" they can withdraw. From their perspective, the entire experience would be sending me X dollars and at any given time being able to withdraw Y dollars, where Y is +Z% more.

Answer:
 The "give me your money" part requires that you be a licensed broker. What you are describing sounds like a brokerage to me.

If you were to give them the software, and teach them how to use it, and they were investing their own money with their own accounts, that would be legal. You could charge them for the software, either one time or a recurring fee, depending on how you structure the license agreement.


Title: [NY] My serving job might get me and my coworkers audited due to misreporting our sales.

Question:
Okay, throwaway for obvious reasons. This is a situation that's only recently come to my attention, and I have no idea how long it's been going on for, or how many other stores might be affected (we're a chain).

This is going to take some explaining to get the full picture, so stick with me here.

Basically, we have a promotion going on right now which is basically all-you-can-eat for a set price. We have to ring in all the food they get (for inventory tracking etc), and it's automatically comped off. The customers get a bill with the final discounted price, which is what they tip on, but internally it'll be like $100 worth of food, and then $90 worth of "comps," resulting in their final $10 bill. Got it? K.

We also have to claim all our tips at the end of the night when we clock out. Standard practice. Once in a while someone forgets to clock out and a manager has to do it for them, and since they can't claim for them it'll throw things off. So, once a week, they'll post a list of who's claimed under 8% of their total sales (which is what's considered "red flag" area and likely to get you audited, or so I've heard), so that the server in question can make sure to remember to claim extra to make up for it. Even on spectacularly crappy nights, I always make sure to claim at least 10% of my total sales just to be on the safe side.

SO. Recently, that list has been BLOWING UP. It's gone from one or two lazy people, to half the staff or more. The most recent one, had almost every server I think. I first noticed when I was on it last week, which really confused me because I never forget to clock out. It didn't make any sense. Was someone messing with my clock-outs, or what? As I started looking at the numbers, I started to strongly suspect that the recent promotion was why things were so off. This past week, I've meticulously recorded all of my sales, my comps, and what I'm claiming. Last night, the new weekly list was up, and my suspicions were confirmed. It claimed I had nearly a THOUSAND dollars more in sales than I had... which added up to all my comps.

I immediately brought it to the attention of the person in charge of the "must claim more!" lists, to ask her where she was getting her numbers from, and told her what I thought was happening. She didn't seem very concerned, said she'd "look into it," and when I told her I'd been writing everything down she told me to "do it again this week," and that she'd check it over in a week.

My questions:

1. If my superiors come back to me claiming it was just an internal mistake and everything's been reported "correctly" to the government, how can I confirm that?

2. How can I possibly find out how long this has been going on for, and make sure it's really fixed as far as the government is concerned?

3. Should I start taking pictures of my end-of-shift reports at work, or tracking more things than I am? I have access to very little information once I leave a shift, my job pretty much holds all the evidence. My paychecks don't even have sales information, just how many hours I worked and how much I claimed.

4. I've heard audits are a nightmare and expensive even if you're in the right, what are the best ways to protect myself right now? Should I start claiming a ton even though I'm not making a ton? Are there people (government, legal, whoever) that I should be contacting ASAP?

To be clear, I doubt this is a new issue that just cropped up with the new promotion. The numbers seem to match up with *all* comps, which includes things like regular coupons, a customer simply not liking their meal, etc. I think it was just the extreme volume of comps associated with this promotion that happened to bring it to light. I've been dinged on the list a time or two in the past when I was sure I'd clocked out properly, but let it go because I couldn't figure out an explanation until now.

TLDR; My job seems to have been counting all comped food in with total final "sales," causing me to have to claim on food I never billed customers for, much less was tipped on.

Answer:
 > If my superiors come back to me claiming it was just an internal mistake and everything's been reported "correctly" to the government, how can I confirm that?

Check your paystubs.

Otherwise, just keep documentation.  Audits aren't a given, even if you don't claim what they think you should.  If you do get audited, explain this situation.  Answer #2: Your tips are your tips. It is not supposed to be a ballpark guesstimate based on audit risk. Now, some organizations in a tipping industry have a voluntary compliance agreement with IRS where either a tip determination agreement or an agreement to use best practices occurs when the business comes under scrutiny.

The rules for these things can be found here:

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/foodtrda.pdf

http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Voluntary-Compliance-Agreements-Restaurant-Tax-Tips


Title: Death threats. Please advise.

Question:
Good evening, everyone. I have a scary situation, here. I recently went onto backpage to find someone to have sex with. I just wanted to have fun, no payment. Consensual sex between two adults.

They brought up payment, i declined, saying i just wanted to service her — i didn’t want to be serviced. Suddenly, she starts saying she will post my photo online, spreading a rumor that i have HIV and recently slept with a transsexual woman. Neither is true, but so far i have received two death threats, two slanderous texts, and none will pick up the phone. One said they will “come through my window with an ak in 24 hours.”

I asked why she did this and she replied “you know what you did.” What can i do?

Answer: Call the police.


Title: My Friends Parents are threatening to call child services because she wants to leave the house

Question:
So, quick background: I'm a 15 year old living in B.C, Canada. My best friend is 16 (since August). The day after tomorrow is my 16th birthday, and me, her, and two of our friends were planning on coming over to my place for the night.

Now, her parents are, in the best possible terms, slightly crazy. A week ago, they were fine with it. Yesterday they said she needed to clean the house first. Now, they're threatening to call child services on her if she comes over to my place tomorrow.

This is the 3rd year in a row that they've done this, and it's starting to wear my patience thin. She's 16, so she's legally allowed to live by herself. I'm wondering if her parents are actually allowed to do this, and if then calling child services could actually do anything.

Answer:
 Her parents have the right to forbid her from coming to a party.

Child services won't care, their job is to make sure kids aren't being abused/neglected in their homes.

Her parents could call the police to return their kid. The police might do this, but they might not. It's hard to be sure what the police would do about a 16 year old who wasn't in any obvious danger. The worst case is the police could come and retrieve her and give your parents a hard time about allowing this. Your parents will not enjoy this at all and should probably not allow this.


Title: rats

Question:
I was at a Safeway supermarket two days ago.  We bought about 300 in groceries and as we were walking out, a rat came running down from a cashier's register and jumped on my friend's shoe (like roaches if there's 1, there are thousands).  What t
o do?  Management didn't respond, no response from corporate.  We bought about 300 bucks in rib eyes and veggies and are now afraid to eat them.  I don't know if I can return them, but, gosh, they seem to be selling tainted food.  Can I get my money back in small claims if that is where it goes?

Answer:
 You can report it as a potential health code violation. My guess is they already have a pretty poor record, as many grocery stores do.

