Title: A subrogation firm is trying to get me to pay $1,800 after an incident with my neighbors’ habit of parking illegally in my building’s private lot. (Ny)

Question:
Warning: long and long

Last year I lived in a building with a private lot that cost $60/mo for a permit. Next door was a house owned by the same property management company and their parking lot was connected to the one for my building. The house contained 4-5 male college students who would regularly throw parties and habitually park in my building’s lot, sometimes filling it completely. I emailed my landlord in October of 2018 and complained about the lax in lot regulation because I was often coming home from work & couldn’t park my car where I had paid to. She told me that it was my right (and apparently my responsibility) to call to get cars ticketed and towed if I found them in the lot, as she couldn’t provide enough surveillance. She said she would contact the tenants at the house and remind them that they aren’t allowed to park in that lot. Nothing changed. I continued to email my landlord, at her request, whenever I found someone parking illegally, and even though it was massively inconvenient to get home from work at 10:30-11pm and call the cops to ticket a bunch of college kids, I was just poor and bitter enough to do it a few times. I called a tow truck once but the vehicle in question’s owner rushed out before they hooked his car. Heard him call me a c*nt as he and his friends walked back inside but that’s beside the point- to put it bluntly I was at a drastic loss of patience. The illegal parking and disregard of my investment continued.

I got home from an errand midday in May and found two more cars parked illegally and I snapped and scratched an X on each vehicles’ driver side door. Apparently one of my neighbors had put up trail cameras to watch MY building’s lot (I later found out that someone else’s car had been damaged and thought it happened in this lot, or that was what I was told) and this camera captures images of me approaching one of the two vehicles. The police were called, I was questioned and I fessed up, saying that I was at the end of my rope after trying for months to get these people to stop parking in my lot through every proper channel. The vehicle owners (two girlfriends of two of the guys living in the house) said I could/should have gone to the front door to ask them to politely move their cars. Luckily the officers said that wasn’t my responsibility before I could say “yes, me, a 22 year old, 5’3” female is going to approach a house of often wasted college boys to ask them to please move their cars out of my building’s lot”

We came to a civil agreement at that point that they would take their cars to a mechanic and get a fair estimate of the damage and I would pay for the damage I caused to be repaired. If I refused to pay, they could take me to court over it. It was all I wanted- to put it behind me. The one girl, who I’ll call A, sent me a huge estimate at first, around 1,400$, a search of price estimates for the repairs ranged widely based on size and severity, and I knew what I did wasn’t severe. I told her that I didn’t trust her estimate and was not able to pay that amount, and asked if she could please find another. She was annoyed but I assured her I wanted to make it right, but that I simply couldn’t afford the amount she presented me. A month later she went to another mechanic and got an estimate around $400. I thanked her for understanding, paid the mechanic over the phone, and told her again that I was sorry for the trouble. I spoke with her father over the phone and apologized to him as well, and he was very kind and understanding.

The other girl, B, and her father, D, presented me with an estimate of almost $3000, saying that out of the 4 mechanics they took the car to, that was the “lowest estimate” they could get. I responded that I absolutely did not accept that as an honest estimate and that I was wholly unable to pay that amount. Again ensuring that I wanted to make right on my mistake, but not pay for any additional damage that I didn’t cause. There was no way a scratch on a door could cost $3000 to fix, even at the highest estimates I found for the most severe damage. After a lengthy text argument between myself and D, in which he was able to get the mechanic to knock ~$500 off the estimate *somehow*, I ended up telling him that the absolute most I could afford to cough up was $1245, and that was at the time more money than I had to my name. He abruptly stopped responding.

A few months later I got a letter from a subrogation firm saying that they picked up a claim from Esurance for $1285 plus a $500 deductible. It was- you guessed it- B & D. I contacted the company to try to determine how they came up with that amount, what happened, etc. It was incredibly difficult to get in touch with someone and by this time I was about to move out of my old apartment. When I finally spoke with the woman handling my case, I asked her if we could postpone our conversation for a month or two until I was settled in my new place. She agreed and said she would contact me in a few months. She never did until around this past winter. I didn’t respond because I wasn’t getting any answers, I was suspicious and am now almost certain that B&D are guilty of insurance fraud, and frankly I assumed they forgot about me so I did the same.

Today, I received an email saying I owe such-and-such an amount, for this claim for Esurance and “In order to ensure proper credit and stop further processing of this claim, please remit payment via check or money order immediately.” No threat of a lawsuit or any legal action against me, but obviously a sense of urgency as I’ve been given 10 days to comply. I want to respond to their email explaining the situation, my suspicions, and my intent to accuse B & D of insurance fraud. I have all conversation between myself, B & D, the original police report which states the damage, the agreement and the terms surrounding it, and an itemized, loose estimate of the damage I’m responsible for (in total, ~$600 for both doors and the camera, which I did take down out of disgust). I have the conversation between myself and A, her estimates and the invoice from B & D’s mechanic. I want to fight this now because I know they tried to take advantage of me and I want this ass-ache to be over.

Do I have enough to make a case for myself?

TLDR: I damaged a car that was parked illegally in my building’s lot and am now being harassed by a subrogation firm after my attempt to make up for my mistake was abused and taken advantage of by the aggrieved.
Topic:
Small Claims Procedure

Answer:
 So much of this is irrelevant, I know you want to justify your actions but no one here is going to care that they were parked illegally.

You damaged someone's vehicle. You can reply and state that you believe those estimates were too high and disagree that you owe that amount. They may agree or disagree with you. They may offer to settle for less.

However, you're not the victim here. You don't get to decide how much things will cost to fix. You could have faced criminal charges. You should just be glad it didn't get that far.Answer #2: First of all, you're not being harassed.

Secondly, you're responsible for the damage you caused. If that's the amount it cost to fix your stupidity, and that's what the insurance paid out, you're not going to win this fight.


Title: Am I allowed to sell the resulting product made with software that is licensed under the GPU license?

Question:
For example, selling a song that you made with music software that is licensed under that license.

Edit: Thanks to everyone for their responses!

Answer: You mean the GNU/GPL license? Yes you are able to sell the music. What you're not able to do is to modify that software into something else and not release that under GNU/GPL.


Title: [NYC] A friend sat on a bench/planter in front of an apartment building... leaned back too far and fell 15ft onto hard concrete... broken vertebrae, ribs, and he's in a lot of pain.

Question:
Topic:
Personal Injury

Answer:
 He can speak to a personal injury lawyer to see what his options are. A lot of apartments have liability insurance for accidents.  Answer #2: Go take lots of pictures tonight while it's dark, with the flash on, and tomorrow morning while it's light, and some from the spot he fell to looking up.

A spot where you can fall 15 feet should definitely have some sort of fence or wall (anything more than 6 feet is potentially fatal)Answer #3: It doesn't sound unreasonable that you could make a claim against building for the injury. However, you're going to have to consult a local personal injury attorney about it.

This case is far to fact specific for us to really give you any advice. The design of the seat, your friends intoxication level, the lighting, etc are all going to play a factor.

You should be able to find a free or low cost consultation pretty easily though.


Title: Mom got assaulted (drag on the floor) in nail salon by co-worker. The owner deleted the surveillance record.

Question:
English isn't my first language.

To begin, my mom work in the nail salon in Wisconsin. Yesterday, her co-worker grabbed my mom wrist and drag my mom from her chair to the parking lot. He threatened and verbal abused my mom while he dragged my mom. My mom then got away from him and decided to call 911. However, the owner of the nail salon begged her not to call the cops and told my mom to calm down. My mom believed him and decided to not call 911.

This morning, my mom got threatened by that man again. He also make fun of my mom such as: "You don't know sh*t! You can't speak English! Call the cops! I'm not scare of them." Eventually, my mom called the cops. Police came to the nail salon and file a report with a translator. However, when they check the surveillance camera record. There was no record on it,b because the owner deleted it.

Also, other co-workers in the nail salon decided not to help my mom (witness). They stayed neutral at this moment, because they worry that they will lost their job. The owner also told them not to help my mom too.

What should i do now?

Answer:
 > What should i do now?

You can call the police, or you can sue the coworker for your damages.  That's it.


Title: nevada stand your ground law situation

Question:
there is a hostile individual who has threatened to show up to my residence and do me harm, my front yard has a gate, if they come through my gate into my front yard and they are hostile can i legally confront them by exiting my home and going into the front yard, it would more than likely end up getting physical but not escalated by myself, i am 99 percent certain the individual would initiate violence.

In the state of nevada i have no duty to retreat, and per our laws i can defend myself family or PROPERTY. My plan would to be to go out and calmly confront the person and ask them to leave my property. Anybody who has knowledge on Nevada stand your ground laws please weigh in with your stance.

Answer: Why would you leave your house to confront someone whom your are 99% certain would initiate violence? Stay inside and call the police.


Title: Need help with sexual harassment

Question: So my boss has said some sexually explicit comments about my underage daughter on numerous occasions. Each time I walk away or end the conversation. Well just this past Sunday he was staying at a company provided apartment next to my company provided house and decided to invite my 15 year old daughter out to join him by the fire. From there he proceeded to ask her about her virginity, about sex, if she was in to older men, told her numerous times that she has a fat ass and kept trying to get her to move closer to him and hug him. Before she went and locked herself in the house he told her not to say anything because she will look like a liar and people would never believe her because of who he is. I wanted to go to HR but he is the final decision maker for HR. Please help! What do I do?

