Title: [FL] I know FL is a two party consent state for recording people, but what happens if a security cam records one side of a person on a phone call?

Question:
I have security cameras in my house. Is it illegal if it catches my side of a phone call?  Would I ever be able to use that side of the call in court?  (I have no current need to, just curious).

Thanks!

Answer:
 Don't know the FL statute but these often specify audio or video recording and it depends what your camera captures.

One issue is that you're not capturing the communication on the part of the other caller so you may not need their consent.

The second is more nuanced - there's a difference between a wiretap being illegal, and being able to admit it in court as evidence.


Title: Hospital gave wrong estimate(437$) for a procedure instead of (2700$) after insurance coverage

Question:
Hi Guys,

We went for a procedure to virtua NEW JERSEY and they have billed 2700$ after insurance paid their part. But the hospital said i have to pay 437$ only before the procedure. Now they are saying there is an issue with their system(dint consider the coinsurance and deductible) and they gave the wrong quote. can I opt to not pay the excess
amount.
The hospital gave me an option of 50% discount today.can i ask for more discount or i can totally not pay the excess amount in legal grounds?

Answer:
 You can ask for anything you want.

But it's not their responsibility to know how much of the total amount your insurance will pay- that's your responsibility.

They didn't have to give you the half off- be glad they did.Answer #2: First of all you do know what the word "estimate" means right?

You have no legal grounds not to pay this. You agreed to pay anything not covered by insurance when you became a patient.  Be glad they gave you the discount.


Title: [California - USA] Phone scammer tried to get my personal information. Anything I should do?

Question:
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Topic:
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Answer: No. There's nothing more to do. Good job. However, in the future, had he been able to present himself as though he was really affiliated with one of your creditors, the correct response is to get his name and extension and tell him you'll call the number on the back of your card or on the website. You do this even if you recognize the number he's calling from, because scammers can spoof your caller ID. Of course if there is any issue with this the caller is a scammer. Still follow up by contacting your creditor and making sure your account hasn't been compromised... Depending on what they knew about it....


Title: Will a marijuana possession citation affect my security clearance? Do I have to tell my employer?

Question:
I work for a large nonprofit research organization in Maryland. Yesterday I got pulled over by a Maryland Transportation Authority officer near the BWI airport. He could smell cannabis in my car and when asked if I had anything in the car he should know about I admitted to having a small amount of weed and a pipe. He searched my car and found the weed (>10grams... actually less than 1 gram...) and wrote me a Uniform Civil Citation for possessing less than 10 grams of marijuana. It' s $50 fine.

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Will this citation appear in public records? What about the records used by those who investigate you for government security clearances? My secret clearance is currently still being processed (apparently there is a \~16 month backlog)... do I need to tell my employer or the investigating agency about this citation?

Answer:
 Yes this will affect your security clearance. Recent drug use is one of the factors that often results in an unfavorable adjudication. Dishonesty related to drug use typically results in your appeal being denied. If you answered “no” to the recent drug use question on your SF-86, the OPM investigator will see that as dishonesty or deception.

Even though much of the country no longer sees marijuana as a terrible thing, it’s still a big deal to people with security clearances and other privileged access.

The bottom like here isn’t very promising. If you tell your employer, they definitely find out, and you’re likely denied your clearance. If you don’t tell them, they likely find out anyways, and you are definitely denied your clearance.


Title: My coworker slapped me on the breast

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 >I felt like the company was not looking out for me or my best interest and they weren't protecting me from having my boundaries crossed.

HR is not there to protect you, they are there to protect the company from legal issues.

>I think this company hasn't handled this appropriately at all.

What has your union rep said about the assault? Because that **IS** someone who will look out for YOUR rights. I seriously doubt that HR will do/ find anything because if they do, it's almost as bad as them admitting to making a mistake that you *should* be suing them over.  Answer #2: In the six weeks since your initial complaint, has there been any other type of incident from this particular supervisor?  Any inappropriate comments or the like?


Title: [CA] SO was mugged. What does it mean to press charges?

Question:
My wife was mugged last night. The robber made away with her purse, cell phone, and house keys.
Her friends called the cops who came down and took all the details, description & my wife’s statement.
They gave her a piece of paper that has something called an “RD Number”, some serial number and the officer’s name. On the other side of the paper, it lists a contact number to call for “Robbery”.
**Question 1 - What is this document?**

Next, my SO didn’t press charges, mostly coz we do not understand/know what that exactly means & how it works (we are immigrants living in this country temporarily).
We are not interested in getting anything back (all cards have been canceled; there was no cash in the purse to begin with; and her phone was paid for by work). In this case, is there anything else we should be doing to cover our legal bases?

We turned on the “Find My iPhone” app this morning and saw where the phone was. We called the cops about it and they said that since you haven’t pressed any charges, they won’t/can’t go and retrieve the phone themselves, but they are happy to assist us (“civil standby”) if we chose to do it ourselves! While we don’t really care about getting the phone or stuff back, we do want to make sure that the thief is brought to justice.

**Question 2 - If she doesn’t press charges, is there any chance that the cops will actually look for someone and arrest them? If so, will she be brought in to testify or something like that?**

**Question 3 - If she does decide to press charges, what sort of process are we looking at?**

I am looking to get a sense of what the criminal justice system/process looks like & what she can expect if she presses charges.
For context, the mugging happened in a different city that is a 2 hour drive from where we live. So any court dates, meetings with the police, etc. will always be a gigantic hassle to get to & from.

Answer:
 >my SO didn't press charges
>we do want to make sure that the thief is brought to justice

Make up your mind.

The decision to bring a criminal charge, and the nature of that charge, are not choices the victim gets to make.  I assume she indicated to the police that she wouldn't cooperate further with the investigation, which cooled their interest, as it makes the work harder.

If they nevertheless identify a suspect and the prosecutor decides to seek a conviction, you'll be told (not asked) what to do from that point.  Possibilities include "nothing" (where defendant and state reach an early plea agreement) and "must testify at trial," if they don't.


Title: [WV] Bought house 6 years ago as an estate sell, now trying to sell the same house being told it was sold to me as a Power Of Attorney which isn't possible since owner was deceased

Question: As the title states, closing agent just called me and was asking if I had contact with the previous owner, explained she passed away before I bought the house and it was sold as her estate by her niece I believe. Closing agent is stating he has to track down a form explaining the power of attorney as that goes away upon death. How was this not found during closing the first time and what if any steps should I take ?

Answer:
 Two steps:

1. If you purchased title insurance at the closing, now is a good time to call in that policy.
2. You should get in touch with a real estate attorney to help you file an action to either quiet title (that is, a suit to settle all claims to the property once and for all) or to sue the original seller.

I know everyone comes here and hates the "go talk to an attorney" line of advice. But real estate matters are specialized, reliant on jargon/legalese, and not something that a lay person can handle on their own.


Title: Yesterday I created a viral meme on TIk Tok? What do I do?

Question:
I posted a video on the app Tik Tok as a gag and it blew up. I got 180,000 likes with 1.3 million views. I was contacted from an Instagram account with around 4 million followers. They want to monetize the video and offered me 100 to 2k a month.

Issue? I am not 18, I am 17 and my parents do not want to sign it because it could "ruin my reputation"

I do not care if it becomes a dead meme because I would still be making money, right?

Are there any catches in this deal and what do I do?

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Answer: Well if you're parents won't sign, it doesn't really matter does it?  Not sure what catches there could be, except if you forge your parents signatures that's fraud probably. Better talk mom and dad in to it.


Title: police report (Crash report) drugs and alcohol use is speculitive.

Question:
location: Ohio, United States

Someone I know was driving home from work and fell asleep at the wheel, crashed their car and being very late. left a note and planned to come back the next day to talk to property owners about any damage and to do the right thing. Police were called ahead of this and the car was impounded and the police report stated "Highly suspect drug and alcohol use" and worse the way they entered it in the system was the code they use for "Alcohol and drug use occurred and was the main factor". The driver admitted guilt to driving and was cited for "lost control of vehicle". The driver has no problem paying this fine. However they want the police report adjusted to remove the mentioning of drug and alcohol consumption. Neither are based on any factual information nor truthful. neither were involved in the accident.

What can the driver do about having the police report corrected? The driver's main cause for concern is the record may look bad in the future for potential employers. How likely is it that this would come up in a background check?

Answer:
 > What can the driver do about having the police report corrected?

Nothing. The cops can suspect whatever they want.

Standard pre-employment background checks are just criminal history, driving history (maybe), and credit history (maybe). The only way to access actual reports would be for them to request the document from the police, which is not standard in most fields.


Title: Renters Insurance

Question:
Hey all,

I live in Illinois, and my landlord just asked me for papers for my renters insurance that her accountant needs for year-end bookeeping. Apparently, I was supposed to provide these documents 30 days after I moved in back in April of 2016. I forgot about it, and have not had renters insurance this entire time, and this is the first time she has mentioned it ever since I moved in back in April, she has not said anything about needing those papers until now. Will I get in trouble for not having those papers? My lease expires in April fyi.

Answer:
 This sub could be called "Don't talk to the police and get renter's insurance".

You could be in violation of your lease, of your lease requires you to have this, which means you could be evicted. Get renter's insurance.


Title: Broke up with gf on the 29th after an acrimonious Christmas, got a heating bill through today and it was higher than expected, gf must have knocked up the thermostat without me noticing for most of December. Can I sue her for unexpectedly high bill?