You can return the groceries.

I'm going to be real with you; probably every grocery store you've bought from has had rats/roaches/something in there. Answer #2: You can just return the food, if it is returnable under Safeway's return policy.

The presence of a rat doesn't entitle you to anything.


Title: Threatened with legal action for Facebook posts

Question: [deleted]

Answer: I'm not a lawyer, but Facebook won't turn that info over unless they are subpoenad. If you didn't make untruthful, injurious claims, and shared only what was discernibly your opinion and not a statement of fact, a defamation lawsuit against you should not be successful.


Title: Arrested for obstruction for not letting cop into apartment building on 6/2 [CA]

Question:
I wouldn’t let a cop into my apartment building. I was detained while they broke in. They had the wrong apartment building. I didn’t say a word to them and they got very upset and arrested me. There were eight cops there. They took me to jail in handcuffs, fingerprints, mugshots all that. I was released that night.

I asked LA what to do and as could be expected they told me to get a lawyer immediately. I was very confident I was right and they were arresting me to be tough so I decided to wait for something in the Mail from court. Nothing came. I called the DA’s office today and they said the charges were dropped so nothing further and I can get the documents on Monday.

Today was a good day

Answer: Glad to hear it! There's a process in CA to seal (and in limited cases, destroy) an arrest record, which you might want to take avail yourself of.


Title: Is the following case about jury nullification true?

Question: If you lie about jury nullification in order to get on a jury with the intent to nullify and actually get indicted for perjury, just demand a trial by jury. The facts of your case will require that your jury learns about jury nullification, so all you have to do is convince them that this whole case is absurd and you'll probably be found not guilty of nullification due to nullification.

Answer:
 Ah.

This question falls into that category of question we see here of "Jury nullification is a big secret that the legal system is scared of."

That may have been true 30 years ago, but not today. Jury nullification isn't a secret. I would wager a good number of jurors in the US are aware of it. If they don't know it by that name, they're probably aware of the idea from just thinking about how a verdict works. I learned about jury nullification in public school history class. It was used extensively in the South during the Jim Crow era to acquit white people accused of lynching black people. Was also used during the leadup to the Civil War by northern juries for those charged under the Fugitive slave act. So your whole thing is that you believe the judge and prosecutor are scared that the jury will discover something that is openly taught in public schools?

You can't be found not guilty of nullification as nullification isn't a crime. Presumably you're being charged with perjury. Yes in theory you could hope for a nullification, but I think you're drastically overstating the success rate of it. You won't be allowed to directly ask for it during your defense and jurors don't nullify that often. Relying on jury nullification is a foolish legal strategy.

Jury nullification is openly taught in public schools. It is not some big grand secret that the legal system is scared of.


Title: [PA] student loans forgiven via permanent disability. Who do I need to contact for tax implications?

Question:
Hi all. Not sure where else to post this, figure you folks might send me in the right direction.

My mother was declared permanently disabled and her student loans were forgiven. My mother also took out parent plus loans for me, and I was told that the loans with her name on them have been forgiven by the government along side her loans for her education.

My question is this-- what are the tax repercussions for me? Is it only considered taxable income for her, or for me as well since the loans were for and used to pay my education? Who do I need to contact to find out this information? Can anyone even talk to me about this since it involves her disability status (and therefore a potential HIPPA violation if they do speak to me)? Would this apply to the 2016 or 2015 tax year?

Getting information out of my mother is difficult. She has mental/emotional issues that have caused the disability, I would prefer not to elaborate further. She does not have a power of attorney, and my father really is clueless as to what is going on and cannot answer my questions. She won't let me see the letters.

To aid in understanding of the situation, here is a news article explaining how this works under the Affordable Care Act. My mother was one of the people to take advantage.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/12/obama-to-forgive-the-student-debt-of-permanently-disabled-people/?tid=sm_fb

Answer: Parent plus loans are solely the responsibility of the parent. She is responsible for them. You owe no taxes for the forgiveness of her loans even if they paid for your education.


Title: Is it rape to have sex with a corpse?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 No. It's a whole separate crime.

And with that, I'm done with reddit for the evening.


Title: Taking an offer of probation instead of jail time on a case where I am not guilty, What should I do?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: If your lawyer says you're pleading not guilty then that's damn well what you're doing. Listen to everything she says.Answer #2: Your lawyer should be able to explain to you why she suggests you enter the not guilty plea. Don't trust whatever she says *blindly*, but trust what she says. The difference between the two is having significant cause to believe you are getting bad advice. One potential indicator of this is that you cannot understand her reasoning or explanation of your options.


Title: (WI) Ex-wife remarried and has a new job effectively doubling her income from when we were divorced. Can I request re-evaluation of child support agreement?

Question: When my ex and I divorced in 2015 the agreement filed with the courts was that, since we both had equal earnings potential, I would not seek child support even though at the time she earned quite a bit more than me ($65K vs $120K). Since that time she has taken a new position with her company and married one of the major partners of the company. Her income is now far beyond what I would likely obtain ($400K joint income). Is this drastic change in her income reasonable enough cause to hire an attorney and attempt to recover some child support even though I initially declined it?

Answer: Her spouses income isn’t relevant, only hers.  As to if you can get it re-evaluated, maybe.  A substantial change in income is grounds for a change in support in most states, but the question is do you even have a support order in place?  It seems unlikely that a court would have approved of an agreement for no support given the disparity in income you had at the time you separated, although as you don’t say how custody is awarded maybe it was reasonable.


Title: How strong is a suit under U.S. Code § 1983 with no damages?

Question:
Two months ago, a Florida police officer came to my property to serve an injunction. I spoke with him through a window, cooperated, identified myself, and directed him where to place the paperwork, but I would not agree to meet him physically. I remained inside my house.

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The officer went into my carport so that he could use my car as a surface to to write on his paperwork. At my parked car, he opened the car door and looked inside. He did not enter the vehicle, he did not rummage around in it, no damage was done. He seemed disinterested in it and returned to his paperwork, then closed the car door. His field report does not mention the fact that he opened my car door. It does not mention a search of any kind.

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After the officer completed his paperwork in my carport, he came to my closed and unlocked front door, opened it, crossed the threshold, threw the paperwork down on the ground, closed the door, and walked away.

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In his field report, the officer wrote that my door was ajar, that he pushed it open just a little bit to slip the paperwork inside, that the door inadvertently opened too far and he was forced to cross the threshold of my door by reaching his arm into the house so he could grab the door knob and pull the door shut.

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This is the complete opposite of what is plainly visible in high definition on the body cam footage that I  obtained. The officer simply walks up to the door, opens it, throws the paperwork down, then slams it shut. The same way anyone else would do it if they were trying to make a sassy point.