Answer: So when you called the police what did they say?


Title: Woman adopted my puppy on Craigslist but wont pay re-homing fee

Question: I recently adopted a puppy in November but didnt realize how much work it was. I am college student and with things like finals taking up my time, my roommate and I agreed it would be best to give the puppy away. I posted an ad with a $50 rehoming fee on Craigslist and this woman messaged me asking about the puppy. She at first said if she could give me $25 upfront and the rest at a later time. Desperate to get this puppy a new home so I can focus on school, I agreed it was fine. After talking to her about the puppy, she agreed to come by my place to retrieve her. She then said she would give me the money at a later date (which I know was suspicious but at that point me and my roommate needed that puppy gone). A week passes by and I call her asking about the money and she said she'll have it at a week later. Fast forward to now when I called her again yesterday and she rejected my call. Sent her a text and no response. I have her phone number and know its hers as it I found her Facebook which gives me her first and last name. I also vaguely recalling where she worked as well. I am tempted to threaten to file a police report on her but don't know anything about police reports. I dont want to start some thing over $50 but I had spent over $150 on this puppy and now I feel like I was robbed. This is in North Carolina.

Answer: If it's worth the time and effort to you, you can sue her in small claims court.


Title: Someone pulled out in front of me today, wondering about hypothetical legal outcome

Question:
I watched them pull into the middle lane, I was in my lane going straight (about 30 miles an hour) and all of the sudden instead of staying in that lane, they pulled in front of me. I stopped asap, and had to swerve into the other lane without looking behind me. It was like 2 seconds. Luckily there was no vehicle in the lane I pulled into.

[I think they had really bad judgment, possibly elderly, or maybe a blind spot. I have never been that close to being in an accident before]

Had there been a vehicle in the other lane, is it better to stay in your lane and rear end the vehicle who pulled out, or swerve and possibly hit an uninvolved car?

I am assuming the police would say I am at fault, so what are you supposed to tell them? Do you just say “I am not signing that ticket (for rear end) bc it was not my fault?”
Legally, how do these things turn out, and what is best to say or do?

This was super upsetting, and basically had they caused an accident I think they should have had to pay (the total cost) due to unsafe driving and them being at fault.

Answer:
 >is it better to stay in your lane and rear end the vehicle who pulled out,

Almost always yes.

Brake as hard as you can, but don't swerve is the rule I live by.  This generally works, and avoids me driving into lampposts or etc while the dumbass drives away.

My dad went into a ditch at 65 mph in North Dakota (in the summer) when a pickup hauling a huge grain conveyor thing turned right from the oncoming lane, making it swing over my dad's lane of travel.  He was SOL with insurance, and the guy never knew anything happened and never stopped.

And also, get a dashcam.


Title: Indolent freeloading subtenant plans to skip out on $1000 worth of bills and last month's rent

Question: Friends with a legal background in DC, I could really use your advice. Say for instance that a former subtenant turns out to be an indolent freeloader and fraud who refuses to vacate or pay last month's rent and owes 6 months worth of utilities totaling more than the value of his security deposit (+$1000). Let's just say he occupies a room at my former residence, is well past his 30 day notification to vacate, almost a month past the end of my own lease agreement and does not have permission from the landlord to be there. Finally, and this is purely theoretical, lets just say he insists that his security deposit should serve as last month's rent (which is a violation of the lease agreement), has refused to communicate for more than a month, and likely plans to vacate at the end of the month without any assurance that he intends to pay his outstanding debt or providing a forwarding address. What are my options? Is it worth it to file in small claims if I don't know where he's going? Oh, and he also has a prior eviction (or two) and a small claims judgement against him. Asking for a friend.

Answer: You can take them to small claims court over it.


Title: Questions about locked containers

Question: I keep a locked container that is secured inside my cars trunk with a heavy duty cable. I keep pretty expensive tools in it and occasionally a firearm if I'm going somewhere where I can't have it on my person.  If I were pulled over by the police and they searched my car would I be obligated to open that locked container?

Answer: Do not let the police search your car for any reason. If they ask politely decline. They have no right nor authority to do so without cause.


Title: Brother tracks and buys lottery scratch-off tickets and seems to do incredibly well. Anything illegal about tracking the stats?

Question:
We live in Texas. My brother owns a few gas stations around town, and about 6 months ago started having employees track how often the $50 and $20 tickets are sold, won, claimed, lost, or everything else you could gather about them.

Usually if there is a reliably noticeable streak of losers or if a sleeve of tickets is approaching completion and he has reason to believe it is well below the guaranteed state minimum payouts per sleeve he'll start buying them until success. Always over the counter from an employee everything on the up and up.

Such a huge percentage of his sales are to gambling addicts who will camp there and scratch all day until they "win" anything (still a huge net loss), that the occasional sale to somebody who buys like one a week and takes it home to scratch is basically negligible.

Now this is where I get hazy on the legalities. He's always bought a bunch even before implementing this policy, I'd say at least 10 a day, but wasn't a biggie as he had the money to spare. I'm hyper-into like spreadsheets and shit so I convinced him to track his success for the past few years, and just got the first 6 month update since he started tracking winners. After costs of tickets, losing tickets, and taxes on winners he's up over $6k this year on scratchers. Which I know is basically nothing but I figured with how many thousands he was losing before this little experiment it might be lucky enough to bring him a little closer to breaking even, no way in hell I thought he'd start profiting.

So now that that's a possibility... is he doing anything wrong? Thanks

Answer: He may be violating his vendor agreement with the state lotto, but he probably isn't doing anything illegal.


Title: [NY] Co-signed a car loan with my girlfriend last week. Turns out shes cheating on me so I've broken it off. How can I get out of this?

Question: I think the title explains it all, but I just found out a few hours ago and I need advice on how to get out of this loan. Any help is appreciated!

Answer: You convince her to refinance the car. However, odds are her credit wasn't good enough to get a loan in the first place.Answer #2: Essentially, there's nothing you can do legally. You can convince her to refinance the car, but why would she do this since her interest rate could go up and she would pay more money and she doesn't seem to like you all that much anyway.


Title: What rights do I have as a squatter? (OK)

Question:
First I will start with some back story. My SO who I will refer to as E had a poor experience with an alcoholic mother and as a result spent a good majority of her early years across the street at an elderly woman neighbors house who we will call J. All of E's life J told her she would be leaving her property and her car to E once she passed, what a blessing right?! Well in March of 2014 J passed due to pancreatic cancer and several neighbors contacted E to let her know that her name was on the will to receive what she was promised. The only problem was, J's family is all elderly as well and lives spread across the state so for the past year we tried tirelessly to get in contact with J's family to no avail.

We frequently visited the now abandoned home to see any sign of them, but no luck! Along the way of the past year we've cleaned the entire house and performed some much needed yard work. Now a few weeks ago we are finally are able to get in contact with a member of J's family (kinda) her sister-in-law who's husband, J's brother, passed before J. This SIL we will call H. H informed us that she has the deed under J's name at her home and also has the will and several copies of the will but very hastily became defensive and told us that the original will had been torn into pieces and is therefore no good and the copies would not be valid either (eye roll, what else would a copy be for?) rather than continue discussing with H as she is in no way a next of kin anymore, we decided to make our move on the abandoned property. After double and triple checking that the property was still in J's name and that no probate had been started on the estate, and with a limited knowledge  of squatters rights have moved in and turned on the utilities in our own name to work towards adverse possession. We have only decided to go this way due to the conflicting stories we heard from H and because after a year the house has been entirely abandoned by the family(except for coming over to find a "torn up" will). We've lived there for over 2 weeks now.

Now that the wall of text is done, what rights do we have as squatters and as protection from H should she try to somehow claim the home or the family should they choose to finally decide to probate the estate without the will. Let me know what additional details you may need for better advice, thanks

Answer:
 Look up the local registrar of wills. If the will was filed, it should be there. That is the one that counts.Answer #2: > what rights do we have as squatters and as protection from H should she try to somehow claim the home or the family should they choose to finally decide to probate the estate without the will

Very few.  Adverse possession requires continuous possession for 15 YEARS in Oklahoma.  And there's no partial rights.  Until you've made it the full 15 years, you own nothing.

If they tried to throw you out, you've probably been there long enough to establish tenancy at sufferance, which means they would have to give you 30 days written notice and could then evict you if you don't leave.


Title: Can a job force you to sell doubles?

Question:
I'm from the UK and I just started a new job and I've been added to the work group page for a fairly large pub chain. The pinned post is by a manager about "doubling up".
Basically they want to encourage people to buy more doubles than singles so they've got the staff encouraging people to "double up" their alcoholic drink (spirits, not like beer or wine). No problem here. But they're keeping track of workers "doubles-to-singles" percentages. Congratulating employees who get the highest and having them compete in a 'league', again, no problem here.

My concern is with the final part of the post. Anyone below 60% doubles-to-singles will be 'encouraged' to up their numbers and be continuously pestered to get that number up. And anyone below 50% word for word from the manager himself "I will be implementing a three strike rule with serious consequences!"
I don't know what these are as I've just started but that seems dodgy to me and I wanted to know the legality of such a "three strike system" punishing the employees for what is effectively a customers choice of whether they choose to have a double or a single.

Answer:
 r/legaladviceUK

These guys will have more specific answers for you.