Question:
I like the thermostat to be at a comfortable, but not too warm 70 degrees, sometimes as far down as 64 if I'm going to be going to bed soon and am under the covers anyway, girlfriend always complained that she had to wear layers to "keep warm" despite that it was as I said at a comfortable 70 degrees most of the time, anyway so I think during the festivities this year she must have bumped it up to 74, possibly even 76 at point after I would put it to 70. This really does add up over a month and i'm really not happy that i'm gonna have to fork over an extra $80 especially with the way things ended between us and want my money back for this needless heating. Does anyone know if I've got a case here for maybe a small claims court?

Location - [OK]

Answer:
 So - you were living there and didn't notice?

Really no.Answer #2: Not a snowball's chance in hell


Title: I’m currently working at stop and shop and a union person told me i legally have to join a union but I’m only working there over the summer possible over the school year and don’t want to join it because they take money out of my check. I live in NY.

Answer: New York is not a right to work state. You can be required to join the union.


Title: Wife's eu passport isn't expired on the passport but is expired according to poland because she got married. Is it safe to travel to the us?

Question:
My wife is a polish national with an american green card and an american id that matches her polish passport. According to her passport, her passport expires in june. According to the polish govt, her passport expired in march of 2014 when we registered our marriage in poland. She has to renew her national id to renew her passport, she filed for the national id but if they take more than 2 weeks to print it (holiday, prolly gonna be slow), she isn't going to get her renewed passport in time.

So the question is, is it safe to travel back to the us on a passport that doesn't look expired but is apparently expired in some system because of a change in marital status. Or is she stuck here till she gets the new passport (totally fucking her job in the process).

We are both currently in białystok, poland. We both live in new york city, new york.

Answer:
 Honestly, this really isn't the time to be screwing around with Reddit, especially if her job is on the line. You need to call the embassy and/or the passport agency. I'm sure this has happened before, but I don't know what that would mean in terms of repercussions.

Out of curiosity, has she been in Poland since the passport expired, or has she already traveled once with an "expired" passport?Answer #2: No one here is going to suggest trying to travel internationally without a valid passport. If she does not have a valid passport, she is not going to be crossing any borders. She needs to wait for the new one. ~~She should go to the nearest [Polish Consulate in New York City](http://newyork.mfa.gov.pl/en/) to try and speed up the process.~~ EDIT: Read that you were in NYC and need to get to Poland, not the other way around.  Answer #3: OK, So I have waited 3 hours to see anything in case anyone has a real answer, and nobody does, so let me give you my speculative answer based on decades of international living and travel:

1.  The US won't care because she has a Green Card.  If you manage to land in the US there will be no issues.

2.  Poland will care, and remember Poland has passport control on exit at the airpots.  So, you will want to take the bus to Kaunas and fly from there.

3.  The question then becomes, would whatever airline you are taking know that the passport in "invalid?  My bet is "no", however you can always try a dry run on an inexpensive ticket to somewhere else.


Title: Filling a business reply envelope with something heavy

Question:
I keep getting mail from a political campaign I disagree with. So far I have been sending back their Business Reply envelopes empty. I figure it's a win-win: a few cents for the USPS, and minus a few cents to the campaign.

Would it be legal to, say, fill the envelope with stones and send it back?

Answer: You would never want to send roofing shingles in the mail.  I’ve heard theyare heavy, flat and will fit In an envelope.


Title: [OK] Neighbor has blocked access to land in which I have an easement, claims easement is no longer valid.

Question:
I own a piece of land and my house is on it. 15 acres went up for sale that adjoins my land and we bought it a few years ago. It was landlocked. Other people owned the property on all sides of it (I own the property that borders it to the east and then someone else owns the land that borders it to the north and sits between it and the road).

The land to the north has since sold to a new owner who is building a house on it.

We decided to sell the land we bought and there is interest in turning it into a subdivision, which we will see a nice return on our investment.

The neighbor with the property to the north is pissed because he doesn't want a subdivision coming in and he blocked access to the 15 acres even though I hold an easement (it was existing easement when I purchased the land).  He said that since I own the land to the east of the property I can create a road that goes around his property to the 15 acres for sale and the easement is null and void.

The way the property is laid out makes it difficult to build a road around his property and I really would like to utilize the existing easement for the new owner to access the land.

In short... Is what he is saying true? I have the survey from when I bought the land clearly showing a 15' road easement going through his property to the property that I purchased.

Answer:
 You are at the point where you will need to retain a local real estate attorney to legally force the neighbor to honor the easement. Answer #2: Depends on the nature of the easement. If it's an "easement by necessity" then he *might* have a point. That kind of easement is created because there is literally no other way to get there. If you have adjoining land then the easement should be created through your land. But, you need to petition it and get the deed changed rather than just walling it off.

You should talk to a local real estate lawyer about establishing this in court. It seems that hiring a lawyer will likely be necessary if you want to do anything but fold and put the future easement through your property.


Title: Boyfriend's dad may have died from negligence while scuba diving - Help?

Question:
Hey all - long time lurker, and mad respect for the info ya'll provide to people in need.

My boyfriend's dad died while scuba diving. The initial conclusion and understanding was that he died of a heart attack.

Unfortunately, we found contradicting information within the medical examiner's report, and examination of the equipment utilized.

This happened in Florida, and we would like to know if we should pursue a lawsuit and how to go about it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. ELI5 preferred, as we're really inexperienced with this.

Edit: More information -

Boyfriend's parents were advanced nitrox certified divers - this was their 25th dive. Owned their own equipment but utilized the company in question's O2 tanks. Regulator and other equipment was serviced prior to the trip.

Boyfriend's mother didn't complete the wreck dive. She had issues breathing (unknown as to why) and went back up. Father continued wreck dive.

Just got the equipment tests back and ME reports state that the O2 tank was empty at the time of death, which the company stated they used to help resuscitate him. The ME, a former Navy Seal diver, said that is ridiculous because that wouldn't work and would not be utilized as a viable option to resuscitate by anyone who is an experienced diver.

We're awaiting data from the dive computer. The ME report did not include heart rate and oxygen levels which are apparently in the dive computer. We're downloading the data and trying to get a better picture.

It was a wreck dive with a really well known company that the parents chose specifically for their known conservative safety precautions.

2 days ago another individual died while diving with the same company, and looks to be word-for-word the same manner and scenario in which my boyfriend's father passed.

Essentially, info provided recently contradicts info provided initially by the dive company. The ME stated, after interviewing them, that they are lying.

Answer:
 I'm sorry for your loss.

You can take whatever information you have to a personal injury lawyer for a consultation.  That person will be much better equipped to give you an assessment than a bunch of internet randos with extremely limited knowledge of what went down.Answer #2: Your best bet is to take the report and whatever if you have a speak with a lawyer. You have provided little information here, which makes it next to impossible for anyone to give you any other advice.

More importantly, be there for your boyfriend. Focus on grieving first and foremost.


Title: At what point could a lady be eligible for a restraining order, if a man is borderline stalking her? (USA)

Question: I was blocked on Twitter, but not directly told off in any way. I continue to mention her (due to obsession, not to intimidate or anything.)  I should mention that no actual threats were made.

Answer:
 Wait, you're the *stalker* in this circumstance?

We're not going to help you harass a woman legally.  Knock it off and leave her alone.  Anything else is liable to be seen as harassment.  A quick review of your awful posts shows me several things that can be seen as harassing and threatening.


Title: If I were to claim someone was dead, how much trouble could I get into?

Question:
I'm from Singapore, but I would assume that any repercussions that would come from this would be similar for every country. But onto the question:

Let's give a scenario for context: Person A has not been in contact with anyone for a long time and nobody knows where he is and what he is doing.
So, for a prank, I decided to say that he died in some accident, and everyone gives their mourning on Facebook, Twitter or whatever.
But some time later, Person A responds to everyone that he isn't dead(obviously) and I was lying.

Now, how much trouble could I get into? Assuming Person A wants to go all out at me, like suing me into the ground or something like that.

edit: Oh, right, if this is the wrong subreddit for this question, then sorry about that. I just thought that a subreddit that deals with law stuff might be suitable.

Answer:
 >I'm from Singapore, but I would assume that any repercussions that would come from this would be similar for every country.

This is totally incorrect.  Each country has vastly different laws, constitutions (or lack thereof) and history of caselaw that makes it impossible to give an answer that would apply everywhere on the globe.


Title: received a parking citation while away for army training and missed the court date

Question:
As the title says, i revived a notice in the mail about a traffic citation that occurred on jul 11. The problem is that from jul 6 - 19th my vehicle was parked in our national guard armory 58 miles away from where this incident occurred and I was 8 hours away with the keys. When I called the court to ask about it I asked them to confirm the license plate number and description of the vehicle. The license plate she gave me was not mine, it was off by the last number, and the color of the vehicle she gave was completely different. This makes me believe that someone along the line made a typo and my name and address popped up therefore I received the ticket. I told her there was a mistake, she said too bad you still have to show up in court.

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Fast forward to today, I completely forgot about this entire situation. The court date was 10 days ago and i missed it. The week of the court date we were dealing with possibly getting activated for hurricane Florence and my sister having to evacuate her home in NC

How fucked am I? Is there a possibility of warrant out for my arrest?

I contacted an attorney, he said he knows the prosecutors in that town and said they're reasonable guys, he also said hiring his law firm would cost me at lest $500. What should i do? I have my orders that say I was away at training during this time, and can easily show that the plate number and vehicle color they have is wrong.

What are some of my options? thanks

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TL;DR wrongly received a citation because of a typo and missed the court date

Answer: Talk to your chain of command, they'll usually be able to help more than you'd expect.