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I filed a complaint about him opening the door to my house.  His supervisor acknowledged his officer's misconduct and he was formally reprimanded. They sent me a certified letter to explain that.

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I  filed a complaint about him opening the door to my car, but I did this only a few days ago. I didn't know he opened my car door until I saw it in the footage I received. This complaint is still pending .

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[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1983](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1983)

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Police officers commonly enjoy limited immunity while on the clock but U.S. Code § 1983 holds that they "shall be liable." if they cause "deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws."

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Because the officer is an agent of the State, and because he violated my Federal Rights, I can sue.

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Question: With regards to Section 1983 specifically, how would you characterize my position? If I were to sue, are there reasons that stand out as likely grounds to dismiss.

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Are there any other observations or points of advice that come to mind?

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Additional information that may impact:

* The cop did all these things because I was mouthing off. I declined to open my door for him and told him to leave the paperwork on my doorstep. He insisted I come outside. I walked away from my door. He lingered on my property. I returned to the window and yelled at him to leave. I do believe he would not have opened my door if I had not yelled at him. My opinion is that he was simply mad.
* In Florida, an officer needs to only identify the person he is serving and explain that they are being served. The recipient does not have to physically touch the documents like on TV. I was not obstructing or refusing to cooperate. No one from the police department has asserted that I did anything inappropriate
* There are no damages, no property damage, no physical injuries. I suffered mental anguish. My heart leapt into my throat when I heard my door open. I was afraid for my dog's safety and I ran toward her to block her in case she was running toward the door. I was stressed and anxious for several days. I overspent on a home security system at Best Buy.

Answer:
 No, you have no cause of action here under US code.Answer #2: >* There are no damages, no property damage, no physical injuries. I suffered mental anguish. My heart leapt into my throat when I heard my door open.

Do you have a history or diagnosed anxiety. Like, prior to this incident.

>I was afraid for my dog's safety and I ran toward her to block her in case she was running toward the door.

If you have a dog where for her own safety you need to protect her from escaping outside it seems like you failed to do so by keeping your door unlocked. Are you admitting to endangering your animal?

>I overspent on a home security system at Best Buy.

Can I know more about this security system? Is this just a lock to the front door or something that pushes your front door closed so it's not ajar?


Title: If i've had a drink or two in the past few hours, but I'm confident I'm below the legal limit and not impaired, should I blow or not?

Question: I'm a Kentucky citizen but currently living in Mississippi so for either state it would be good to know. I was having a conversation with a co-worker who said it was best to blow but I've always heard otherwise. I'd like for know for certain.

Answer:
 It depends on your state.  Some states suspend your license for a year for refusal to blow.  Kentucky suspends your license for 120 days for refusal to blow.  You are playing with fire if you drink before driving.

inb4 the moral brigade comes and says "well you shouldn't be driving after a drink or two".  Yea yea yea, we know.  OP is not asking for moral advice.Answer #2: A couple of notes.

1.) Refusal to blow will almost certainly result in a license suspension or revocation.

2.) Generally, your refusal to blow can be used against you as evidence of intoxication.

3.) If you have been placed under arrest for DWI, then there is already at least SOME level of evidence that you are, in fact, impaired.

4.) Lots and lots and LOTS of people who are impaired (some VERY impaired) are confident that they are not impaired.  That's one of the things about being impaired is that you can't really be objective about it.

5.) You can be charged with and convicted of DWI even if you are "under the limit."  The "legal limit" is the limit at which you are *presumed* to be impaired.  You can be proven impaired at a lesser level if there is evidence to support it.

If I know for a fact that I'm under the limit (which people rarely ever really do) then I would blow 100% of the time.  I'd rather fight the case out in court with a low reading than face the revocation and fight it with the refusal working against me.

But that's just me, and is assuming that there was no accident, no injury, no priors, etc.


Title: A couple was charged with involuntary manslaughter for gender reveal gone wrong. A "smoke bomb" pyrotechnic device sparked a wildfire. A firefighter died battling the flames.

Question: I read this on the news recently and have mixed feelings. They obviously did something incredibly stupid but they did call 911 and tried to frantically douse the fire. And I can see them paying a heavy, heavy price but involuntary manslaughter? Seems like a stretch? The hero firefighter died in the line of duty battling the flames. So on one hand it makes sense to charge the couple because he wouldn't have died if there wasn't any fire.  But on the other hand, there wasnt any criminal negligence, just stupidity all around that sadly cost a firefighter his life. I am genuinely curious and I was wondering if legal eagles can give their two cents worth.

Answer:
 Anyone who lives in a moderately wooded area or near wild lands, knows that in dry, hot weather the risk of wildfire rises exponentially, and adjusts their behavior accordingly. If they didn't know this they are either incredibly naïve, deliberately ignorant or just plain stupid.

We all grew up being educated in the dangers of forest fires by Smoky Bear and similar. No excuse for lighting incendiary devices in the midst of hot, dry weather.Answer #2: Why is it a stretch, there absolutely is negligence?  It's in the name of the criminal act.  They involuntarily killed somebody.  They didn't intend to.Answer #3: Someone is dead because of their actions.  I'm not really seeing how these charges are a stretch.Answer #4: This phenomenon of using explosives to reveal a baby's reproductive parts, needs to stop because people are inherently incompetent and getting other people killed.Answer #5: In the spirit of off topic:

I watched Jurassic Park recently, and Wayne Knights (computer guy with financial problems) character was clearly responsible for multiple instances of 2nd degree murder, because he let the dinos free by taking down the fences so he could steal genetic info.

"Second-degree murder is not premeditated, but it is committed with malice aforethought. The act was intended to cause serious bodily harm, and it did. Its circumstances clearly show that the killer had a “depraved indifference to human life.”

Involuntary is much easier to prove, if releasing a Dino is 2nd degree.Answer #6: if starting a giant wildfire and killing someone isn't considered criminal negligence, then what IS considered criminal negligence?


Title: Living on campus at dorm, roommate has his family living in his room and management won’t do anything. Police called manyyy Times. Can I break my lease?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Even though it's a privately managed, they are still on campus. I imagine the residential life department would like to know about this, as would campus security. Also see if student affairs can do anything to help you possibly get out of the lease and back into the dorms. Also is your lease with this company or with your university?Answer #2: Keep records of every time you contacted them. Next, write a strongly worded letter to the management informing them if they do not take corrective action within seven days you will be taking them to court.  You believe their failure to enforce the terms of the lease puts them in violation and you will be seeking the contract to be broken, paying your applicable court and attorney fees, and damages to your person and reimbursement for tuition for undue stress.