Title: [CA] She lied to me for years

Question:
Years ago I met a woman online. We became friends. I developed feelings for her over time. We started an online and long distance relationship.
We never met face to face. Our relationship was however real.
She helped me through university by giving me money, helping me pay my bills and buying me what I needed. She was a very generous and helpful woman. We skyped and exchanged photos, I know what she looks like. We wanted to get married in about a year after meeting.

Recently, I learned that she lied to me about many aspects of her life. She is married, and doesn't live where she told me she lived. She lied about her job. She invented a life she never had. Problems she never had. Travels that never happened.
Please note that I never gave her money or bought anything to her. She gave me money and bought me gifts on Amazon and had them delivered to my house.

Two friends of hers pretended to be someone they're not as well to help my ex-girlfriend lie.

I also lied to her about some aspects of my life, I dated girls while being with her. I demanded for money I didn't need. But she lied to me about a lot more.

What legal actions can I take against her?

Answer:
 You're kidding right?Answer #2: You can't sue someone for hurting your feelings, even if they hurt really bad. What do you want exactly?

You even got money out of the deal.

Count yourself lucky.Answer #3: I mean, she gave you money. You would seem to have the opposite of damages in a legal sense.

The law doesn't exist to punish people who make us feel bad. Answer #4: What are your damages?Answer #5: So... she lied to you for attention, and you lied to her to have other relationships and for money.
Really, it sounds like she'd have more damages than you, if either of you had any case at all.Answer #6: >I demanded for money I didn't need.

I'm not sure what that means, but if you in any way threatened her to get this money, you are potentially in serious shit.

You know - you need to get a "real" life. You don't have any cause of action here.


Title: My Fiancé got stuck with a $10k emergency room bill that insurance refuses to pay.

Question:
For what it’s worth-this happened in Texas. I know state laws vary when it comes to medicine.

About 6 weeks ago, my fiancé had been suffering from dizziness for 2 consecutive days. She had complained about it but ignored it. She woke up for school on the third day and became so dizzy she fell down and had to call in sick to school (she’s a teacher).

We decided to go to the urgent care center and their nurse practitioner told us they weren’t equipped to help us on such short notice, tests could take a couple of days, and she can’t legally tell us to go to the emergency room, but “if it were my kid or my husband I would go.” We told her we were going and she said “I think that’s smart”.

We proceeded to the closest ER, which was a stand-alone emergency room. We at least had the presence of mind to check if they accepted our insurance, and saw that they had a banner on the bottom that included Aetna.

We went through, explicitly asked about cost with the emergency room and were told “if we had insurance we’d be fine”. They conducted a series of tests without asking (including a pregnancy test which had already been conducted at the UrgentCare) and hooked her to an IV. Fast forward 3 hours and we left with a diagnosis of benign vertigo which is a “diagnosis of omission” meaning they ran everything under the sun (CT scan, chest X-ray, EKG, etc.).

6 weeks later insurance has refused to pay any of the 10k bill because it was an “out of network non-emergency”. We got notes from the Urgent Care visit to try and document that we were referred, but they are written as if we insisted on going to the ER which wasn’t the case. We were concerned about the possibility of a brain injury or slow brain bleed (we obviously aren’t medical professionals), and it’s not normal for a healthy 27 year old to collapse. In my eyes it was an emergency and I’d do the same thing again if it happened.

What are my options?

Answer:
 >We got notes from the Urgent Care visit to try and document that we were referred, but they are written as if we insisted on going to the ER which wasn’t the case.

Actually...

>their nurse practitioner told us they weren’t equipped to help us on such short notice, tests could take a couple of days, and she can’t legally tell us to go to the emergency room, but “if it were my kid or my husband I would go.” We told her we were going and she said “I think that’s smart”.

You were not referred, and you did decide to go there on your own.

It is highly unlikely you will win an appeal, given the facts you presented.

Unless this was a genuine life threatening emergency, you should have called your insurance ahead of time to make sure you will be covered - I am sorry that you are learning this lesson at such a high cost.

>it’s not normal for a healthy 27 year old to collapse.

No, it is not - but that only makes it a medical problem, not an emergency.

>In my eyes it was an emergency and I’d do the same thing again if it happened.

If you do this again with the same insurance, you are looking at another 10k bill. Or more.

I would advise you to handle such situations differently in the future.


Title: Wrong medication given, big mix up. Advice?

Question:
My wife regularly takes 2 20 mg tablets of Duloxetine (Cymbalta) for anxiety.

She was accidentally given 2 25 mg tablets of Cozaar for high blood pressure by the pharmacy. She actually has low blood pressure as it is. She has taken the wrong medicine for 4 days now.

We called her doctor and were told this is a massive mistake and that we should inquire about a lawsuit. We also brought this to the attention of the pharmacy. They apologized profusely and helped us file a complaint.

We are currently at the hospital just making sure everything is okay, but she is experiencing nausea and dizziness.

Is this something that would warrant a lawsuit?

Tampa, Florida.

Answer: Maybe. It depends on the extent of the damages. You might have to sue the pharmacy in small claims for negligence. A lawyer is unlikely to take a case like this for one client.


Title: (Ohio) Dog and cat may have been abandoned in rental property.

Question:
I have never posted to reddit, so please excuse any formatting issues, I just have never been in this situation and don't know what to do, or even what I am allowed to do, so any nudge in the right direction would be helpful.

I work for my parents' rental company in Ohio, and over the weekend we received a call from a tenant about the unit next door, saying that the dog had been whining for several days and they had not seen the owners in all that time (at least three days, they were not more specific). We called the tenants several times and left messages, no response, so we went over to the apartment to check it out, the dog was at the window whining, but seemed ok/alert. Left a note on the door that we would be conducting a health and safety inspection today. When we went in today (many more calls, still no response), the dog had no food or water, there was feces on the floor, and there was a cat in the back room (also with no food, water, or litter box). We fed and watered both animals, and also walked the dog.

I tried looking up what to do, but could only find information about if a tenant vacates and leaves an animal, but, as far as we can tell, they have not vacated. All of their stuff is there, they paid rent, and no other signs of moving out were present. So, technically, I don't know what we are allowed to do.

We tried to call the police to report, they said they wouldn't do anything about it. The county dog shelter is not open today, but they are notorious for being unhelpful. What are our options? I just don't want these poor animals to slowly dehydrate. Any information would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: Calling the local shelter or the SPCA and asking them is the appropriate response here.


Title: Flight canceled and the next avaiable flight will be only 3 later

Question:
I am currently in Turks and Caicos islands and my flight to miami was canceled due to weather condidions.

 The problem is that there are no avaiable flights to anywhere in the US for the next 3 days, and American Airlines said that they are not obligated to pay any compensations because the flight was canceled because of the weather.

I am not american so i know nothing about american law, is there something i can do about this situation? Are they really not obligated to pay any compensations? Thank you and sorry for the grammar mistakes.

Answer:
 Airlines are not obliged to pay for hotel and food in circumstances like this.

If your flight is cancelled, you’re entitled to a refund of the flight cost, even for non-refundable tickets. Source: transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/flight-delays-cancellations

Your best bet is not legal action—it’s asking for help from customer service, and praying you get someone who woke up on the right side of the bed. So sorry you’re going through this. Good luck


Title: (California) I own a successful Etsy shop and a Chinese seller is selling a rip off of our most popular item using our copyrighted product image.

Question:
Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone here can help me. I own an Etsy shop in California with another person and we sell jewelry. We've been very successful; our products are all over Pinterest and we've been featured on several blogs and Buzzfeed. We're a small business and very proud of our hard work.

It came to my attention that a woman was going to sell our most popular necklace and she was using our product image, which includes my business partner in the photo. I contacted her telling her she does not have the permission to do that and she told me she bought 10 of these necklaces from a Chinese wholesaler on a very popular online wholesale marketplace.

I know there's nothing we can do about someone selling a necklace that looks like ours but they cannot use our image! We've contacted the wholesaler twice and they said they would take it down, and we've reported them to the website as they have policies against this kind of thing. Except, the picture is still up!! They've had 20 sales just this week, and I'm noticing people are buying them in bulk. Again, I know we can't stop the copycats, but I want them to take down the picture because it's very eye catching and the only reason they're getting so many sales.

Can we do anything considering this person is all the way in China? Or is there any scary sounding legalese we can send them so that they backdown? Thank you for your help.

Answer:
 File a DMCA complaint to the website hosting the image.  If it's an etsy shop reselling your product the etsy can take the shop down.  If it's another website, do a whois query and do the DMCA complaint.

You own the copyright to the picture so you should be able to get it taken down.

You probably can not stop the Chinese manufacturer from making knock-offs but you should be able to force them to use their own images at the very least.


Title: Pregnant Girlfriend basically held hostage in Egypt by family. Please Help. [SERIOUS]

Question:
 First off, excuse me, I am not certain if this is the correct place to post, if it's wrong please redirect me to a more appropriate place. I am desperate and am in very dire need of help.

First the background, the actual question is on the bottom after this paragraph, please read it thoroughly.