Title: [Idaho] My friend quit his banking job and is working as a cashier but the court refused to lower or cancel his child support and its more then what he makes in a month. Is this legal if he can't afford it?

Answer: Why did your friend quit his well paying job to take a lower wage job?  Answer #2: Yes.  If he quit his job voluntarily to take a lower income job, the court is allowed to impute his income - basically, they base the support on what he has demonstrated that he could be making.


Title: Student reported to Vice Principal of having a drinking problem, he didn't report and she got in a car accident injuring kids while under the influence

Question:
Hi, I'm located in Southern California.

My question is very simple. A friend of mine reported her very close friend of having a drinking problem. On top of that she told him that she would occasionally drink and drive. She made this report to the Vice Principal of our Christian Academy and he said that he would do something about it. She wanted her friend to get help before her drinking became out of control. The vice principal never contacted the authorities about her drinking and driving nor contacted the parents to inform them of what was going on. He basically disregarded the report entirely. Two weeks later the girl was driving home from a party with a friend of hers and hit a mother and her two children. The two children suffered extensive injuries and so did the mother. She was drunk while driving and as well was driving another person in the car when she wasn't supposed to. This whole accident could've been avoided if the Vice Principal would've reported her or just would've contacted her parents. Is he in any way liable for what happened. There is a language in the contract that the students have to sign that if a student is reported of drinking they will be expelled and the authorities would be contacted.

It seems like he's getting away with a situation that he is partially responsible for when he didn't take the report seriously.

Answer:
 >  This whole accident could've been avoided if the Vice Principal would've reported her or just would've contacted her parents.

Or if, you know, the drinking party hadn't gotten wasted and driven.

The vice principal does not have liability for an accident that occurred off property, outside of school time, that he had no other interaction with.Answer #2: Do you know what happens if you call the police and say, "I know a young lady who drinks and drives sometimes?"

They tell you, "Okay.  Call us back when it's actually happening and we'll take action."

> This whole accident could've been avoided if the Vice Principal **or my friend** would've reported her or just would've contacted her parents.

FTFY.

A second hand report of past drinking may not be enough to trigger the school consequences (or any other consequences, for that matter).
Answer #3: Perhaps the Vice Principal did not find the report credible.


Title: A friend of mine (17M) has an ex girlfriend who is planning to (falsely) accuse him of rape with the aid of her friend

Question: They just started planning and he found out. What should he do going forward?

Answer:
 Contact authorities immediately. Especially if he has proof. Answer #2: Document proof as much as possible. DOCUMENT have PHYSICAL EVIDENCE of the act and also of your whereabouts and alibi. Answer #3: Do not speak to the girl. Do not speak to her friends. At all. Don’t.

Talk to authorities, talk to a lawyer


Title: Need help with a California concealed firearms misdemeanor

Question: [deleted]

Answer: This is more life advice than legal advice, so I hope you don't mind when I point out that brandishing a gun without the ability to fire is a horrible idea.  Especially in the U.S., where the other party is just as likely to have a gun as you are.


Title: My girlfriend and I were foster care providers and broke up because she had an affair. Now she's using drugs but still has the child. What can I do?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: You are a mandated reporter.  You are legally required to tell your agency or CPS.


Title: Removing a room mate from the lease

Question: Back story im in Texas and my now ex boyfriend put a hidden camera in my daughters room, after finding it I searched his computer and found child pornography like a lot of it. Police are involved now and he's being investigated however since no charges have been made yet I'm having to deal with the fact he's on my lease .  I plan on getting a temporary restraining order but I'm wondering if I notify my landlord will they be able to remove him from my lease and allow me to continue even though there's no charges yet? Also I know he wants to take some kind of legal action against me not sure how or what for . Basically I'm struggling to figure out the best route to take here

Answer:
 They cannot remove him against his will without evicting him. To evict him they would also have to evict you.

Try the restraining order route.


Title: (WA) Wife called police on me and I now have a court date for a DV charge tomorrow. Need advice on options at court date.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Plea not guilty and get a lawyer. Answer #2: Your court date tomorrow is simply pretrial. If you want to do it RIGHT... plead not guilty and either hire a lawyer or request a public defender. Sentencing can wait until you're adequately defended. Definitely no need to be in a hurry at this stage.

If you plead guilty tomorrow without counsel... you'll be facing the maximum charge and sentence. It won't be pretty I assure you.

If you and your wife are on relatively good terms and this was more of a one time disagreement made in "bad judgement"... then you need to persuade your wife to talk with the prosecutor. She can't drop the charges on her own... but she can persuade those charging you. You still want to plead not guilty tomorrow so that all of this can get worked out over time in some fashion.


Title: Ralphs Grocery Store, Mandatory Union??? (SoCal labor law)

Question:
I had an interview today at Ralph's and the woman interviewing me said that as a condition of employment I had to join their union, which would cost me $300 + dues.

Is this legal? Do I have a right to refrain from joining a union? I am unfamiliar with the laws regarding labor unions in Southern California and any information would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer: Cali is not a Right to Work state. So no, you cannot opt out of the union if you take the job


Title: Hotel in Vegas charged us for a broken elevator

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Jumping or bouncing or jogging in place doesn't matter. Those sorts of actions in an elevator puts additional stresses on the cables, and will usually result in most elevators shutting down if they detect a defect/failure. My guess is you were billed for the emergency elevator repair call-out (to free you and inspect that you didn't actually cause permanent damage) rather than any actual damage.

The  semantics that you are getting into here between bouncing and jumping are pointless.

Also, quit your whining. Getting an elevator jammed in a busy hotel is annoying, and I'm not shocked that the staff didn't bow down to you. Answer #2: >in a tone that suggests we're reallly inconveniencing her night.

Probably because you were.

>we are indeed bouncing up and down but nobody is actually jumping

You're arguing semantics at this point. "Bouncing" and "jumping" are the same thing and you aren't going to weasel out of this because you were "bouncing". You know that both are inappropriate.

>do you think there is any chance we could seek legal action because we were mistreated and the elevator failure may have not actually been our fault?

Being "mistreated" isn't a civil tort or crime, so you can't sue for that.

The elevator failure was clearly your fault, so I don't see what you think you can sue for there either.

You have no case.Answer #3: You need to be able to prove your inappropriate behavior and the elevator breaking down at the exact same time said behavior was happening was a coincidence and not related. If you feel you can prove that by all means you can initiate a chargeback on your card for the $500 charge.


Title: Can I Be Charged for a College Meal Plan If Receiving One Accidentally?

Question:
I was a Resident Assistant at my private university in Massachusetts for the past year. Part of the compensation was a meal plan fully paid for. However, I decided not to be one for the upcoming year. The new year has begun and my online portal still shows that I have a "Res Life" meal plan including weekly meals and an allotted number of dining currency. This same meal plan is available to any student on campus; however, if you choose to buy it, it costs over three thousand dollars.

My question is, if I use this, can I be charged? I shouldn't have access to this meal plan for the year because I'm not a Resident Assistant anymore.
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer: Yes, you would be committing theft and you might get in a lot of trouble. Don't get expelled over crappy food.


Title: Would it be insurance fraud to just allow your vehicle to be stolen without actively encouraging it?

Question:
Suppose I had an expensive car that I can no longer really afford. Instead of taking the credit hit with a repossession, I decided to take it out to a really bad neighborhood, leave it running with the doors unlocked, and catch a train home. The car gets stolen as expected, and I file a police report and make my insurance claim and get out of my loan.

Considering that I would be perfectly within my rights to park my car and leave it running almost anywhere I want, is there anything illegal or fraudulent about doing this? As long as auto theft is covered by my policy, can the insurance company refuse to pay up if they know what I did?

Keeping in mind that at no point during this scenario did I knowingly commit a crime - no one was asked to take my car or anything, I just left it somewhere that someone would probably steal it.

Answer:
 What you described isn't fraud. But when you make a claim with your insurance, you would be asked about the circumstances of the theft. If you lied it would be fraud. If you didn't lie, your claim would probably be denied.Answer #2: What if the OP locked the car, but left it overnight?

I parked my car on a side street near a bar. I became intoxicated and chose to take a train home and retrieve my car the next day. The next day, the car was gone.

Is simply leaving a car in a high crime area negligence?Answer #3: It's the same as when you file a claim after a burglary, the first question they ask you is "Did you lock the door?" If you didn't take basic steps to prevent the theft, they can and will deny the claim. You may be in your rights to have left it unlocked and running, but you wouldn't be eligible for a claim, so you'd have no car and still have to pay for it.


Title: [NH] I have guardianship of two brothers, moving to KY at the end of the month, what do I need to do to maintain guardianship?

Question:
In February of 2015, my step-dad and mom passed away. When mom passed away, my sister and I took temporary guardianship of our half brothers (16 and 7 at the time), and started the process for permanent guardianship before step-dad passed (which happened a week later). We had a lawyer that helped us, and had no problems getting guardianship. My sister did not like the lawyer for whatever reason, and told her we no longer needed her help. I am not sure, but I believe my sister was not nice in doing so.

In July of 2015, my sister decided to move out and forfeit guardianship, signing over to me alone. I've been struggling financially since then and now have to move in with family in Kentucky to catch up on bills and attempt to save money.