Also, find out who the boss of the head manager is. Start blowing up his/her phone and keep escalating to you reach the top. Document every action you've taken if it goes to court.

Answer #3: Are you on a lease by yourself or are you all on one lease?Answer #4: Also the proof that he moved them back in *is that they are there*.Answer #5: Yooyve gotten good advice on what to do legally, but in the mean time, hid all your shit. Toothpaste, toilet paper, plates, etc in your room. I'm sure it's all of his guest using your stuff as well. Don't allow them to.


Title: Threw punches at abusive brother-in-law in defence of sister and her son.

Question:
Seeking some legal advice regarding my course of action following threats from sisters husband of police action. He has taken some images of himself to use as evidence, as well as non-tangible complaints such as headache etc. He has a history of being abusive, neglectful and disrespectful towards my sister.

Short background: They have been married for 5 years, for the entirety of that time he has been domineering and disrespectful of my sister. He comes from a background where his mother was and still is kept like a slave by his father, and we believe this is where his traits are from. 3 years into the marriage, he began a physical relationship with a woman he met online, and continued this relationship until approximately 5 months ago, when we caught him. He continued this physical relationship with the woman after impregnating my sister, and stopped 4 months into the pregnancy only after being caught. He constantly verbally and psychologically abuses her, and threatens/feigns to physically assault her, to make her flinch. He is a very cunning/evil character, and everything he does is calculated. We are a relatively wealthy family, he hails from a low socioeconomic background, and he has previously made attempts to extort finance from my parents to acquire investment properties. He was also a drug addict previously. He and my sister currently live at one of my parents houses on a subsidised rent, which they do not pay correctly.

The final straw was last night, when at 2am my sister came running out of her room crying chasing after him (he was holding their 3 week old child in his arms), complaining he SPAT at her. I was in the living room, and he spat a minimum of 8 times at her whilst holding the baby, then feigned to hit her again. After the baby was safe with my mother, I shouted at him to leave the home, repeatedly, and after he refused I warned him I would hit him - this ended with me assaulting him in defence of my sister, which my father broke up.

Just seeking some advice, recommendations as well as courses of action to take if necessary. I am based in Western Australia, Australia, and I have no prior criminal convictions of any kind - quite the opposite, I am a final year medical student. We have proof of his extra-martial affairs, as well as messages etc of examples of his verbal/psychological abuse towards her.

Any help is appreciated

Thank you

Answer:
 Few people here know anything about Australian law.  You might check out /r/AusLegal or /r/auslaw for more location specific help.

But in the States, you would not have been "defending your sister."

You can't "defend" someone unless there is an ongoing assault in progress.  If he spits on her and hits her, and then stops, and then won't leave, and you hit him, you're not "defending her" anymore legally, because he's not attacking her anymore.

This is just a regular old assault on your part (or would be here).Answer #2: Not sure on Australian law, but in the US you would need to talk to two attorneys. First a criminal defense attorney for assault/battery. What you describe is not defense. It's retaliation.

Second, a professional responsibility attorney. If Australia is the same as the US, your medical licensing board may not want to admit you, and you need to work on how to explain this. Answer #3: There's not much you can do if you actually hit him. Does he live in the house you told him to get out of? All of this stuff about his marriage means jack squat in a criminal trial. You need to ignore it unless something happens. If something happens, get an attorney. Your sister should just leave him already and get a divorce. Answer #4: Unless he actually presses charges against you then you don't have much to worry about except your inter-family relations.

He has to make a police report against you first, do you know if he's done that?


Title: Got arrested yesterday

Question: So i met my friend near a high school football game to go in and we bought our tickets. He started walking away after we bought them and i caught up to him to see whats up and next thing i know 3 cops came yelling his name and said he wasnt allowed here so they asked him to leave and he said he was going to and when he went to leave a lady came up and said he threw his wallet under a car and the cops found the wallet and found weed in it. They searched him and then they approached me and asked if i was with him and i said "we were just gonna go into the game together " and then they tried to search me and i told the cop he couldnt unless he had a warrant. He said he had probable cause and he searched me without me agreeing and he found weed on me. He put me and my friend in cuffs and put us in the back of a car. Then when a cop opened up the passenger door to get something my friend asked him if the arresting officer could read us our rights and the cop said he would tell him but they still never read us our rights. Now my questions are did the officer have probable cause to search me? Can i do anything since they didnt read me my rights even after asking them to? (This all happened in Ohio if theres certain laws that differ)

Answer:
 >Now my questions are did the officer have probable cause to search me?

It's tough for us to speculate, but you did the right thing by refusing the search. The defense attorney that you need to hire will likely argue that he did not have probable cause to search.

>Can i do anything since they didnt read me my rights even after asking them to?

It may invalidate certain statements that you made following your arrest, but it's not a "get out of jail free" situation.


Title: GF in J1 Visa, received ticket for failing to stop at stop sign, she leaves in about a month.

Question:
Can anyone help me with this? I live in california and my gf received this ticket. It's a rather pricey ticket, would it help for her to show up on court to see if they'll lower the price? She leaves in about a month to her home country.

Also, she leaves soon but she hasn't received her actual ticker information in the mail. What happens if she leaves  before she gets her ticket?

Answer:
 She should not leave without handling this if she ever intends to return.

She should be able to look up the ticket on the county superior court web site within a couple of weeks of getting the ticket, and pay it there.  She can go to court if she wants, but reductions "just because" are not common.


Title: I was injured at work in a freak accident.. What are my options?

Question:
(Excuse me if this is kind of fuzzy, this happened early Friday morning and I'm still pretty out of it.)

I bartend/serve at a local family owned bar in Missouri. This place is very busy, popular. The owners aren't billionaires but for this area, they are very rich. The main owner recently became mayor of our town. He is friends with the county prosecuting attorney.. you can see where I'm going with this.

I was working late Thursday night and the other bartender  (the owners girlfriend, let's call her OG) was bartending with me. We have a large tip bell (big, bronze, about 30 pounds) that hangs above our register. I HATE this bell. I have sinus issues and my ears are sensitive, so OG had noticed me hating it months ago and makes a point to always ring it very hard when I'm near it.

I was standing under it doing our close-out paper work when she rang the bell. I quickly covered my ears and then kept writing. I guess she wanted to make sure she got me, so she reached up again and with all of her strength tried to ring it as hard as she could.

Except there was no ring. The bell fell directly onto my head. I did not lose consciousness but immediately started to cry, even though I had no idea what had just happened.

My SO came and drove me to the ER where I was diagnosed with a concussion.

The next day I followed up with my PCP and he recommended a week off so I can recover.
I asked the owner about workman's comp, and he said he would have to ask his dad if they have it or not. He hasn't said anything since.