I live in Germany, both me and my girlfriend are in our early 20s and currently students. I am from a country in the European Union and my gf is from Yemen. She went back home to meet her parents roughly a month ago. Her parents are very very very religious (Muslim), they expect her to constantly wear a scarf, covering her face, even in Germany, not have any sexual relations, etc. She is not that religious at all and is simply trying to live a normal life. Two weeks ago they went to Cairo, which is where she gets her visa for Germany renewed and from where she also is supposed to fly to Germany (on Wednesday, 03.07). While in Cairo her mother went through her phone behind her back and found some pictures of my gf where she isn't wearing a scarf and went on a rampage, hid her passport along with her visa and will do everything in her power to take her back to Yemen and never let her leave again. Right now my gf is under constant supervision by her entire family, parents and additional 6 close relatives. Normally this would a solvable problem and we would be able to resolve it in time, the problem is it turned out we weren't careful enough when having sex and she is also 7 weeks pregnant, which of course her parents do not know and will make the situation indescribably harder to resolve if they knew. In Egypt getting an abortion is pretty much impossible and we can not afford to wait the whole situation out, since in less than two weeks an abortion will be possible only through surgery, which will again make the situation much much harder.

My question is the following: if she goes to the Egyptian police or the Yemen/German embassy (since she has the German visa already and has a history of living in Germany) and explains the situation - her parents are keeping her hostage forcefully against her will and have stolen her passport (she is 20, NOT UNDERAGE), will they actually help her, and by help I mean make a new passport or something she can use to travel back to Germany? Our main goal is to get her to safety, we both have savings and are financially independent from family. Going nuclear with her family was always a matter of time, so that's also not a problem. I have read many stories, where police in Egypt simply make matters worse or don't do anything, especially when it is a woman who needs the help. I myself am going to Egypt on Monday to try to help out however I can, but I really need advise from someone who has experience in countries with similar culture/laws if this is a good approach. Any help or direction where to look for help will be highly appreciated!!!
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer: Your girlfriend is in very serious danger. If she is not a citizen of Germany they will not assist her. It is exceedingly unlikely that the Egyptian authority will assist a woman attempting to flee the authority of her family. I can not speak to Yemen law but there are a variety of legal and cultural systems at play here that are not friendly to you. You arriving in Egypt could escalate the situation and endanger your girlfriend further by prompting a virginity check which while bunk would certainly discover her condition. I urge you heavily not to proceed without the assistance of someone who knows all of the legal systems involved.


Title: Roadway drainage runs down my driveway (PA)

Question: I bought a house about a year ago and noticed that during heavy rainfall I get sheet flow down my driveway. This causes debris from the roadway to wash into my yard, mild flooding of the yard, erosion to my edge of driveway and icey winter conditions. The road is a state road so I filed a formal complaint with PennDOT. The first lady assigned sided in my favor and was set to install a curb to channel it away from my driveway. I get a call from someone new saying that it's a low spot and they can no longer correct it. They said if I install it myself I will be liable for unsafe road conditions. The excuse was it cannot be corrected because it has always been outletting that way.  I found several sources saying you can't outlet water onto a state road but nothing on them out letting on private property. Do I have any recourse?

Answer:
 Seems like you want to install a drain, not a curb.  The water does have to go somewhere.  Not sure if you could get PennDOT to help with this, but it seems like their reluctance to help in the first place is about ensuring a safe roadway--a drain would address both issues.
https://www.landscapingnetwork.com/driveways/drainage.html Answer #2: Have you talked to the county Drain Commissioner's office?  That would be a good place to start...they are the office that's responsible for directing runoff so that it doesn't cause liability.

They will likely be able to convince PennDOT to do something about it, or else tell you how you can address the situation.  Answer #3: Go to your township/borough/city code office.   All municpalities i Pennsylvania have water runoff drainage plans.   Sounds like your situation is in violation of some plan (not your fault) and the township needs to fix it.


Title: What exactly is the difference between insurrection, sedition, and treason?

Question:
Question in title.

What separates those?  What rises to the level of treason?  Insurrection?  Sedition?

Answer:
 In the US treason has a very specific definition from the constitution.

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

sedition is planning or inciting rebellion and insurrection is actually rebelling.


Title: Paypal fucked me over

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You began the process for getting a refund when - August or October? What was the outcome of that? Did you ever get any response back? Did you get the product you ordered? Have you contacted PayPal again to see why they paid this when you'd requested a refund?


Title: As a US Citizen, am I required to have a drivers licence in order to use a car?

Question:
As a US Citizen, am I required to have a drivers licence in order to use a car to go one place to another? I have been reading on the subject and watched quite alot of videos on people claiming that you don't need a drivers licence as long as you are not using your vehicle for commercial use. I don't believe them(completely), which is why I'm here. Asking the trustworthy people of Reddit. Can someone please clear this up for me.

Edit *
Location - California

Answer:
 YES.

Don't believe this sovereign citizen, free man of the land BS that is out there. You are required, by law, to have a driver's license to operate a motor vehicle on a public road everywhere in the US. No amount of legal mumbo jumbo will ever absolve you of this legal requirement, ever. Answer #2: These claims are mostly perpetuated by Sovereign Citizens, which are generally accepted to have no clue what they are talking about. There are legitimate-sounding, maybe even well-meaning sites out there that will provide a lot of official-sounding logic and legal citation that might seem convincing, but yes, you absolutely need a license to drive a car on public roadways.

This Snopes article does a good job at debunking one of their most common claims:

http://www.snopes.com/supreme-court-rules-drivers-licenses-unnecessary/


Title: Being discriminated against by the college admin

Question:
Hi everyone. I'm not very familiar with the law and I'm hoping you might be able to enlighten me about the steps I should take to address a recent situation. Basically a friend of mine used one of our school policies to study at a different school for two consecutive terms as a guest student. He took 5 course each term (a total of 10) and transferred the credits toward earning his degree. He simply filled out the paper work and had it signed by an academic advisor.
This happened last year and school policy has not changed since then. I really liked the idea and decided to do the same thing as well. I got my admission from another school, paid all the expenses, found accommodation, selected my courses, etc. exactly the same way that my friend had done it. However, the last minute when my request was submitted to the academic advisor, it was turned down and I was told that I had to petition in order to study at a different school to take more than two courses. After explaining to my advisor that other students didn't have to petition before, I was told that it has been a school policy and this is what I needed to do. So, I submitted a petition to the Academic Standings and Promotion, as directed by my advisor. The committee finally met after 2 months and they refused to let me take more than two courses at a different school as I wanted to take.

I really feel discriminated against (well not racially exactly) but still. What can I do to address this effectively? Do you think hiring a lawyer will help? Can I sue the school? Can they kick me out for suing them?

Answer: This is an administrative issue.  Escalate it through administrative channels.  A lawsuit is unlikely to succeed.


Title: Brother got hit while riding his bike and was left for dead

Question: My brother like the title says was hit by some stupid fucking douche bag girl and left for the dead on the street like some kind of dog. I was just wondering we don't have a lot of money but we do need a lawyer to help us out since my brother doesn't remember anything and I don't think he should give a statement to the police yet since he can't even concentrate. We're in the Los Angeles area,  San Fernando valley. We need someone local and we need someone that can work with our budget.

Answer:
 HE NEEDS TO DO A POLICE REPORT NOW. ASAP. NOW.

contact a lawyer. Some may work pro bono IF you find the person who did this. Otherwise....

Edit: THE POLICE are aware of who this is!!!! You guys (read: he) needs to find a lawyer who will take this pro bono because this is a mother fucking slam dunk case


Title: A bunch of weird envelopes involving the hiring of immigrants was delivered to my house

Question:
SORRY (NEW YORK)
They had the address but no name. There were 4 matching envelopes and the one I opened is filled with pictures of someone’s passport and a bunch of information on being hired in NYC at a catering company. There is an explanation of why the package is being returned.
There are forms for h2-b related info.
Side note The starting salary was 26.00 per Hour.
(I would snap that up myself)

But the company hiring is listed as being closed for at least the last year. And the address they have listed is mine for the last five years.

Trying to figure out what if anything this means. Is someone using my address for a fraudulent business?

Answer:
 Contact ICE

https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/735/~/reporting-illegal-activityAnswer #2: Who sent the letter? USCIS?
Was it addressed to you?
If yes then somebody is commiting immigration fraud and you should report it to ICE.Answer #3: Was the letter sent by USCIS?


Title: [UK] My uncle who works construction was hurt at work and has a brain injury. But the company denied compensation because he wore a turban instead of a hard hat (we are Sikhs)

Question: How can I help my aunt and my cousins? My uncle knew english but my aunt is still learning and they have 3 young kids. The accident happened at work and he was the provider for the family. We are in the UK and I would appreciate any help figuring this out and compensation.

Answer: Unfortunately, I believe that the exemption that permits Sikhs to not wear a safety helmet also exempt employers from liability should an accident occur. That doesn't mean they can't be liable should they have been reckless, but for a normal "accident" - no.


Title: Neighbours and noise problem - loud music in early hours (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Question:
I live in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia and am 29 years old.
For the past few weeks, well, since mid-August at least, my neighbour, a 43-year-old lady, has been playing loud music.
It's been a mixture of the following songs:

* Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead (repeatedly overplayed, sometimes even at 3-4am in the morning)
* Staying Alive (Bee Gees)

* Disco Inferno (The Tramps)

* Fire (Arthur Brown, IIRC ??)

* Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus)

* Who are we (The Who, isn't that the CSI theme tune?)

* Hot Stuff (Donna Summer)

* Shake it Off (Taylor Swift) (repeatedly played at full blast)

I complained to my neighbour, politely asked her to turn it down, but she said to me "Fuck off, you're gonna have to accept it, assholes, I play what I like." and tried to buy me off with an offer of getting multiple double-doubles for me.
The next door neighbour is on the dole, she wears tracksuits, and smoke a lot. I've also caught her sitting in my garden in a bikini, on the grass, she admitted "I climb over the fence and sit in a bikini in your garden, no bigdeal really, you should do it sometime".