In the state of New Hampshire, I am the guardian over my half brothers, now 17 and 8, and I was wondering what I would have to do to continue being their guardian in Kentucky. I don't know much about guardianship, especially in Kentucky, so I'm looking for some guidance. I don't think I can go back to the original lawyer, as I'm pretty sure my sister burned that bridge for me. And I have no help from my sister, as she decided to move on without us. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer: Best thing to do would be to call the lawyer that helped you originally.  Even if he isn't willing to help you anymore (and I wouldn't be so certain), he can hand over your full case file and refer you to someone else who can.


Title: Through txt agreed to move in to someone's condo. He immediately changed the price after.

Question: Long story short coworker has a condo who he was renting out one room to somebody. He offered one room to myself and a friend of mine. He had told us one price initially then another price then after I said" yes to moving in" he immediately texted back saying it was going to be yet another higher price. It went from 1800 up to 2,000. I've never signed anything, in fact he had me even write the lease. He sent back lease with even more changes to what we have initially verbally agreed upon e.g. First and last and deposit. I mentioned that my other roommate may not agree to any of these things and he said well you already said you were going to move in. Is there any way that he could come after me? He's making his current tenant move out so I can move in. Again, I've never signed anything and only agreed to move in at a lesser price than he originally stated.

Answer:
 I'm not a lawyer or anything but it's still in negotiations so either party can walk away. I mean, he changed what was agreed upon afterwards so what terms is he planning to abide by with your acceptance? The original or what he said after making an agreement?

This person doesn't really sound like the type of person you'd want to rent from. Also, it's a coworker... don't shit where you eat.


Title: So I (allegedly) committed a hit and run

Question:
About two months ago, I was driving my work truck (old pickup) on my morning route. I had to swerve to my right to avoid some oncoming traffic and I clipped what I thought was someone's side view mirror (I live in Philadelphia and these kinds of things happen far too often but rarely with consequences.) I drive on and wish it hadn't happened. A few blocks later a lady pulls up next to me and says I had struck her with my car back there and that she had my license number. She attempted to take a photo of me and I felt threatened and nervous and scared so I drove away and avoided her. Nothing came of it after that.

Here we are today and a lawyer contacted my boss just yesterday about the matter. Not sure yet what will happen next. My boss said he would contact his insurance and see what they say. He also said I would have to make a statement of some kind.

I looked up the law and any hit and run involving bodily injury carries a minimum 90 day jail sentence plus fines. How big of a mess am I in?

Answer:
 Allegedly? You admit you hit someones car and drove away. There is no bodily injury here. You need to see if there is a criminal penalty for hit and run of property. Answer #2: You struck a car then fled. You could be in trouble. I wouldn't make any statements admitting to that.

> I felt threatened and nervous and scared so I drove away and avoided her

I think it's more likely that your motivation was not to get caught.  After all if you had intended to deal with it properly you wouldn't have fled in the first place. At least that's how many people would see it. Again, all the more reason not to admit to anything now. Let the insurance company handle it.Answer #3: So, you were driving your work vehicle, you know you hit something, a person told you that you struck them with your truck, and you drove away fast.

And you didn't... exchange information with the victim, or tell your employer or your employer's auto insurance about this.

She can't be too badly injured if she drove after you and caught you, that's probably the only saving grace here: the magnitude of the incident is not too large.  But you handled it poorly.

If I were your employer I'd fire you for poor judgement.  Not the accident, but how you handled it.

If I were you I would talk to a local lawyer which you hire personally BEFORE speaking to anyone from your firm or anyone else.  Keep in mind that the company lawyer and HR are NOT on your side, and anything you say can be used against you.


Title: [Wisconsin] Landlord is forcing tenant to pay more in rent due to child moving into spare bedroom

Question:
Hello,

Quick summary: My parents are renting a two bedroom apartment in Walworth County, Wisconsin. I have lived out in Milwaukee as I went to school and worked out there. I have recently decided to move back home for a brief period to pay off debts and decide on where I would like to live. The idea of moving back home was to save money and so it would not require me to sign a 12 month lease.

My parents landlord has sent us certified mail stating she does not think it is right I have moved back in with them and wants to require me to sign a lease with her to rent out my parents spare bedroom and store my belongings on the premises. My parents and the landlord are currently in a verbal agreement month to month lease for the two bedroom flat.

My question is, is the land lord in the right to even restrict the spare bedroom to an immediate family member? Looking through the state statue I cannot find a definition of 'tenant' or 'occupant' like I can in other states.

I want to make sure the landlord is not taking advantage of us. She has stated that it's not fair for me to move back in with my parents and not pay her directly on a separate lease since I have a full time job. (I have no idea why this should be relevant)

Thanks

Answer:
 > wants to require me to sign a lease with her to rent out my parents spare bedroom and store my belongings on the premises.

Your parents are renting out the entire apartment, right? Not just a single room in the apartment? The landlord can't double dip, because she's already signed away exclusive access to your parents

But she doesn't have to allow you to move in at all, unless the lease says otherwise. With everyone's agreement (landlord, parents, you) she can add you to the lease. She may leverage this for a rent increase.

Of course, she could unilaterally decide to raise the rent or end your parents tenancy at any time, given appropriate (30 day) notice.


Title: [FL]My friend's [18] mom apparently didn't use the child support she received from his father while he was growing up. Instead she saved it and now has accumulated $50,000 or more. To add insult to injury, she now refuses to use any of it for his college education. Can anything be done?

Question:
I'm not really sure where to begin so I'll just state what's not in the title in a paraphrased format:

Mother talking to her friend says they should flip a house together, each $50,000 in.
Friend says that his mother doesn't have $50,000.
She corrects him and says that she has more than $50,000 in a bank account due to child support.
Friend asks if that means he doesn't have to worry about paying for college costs.
She says that none of it is for his college.

He hasn't told his father. He says that his dad payed for a lot of stuff growing up even though he made child support payments (which he has also seen). In addition, this isn't the first time his mother has done something like this (unsavory) to him.

Unfortunately from what I've been reading, it doesn't seem like anything can be done legally. The only light he can see in the situation right now is that he might be able to use his mom's low income to receive better financial aid.

Answer:
 No.  So what? She had to pay rent. She had to pay for the kids clothes and food. She had to pay the bills. You can't distinguish and divide the money no matter how clear it may be. Answer #2: There is no issue with what she did at all. Answer #3: The child support money is not for the child. It is to assist the custodial parent to provide the necessities for the child. If mom used her own money to provide for the child, then she has ever right to spend the child support money as she wishes.

Answer #4: As long as provided for the kid, what is wrong with the mother having savings??  Answer #5: If your "friend" thinks that was "unsavory" then he needs an attitude adjustment.  Not only is this not illegal it's not even slightly dodgy. If his mother was able to house, clothe, feed and maintain your friend without using the child support, all power to her. She sounds like an excellent manager.


Title: New Property Management company took a property we managed out from under us with our tenants still in it (Tennessee/Louisiana)

Question:
I work in bookkeeping for a small property management company in Tennessee. We have a property that an older couple lives in and they are always on time with their rent, sometimes early, but never late. Last July (2016) their HVAC unit went out and we had to replace it. We attempted in every way we could to reach the owner of the property. All numbers were either disconnected or wrong numbers. We sent emails and mailed out letters to the addresses we had on file with no response. The company that replaced the HVAC unit was kind enough to let us make monthly payments towards the bill. Considering we had the bill waiting to be paid and not heard back from the owners, we started making payments towards the bill with the rent we received from the tenants like we would any other property we manage. By November, the bill was paid off and we resumed making payments to the owner's bank account for the remainder of the rent.

Flash forward to yesterday. I was reviewing our tenants who had not paid their rent for the month and I noticed that the tenants for this property had not yet paid the rent. Knowing they have never been late, it sent a red flag up for me. I called the tenants and found out that they were contact by another property management company located in Louisiana and was told that, starting in January, they are to pay their monthly rent directly to them and no longer us. The problem is, they do not have a lease with the tenant, we do. We also have a property management agreement with the owner that does not have an expiration date, either us or the owner must void the contract.

I know what you're thinking, the owner must have voided the contract. Well lo-and-behold we found out that the owner had died in 2013 without our knowledge, kind of hard for them to void our contract if they are dead. The owner had no children, his wife was mentally ill and in a nursing home incapable of handling these affairs.

What we are assuming is that when we paid the HVAC bill that was due, there was no money to send to the owner's bank account. The owner still owed on the house and the bank was just drafting the payment out of that account every month. When there was not enough money to pay for the monthly bill, that they took possession of the house and assigned this other property management company to manage it. My concerns about this are:

* The company that took over told our tenant that they would contact us, they never did.
* Is it legal for them to take possession of the house AND the tenants that live there without contacting us?
* Can they manage a property with tenants that do not have a lease with them?
* With their being no lease, is there a high likelihood that they will evict the tenants with little to no notice?
* Are there any conflicts of laws between Tennessee and Louisiana? Which state has priority here?
* What if there are other repairs that need to be done to the property? How will those be taken care of by a company that is two states away with no ties to any local businesses here?

My main concern is for the tenants and their rights, not us losing a property. We have over 130 properties, so losing one is not a big deal and is just a few dollars we won't get a month. I also do not think that we have any legal right to keep managing the property if there is a new owner and they chose to go with another company. However, as I said, the tenants are an elderly couple and for them to have to up and move with very little notice is going to be very difficult for them. They are great people and don't deserve to be thrown to the curb after being loyal tenants for so many years.

Answer:
 Someone controls the estate.  They may have hired the new management company.  You might just call the new company to find out who hired them so that you can arrange for disposition of the security deposit.

The lease goes with the property.  Answer #2: Call the other property management company and ask what's going on.