I just feel helpless. I work for tips so missing a week of work is detrimental to my finances. I have insurance through the ACA but it won't cover the CAT scan, I know.

Sorry for the wall of text... my question is, do I have any real options?

Edit: I want to add, at out bar, Bartenders are allowed to drink while they work. I was buzzed myself, but OG was wasted. I'm not sure if that will impact the outcome of this at all.

Answer:
 I just realized I've been using my alt account I made last night after the cubs lost to the Cardinals 🤤 so lesterisapussyha would also be me.. lol. Apologies. Answer #2: >I was buzzed myself, but OG was wasted.

[Worker's compensation in Missouri](http://insurance.mo.gov/consumers/wc/wcfaqs.php), as in most states, has two faces:  no-fault and exclusive-remedy.   It doesn't matter if your drinking contributed to your injury.    You could be fired for drinking on the job, but you can't be denied worker's compensation.

Does the bar have fewer than 5 employees ?   That includes anyone, full or part time.   If so, they need to have workman's compensation insurance.


Title: (IL) I loaned $10K to my best friend, and then he died. His daughter never named me as one of the creditors of the estate and now I might never get that money back. What do I do?

Question:
Hello. I'm new to Reddit, nice to meet you all. I'm here to seek legal advice about recovering the $10K I loaned to my best friend before he died.

When my best friend died, his daughter told me that she was selling his house and when it sold, she would give me $10K from the top. She was the independent administrator working with a probate attorney, and she said she was taking care of it all and I shouldn't worry.

2 years later she finally sold the house and got the money. She sent me a check for $10K within a week after the sale but then told me that the lawyer froze the estate account because her brother (my best friend's son) was sueing her. I was unable to cash the check. I spoke with the son and he told me that the daughter was stealing from the estate and wouldn't provide paperwork associated with the estate expenses, that's why he was sueing her. I was upset because i wanted my money back ASAP but the son was apologetic. I was willing to wait a little longer while this lawsuit got sorted out but...

The son spoke with his lawyer for me, who informed him that I was not listed as one of the estate's creditors, meaning I would not be paid by the estate. The son assured me that he and his sister could pay me $5K each from their inheritances when all was said and done, but I don't have faith in this happening. The son's lawyer told him that I should hire my own lawyer to sort this out for me but it's too late to claim myself as one of the estate's creditors (I believe there's a 6 month window after the estate goes into probate, and it's been more than 2 years). Also, there is not any formal paperwork to confirm that I loaned my best friend money. So I think that hiring a lawyer would get me nowhere.

I'm upset at the daughter because she didn't manage the estate correctly. She told me everything was taken care of and I believed her. I didn't know until now that I had to claim myself as one of the estate's creditors. She should've told me. Maybe this was my fault. I don't know.

I also found out that the creditors were supposed to be paid first out of the estate funds, but since I'm not a creditor, I'm afraid that pool of money is going to run dry first before anyone is able to pay me back. There's a lawsuit going on and lawyers aren't cheap, as all of you know lol.

Here's my ultimate question: Is there anything I could do to make sure that I'm repaid my loan? I trust the son to repay me $5K out of his own share, but I'm not so sure about the daughter. Should I draw up some kind of a contract with them? Or am I SOL?

Answer: Talk to a lawyer, they might consider taking your case on contingency (but it's estate law so they might be ridiculous and try to charge you a fat sum of $$$ even if you have a losing case so find a reputable local attorney). If you still have the check it's good evidence that money was indeed owed to you. You probably should have gotten listed as a creditor but if you're willing to pursue it there is likely recourse for you.


Title: CA: Gave 30 days, missed next month's by 1 day. LL gave cure violation (pay last month non-prorated) or move out in 3. We moved out. Continues to ask for full last month rent.

Question:
Gave 30 day notice. 6 days later was 1 day late on next month's rent. LL gave us cure violation (pay non-prorated full month) or move out. We moved out, and were out 6 days after the 1st, which was within the move out by date.

LL still asks for April rent. Threatening court and credit score. Didn't give an adjusted amount, and I haven't seen any letter anout the amount yet.

Additionally, I fully expect him to try and keep well beyond our security deposit in damages. It's basically his MO, and he has a lawsuit against his last two tenants.

I don't know CA, but I know it's a bit different for using deposit for last months rent. Can someone help me with direction here? Should I insist on written April prorated to 6 days, or to the 26th? Does he just have me over a barrel and I have to pay a full month and have to fight when he claims some insane damages?

Answer:
 >LL gave us cure violation (pay non-prorated full month) or move out.

LL gave cure or 3 day cure or quit? you don't just get to move out and avoid paying rent. you owe through the date you gave in your notice.


Title: [Oregon] Lost website domain, and now someone is impersonating my son!

Question:
My son let his domain registration lapse, and as a result, someone is impersonating my son in order to direct traffic to a sporting goods website. They changed the photos, but his story is still almost word for word the same as it was when he was running the site. The site was my sons name, and it was used to promote his coaching services.

Can we present them with a cease and decease letter? Can they legally claim to be my son and take his story?

Answer:
 > Can we present them with a cease and decease letter?

That may be very tempting, but I would go with "cease and desist" instead.


Title: can I sue employer for having hidden camera in thefemale changing room. I have video evidence of nudity?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Well first I'd call the police if this isn't a troll. Forgive my cynicism, posts with wild titles and no body are nearly all trolls here.


Title: [GA] Brother's FOL punched him in the face broke his jaw.

Question:
**TLDR:** Brother gets punched by FIL, jaw broken. Now has to have surgery and is out of work for a while.

**Background:** Long story short my brother and SIL are possibly going through a divorce and have been separated for a few months now. I say possibly because they have to some extent trying to work through the situation, and everything seemed to be getting better, as though they may reconcile and get back together. Largely because they have two very young children and they want to make the relationship work for their sake. My SIL has been staying with her parents and my brother goes over quite often to see and spend time with their two children.

**Background on The Event:** My brother and SIL have been spending more time together over the holidays, and my SIL went over to my grandparents house, with my brother, for Christmas dinner with the family. My family witnessed her drinking alcohol, and after some time she left to go to her parents, without my brother, but with their six-month-old child. By all accounts, she wasn't wasted or anything, but my brother found out that she actually drove to the next town over to pick up her younger sister, who was out with friends because she needed someone to talk too. This is roughly an hour and a half round trip, with a six-month-old baby, and my brother got upset, and called my SIL and argued with her over the phone. I definitely will not make an excuse for my brother in this scenario, his temper is a huge portion of the reason they are going through a divorce, but I can emphasise with being upset that his baby was driven around by someone with any amount of alcohol in their system. Later, my brother apologized to my SIL, this not making excuses for him. Well, my SIL's little sister witnessed this conversation, was upset about it and told her father what she heard, she had no clue that her sister had drank any amount of alcohol.