It's keeping me awake and causing me stress, I'm struggling to cope, and it's making me feel ill.

Legally, what can and should I do? If I go to the cops or get the mounties in, she'll probably complain anyway and may cause a neighbour dispute or something like that.

I'm not friends with my neighbour, but not enemies either, really.

Seeking advice before this escalates any further.

Not sure what to do. I made a throwaway here for my own privacy, just had to genericise information for privacy since I work in a professional job in the city.

Edit: Not really sure what flair to add, since it's about a neighbour next door and not a landlord, we both have driveways, so not sure if its relevant even but mentioning anyway.

Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 Call the police.  No one should have to hear such garbage at 3 AM, let alone any other time of the week.

If she comes on your property take a picture and call the cops for evidence purposes.


Title: Inherited a murder weapon (California)

Question:
A friend of mine’s grandfather passed away recently, and among the grandfather’s possessions was an old Colt revolver. Apparently there’s a family story about a relative using the gun to kill someone back in the 1940s as part of a feud (we actually found old newspaper articles about the case, and the murder occurred in a Midwest state, I think Nebraska). For whatever reason the gun was kept and passed down. It did have a serial number but it’s been filed off at some point, and I’m pretty sure that makes the gun super illegal, but what should they do with it? Is there a way to dispose of it without my friend’s grandmother getting in trouble for having it? We can’t find any of those police buyback programs anywhere nearby.
Alternatively, the gun is in really nice condition, other than the serial number. Is there a way to legally keep it, like restore the serial?

Answer:
 Fill the barrel with either an epoxy or concrete.
No longer a gun, just a family heirloom.  I wouldn't surrender it, destroy it or anything.
Render it inoperable, put it in a marked box.  Someone in your family might love to have this at some point.


Title: Ex keeps going in and out of kids life, bypassing the court agreement, now wants to take the kids, meanwhile shes pregnant AGAIN CT

Question: So pretty much, since december we've had an agreement made through the court system in connecticut, she hasnt been following it, and now shes pregnant again and wants to take them since i told her im going for full custody. is there anything i can do to help my case a bit or try to find out what i can do. the kids dont want to stay for more then a couple hours, but her husband keeps pestering me about the legal contract. any help?

Answer:
 You need an attorney... especially if you are moving for full custody.

In the meantime, you need to continue to abide by the terms of the court ordered custody agreement.

Understand that visitation is almost always a right of the parent to exercise if they wish.  It is not an obligation.  My fingers feel dirty every time I type that, but it is what it is.

NOT exercising visitation though can be used against a parent in a modification motion.  But, it is best to have an attorney make those arguments if appropriate.  It's possible to have them backfire.  The mother could claim that she is not participating in visitation because "the kids don't want to stay for more than a couple hours", and that is due to parental alienation, so the courts could award MORE visitation time.

These nuances are best navigated with an attorney.


Title: Daycare closed, but they still want us to pay (WI)

Question:
So our daycare has closed earlier this week due to Covid-19.  We got an email a few days later from the owner saying that even though they are closed, they are going to continue to bill us in full, so they can pay teachers and other bills.  The owner put a veiled threat in the email that if he can't continue to bill us, the daycare will not be open when this all blows over.  This a large daycare center (kids range from infant to 5 years old and there are about 100 kids in the center), but not a chain, if it matters.

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My spouse and I both work in the medical field, so our jobs are "essential" and we cannot do them from home, so we are still having to go into work everyday (and even work longer hours than normal).  In order to do this, we are now needing to find emergency daycare (which is expensive), so we can continuing working.  It doesn't seem fair that we are basically still having to pay full price ($350 a week) for a daycare center that is not even open, on top of actually paying someone to care for our child.

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Is it legal for them to still charge for a service they are not providing?  Location: WI

Answer: It's not your responsibility to keep them in business.  These are very unusual circumstances, and you should do what's best for your family.  They're very likely going to get monetary support from the federal government.  Also, most people are in this situation, so the risk of not getting back into this daycare seems small to me.  Trust your instincts!


Title: [WISCONSIN] Should I expect to go to jail after getting in trouble twice in 3 months for criminal operating after revocation?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 It's good you understand you're in some serious trouble here, but this is something you should be asking your lawyer, it's way beyond the scope of what this group does.

As for your child - I think the answer is he would go to a foster home, if you have no friends to become legal guardians while you're incarcerated, and you family can't or won't take him. Best case, make the travel arrangements so he's with family, if the worst happens.


Title: Child support not being paid non-custodial parent is out of state. Am I still required to transport the children for visitation if I can't afford it?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 I assume this agreement is via a custody plan through the court?

You can land in hot water if you withhold visitation (or threaten to), failure to pay child support is not generally a supported reason. Unilaterally deciding not to send them for Christmas is very ill advised.

Does your custody agreement say anything about the specifics of transportation to and from visits, like payment and logistics? If it doesn't, you need to talk to your lawyer and go back to court to come up with a more concrete plan. You can't afford to not have this spelled out for you with such a long travel distance.

You should talk to your lawyer anyway because nonpayment of child support should be addressed.


Title: My wife's Ex just served her with papers to take 50/50 physical custody of the two children ages 2 & 3. Asking for help to be prepared!

Question:
My wife and I were just (this morning) served with papers filed by her ex-husband; let's call him... "Joe". He is stating that he wants 50/50 physical custody of the 2 children, ages 3 and 4. We live in Arizona.

The initial papers (that he drew up and signed) state that he is to have them Friday evening until Sunday afternoon every weekend. He works as a bar manager and initially was just picking them up and dropping them off with his live-in mother(who has a history of drug abuse, abandoned her son at a young age and thus no parenting experience, has no drivers license/car, has used the stroller with the children in it to steal things from stores, violated her probation by leaving the state for 6 months, and currently has open court cases against her for fraud and drug related charges) to be watched the whole weekend while he worked. Because we thought it was better for the kids, we decided to stray from the times outlined in the papers and just let him have the kids on his days off so that they could spend time with him, rather than their grandmother. After a couple months, it came to light that he was actually lying to us about his days off and was using the new agreement to ensure that he worked on the days he had with the kids (thus dropping them off with his mother) and using his actual days off for his own personal agenda. Once we found this out, we told him that this verbal arrangement was no longer on the table, and we were going to go back to the times in the papers. He said that he would call the cops on us if we didn't let him take the kids on his days off. Despite us knowing that the police would not do anything except make sure that the papers were being followed, we didn't want the kids to have to go through that so we seceded that point and let him continue having them on his days off. A few weeks ago, he asked that we accomodate him once again by moving to a Friday morning to Sunday morning schedule to make it easier for him to make the meetup times. I have changed my work schedule twice (I work in a low staffed IT department so changing my schedule is an enormous task) to allow the custody schedule to be changed to accomodate him, my wife has quit her job so she could once again be a stay at home mom for the kids, and he's refused to change his work schedule at all to follow the papers that he signed. The papers do not cover anything regarding obligation of transportation, but we've agreed to meet him half way between our houses for every drop off and pickup of the kids. Mostly because it's a long drive and we think it's better that the kids don't sit in the car for an entire hour without a break in the middle.

When my wife and I first started dating, we told "Joe" about it and said we wouldn't let the kids meet me before he had a chance to. Initially he agreed to meet me, but a few days later said he was not concerned about it and that it was fine to meet the kids. Recently, he told us that he has started dating someone and that he wanted us to meet her before she met the kids. We agreed and said we would definitely like to meet her before the kids do. Two days later, we went to pick the kids up and she was with him and the kids in the car. The kids had already met her, knew her name quite well (and even described her car to us when they were telling us about their "time at daddy's), and said that she has "sleepovers in daddy's bed." When we confronted him about this, he then admitted that he's been dating her for close to 6 months and that he kids have met her on several occassions.

"Joe" has a history with alcohol abuse, was dishonorably discharged for the military (he would never tell my wife why this happened, but some of his friends alluded to it being that a female on the base claimed he raped her), was transferred at work due to sexual harrassment, has multiple (2-3) DUIs, abusive tendancies (he never physically assaulted my wife when they were together, but she had contacted her family members on a few occassions asking them to come over because she was scared he was going to hit her) and, in our opinions worst of all, has not shown at all that he is concerned for the well being of the children. Every time we broach the subject, he says that all he cares about in the world are his kids, and that he loves them more than anything, etc. but he appears in all situations to be trying to circumvent his obligation as a parent.  When they signed the initial papers, he lied and said that he was no longer drinking and was in substance abuse counseling. His mother was also not living with him when the papers were signed. We no longer feel that the kids are in a safe environment and are constantly worried about their well being when they're in his custody. We want to ask for full custody, maybe with supervised visitation, because of these things (there are plenty more character examples for him and his mother, but this is already a wall of text) but we are scared that if a judge thinks that we are trying to take the kids away from their father that they would be punitive in their decision and grant him more custody. Any advice on how to better approach or handle this situation would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: Thanks for everyone's input!
Topic:
Custody Divorce and Family

Answer: You need a family law attorney. He/she can best advise you on what type of parenting plan will fit your needs best. The fact that you haven't been following the current plan will likely not benefit you. If you have been giving the father more visitation than the plan allows, a court is likely to continue that type of time schedule. That said, the fact that he's working during those times might be a fact you can assert in your favor - your family law attorney will tell you whether it will be useful to you. The chances of a court awarding full custody while the other parent is currently having visitation AND has not been recently convicted of a violent crime or investigated by CPS are just about zero, so you really need to meter your expectations there. If you can prove (with evidence, like a recent DUI) that he currently has an alcohol problem, you may have an argument for supervised visitation or at least limited visitation - your family law attorney will be able to advise you on whether this is feasible in your particular situation.