Ask them to provide you information who instructed them.Answer #3: Many of your questions boil down to your specific lease with the tenants **and** your agreement with the owner.

In most cases, a lease with a property management company involved is still between the owner and the tenants.  The owner can change his relationship with the property management company at any time.

When the owner died, ownership of the property and your relationship passed along to his heirs in some way.  You assertion that it's "hard for them to void our contract if they are dead" isn't accurate.  The contract either passed with the property, and the new owner can void it, or the contract died when the owner did.

It is unlikely(but not impossible) that you can force tenancy upon an owner, or that **you** can make sole decisions about a property, who gets to manage it, and who gets to live there without the owner's buy-in.  Your company should have their attorney review their contract with that owner.  Regardless of what happened in the past, your contract now appears to be voided in any reasonable sense, so you're really talking about recovering whatever loss you have.


Title: Is it legal to spank a step-child?

Question:
Portland, Oregon.

My ex and I have one child together, and we have both found new spouses. We exchange our daughter every Sunday, and this Sunday after I picked up my daughter, I noticed a large red mark on her bottom when she was getting ready to take a bath. When I asked her what happened, she said Amber (my ex's new girlfriend) spanked her on her butt. It is now Wednesday, and the red mark is still very present. I am not against spanking children. I don't like to spank my own kid though.

However, I am not at all okay with my ex's new girlfriend spanking my kid and leaving a lingering mark on her bottom. So in Oregon, are there any laws against a step-parent spanking a child? I don't even think she's considered a step-parent since they aren't married. But that's why I'm here asking.

Answer: In Oregon you can't spank a child and leave a mark. You can report the abuse to the police and obtain a restraining order against the woman that abused your child.Answer #2: There are laws prohibiting anyone from committing battery against your child, but if your ex permitted the girlfriend to physically discipline her, you've got bigger problems.


Title: Recently agreed to a 2-year lease (house) in New York (not NYC), now landlord wants to include a rider that allows them to evict with 3-month notice if "they intend to move back into house."

Question: My wife and I recently signed a two-year lease to rent a home in New York (state, not city). The landlord just notified us that they would like to include a rider on the lease that says the following: "The owner will give the residents 3 months notice if they intend to move back in to the property during the period of the lease." Is this typical in New York? Or anywhere? We feel it would put us at an extreme inconvenience and force us to incur unexpected costs (associated with moving our household items, securing new rental, etc.) The lease has already been signed and includes no such language, so I think we are within our rights to reject the rider?

Answer:
 "No" is a complete sentence. If they wanted that in the lease, they should've included it in the lease when you agreed to it.

You'll probably want to take this as a sign they _likely_ won't renew your lease when it expires, though.Answer #2: Haha absolutely not, are they kidding?  Maybe if the rider also said they would offer you a year of rent in cash in consideration for the significant inconvenience of being asked to move in the middle of your lease.


Title: [PA] I was scammed by a fake job, printing fake checks

Question:
I was scammed into being a mule for a criminal. I was told it was a payroll clerk position. I thought it was a shipment fulfillment company. After a week of this, I found out the truth because I suspected something was up.

As I researched, I found the same story about someone claiming to work for a law firm called DLA Piper, a legitimate law firm. The scammer told me to use Fedex to send these checks. The sender information he told me to fill in the Airbills traces to a company called Air Concepts, USA, but he told me the company name is 'Operations Customer Service'. I was told to buy a printer that prints with magnetic ink. I did all of that with the promise I would get reimbursed. I swear I thought it was a legitimate business. I told my family, etc.

He knows my full name, the town where I live, and my school email address. He knows that I used Fedex Airbills. At one point, he sent me a picture of a sample Airbills that he supposedly filled out, but it could be perhaps a Googled picture.

I have all of the emails saved and archived. In his Google Plus profile, he is perhaps Middle Eastern because people in his circle have Arabic writing in their profiles. His IP traces to Ireland, but I think he is using an IP masking tool. At one point, we wanted me to send something to London from a sender with a Middle Eastern name and a Canada address. Something about a change of address request. It was to be sent to a financial company. He changed his mind because he had to find out more information of the full address of the sender.

I have the bank account numbers he wanted me to use, I have the addresses of the supposed 'payees'. I have everything saved.

When I found out the truth, I innocently reported this to Fedex that I was scammed into a situation. I wanted to let them know that perhaps someone's Fedex account number has been compromised or is used for criminal activity. Now I realized I may have done something that would involve me into this mess. I want to forget about this whole thing and move on. I feel terrible that my naivete affected others who were sent the fake checks, but I don't want to be dragged into anything or questioned by the police. I'm so scared. If it's possible, I'd love to turn over all of the emails sent to me to an investigator, but beyond that would be distressing.
Also, I feel like I would be criminally charged.

If I didn't have my mom in my life and I live alone in my hole, I would feel better, but I would worry her and I don't want that.

I know he is in contacts with at least one of the addresses because he knew one of the checks was fading. He had no way of knowing this unless he is involved with the address, or someone he is in cahoots with lives there. I don't know how to explain this. Again, I have the list of addresses and I can trace this down.

I also reported this to IC3.org with my name and address. My concerns are the following:

1. Will I be involved with any criminal investigation?
1. Will I be charged with anything, even if I didn't know what I was doing?
1. What SHOULD I be concerned with?

Please help me understand. Thanks.

**UPDATE:** If anyone cares, I filed a police report after talking to a nonprofit organization called FRAUD VICTIM ADVOCACY (fraudaid.org) who said I have nothing to worry about and they would intervene if the police give me trouble. I'm unsure what would come of this, but at least I did what I was advised to do by people who know this situation more than anybody and for that, I feel relief.

Thanks a lot. My life has been consumed by this to the point of insanity (literally, I wanted to be admitted to a psych ward). I feel better. Still worried, but I'm better.

Answer: You should consult with a criminal defense lawyer. Do not talk about this with the police for any reason without a lawyer present.


Title: The bar I work at is being sold. What are my rights? CA

Question: I am the bar manager at a bar/music venue in southern california (orange county, specifically). Word has leaked that the owner has sold the joint (the funds are already in escrow) and that the place will become a microbrewery eventually. The problem is that the owner has not notified any employees of the situation and we are all wondering how long we have to find new jobs. What are the owners legal obligations in regards to notifying his employees of any impending sales or closures? How long do we have left?

Answer:
 >What are the owners legal obligations in regards to notifying his employees of any impending sales or closures?

There aren't any. He could tell you tomorrow and close the doors.

>How long do we have left?

No one can guess.Answer #2: Your right of notice is when you go to work and the door is locked and the owner does not show up.


Title: Pulled over doing 82 in a 65 in New York. Spaced out and lost track of speed due to being drowsy from taking Ambien the night before.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > Could I use any of this information to fight my ticket?

To be clear, you want to go to court to tell them you were too high on drugs to drive safely?  And you think this will *help* your situation?


Title: Why is it legal for a clinic to only serve women but it's not legal for a bakery to not serve gay couples?

Question:
Isn't it discrimination for a health clinic to only serve women by advertising itself as, a women's health clinic?

They're discriminating against people based off of their anatomy.

if it's okay to discriminate against people based off of their anatomy does that mean that a bakery could discriminate against a person that doesn't have an arm?

I'm not really understanding the difference between one type of discrimination and another.

Also I mainly talking about places like the US that have anti-discrimination laws.

Answer: You're welcome to come to the woman's clinic, I'm warning you the stirups and speculum are cold.Answer #2: Women's clinics aren't like bakeries not serving gay couples, they are more like kosher delis not serving ham and cheese sandwiches.Answer #3: This is like asking why Jiffy Lube won't give you an oil change when you show up with an electric car. It's not discrimination if the service they provide is not applicable to your medical needs.


Title: [AZ] Witness to an accident, now being held liable for evidence

Question:
I witnessed a car vs. motorcycle accident and was not involved in the collision at all. Just a witness. I helped the rider of the motorcycle and gave him first aid like any decent bystander. When the police arrived, I gave my version of what happened and also told them I had a dash cam and probably caught the accident on video. After exchanging contact information, I was on my way.

Fast forward three weeks later, I get a call from the sheriffs office. They want the video. I dig through my video archive but it looked like my dash cam didn’t save the file or I somehow lost it. Either way I cannot find it anywhere. The officer gets verbally aggressive and demands to see it. I tell him again, “I don’t have it because my dash cam must have been malfunctioning, but you do have my side of the story as a witness.” He says this is a misdemeanor in the state of AZ to obstruct an active investigation and that I am liable unless I can find the video

Advice is appreciated!

Answer: Id love to see them try to take you to court to prove you're obstructing an active investigation.


Title: Getting an expungement before March 2017, does this mean I can apply to any jobs and deny that I've ever gotten arrested? [FL,USA]

Question:
2015 was probably the worst year for me followed by last year. I was arrested and charged for grand theft and sat in jail for about 8 hours. It was a stupid mistake and I became greedy then. I was doing retail then and i used a gift card and punched in any value and left it as that, later I felt guilty and decided to throw it away, I never even used it. Of course I didn't think about the consequences and unfortunately was caught.

Anyway, I've been jobless since Nov 2015 and I've just honestly been waiting. With the record I have I don't think anyone would accept me before expungement. I'm however getting close to it and will be done before March of this year, can someone walk through about expungement? Is it really worth it? can I still apply to any jobs? I'm trying to do programming school and hopefully have a career as a software/web developer. Would this hinder my chance? Or any job at this point?