**The Event**: Two days later, my brother went to my SIL's parents home to have dinner with them and put the children to bed. After putting them to bed, my SIL's father, we will call him Adam, asked my brother and SIL if they had anything they wanted to discuss with him. My SIL asked what he meant, and Adam brought up the previous argument. My brother was honest about what happened, and while telling the story, he looked over at my SIL and was sucker punched by Adam. After which Adam told my brother he would "Bring the Wrath of God down upon him".

**Aftermath:** My brother then drove himself to the hospital where my family met him, and charges were filed against Adam. My brother has to have Jaw Surgery, can't eat, can barely drink, and will be out of work for a month or more. My SIL and her family are putting the blame on my brother for everything that he has done wrong throughout their relationship, but they completely ignore the hard evidence of her cheating on my brother quite frequently during this separation, and the fact that she was drinking while driving the children around. Originally, they thought it was just a punch to the face, but the doctors are now saying there was an object involved, possible something metal held in the hand, in order to have caused this much damage.

**Question:** What options does my brother have? What happens if he goes through with pressing charges against his FIL? Will his FIL be responsible for the medical charges and missed work?

Answer:
 **Call the police and report it.**

The police will go an interview the dad who will most likely be stupid and admit to everything. They will then arrest him.    He will get bail set and stay in jail until it is paid.
Then the prosecutor will most likely bring charges which it sounds will be an easy guilty verdict.

Then you will have to try to make a claim against the father's homeowners insurance and possibly sue in small claims for damages.

**CALL THE POLICE NOW.**  Dont wait.
No one should get a free pass in punching someone for no reason.


Title: Is mandatory oral swab testing legal?

Question: [Oregon] Hello! I work for a large employer in the food service industry.  Recently Staphylococcus has been found in our product and it seems the company is going to make all employees have mouth swabs testing  for this. It seems very invasive,  and I just want to know if I can legally be forced to give a swab sample while being threatened to be fired for insubordination if I do not voluntarily comply. thank you!

Answer:
 The answer is probably, "no, they can't force you to take the test."

But at the same time, you can't force THEM to keep employing you.

They can probably fire you for refusing unless you have an employment contract stating otherwise.


Title: [NY] Failure to stop at a stop sign

Question:
I received a traffic citation tonight for allegedly failing to stop at a stop sign (NY Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1172). The intersection in question is a four-way stop that I go through everyday on my way to and home from work. It does not have stop lines; my understanding of NY law is that it is required that the motorist stop at or just before reaching the stop sign at such an intersection.

I believe that I did, in fact, come to a complete stop as required at the intersection. I understand that a complete stop is defined as when the vehicle ceases to move forward; this occurred, although I don't think I'd be able to cobble together any evidence of it. I have no history of any moving violations of any kind; my record would indicate if anything that I'm an obnoxiously safe driver. I obey speed limits. I stop at all traffic signals. I do not use my phone while driving. I do not fiddle with my stereo while driving. I properly signal my turns. I have been at fault in two accidents in which I hit parked cars, both of which were properly reported and for which I took full financial responsibility for repairing the damages. My license, registration and insurance have been consistently current without interruption.

I am aware of this particular stop sign and have been through it hundreds of times before. I believe I am being falsely accused; I don't have any reason to suspect that the officer knowingly made a perjurious deposition, but the only other explanation besides that I can arrive at is that they intended to ticket someone else and erroneously pulled me over instead.

I would like to hire an attorney, although I am concerned that this will cost as much or more as simply paying the fine if convicted. I haven't contacted any yet, although the local attorneys that publish their fee schedule online seem to be more expensive than the fine and the handful of points it would put on my license.

What should I do?

**Note:** This occurred in upstate NY, not NYC.

**Edit:** I thought this sub was supposed to be helpful. Good to know that it's only populated by trolls.

Answer:
 >I have no history of any moving violations of any kind; my record would indicate if anything that I'm an obnoxiously safe driver.

...

>I have been at fault in two accidents in which I hit parked cars

OH REALLY?


Title: [VA] Is there any legal precedent meaning that for or against christmas songs at a school function?

Question: As listed in the title, is that case? Is there any reason to fear being sued if, let's say, a school activity permits CHristmas songs in a school function in this state?

Answer: Always reason to be sued. You know if you are a community where there is someone who won't take kindly to this sort of thing. If there is a big push in the community to de-religious things and you decide to start a Christmas jubilee to tell them to suck it, frankly you deserve a suit for being a dick. That said, Christmas has repeatedly been legally noted to be more than a religious holiday. Singing "Rudolph the Red Noise Reindeer" has no religious endorsement. "Angels We Have Heard on High" maybe, "Holy Night" more so, "Jesus is Lord" wtf do you think?


Title: This one's a doozy - help my 70 year old mom divorce my 80 year old dad who is having a child with 23 year old mistress - any advice greatly appreciated

Question:
FL, USA

Where to begin? 5 years ago my dad began seeing a young woman. He started emptying accounts to pay her money. I believe she is a scammer who convinced him she cares about him so that he will pay her money and support her. She lives within 20 miles of us. Because of this he feuded with business partner and lost company. He accused business partner of being jealous of him.

Throughout all of this he has denied everything and refused to admit any wrong doing. Mother has Multiple Sclerosis, has had breast cancer, spine surgery , and is mobile, but gets tired easily and has bad days with health. Needs wheelchair for stores, etc. When father got busted a few years ago he tried to get mom to go to another country to get treatment to get her out of the picture. She didn't go. He has been a total asshole though this whole process. He has lost most of his friends and is a religious leader in his community. Has been shunned by most.

Mistress introduced him to her sister oversees and he started traveling oversees to see her and give her money. He has been hiding money and emptying accounts to spend on them. Mom didn't want to get divorce because their only assets are the house they live in together ($200k US), another small house they own ($100K), and few empty parcels of land ( 5 lots at $10k each). She didn't have money to spend on lawyer and was scared to follow through, because she didn't want to have too many lawyer fees.

18  months ago father had major surgery and was hospitalized for 2 months. Took over a year to be able to walk, not piss pants, sleep normally, etc. Mother and I spent entire year nursing him back to health 24/7. Almost lost my own family because all of the time I spent with them neglecting my own family. Mother is a saint and did everything for him.

He is better now and back to his old tricks of hiding money, emptying pension accounts, refusing to pay own bills, so he can spend on these women.

He is also addicted to xanax and was heavily abusing Oxycontin for the year after his surgery. I helped wean him off of Oxy, but he continues to take xanax which makes him erratic.