Title: (GA) Want to take car to leave abusive home, but it's under parents name/insurance

Question:
So recently my parents have confiscated the car keys for the car I use. They've done this plenty of times because they don't think I need to go anywhere besides school and work.  Now because of financial issues, I probably can't attend school in the fall and that set them off, and they aren't willing to help pay. That's also another reason they decided to take the keys.

They have always been abusive. More emotionally than physically. Throughout my  childhood I was bullied and when I told them, they said to get over it. When I wound up in the hospital for a suicide attempt, they claimed it was for attention. They have forcefully grabbed me and slapped my arm.

This past semester of college I failed because I was hospitalized twice for suicide attempts because of depression and anxiety. They said it's no excuse and I should've tried harder. Today I snapped. My dad called me a big baby and a whiner because I tried sticking up for myself when he started mocking me. My brother even threatened to beat me up.

I'm 21 and this abuse is too much and I can't take it anymore. I want out but I have no means of getting to where i want to go without the car. And I'm tempted to take it, but I know they can report it stolen since it's under their name. But if that happens, I have the claim of the abuse, but I KNOW they will deny it. What can i do? None of my friends want to step in and help after I've explained the situation to them

Answer: Abuse, even proven, would not mitigate a felony auto theft charge, don't steal a car that will ruin your life


Title: Does my mom's husband has any right to the house?

Question: Me and my mom are buying a house together, but my mom is married. We are wondering if the husband or his kids has any right to the property, in case if my mom were to pass or him passing, or in a divorce situation. I am located in Florida, Sarasota county.

Answer:
 If they divorced, the court would conduct an equitable distribution of the marital assets. Marital assets are basically all assets acquired by either spouse while married. If your mom's contribution to the house could be entirely traced to separate (i.e. pre-marital) assets, it's conceivable it would not be considered a marital asset. But the important thing is that, even if it's a marital asset, that doesn't mean her husband will get a right to the property per se. It just means that he would get other assets to offset your mom's interest in the house.

If your mother dies, what happens to her interest in the house depends on a lot of things. If you purchase the house as joint tenants with right of survivorship, you would own the house entirely as soon as she dies. The house would not be part of her estate. But if you buy as tenants in common, it will be part of her estate. If she doesn't have a will, her husband (assuming he's not your dad) will get half of her estate, and her descendants will split the the other half. So conceivably either you or he could inherit your mom's interest. A will could give some clarity, but regardless of a will, a surviving spouse is entitled to any property used as a homestead by the decedent as well as at least 30% of the estate. If you all want to be sure of how things will work, contact a probate lawyer.


Title: Employer direct deposited the wrong amount

Question: Hi, PA here. My emplpyer direct depoited the wrong amount to my bank account. Let's say I suppose to get 2000 and they deposited 10k instead. Can I keep the money. Is that illegal? What they can do?  Thank you very much.

Answer: You cannot keep the money.  It's not yours.  Notify your employer of the error and return the excess to them.


Title: (NJ) Breeder sold me a dying bunny and it was going to die less than 12 hours after I picked it up. Refuses to give me a full refund.

Question:
I was looking for a partner for my current bunny, Cookie, and after several attempts of unsuccessful bonding, we discovered she does really well with baby bunnies.

I paid $150 for the bunny. The breeder said to watch and update her because she was unsure when the bunny last pooped. I should’ve taken that as a warning sign but I bought my first bunny from her and was so caught up in my excitement. The breeder also mentioned its sister had the sniffles. The breeder assured me that the bunny I bought was very calm and cuddly (completely different from my hyperactive derp of a bunny) so I didn’t really know if the new bunny was lethargic.

I ended up going to the vet after I realized the bunny hasn’t pooped in the 6 hours since I’ve brought her home. He has GI stasis and a blockage that ruptured.

I’ve spent $300 so the bunny can humanely pass. Do I have any legal recourse?
Topic:
Consumer Law

Answer:
 Yes. You can sue the breeder in small claims court (Google small claims {county}) and let a judge decide.Answer #2: It sounds like more than one of their animals were sick when they sold them to you?  I'd report to some kind of animal welfare group in case this is a 'puppy mill' operation, there's been posts in the pasts where somebody was sold a sick puppy and it turned out the source they were bought from was the problem.

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> He said I must’ve done something wrong and will refund $75.

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Like the fact they turn around and blame the death on you is weird.  The vet even said they must have been ill prior, they suspected something was up and knew a littermate was ill but sold them anyway.


Title: Employer requires 100% creditcard tip claim before tipout. Paying taxes on money I don't see

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 This is a bit butchered/confusing. What do the credit cards have to do with anything? Does the restaurant require you to tip out non-waiters a percentage of your total credit card tips? If so, don't claim that amount on your taxes.

Are they sending you a tax form that includes that amount as compensation you're receiving? That would be a bit more problematic. You should first talk to the restaurant about correcting that, but if they aren't open to the idea, just ignore it for now. When tax season comes, claim the correct amount. The IRS may send you a letter or audit you, at which point you should present documentation that your employer gave them the wrong information. This is not something you need a lawyer for.Answer #2: If your w-2 is incorrect when you get it, talk to your employer about getting a corrected one.


Title: My Dad Assaulted Me

Question:
I need advise on whether or not I should go to the police. Two nights ago, my dad and I got into a verbal fight, that turned physical when my dad decided to attack me. I have proof of the fight, as there is a mark/scratch/bruise on my neck. I only used self defense and did not try and throw punches back. For reference, I'm 18 and about to transfer into college in the state of Georgia. Also, just recently he sent me a threat via text message stating, "...and next time you tell me to f*** off, you won't be calling the police, you'll be calling an ambulance." This entire experience for me has been quite traumatic, and I'm just looking for opinions.

Thanks

Answer: You can report that to the police. Be aware that your dad can give you a notice to vacate and you would have to move.


Title: [CA] Optometry took my money and won't give it back

Question:
About 9 months ago I placed an order for standard sun glasses from a local optometry. They said they would call me once it was available for pickup. Two weeks later, I call them to ask for an update and they said that my particular brand (luxotica) is high demand so there is a long wait time.
I call again two weeks later and hear the same thing. I got busy and stopped calling thinking they eventually would call me. 3 months later I call again and apparently they didn't even place my order. They had charged me already so I decided to wait. A month later they tell me the glasses are in, hooray!

Except that it was the wrong glasses. The wrong frame, wrong lens. The only thing they got right was the brand. I tell them this and they say
"No worries. This brand sells fast. We'll get you the right one in no time".
They kept that pair and said they would place the correct order down and even asked me to write down the correct model number. I did.
A month later I call and they very passive aggressively stated that I lied to them about what frame to purchase and that I was in the wrong.

That was the last straw. I calmly ask them to cancel the order and for a refund. They told me they cant do that, and I would have to just "be patient, my glasses are on the way".
I keep calling and all they have to tell me is that the glasses are on the way.
This was 4 months ago. I paid cash. Is there someone I can complain to? An authority over optometrists?

Answer: IANAL. Don't keep calling. Show up in person and ask to speak to a manager. Keep escalating uo their internal chain of command until you get to the owner of the place or they agree to a refund. If that doesn't work, pursue further (legal) action.Answer #2: When this happened to me,  the "final" resolution was my glasses showing up in the mail one day, with a note saying that they had gone out of business and if I had any further problems with my glasses I could contact a different optometrist almost a hundred miles away.


Title: My biological father bought me a laptop, then passed, and my stepdad is trying to take it.

Question: [removed]

Answer: He can take it, assuming you're a minor, but it is still yours. It falls under the purview of discipline, and the rights of parents (including step-parents) to control what you have access to like media.  Once you turn 18 you can demand it back.


Title: [TX—Austin] Pregnant wife's employer won't stop smoking in the workplace, and it's exacerbating her asthma. Civil recourse?

Question:
I hope this falls within the scope of this subreddit. We fully plan to escalate this, but want to have an idea of what to expect.

My 4-month-pregnant wife works at a small business—meaning <10 employees—here in Austin and the boss/owner regularly smokes indoors. He used to smoke outdoors, but months ago began doing it inside (again) and has begun to trigger reactive airway disease-like symptoms. She has brought this up a number of times and it still goes unchanged. In the most recent encounter in which this was brought up, he continually dismissed her, saying he will "handle the situation by whatever means he sees fit" while making sure she understood he didn't have to explain what that meant. When she reminded him the only solution was to stop the smoking. He repeated himself, adding that her trouble breathing is an asthma issue and "not a smoke issue," and refused to acknowledge the two are connected but would again do what he could.

Here's where you all come in. It's a violation of Austin municipal code (§10-6-2) to smoke in a workplace. That much I've unearthed. There are emails going back to mid last year documenting this issue is ongoing, and since Texas is a one-party consent state, I've asked her to try and discreetly record any future conversations if she can anticipate having them.