EDIT: I was not convicted and was given a pre-trial diversion. Case was dismissed and went to a class, paid my fees etc.

Answer: Even getting something expunged is no guarantee of it not showing up on a background check. I recommend the John Oliver segment on credit reports from April 2016.


Title: Had accident at work. Filled out workers comp paper at hospital. Got letter saying benefits denied because no policy was in force on date of claim for the employer listed on your application. Therefore the application is rejected as there is no coverage with the insurance company? Any help please!!

Answer:
 As an insurance agent, the onus should lie on the business owner. You should be able to sue them to cover your expenses. Where is this?Answer #2: NAL, but I've been the worker in this situation.

In my case this removed any of the limits for damages that you would normally see in a workers comp case. So you can sue for a much higher amount than what you could recover in a workers comp case.

In my specific case, the employer's general liability insurance company stepped in and paid the claim, much to the surprise of everyone involved. The employer still paid a few bucks on top of that.Answer #3: I've worked in commercial insurance claims. It can be hard for the medical provider or injured employee to file a claim sometimes because the employer wants to just pay the costs to avoid paying higher insurance premiums because a claim was filed.

They could also have changed insurance companies, that happens all the time. Lastly they could not have any coverage and that sucks. But yes as MrJadexxxxxxx said you can sue. Not having insurance does not make them less at fault for what happened, insurance just lessens their risks if or when things happen.Answer #4: It looks like the state has an uninsured Employer's work comp fund. [pdf warning](http://www.wvinsurance.gov/Portals/0/pdf/pol_leg/rules/wc/p-rule-09.pdf?ver=2009-10-16-133459-293)


Title: [Florida] I am required to work 7 hour shifts almost every night without a break, in violation of Florida law. If I quit citing this as the reason, will that make me ineligible for Unemployment Compensation?

Question:
Here's the situation:  I work the night shift at a convenience store.  Under Florida law, two people must be in the store between the hours of 11pm to 5am.  Three nights a week, the second worker who works with me is an 89 year old man whose sole job is to stock the cooler.  This means that there is nobody there to man the register while I take a break, which means I can't take a break.  Usually I manage to have a break of sorts by sitting in the manager's office while watching for customers on the security monitor.  Last week I got a write-up for doing this, and the same day a note went up that said that "the person" who was taking a break in the managers office was being disrespectful and rude for "just sitting doing nothing" when the rest of the staff was working so hard.

When handed the writeup, I responded that i was entitled to take breaks, and the answer I got was that I was allowed to take breaks, I just wasn't allowed to sit down in the manager's chair (the only chair in the building.)  I asked where I was supposed to take these breaks, and the manager responded "that's your problem."

After this incident,  the way I am treated at work changed, and now it seems that nothing I do is right (even though I've been there two years and was told by the same manager a month ago that I was the only one on the night shift who did a good job.)

It feels like they're getting ready to fire me.

So my question is, if I decide to pre-emptively quit, and cite the lack of breaks or a place to take a break as the reason, will that be enough cause to quit in the eyes of the unemployment people, and not cause me to lose my benefits?

as a side question, in what situations can an employee quit and still receive unemployment benefits?  I did once after my boss punched me, but then they managed to cancel my benefits by just offering me my job back and then claiming that I refused a reasonable job offer.

Topic:
Labor Law

Answer:
 Hold up. As Snoop Dogg says, pump ya' brakes. What Florida law says you must be given a break?

>  Under Florida law, two people must be in the store between the hours of 11pm to 5am.

I'm also highly skeptical this law exists.


Title: I was at a party with friends and touched a girls body as we were all going to bed. She indicated she didn't want this to continue and I stopped. Can I be charged with sexual assault?

Question: Throw away account for obvious reasons. Was at a party with friends last weekend. We were all really drunk, and a friend and I fell asleep in the same bed. I thought she was interested and put my arm around her. I thought she was into it so I grabbed her chest as well. She swatted my hand away so I obviously stopped. Is this sexual assault and can I be prosecuted? I live in, and the event occurred in Texas if that makes a difference.

Answer:
 [Sexual assault](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.22.htm) in Texas require penetration  of the mouth, vagina, or anus. Touching someone's breasts through their shirt would be a Class C misdemeanor assault, on par for seriousness with a traffic ticket.

In reality, I doubt any police department is going to devote many resources to investigating a minor crime like this. What you did isn't going to land you in prison or on a sex offender registry, but I would make sure you were certain that a person was wanting to be touched by you before touching them in an intimate place that in the future.


Title: I was wrongly diagnosed with a mental illness

Question:
This story is quite a long as it started long ago please bare with me or even humour me as some parts of this story might seem crazy. Additionally I am on a mobile phone. I reside in Australia.

I was in an abusive relationship where I would be assaulted regularly, I would only ever defend myself however on one occasion I was charged with assault the judge accepted the plea of not guilty as I was defending myself. During the time of this abusive relation ship I noticed I had started to get stalked by a previous group of friends, this previous group of friends were lead by two people one called Darren the other called Tarren (Not real names). They kept stalking me when I started a new relationship and I have realised they were stalking me years before without my realising. The new relationship went well we loved and cared about each other, I had told her about my previous relationship and she had helped me heal some of the wounds that it caused. Being stalked always took a back step, i had even brought it up with her however she had denied it. Eventually this relatiship ended. This was when the stalking went into hyper drive, I was followed to uni and back home every day by Darren and Tarren. Eventually my ex girlfriend number 2 started to join in among previous friends. They were smart enough for the most part to stay out of sight (preventing me from gathering evidence against them) yet would be loud enough that I could hear them talking and yelling. This started what I would like to call the six month interrogation, ever waking moment I could hear them accusing me of many things. When I told the truth they would prevent me from sleeping even more if they ever yelled out something inconsistant with their story, they would choose the story which depicted me in the worse way. This six months was torture, I tried to attend uni however I was consistantly harrased interrogated and not allowed to sleep. After they had finally finished getting there story straight a far cry from the truth they went silent for a while though still stalked me. These few months were bliss after the torture I had been through. It was then when I was falsely accused of rape, I had had a bdsm relationship with a ex number 2 which we had explored our sexuality together. After her participating in the six months of torture had decided to go to the police with this false accusation.

It was at this point that my faith in humanity had disappeared, we had only ever had concentual sex. Yet here she was after participating in my torture telling lies to the police. This started the long proceedings which lead me through court and ended with the case getting dismissed as I was innocent.

The stalking and harassment was kept up my civil liberties and human rights were ignored, my name was slandered and rumours were spread around about me. Darren and Tarren even slipped up a couple of times appearing at my work and in social settings, they even had the audacity to spread the same lies to the people around me in front of me.

Finally after writing down the incidences and gathering up my strength I went to the police. I had just went to the police to try and get AVO's out on Darren and Tarren and ex number 2. They however said that it wasn't happening and sent me to get a psyc evaluation. I was then kept in hospital for three days and released as I didn't have a mental illness.

The stalking progressed and kept going. All the while I was trying to live my life. Eventually my housemates started harassing me, they would call me things when they were in the room next to me or when I had turned my back to walk away. I had decided to end their sublease. I ended up telling my dad about this he ended up going to the mental health clinic to talk to them due to being worried.

I ended up being commited for 20+ days and diagnosed with Scizophrenia. My issue is that, these thing were and are actually happening. I am getting stalked by ex girlfriends and by ex friends. My housemates were treating me like shit. Additionally the doctor told me my housemates weren't calling me names behind my back that it was just me hallucinating.

I have filed a complaint with the hospital and I am waiting on their response however I am wondering if you can give me any advice on other legal ways to pursue this and get justice?

Answer: What complaint would you file with the hospital? "My father had me committed and you proceeded to use your extensive training and medical knowledge to diagnose me with something I refuse to believe I have."


Title: [CA] Friend of my girlfriend was forcibly held to her date, kissed, choked, hair pulled, and had his hand up her shirt a week ago.

Question:
A close friend of my girlfriend was in a scary and unfortunate situation recently and I want to know what can be done for her/how to approach the situation.

Let's call the friend Jessica and the date Josh. Jessica (20) attends the same college as Josh (22), where he is also a tutor for one of her classes (he can be considered faculty I assume). Jessica attends the tutoring sessions and develops a crush on Josh. On the last day of tutoring, she attempts to ask him out but is interrupted by someone, so she leaves. Josh sends out a group email to his attendees wishing them luck on their finals, and sends a separate email to Jessica. They have a conversation, Josh asks her out, she says yes. They go on a date where he takes her to a garden place with a gazebo. It's daytime and no one is around. As they talk, Josh gets closer, pushes Jessica closer to him and kisses her. She kisses him back but then he began to choke her and pull her hair down to the ground.

At this point, Jessica seals her lips and doesn't kiss Josh back anymore. Josh began holding her tighter to himself, and Jessica was pulling away slightly. He keeps pulling her towards him, to put his hand up her shirt and starts groping her. He stops because his phone rings and he has to go do something, and Jessica takes this opportunity to run away. Neither of them message each other for two days, and she then blocks him. She tells her roommates what happened and her brother. She misses a final for school (she got her friends to convince the teacher to let her take it). She has not reported this event to any authority as of today.

So, with the situation laid out, what can Jessica do? Can she report Josh to the police and get anything done? I'm worried that he could feign innocence, something along the lines of "I didn't know" "she didn't make it clear that she didn't want me to do that/she kissed me back". I believe if one party doesn't say anything, it cannot be taken as consent legally correct? Since she was in shock of what was happening and didn't make a clear effort to stop him (as in push him away/ask him to stop), could this be used against her? Can she confront him through text and possibly use his response against him? I want my girlfriend to push Jessica to report him even if nothing gets done so he could have this on his record, possibly helping someone else if this occurs again. Am I correct there?