Not sure if its actually his child but its due in July. He says he will put name on birth certificate and wants it to be his. There is a chance it is because I know he had viagra, condoms, and a penis-pump hidden in luggage when I visited. It's possible this woman had sex with him, but got pregnant by someone else. She just wants to get as much money as she can from him. He is antsy about money because he wants to support his new child.

Other woman is not US citizen and is here on a visa with her husband ( more of a business partner, I know they both date other people). They claim they are religious refugees from eastern Europe. They are trying to become citizens.

We are guessing that father will change his will so new child and mother get money.

Father can barely take care of himself and mother is just a little better. This has torn my family apart put a lot of stress on us and mom the last 5 years as it all came out. He was an abusive drunk for most of our lives but had a great 10 year period where he was the best guy ever before he changed personalities and became a huge dick.

OK HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

I think mother should get divorce ASAP, instead of waiting for father to pass and then be in a dispute with mistress in will that might force sale of current home to buy-out mistress from what she is owed in will.

What else should I be thinking about?

How do I pick the right attorney?

Do I get a consultation ASAP with one just to get some advice?

Father fully intends to make mom's life living hell and will not agree to amicable divorce and even split of assets. Has always said he intends to keep everything and ensure mother is out on the street if a divorce happens.

Help! Thanks in advance to anyone taking the time to respond.

Answer:
 He can't "keep everything."  She needs to get a lawyer ASAP.  If the child is his, it's probably to her advantage to get out of the marriage before he dies.Answer #2: >I think mother should get divorce ASAP

Yep, each day she waits to start the divorce process it's still equally both of their money, he could spend every dollar they have tomorrow and she wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

>Do I get a consultation ASAP with one just to get some advice?

Yes but you need your mother to be involved. This doesn't go anywhere without her.

>Father fully intends to make mom's life living hell and will not agree to amicable divorce and even split of assets.

He's full of shit. As soon as he realizes that she's more than likely entitled to half of everything and how much a divorce attorney charges an hour he'll concede pretty quick.Answer #3: Have you tried calling Adult Protective Services to report the mistress for scamming your father?

Is he still of sound mind? If his doctor believes he isn’t you might be able to pursue guardianship. That would help significantly in safeguarding his finances and keeping the mistress away.

Whatever you do, it’ll probably benefit you a lot to consult with an elder law attorney very soon, but before taking action.


Title: How to completely hide my new address from my parents?

Question:
Please let me know if there is a better subreddit for this.

I am a 22 year old college student living in an apartment off campus in central North Carolina. Due to an urgent situation at my current address, I don't think things are particularly safe with my parents knowing where I live. There is no police record of what led up to this situation because I never called the police, and I don't want to, because I didn't want my parents to get so offended that they take things out on my brother too. But I would like to move so that they can no longer easily threaten me.

How can I make sure that my mom does not find out where I go, especially if I have to sign a new lease? She has my SSN and has paid for background checks on people she doesn't like before and I suspect she would do the same with me to try and track me down. What agencies do I need to contact? Crediting agencies? How much would a PO box help? My mom is very computer savvy and I'm not sure where to begin to get completely off the radar for her.

I would still be on the lease for the old place, if that helps.

Thank you, and please let me know if this should be moved.

Answer: You can't completely prevent someone from trying to track you down.  There's no agency to call to say "Don't let my mom know where I am".  Just move somewhere new and set up a mail forward to a PO Box


Title: Dog Bitten through Fence

Question:
Hello,

This incident occurred at Apple Valley, California.

Today my mother was walking my three dogs on the sidewalk. One of them is a Chihuahua. A bigger dog, most likely a German Shepard, stuck its mouth out of the fence and bit the skin on her neck off. It is a very big wound. Are we responsible for what happened to her? Or do the owners have to pay her medical bills?

Thank you, Saleem Toury

Answer:
 Assuming that your dog was on a leash and your mum hadn't done anything to aggravate or provoke the German Shepherd then there's a very strong argument that his owner's are at fault here. They have a responsibility to ensure their dog can't just bite animals walking past their fence on public land.

I'd speak to the owners. A lot of people are willing to be reasonable and they may just offer to pay your vet bills.

If not, you'll have to sue them in small claims court (assuming your bills are under the limit). Nothing is ever absolutely certain but, unless you've left out some important fact, I'd be pretty confident you have a good case.


Title: Refusing a breathalyzer?

Question: Ok, I am in college and just wondering if cops can arrest you for refusing a breathalyzer.  Say you are at a party and it gets busted and the cops are giving breathalyzer test to determine MIPs.  If I were to refuse can they arrest me for a misdemeanor that they cant even prove?  and if they can what will happen?  will they take a blood test from me at the station or can they only hold me?  Please dont give me a lecture on drinking under age.

Answer:
 Are you talking about being stopped for driving or just being drunk in public with no car involved at all?

Don't know about the public intoxication, but if your'e driving most, if not all states, have laws that require you to go a breath test.  If not they can arrest you.


Title: Got caught with a bottle in a club, bouncers made me pay them off with $500

Question: I'm posting this just so I know what to do next time this happens to me, a friend, or a reddit stranger. So I went out to a club in LA April 2nd 2016, the club is called Exchange LA in Los Angeles California. I got there with my girl kinda early and we pre gamed pretty hard. So I was feeling pretty buzzed that when I was ordering another drink I just took a bottle from the bar and just took it to the dance floor, yeah I wasn't 100% there so that's not something I normally would have done but drunk me thought it was a good idea. Several minutes later the bouncers take me to the back if the club, and my girl followed me cause she didn't trust what would happen. Six to eight of the bouncers surround me and are threatening me. They tell me that I need to pay them $700, I told them that I don't have that much money so they lower it to $480, they said if I don't pay up then the cops will get involved and what not. So of course me being drunk wouldn't want to even have one word with the police so I comply. They take me to the ATM outside and they are right next to me while I take money out, as soon as the money is out they grab it from the machine without me even having a second to touch it. I can only take $200 at the time so I make two transactions cause I wouldnt be able to make a 3rd transaction cause then my card would get declined. So then they put me back in the room, and take my gf out to pull money out from her account and they do the same thing to her, but only $80. Some club goer said he recorded what security was doing to us, said he has evidence of the ordeal, especially wihen they made my girl take money out. At the end they let us go, I got banned for life from that club, and we went out to enjoy the night to some other club. Since I took/stole a bottle I would have most likely gone to jail, I'm assuming. And I would rather spend that $500 paying the bouncers off than going to jail and it being on my record. I just want to know if the bouncers actions legal, should have just waited for the cops to come instead of being intimidated to paying them about $500. If I'm ever stuck in this situation again, what procedures should I take? And I know, next time don't steal a bottle and this will not happen, but hey, shit happens. Thanks for reading :)

Answer: What they did is blackmail/extortion and is illegal. That being said you put yourself in a tight situation and if/when you do something illegal, it gives others leverage over you that they wouldn't otherwise have. There may not be much you can do in this scenario if you're not willing to go to jail.