It seems like this is not only actionable both on civil and criminal fronts, but pretty open and shut. Maybe snap some pictures of ash trays in his office? We've never gone this route before so we're wondering (per the subreddit guidelines) what we could realistically expect the best, worst, and average outcomes to be, and how long it would take. We're planning to move up to Pennsylvania—my wife end of April; me September—so we're not sure how that would affect a civil suit regarding attendance and such. If it's so open and shut, surely he would have no choice but to settle? Because of the move, we can't financially afford to have her quit, but for her health and the baby's we can't afford to do nothing.

Help me, /r/legaladvice Kenobi. You're our only hope.

Edit: typo
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer:
 I think the most likely outcome, if you force the issue, is your wife will be finding another job a couple of months early.

I don't see a private right of action here. You could report the boss and he gets fined. He will be prohibited from retaliation against the reporting employee. But, I'm not really sure of the penalty if he does.


Title: Sex Discrimination @ Work?

Question:
I am the only male in a >5 person unit at work, and I believe the only male historically in the unit. After being overlooked for a promotion in favor of a woman (who had been there before me, left, then returned a year+ after I began), it has really led me to think that it is objectively harder for a male in my unit than a female. It doesn't feel fair.

All that said, what would I need to collect as evidence in order to be prudent, if I ever one day want to make an issue of this? I think its too nebulous...

Answer: You will need more than a single promotion you didn't get to prove sex discrimination, unless you can prove gender was the deciding factor.


Title: [MN] Father passed away, questions about some of the things his landlord is trying to do

Question:
Hey /r/legaladvice,

My father passed yesterday. He rented a house in MN, I currently live in a different state. I called his landlord to let him know I would be back within a week to pack up my fathers belongings. He stated my father owed him money and he was planning on selling things in the house to cover my fathers debt. I was wondering if this was legal in any way?

Answer: Hell no that's not legal. That would be theft and could send the landlord to prison. He can get in line and file a claim with the estate. I would notify the police for where he lives that the threat was made. They may be willing to visit the landlord to give him a talking to before he does something stupid.Answer #2: Additionally, be sure that you are the executor of the estate with documentation to prove it.  Otherwise you could spend all day driving just to find that you are not allowed in the house/apartment.


Title: Are there any SCOTUS precedent or case law on Entrapment?

Answer: Sorrells v US, Sherman v US and Jacobson v US


Title: Annoying Neighbors

Question:
My neighborhood has recently been flooded by children and dogs.

A new neighborhood family moved into the culdesac, and now every child in the neighborhood is constantly outside in the circle in front of my house where I live with my parents. (I’m a college student that commutes.)

They leave their toys in our driveway making it to where we can’t pull in, run out in front of cars, and scream into the late hours of the night.

To give one example of the typical behavior, my friend was leaving my house one evening and:

1. Her car was hit by a bigger rubber ball before she even started it.
2. She had to wait for a kid to move their toy before she could even drive off.
3. When she started driving, a kid on a bike rode out in front of her, and she had to slam on her breaks.
4. A 12 year old boy was walking down the street with his friends in nothing but his underwear.

This was all just one night.

One of the dads has even confronted us about speeding in the neighborhood. We were going 15, and it’s 25. It took all my effort not to react negatively considering how annoyed I am with these families already.

I know I’m an asshole for getting mad at kids playing, but they don’t control them. When it’s dark outside, I’m afraid my friends are going to hit kids running out in front of them.

Is this just something we have to deal with?

On top of that, all these families let their dogs run loose. Some of them are rather large and leave massive dumps in our yard.

I’m living in Disneyland hell. Especially since sounds from outside echo throughout the house.

Is this something to call the police over?
I do not feel comfortable talking to the neighbors about it. We believe the new family is on a lot of drugs (no proof. Just other weird behavior), and I don’t feel safe with any confrontation.

I live in Georgia.

Answer:
 You need to talk to the neighbors and discuss this like adults.

If they are violating the law, *then* you can call the police.


Title: Lawyer charged me $100 for a quick consultation

Question:
It was like 45 min. i thought the $100 is for opening a profile for a thing, it turned out it's just for consultation, to open that profile i need +$1000.

All the shit that he told me i knew it already.and he didn't give me any receipt for it.

- Legally talking, is this correct ?

- Can i get it back somehow ?

- A friend told me the same thing happened to him, how can this stop so nobody else fall in the same situation?

Answer: $100 for 45 min is not expensive for the US. Answer #2: What kind of case? $100 isn't a lot for almost an hour of a lawyers time. Quite frankly that is rather cheap. Answer #3: So you wanted 45 min of an attorney's time for free? Considering even the cheapest of lawyers bill well in excess of $100 an hour, I say you got a bargain. My wife does cheaper consultations (usually for low income tenants) but rolls it into her fee if the tenant hires her (a lot of the time she can just tell them what they need to know and they won't need her). But if you feel you were taken advantage of, contact your local bar association.


Title: My girlfriend was raped and the dude up and left America to go to his home in the UK the next day. What sort of lawyer do I need to seek out?

Question:
Hey, so this is kind of a heavy topic. I'm also not sure if this is the right place to post, but a year before meeting my girlfriend she was raped by a person from the UK. She went in immediately to get toxicology reports, sought out a detective and had photos taken of her body to show the bruises and physical abuse that was done to her. She received the call yesterday from the detective that the DA decided to drop the case.

Honestly we're a little floored with this news and want to seek this out even further. We're thinking we need to contact a lawyer but we're not even sure what sort of lawyer we should be contacting. Is this a hopeless endeavor? On top of everything we're trying to get all of the evidence from the detective to take this on our own. Does anyone have any advice on how to do this or where we should start? We also do have his full name and he can be contacted.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Answer: You can't force the DA to reopen the case. It would be a waste of money to pursue a case that isn't strong enough. Your girlfriend may have civil remedy against this person and a personal injury attorney could tell you more.


Title: Tree on police property fell on my house

Question:
Long story short:
I’m fixing up an old house. There is a tree on city property next door that has been dead, and as a certified arborist, I’ve gone to town hall 4-5 times to tell the city that it needs to be taken down before it hurts someone.

Yesterday it fell on my house and really did damage. The city has verbally taken responsibility (branches from it have fallen on their police cruisers in the past, and they’ve had to pay for that) but they’re wanting me to call the crane to get the tree off the house.

I don’t want to get stuck with this bill. And I’m having to take time off work to deal with the situation. I’ve already taken lots of photos. Any steps I shouldn’t miss?

Answer: Have you filed an insurance claim? If possible, let them deal with it.


Title: How far can scam callers go?

Question:
My friend, (Illinois), recently received an automated call from a scammer. However, this wasn't your run of the mill 'win a free cruise' call. No, this call was a claim that he had several serious allegations against him, and that unless if he returned their call, that he would be arrested by local law enforcement.

This can't be legal, can it?

Answer: Scams aren't legal. So if your already committing the illegal act of fraud, why would the illegal act of blackmail/extortion be a far fetch?


Title: Hit a BMW, now owe $2200 for a minor bumper dent??

Question:
First things first- incident occurred in July during a week where my insurance lapsed, so this will be entirely out of pocket. It has been three months that I have been receiving letters asking to pay this. My letters claim I owe $2267 for this bumper (which is utterly ridiculous). I have now received three separate letters stating I have 30 days to pay the amount to a lawyer. I am located in Connecticut where this accident also occurred.

I am concerned about a couple of things.

I do need to get an invoice from the lawyers to confirm this is indeed the proper amount I have to pay, but how can this be so expensive??? Did the driver claim whiplash and go to the hospital? Are BMW bumpers just this expensive?

I am now on my third letter stating I have 30 days to pay otherwise it will be sent to a collector. Why didn’t they send it after the first 30 days? Which letter am I supposed to take seriously?

I am concerned my car may be repossessed over this. Is this a true concern I should have if the car has a KBB value of $3,000 more than what I owe to the other party? Can the car be repossessed for this?

If the car will not be repossessed, what specific actions will the debt collectors take to get their money back? Garnish wages?

Thanks to any and all who can help me out with this.

Answer:
 Not counting their specialty models, BMW sells vehicles that range in price from around 35,000 to well into the 6 figures. Body work is very expensive and sometimes parts can't be repaired and must be replaced. If you get sued and they can show how must it costs to fix then they will likely be successful. Answer #2: >Are BMW bumpers just this expensive?

Yup. They are. In fact, $2267 seems pretty cheap for a replacement. My mom's BMW bumper for when she got into a fender-bender was $8000+.

They can sue you in small claims, and the court will enforce judgment and *can* include wage garnishment, but you didn't post your location.

You had three letters stating that you have to pay. Seems like they are giving you ample chance to try and pay on this. You can try and work with the people you've hit to pay per month.

>I am concerned my car may be repossessed over this. Is this a true concern I should have if the car has a KBB value of $3,000 more than what I owe to the other party? Can the car be repossessed for this?

Why would it be repossessed? To enforce judgment? Absent your state, which you didn't include, this would be on down the road after they tried everything possible to get you to pay on the claim. And even then, not sure how that'd work, and it'd vary by state.


Title: Wa state. Stbxw refuses to let me see child, malicious cps, ducks process server, and manipulates child support

Question:
My (unfortunately still) wife is part of a trust fund and used to get regular monthly payments. She shouldnt even be getting food and childcare benefits but she does and they take her word that she is no longer receiving benefits but acknowledges that her uncle, the trustee has bought her a lawyer. Child support didnt acknowledge that that is a good $5k just to retain a family law lawyer. This was in one of her other battles. There are 3 dads (including myself).