One possibility is that he knew what he was doing, and the other is that he was an oblivious idiot who was trying to emulate what he sees online such as porn, tweets about being rough/dominate with a girl etc. The reason I think it's a possibility is because he took her to a public area in broad daylight, possibly was inexperienced and did not read her body language at all. Since she didn't say "Stop" or "What are you doing" he may have assumed she was okay with it. Had she told him to stop/pushed him away and THEN he kept going, he would instantly be guilty, but he didn't so there still is a possibility he was oblivious. This sounds insensitive since I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, I know, I'm simply trying to look at the situation without emotion and bias. I do think Josh is guilty of sexual harassment. I've been in a similar situation as Jessica, and have had a girlfriend in the past experience sexual harassment, so please don't think I'm perpetuating rape culture or anything similar to that, thank you.

Answer:
 Hi, I’m a community college professor. She has two potential courses of action, and can pursue both at the same time: legal, and academic. Legal would involve reporting to the police, and it’s likely to end up as a “he said she said” situation, and even if what he did is illegal (in some states the laws are so loose that it’s hard to pin someone for this form of assault), it would have to be “beyond reasonable doubt”, which is a high standard to meet (means they have to be certain). Through academic channels, she (or you, even) can report to the Equal Opportunity / Title IX Officer, or can ask a trusted professor or other staff member to help her make the report. By doing so, she will be connected with resources at the school to help her, and an investigation will begin. Here the standard is “preponderance of the evidence”, or more likely than not, which is an easier standard to meet. Also, even if they find that there isn’t enough evidence, just making the report protects her against retaliation - for example, if the school thinks he didn’t do it, and then he gives her a lower grade then she deserves in the class, she can then file retaliation and they can find that he retaliated against her accusation, and he’ll have to fix her grade, and will face some sort of sanctions for the retaliation.

I’m so sorry to hear this happened to her. No one should have this happen to them, especially not from someone with power over their grade.


Title: After hitting my car with his bike, the rider tried to ride away and I stopped him, resulting in his fall and injuries to his hand and face. Do I have to pay for his injuries?

Question:
I live in a SE Michigan college town with a lot of bike riding students. This afternoon, I was driving in my neighborhood and after stopping at a 4-way stop and then going through the intersection, a bike flew through the intersection at full speed without stopping and crashed into my passenger side door. I did not see him as that 4-way stop has hill and curve from the direction he was coming from. A college kid put a pretty good dent in it, but his bike was fine as was he. I got out and asked for his ID and he told me to "fuck off" and got on his bike to ride away. I then ran a couple of steps after him and was able to grab his back bike rack which stopped his bike, but not him. He ended going over the handle bars and landing hard and badly, hurting both his wrist and his nose and face. There was a decent amount of blood. He accused me of assault and tried to get me to let go of the bike. I refused until he gave me his ID. He said he would call the cops. I said I would do the same and we both did. The cop came after about 15 minutes of me holding on to his bike rack and the guy trying to get on it and ride away getting more and more angry and loud. The cop listened to both our stories, though he had to tell the rider to STFU when I was telling him my side. The cop pretty much agreed with me and gave me the guy's ID information and declined to press charges on me despite the guy saying that he wanted to press charges on me for assault. The guy said he was going to sue me for medical damages and would "make some calls" as his dad was "connected" and make sure that the police arrested me. The cop was basically ignoring him at this point. As the guy didn't want an ambulance called, he rode away when the cop let him.

1. While I do understand that anybody can sue for anything, does this bike rider have a case against me and did I act reasonably considering the situation?

2. Did I assault him by grabbing his bike to prevent him from riding away after hitting my car? The cop didn't think so, but I think the cop was pretty annoyed with the guy and was being openly contemptuous toward him and his entitled comments and demands.

3. Also, how do I handle a bike rider hitting my car? He didn't have any insurance obviously, I just have his name and contact information.

4. Can I sue him for my deductible or even the whole repair bill? Can I sue his parents since he is obviously a student and only 18 years old and being supported by them? I have comp/coll on my car. I really don't want my rates to increase, or to lose my no accident discounts, but I want my door panel fixed as it is a relatively new car (only 2 years old).

Thank you in advance for any help. I apologize for the length.

Answer: Well in Michigan you can only make a citizens arrest if someone commits a felony so that protection is out the window for you.


Title: Want to make sure my sons biological father can never attempt to get any rights.

Question:
Location: Dayton Ohio

Thank you for reading this, my step son is now 9 years old and I've been with his mother since before he was born. She said she never knew who it was then a few years later he came into the picture, so he isn't on the birth certificate only she is. We never pursued child support because he wouldn't be able to pay it anyway and it would just fuck his life up and we can get by without it. He is allowed to ask for him whenever he wants but he never does, maybe once every 2 or 3 months, if that. However his grandpa does spend a lot of time with my son, he will take him a weekend every month or so. Should I be afraid of him ever trying to get rights or custody or anything?

Answer:
 Yes.

If something happens to your wife, he has a good shot of getting the child. You have little to no rights to him, without a long battle.

I would adopt, if you are able. Answer #2: As the biological father, there is no stopping him pursuing visitation and/or custody. The only way to change that is for the child to be legally adopted.Answer #3: He is the father. He certainly has a right to file for more visitation if he chooses.

He has rights. He is the father.


Title: Is standing infront of a camera to specifically block the video illegal?

Question: I see a lot of videos where protestors get annoyed by video so they stand as close as possible to the camera and block the video. Then the person will try to move and be followed closely and it is very annoying to watch. Are they just assholes? I live in Florida.

Answer: Throwing a huge caveat on the other replies that blocking a camera to help conceal a criminal act is illegal, but that isn't what you described here.


Title: New landlord requested my lease from my old landlord and got it.

Question:
Is that legal? Like can they just give out copies of my lease ( signed lease) to new landlords? It really irked me that they did that without even asking me and that the old property management office handed it out without informing me. But I don’t know if this is a normal thing ( GA) here?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: Its not normal, but lacking some confidentiality agreement it would appear to be legal.


Title: Wife had DUI, Insurance Informing me I'll be sued. How Boned am I?

Question: My wife had a DUI earlier this year. She damaged two parked cars, and our insurance is informing me that the total will be about $150K, but our property coverage was $50K. They called to tell me that I'll likely be served soon and to send them any documents I receive, not to sign anything, etc.  We're already financially struggling, but we do have a house with some equity. Am I totally screwed? Am I losing my house? Honestly, I'm scared and could use some advice.

Answer:
 150,000$?

Did she crash into two parked ferraris?

Your insurance will fight this for you. Do what they tell you to, there isn't much else you can do outside of that.

You are very unlikely to lose your house - even declaring bankruptcy won't get you kicked onto the streets unless you aren't paying your mortgage.

Seriously though. 150,000$? Did that number sound about right to your wife?


Title: A borderline criminal tow company in Durham NH.

Question:
I'm a student at UNH and I've had several interactions with a local tow company named Smittys Towing and Recovery in town. They're pretty well known for screwing the local college kids and anyone who has a buck to lose. I've had my car towed by them from my apartment complex once, from the scene of a accident, and after a problem with my car was discovered by a cop who demanded a tow. I've been charged varying amounts each time and once the gentleman running the outfit demanded I pay in cash, and also pay extra for him to come to the lot to let me get my car. How much of that is legal? There is no published price list and the lack of consistency leads me to believe he's charging whatever the hell he wants to whoever he think can pay it.

Example: Two days ago was the day a cop towed my car (illegal tires, good eyes on him). When the car arrived at the lot I was quoted $135 for the tow. I didn't get paid until the day after so I would have to pick it up the next day. When I came the next day to grab my car I was quoted north of 260. When I remarked at the outrageous change he bucked down to 230. I just paid it. I assume he's well within his rights to charge whatever for whatever he wants.

Side note, I've read in other subreddits that you can demand a towing company to produce your vehicle and have them mail you a bill so long as you produce an ID to validate your address. I don't know if New Hampshire has such a law.

Any tips on how to shake these guys? Thanks!

Answer: Don't park where you are not supposed to and don't have defective equipment on your car. Was this a trick question?


Title: if you pay part of a credit card debt of a deceased parent are you responsible for the rest?

Question:
My mother-in-law died recently and she expressed wishes that her daughter's pay her credit card debt with the life insurance money. However my sister-in-law refuses to pay her half and my wife would like to know if she pays the half that she would be responsible for, per mother's wishes, if all of the debt would become hers then because she paid some of it? Neither daughter is a cosigner or attached to the credit card debt at all.

Location Virginia

Answer:
 I am not a lawyer.

Don't pay the credit card with the insurance money.  The insurance money is the property of the beneficiaries of the policy (your wife and her sister).  But the credit card bills are the liability of the decedent's estate.  In other words, the credit card company can try to go after the estate for some repayment, but can't go after the life insurance.

Instead, if there are any assets of the estate (house, car, cash...), those may need to be liquidated to settle old bills as part of probating the estate.


Title: My biological father has been harassing me and stalking me online for about 2 years. Can I do anything?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You can get an order of protection.

When you do, bring all the evidence you have.  If an order of protection is issued against him, he will likely face serious problems at work... he'll be prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal law, which will make his life difficult if he is in law enforcement.  Expect that he will vigorously defend himself.