Title: [VA, USA] My friend was severely paralyzed during a routine lumbar puncture.

Question:
The hospital performed a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) for diagnostic purposes, and it went about as badly as it can go. She is now completely paralyzed from the mid-chest down. No feeling, no movement. At all. Permanent catheter, colostomy bag. Did you know that with complete paralysis above a certain point you don't even feel hunger or fullness? She also lost a lot of memory, possibly due to seizures she had after the procedure. Her family has adopted her young child because obviously she cannot even care for herself, let alone a child. Her expenses from mobility rehabilitation and medical care are still ongoing, and it's an understatement to say that they'll be "ongoing" for the rest of her life.

Is the sort of thing that statistically *does* happen, like, "she signed the paperwork, she knew the risks," or is the severity of the damage and the statistically low chance of severe paralysis from a lumbar puncture push this into malpractice territory.

I suspect the answer is that it really depends on the facts of the case - was someone negligent, did the hospital under- or misrepresent the dangers, did someone inexperienced perform the procedure, etc. But at the same time, quadriplegic at 30 years old - I'd feel like the hospital owed me... everything. Hookers and blow until it killed me? Enough alcohol to be drunk for the next 50 years? This is literally the worst case scenario - to me, death would be preferable.

I'm not trying to help her through this - she's more of an acquaintance. I'm just curious and would feel like a complete jerk asking her about it.

**Question**: What are the considerations in a case like this?

Answer:
 Malpractice of any kind is very fact specific and it is unfortunately beyond the scope of this subreddit.  If this is a medical question, it is highly recommended to speak with a medical malpractice attorney; your state's bar may be able to refer you to one. They typically work on contingency, meaning there is little up front cost to you. Similarly, consultations are typically free. It wouldn't hurt to meet with one, have them look over your info, and go from there.

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Title: My mother is being sued for unpaid wages. Problem - She doesn't own the business and does not even work there. Should we lawyer up?

Question:
My family once owned a restaurant, but they had sold it two years ago. For whatever reason, possibly due to some filing error or something, they think that my mother is still the owner or manager of that restaurant.

The new owners have changed the name of the restaurant, and this employee probably doesn't even know what my mother looks like or had seen anyone of my family who used to work there.

Should we go see the lawyer who is suing to to clear this up? We have documents which proves the sale and transfer of ownership.

EDIT: This is in New York City

Answer:
 Do they need an attorney? Probably not. Do they need to show up in court with proof the business was sold? Absolutely.Answer #2: >We have documents which proves the sale and transfer of ownership.

Send those to the whoever sent you the suit.  Or bring them to the court date listed on the paperwork and show it to the judge.


Title: Legal question - Can Ray Rice sue TMZ?

Question:
If you saw the movie The Insider, there is something called tortious interference....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortious_interference

as tmz obtained and released that video, it singlehandedly leading to the termination of his contract and destroying his livelihood.

just wondering if anyone knows if this is a legal possibility for Rice.

Answer:
 If he sued, the counter argument would be that *what he did in the video* singlehandedly led to the termination of his contract and destroyed his livelihood. It wasn't the video itself, because the video was just proof of an act he actually committed.

TMZ would likely make the claim that they didn't release the video with express intent of creating a breach of contract, considering they release all kinds of embarrassing videos. To my understanding, there has to be intent to create a breach of contract, it can't just happen as a side effect, which seems to be the case here.


Title: (Tennessee) Do I have the right to request a copy of rental payment history from my landlord?

Question: We are dealing with issues where we were overcharged in the amount of late fees and not given the proper grace period before being charged late fees. I have kept most of my payment stubs/receipts but I cannot find them all. Can I request a copy of my payment history from my landlord? I know he keeps those records accurately as he has referenced them before in prior email correspondence.

Answer: You can request anything you like, but he is not under obligation to provide them.  If there is a lawsuit, you could subpoena the records.


Title: Donating sperm to friends

Question:
So I’m going to donate sperm to some awesome lesbian friends of mine.

We’re going to meet with a lawyer and sign some paperwork so make sure everything is on the up and up. (It’s their baby not mine/I’m not on the hook for anything). We’re also going to have it medically supervised. Apparently that’s a requirement to do the whole thing legally.

Any questions o should be asking the lawyer when we meet next week?

This is in Ohio.
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer:
 You should have YOUR lawyer look at it.

Their lawyer is not obligated to look out for you.  At all.


Title: Can a Landlord hold you responsible for a lease if it was missing half its pages?

Question: My landlord electronically sent me a PDF of my new lease to sign.  The pages had text front and back, and they only scanned one side.  Now I am in a situation where I might get a fee for something I did not know about because they never gave me a papercopy of the lease/the complete lease.  Is this legal?

Answer:
 What did he say when you contacted him, explained the error, and asked for a complete copy before you sign it?Answer #2: Did you old lease address subletting? What did it say? How many pages was it?

In your OP, you said your *new* lease. That leads me to believe you have already lived in this property for, say, a year, under an old lease. Is that the case?

This goes to the reasonableness of your conclusion that the 10-page lease was the complete contract.


Title: Accused of violating probation AFTER probation period.

Question:
English isn't my first language but ill try my best.

Story goes like this. Location: Canada. I'm a British Columbia resident and got arrested in Ontario.

August 2016 I was arrested for stunt driving/excessive speeding.

In aug 2017 I was given a conditional discharge and was put on a 1 year probation, prohibiting me from operating a motor vehicle and my license was suspended. During the probation period I didn't Drive or in anyway operated any motor vehicle.

August 2018 I reacquired my drivers license.

Fast forward to 19th May 2019, while driving I was pulled over and arrested for violating probation. My car is going to be impounded for 7 days, and my license is taken away from me. What does that even mean? I haven't gotten into any trouble or received any letter about this. I'm genuinely confused and anxious. As my main Job was being a delivery driver (like skipthedishes) this affects me in a big way. I've been on my nerves since I couldn't get any help until the long weekend is over.

Answer: Hey buddy. I'm a resident of Briish Columbia and completed probation under a conditional discharge as well; recently in fact. It's a bummer that it's May Long but it sounds to me like you need to contact your previous probation officer IMMEDIETLY and have him or her help you sort this mess out. It sounds like an error in law enforcement's system that will require your old PO's assistance to correct. Good luck.