Up until the dispute with child support i had my kid 3 overnights a week. From friday to monday morning. I argued i shouldnt have to pay because i had her a substantial amount of time. We both made within a couple hundred dollars of eachother. She was responsible for 53% and i am responsible for the other 47%. No big deal.

Except theyve named her custodial parent and no court order has been issued so far.
I could get a deviation but it looks like she falls below the federal poverty line because they count her unemployed boyfriend as a 5th family member.

During the phone conference all this was made fact including me wanting the state to get her tax records. They didnt seem to care and i got denied. I can still appeal within 30 days with superior court.

When this dispute started she accused me of mollesting my kid and got a cps case started in which i wasnt allowed to see my kid until law enforcement cleared me, which they did oct 17th.
She also did the same thing to her oldest daughters dad in january with the same outcome. He has a case pending with her in which cps reccomended his daughter live with the father.

When i was cleared with law enforcement i tried to resume my 3 days a week but the mother refuses to without it being a supervised visit because she thinks i wont return the kid... Kind of like what she's doing- which seems to be completely legal but i have work to go to so i wouldnt play her game and plus it looks bad. I have never not returned my kid on time.
She, on the other hand, constantly is late or had excuses not to make it to the pick up/ drop off.

She has ducked my professional process server 8 or 9 times and he has filed an affidavit that he tried.

Im at my wits end. Im trying to get some free legal advice or come up on $5k to for over but any additional help i can do myself would be nice. In the divorce papers there is a very fare parenting plan based on the arrangement we used to have but i need to get her served and even then, that court date "meeting" isnt until late february and nothing will be decided that early... And it will have been 5 months since i had my kid.

It feels like im getting screwed from every direction here. No kid and back child support stacking up from the time that i had my kid a substantial amount of time.

All the money will go into her pocket and she will still be getting free food and possibly other benefits. The kids are no longer in daycare because she quit her job to stay at home and make sure theres no way i can get my kid. I dont get it how she is getting away with this, but she is.

Answer:
 > Hour for hour i had the kid more than her mother because she would leave her at daycare up to 10 hours a day.

There's a lot in here that I don't feel prepared to comment on but wanted to address this: even if the child is in daycare, it counts as parenting time for the mother if she is the one "in charge" of the kid at the time.Answer #2: It feels like you are skipping stones.  You are touching on a number of issues, without getting deep into any of them.  I don't know what's part of a court order, and what's not.  I don't know who the kids are who the fathers are.

Generically, it comes down to:  Court orders need to be followed.  If court orders aren't being followed, it can be addressed through the contempt of court process. If there are not court orders, there is nothing to be enforced.

Obviously, you need an attorney to unravel this.  I doubt we can do this online.  And, no attorney is going to want you to dabble around trying to do some of it yourself... at least not without direction.

WA does have "Low Bono" legal services that might be worth looking into.Answer #3: (NAL) Free legal advice: Lawyer up. Now. You mentioned not having the money for this sort of thing, but if you go through the BAR or one of the agencies made to help with this they might be able to help you find something within your price range. Regardless, you definitely need somebody representing you when the time for a hearing comes.

Also, get that divorce. It'll help.


Title: Girlfriends job cut her hours because she participated in peaceful protest.

Question:
Hey so just a quick post, I don’t even know if we want to take action, but my girlfriend was recently told from a manager that her, along with a couple of other girls she worked with ( who all were involved with peaceful protest), had their hours cut.

Backstory is this: a few days ago my girlfriend peacefully protested in my city, just held a sign and sat on the sidewalk outside a busy street. She then posted on Facebook talking about Black Lives Matter and just about how everything was going on with police brutality. She didn’t bash anyone or go on a tirade, and she never mentioned where she worked at all. Fast forward a day or two, and she gets told by a manager, that the owner wants my girlfriend to be careful what she posts because it could be construed as negative and anti-cop (which in my opinion it was not at all, just a statement of facts). She told them that she would be careful in the future but she would not delete the post. Fast forward again until today. My girlfriends manager FaceTimed her and told her about the hours being cut, only on people who were active and vocal about protesting.

I feel like this is wrong and maybe illegal, however, this is in Arkansas, so I am not surprised. I also know that it would probably be hard to prove she was fired for protesting, maybe it was a coincidence, but I was just wondering if it was legal, and if we had a claim.

Also other information, this is a local business, only one location, the owner was the one who decided to cut hours.

Thanks in advance!
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer: Not illegal.  You can literally be fired for saying the word 'cheese' on the job.


Title: Company selling expired food items on their vending machines?

Question:
\[REPOST ON THIS SUBREDDIT AFTER HAVING LITTLE TO NO REPLIES ON UK BASED ONE\]

Just need to get as many opinions on this:

I have worked for a small tomedium UK based ebay\-selling business for around a month now and recently bought something from their vending machines \(pack of crisps\).

I didn't think much of it until recently since I'm not feeling too well; the date on the packed expired months ago.

Now not to be petty or anything but If I end up sick what can I do regarding this \(legally speaking\)?

Answer:
 Usually the date on packaging is "best when used by" or the packaging itself degrading instead of the product going bad.

In order for you to be able to hold the company liable, you would have to prove the chips caused it. Since food poisoning can shoe symptoms anytime from a few hours to a few days, it would be impossible to connect your symptoms to the chips directly.


Title: Outed by my boss

Question: I was outed by my boss but was not ready to let people know I’m gay. I submitted an anonymous complaint through the hotline provided by the company, about anti-gay behavior in the workplace. My boss told everyone not to say anything about gay people because we have a gay employee and told them it was me.  State is Indiana.

Answer:
 Your sexual orientation is not protected information. That's shitty, but not really actionable.

If you are harassed or discriminated against at the workplace because of your sexual orientation you have recourse in some states. Indiana is not one of them unfortunately.

Your recourse here is through the company's policies if they stipulate re: discrimination over sexual orientation. Corporate/HR/etc.Answer #2: If people were acting like douches at my workplace, I'd stand up and make a complaint about it.

If they were making anti-gay comments, I'd complain about it.

If they were making anti-minority comments, I'd complain about it.

If they were making anti-women comments, I'd complain about it.

I belong to none of those ~~comments~~ classes.

You should point out to your boss that just because you were defending people belonging to a certain class, your doing so should not be construed as your membership to that class.


Title: [TX] Friends work computer had disturbing (and illegal) search results in history

Question: A week ago or so my friend was browsing the web on his work desktop when he saw disturbing searches for child/girl prostitutes in a google search bar on a website  I know for sure it wasn't him because he just started here and he almost certainly knows how to use incognito mode, but I'm at a loss for how to proceed. I have no idea who used that computer previously and I am concerned that it could be the not-computer-savvy boss. What should I do?

Answer:
 > What should I do?

Nothing.

This isn't your problem. Don't make it your problem.


Title: Package sent to wrong address

Question:
I'm in Oregon. I accidentally sent a package to our old apartment address. Unfortunately, I didn't even realize until I started to wonder where the heck my package was. It was delivered on Dec. 7 to the current tenant at our old address and as far as I can tell from tracking, nothing has been done for it to make its way back to the seller or anything. I contacted the apartment office on Friday to see if they would mind contacting the tenants to see if I could either pick up the package from them or the main office. What can I do if I don't hear anything back?? The package was addressed to me, but had the old address on it.

If it's helpful, the package is shipping from a company called ASOS. It's through 'wnDirect USA' but delivered via USPS. I contacted ASOS and they said they can't do anything on their end.

Any further guidance or help is much appreciated! :)

Answer:
 Check the tracking number with USPS. I did the EXACT same thing earlier this month (with a box of dildos for an extra humiliating time) but luckily I still had the change of address on the old apartment, so the mail carrier kept it and rerouted it. When I checked the tracking number, I found out it had gone to Indianapolis (I'm in Houston and so is the old address) to be readdressed. However, as far as Amazon is aware, it was already delivered.

The date of initial delivery is actually the exact same in my situation as well, so it's entirely likely that your package got caught by the postal worker and got sent out of state to be rerouted.Answer #2: go there and ask for it. knock on the door. if they refuse to give it to you report a theft. if they say its not there tell the courier. if they say it was delivered, report a theft.


Title: Scamming landlord trying to evict me

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 First find out if he owns the property. You can call the local tax office to find out the name of the owner and contact information. See if those match.

Call the local tenant and landlord board and see if they can help you navigate this situation.


Title: Houseguest insisting tenancy CA

Question:
I allowed my sister to stay at my house for a
2 months after she lost her job and was evicted. she quickly brought along her kids and eventually her husband all while not looking for employment or housing, and being a disrespectful slob. we had no oral or written agreement of tenancy, I'm renting this house from a landlord myself, and money never exchanged hands. she never received any mail here or moved anyithing in. one week ago I had enough and told her it was time to go and she willingly left. she contacted me one week after leaving to tell me that if i didn't let her come back, she would contact the police and tell them I had locked her out and she was a paying tenant. we're in California. what should I be doing here? do I have anything to worrt about?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: The police won’t get involved, it’s a civil matter. She was a tenant, you may have unlawfully evicted her, but her recourse is to sue you.


Title: Why isn't it distracted driving when a police officer uses their laptop on the road?

Answer: Because they receive training that somehow magically overcomes the proven fact that using an electronic device makes you as impaired as a drunk driver. /sAnswer #2: Because the people making the laws and the people enforcing them have a very cosy relationship.