Title: WISCONSIN: hey reddit! So I was drinking at a bar and broke my leg. Should I sue? Do I even have a case?

Question:
Hey guys! Alright, this is my first post ever (and unfortunately it's not a fun one). So, this past Saturday I was at a local bar for a show. It's not a particularly big bar, and the "stage" is really just a small alcove off the actual bar. The tables had been pushed back and there were amps set up right in front of the band.

Much later in the night, after the band had already finished, my (admittedly, drunk) ass was dancing about and as far as I remember, I got tripped up in a microphone wire, lost my footing and fell over an amplifier. I knew immediately something was amiss because I couldn't stand on my own and I was in an incredible amount of pain.

Now, I have weak ankles, it's a family curse, so I knew that I'd probably sprained it- I actually sprained it previously about 5 months ago at ANOTHER bar, (that time, I fell in a pothole and no, I didn't sue) but I didn't know the extent of the damage. Once my leg and ankle swelled to the size of a cantaloupe, (the following Monday) I hauled ass to the doctor to get some x-rays and an excuse to get out of work.

Once the x-rays were completed, I was informed that not only did I break my fibula (the non-weight bearing bone in your leg) but my ankle was severely sprained. So sprained in fact, that it required surgery to have two screws put in to reconnect some ligaments and put it back to where it's supposed to go. The surgery was a suggestion, not a requirement, although the doctor said if I didn't do this now, I'd limp for the rest of my life and more than likely require an ankle replacement within the year.

So, I'm fresh out of surgery and sort of freaking out, not only about how much this will cost me, but the fact that I'm going to be out of work for 12 weeks and my compensation will be quite a bit less than if I were actually at work making money. (I'm the manager of a cell phone kiosk and am not allowed, whatsoever, to be sitting in a wheelchair or otherwise whilst working.)

So, do I have a case? There are security cameras in the bar, although I'm not sure if they were pointed in the direction in which I made an ass out of myself. My family is really pushing for me to sue, but I just don't know. I'm sorry this is so long, I did read the guidelines, but I wanted to provide enough detail! Any help or ideas would be appreciated! Thanks!

Tl;Dr whilst drinking at a bar, I tripped over a microphone wire, fell backwards over an amplifier, broke my leg and got surgery

Answer:
 Talk to a local personal injury lawyer. He can determine if you have a leg to stand on.Answer #2: This is much too complicated an issue for an anonymous web forum like this.  You need to speak with one or more personal injury lawyers in your area to get a proper case evaluation.

In the meantime, you need to make a request to your employer to accommodate your present disability.  Provided that your company has the requisite number of employees to be subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act, your request for accommodations should be covered during your recovery period.


Title: Do I need to pay them the 700$ I "owe"?

Question:
Ok about 6 months ago I signed up for at a gym called anytime fitness by myself. Keep in mind I was 17 when I signed up. The Gym owner that signed me up for the membership didn't even ask for my age he just let me sign a one year contract. Eventually I got tired of the gym and I replaced my debit card with a new one so they would stop charging me. Now almost half a year later they are asking for almost 700$ in unpaid fees! I just want to know if I have to pay it since I was 17 when I signed the contract and I had no parent or guardian to sign it with me and i read somewhere that if I don't have my parent or guardians signature on the contract with me then I am not legally binded to the contract. Is this true? I live in los angles California by the way and I am now 18 years old.
Topic:
Contracts

Answer: A minor can void a contract for lack of capacity **only while still under the age of majority**. In most states, if a minor turns 18 and hasn't done anything to void the contract, then the contract can no longer be voided.


Title: Is it illegal to Liberate a neglected animal?

Question:
What happens if I free my neighbors neglected dog?

My neighbors have a dog.

The dog was very playful and energetic. Now it looks miserable.

They are rarely home only coming by about 2-3times a week.

I do my best to feed him and play once and a while but its not really my house.

The dog spends its time alone,  howling and barking at me.

Answer:
 You need to involve Animal Control. Animals are considered property and you could be charged with letting the dog go free.

Animal Control is the legal route to free the animal.


Title: My friend and her child are being kicked out

Question: A friend of mine and her Fiancee  have a 1 year old child together and were supposed to be moving into their remodeled house in 3 weeks.  He drops a bomb on her last night and says he doesn’t want to be with her anymore and that they will not be moving into the new house (it’s only in his name). He then says the lease is up on their apartment on January 1st and he’ll be finding somewhere else to live and she should too. She is a stay at home mom at his request, so she has no money saved and no job. She moved here from another state for him so he could get a job promotion. She has no family and no place to go.  I have no idea how to advise or help her.  What can she legally do in this case or is she screwed?

Answer:
 Whose name is on the current lease? If it's him alone she should stay until the sheriff removes her. Screw his credit, not her problem. That buys a couple weeks, maybe.Answer #2: She can file for child support.

She can try contacting shelters in the area, explain that she may be homeless in the near future, and ask about any resources or advice they may be able to give her.

If she has family elsewhere who could help her, she is currently free to take the child anywhere in the country. If the father is legally established as the father, he would likely be able (if he wants to) to go to court and compel her to return the child to his area. She could also go to court and ask for permission to move away with the child. Answer #3: When you say she moved here from an other state, what state was that? Also how long, if you know, have they been together as a couple (ie living together) in both old state and in Georgia.

The reason this is important is that Georgia doesn't have a common law marriage, but it will recognize one from an other state.


Title: Man with heart problems wants to leave wife without abandoning kids

Question:
My friend and his wife are unhappily married, he has been sleeping on the couch downstairs for over five years and he would love to leave. However he has heart problems. He believes his two options are these: 1 leave and abandon the kids, which isn't an option for him at all or 2 stay and continue to sit still in this bad situation.

He also believes if he would leave and fight for custody, he wouldn't get it, even through he is the better parent, because of his heart problems. The kids are 9 and 18, so the custody battle would mainly be about the youngest. Any legal advice?

Answer:
 I am not a lawyer.

Your friend could leave and file for divorce, requesting shared custody of the minor child.  The older child is an adult.Answer #2: Is there any reason partial custody wouldn't be an option?


Title: Law firm want to sue me for debt that is no longer on my credit report.

Question: My dad recieved a call and an attempted delivery ( he lives in a condo so sometimes the parcel service is lazy and doesnt ring) of court papers... from us a lawfirm saying his debt to USCellular is 400, the lawyer says they can settle it for 200, or if they go to court it will be around 800. The problem is this debt has to be atleast 8 years old. We live in illinois, and our statue of limitations is 5 years. Also looking on his credit report we can no longer find USCellular (he did however at one time owe to US cellular), so i assume it has dropped off his credit. What does this all mean for my father? Does he have to pay, if so what should he pay? Do they even have the ability to sue us for a very old account? I have called us cellular as well and they cant even find any recollection of his account,  they stated that they stop keeping records after 7 years. Thank you for your help!

Answer: Not being on your credit report doesn't necessarily mean they can't sue you for it. Did you live in IL when the initial contract was signed?


Title: CT USA - Mother Blocking Father from Visitation of Newborn. Court Tomorrow

Question:
Hello Legal advice and thank you in advance for your time and expertise.

My good friend (Male early 50’s) got his GF pregnant last year.   During the pregnancy they became estranged; but continued to meet for ultrasound appointments and had a fairly amicable relationship.

Both parents reside and work in CT

As the due date came closer the mother became  distant.  Baby was born in July 2017 and was placed in the NICU for complications.  She did not inform the father of the birth.

Once he found out, he tried to visit his daughter in the NICU but was denied access by the mother.  Stress was the reason given.

He was allowed one visit at the hospital two weeks later.  Since then the mother has blocked all contact including social media. We do not know if he is listed on the birth certificate as the father.

He filed for a paternity test and the hearing is tomorrow.  Mother has lawyered up but my friend has not, due to financial constraints.

I’m traveling to meet with him and attend court.  I’m looking for any advice as to what we’re about to step into.

I will look into helping him pay for an attorney. But I will not likely find one before court tomorrow.

Thanks again.

Answer: If you are going to get him a lawyer it may benefit him to ask the judge tomorrow if he can reschedule the hearing so that your friend has some additional time to get a lawyer.


Title: Scammed by Car locksmith

Question:
Tonight I was scammed, or more clearly gave my money away like an idiot. I was at a Popeye's during my luncb break around 8pm when I realized I locked my keys inside my 2011 Corolla. I used a locksmith directory to get in touch with a technician.

He arrived in 30 minutes then proceeded to write down my fees. Service call $29, Company Fee $35, Labor $179. I was required to pay before he even touched the car and like an idiot i paid him.

Also I was required to sign a notice that said I was satisfied with service and that all sales are final a non-refundable. I didn't know about the fine print until i got home because it is so small to read and he didn't mention it. I have his name, the company name and number.

Is there anything I can do? And what should I do in the future.

Let me know if I left any information out.

Answer: Which part is the scam? Did he open your car?Answer #2: Those fees sound perfectly normal for a locksmith on an emergency call.


Title: medical marijuana on probation?

Question: [removed]

Answer:
 NAL.

My brother was on probation a few years back and both recreational use and medical use is legal in my state. (Colorado) His lawyer told him that since it’s still federally illegal, he would fail his UA regardless of it’s legality in the state, putting him in a situation where he potentially could have probation revoked. I’d call your lawyer and ask for more clarification, and maybe have him check with the court to make sure it’s OK. If it’s not OK with the court, you might consider going to a doctor to discuss and see if you can get a prescription or prescriptions to help with whatever your conditions may be.