Title: Ex Landlord asked us to move out, is now refusing return of security deposit. (update)

Question:
This is in the state of Florida, USA.

I asked a week ago or so for some advice here np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/49vv1e/landlord_refusing_to_return_security_and_last/.

Basically we moved into a house in May, the landlord came in October and told us she wanted to sell the house and wanted us to move.  Landlord speaks 0 English so she has a translator.

We go through hell and high water to accommodate her since it kinda benefits us as we were actually able to buy a house.  We start house shopping in November and landlord acts fickle like she doesn't want us to move out.  Landlord eventually says to go ahead house shopping and she'll list the house and will give us $1000 in exchange for keeping the house clean and dealing with buyers coming to look at it while we live there.

We find our house in December and our offer is accepted, so we let her know that our tentative plan is to be out by the end of January.  She wants to set up a meeting (so we don't have to speak through her translator by texts.)  At the meeting she kept changing her mind on what she wanted.  At one point she wanted us to just move out, then she wanted us to stay till the house sold so she could give us the $1000, then she wanted us to move into another house she would buy after selling the house we lived in, then she wanted us to stay in that house, etc.

We offered to stay if she would extend our lease and we would rent out the house we were in contract to buy, or we would simply move out once closing was complete on our house.  Her translator at that point told me to email her and tell her this, so I did (she never responded and I sent her a couple more emails after this.)

We end up never getting a response on our multiple offers to stay in the house, so we proceed with our plan to move out.  At that point our landlord became impossible to contact.  Eventually her translator said she would be back in Florida in March.  In March I was contacted by her translator saying she was concerned about some wind torn screens, but still refuses any further contact.

Eventually after some threats of court we met with her on the 17th.  Things got heated and the bulk of the conversation was recorded (we stated it was recorded so it would be admissible in court.)

Ultimately we ended up with a check for $1350 for the last month's rent dated for March 22nd (something about having to transfer the funds from the escrow account) and a contract signed by the landlord stating that if the screens were repaired, a small stain on the carpet was cleaned, and a smear on the wall was taken care of by the 21st of March, that she would return our security deposit in full by the 22nd of March.

Today, while I was at work, I received a text from her translator saying that the landlord is going to have those things professionally fixed then deduct that from our security deposit and give us back the rest.  I told her that wasn't the deal, but that I was at work and couldn't talk.  She told me she will translate but doesn't think the response will be good.  A few minutes later she sent me a text saying that she will no longer be translating for the landlord.

I called my wife, who was on her way to the old property to fix those things, and we figured that going on the property at that point would be considered trespassing, so she turned around and went home.

So that's our situation.  All conversations between me and her agent / translator were done via text except for conversations that happened at meetings, and the last one of those was recorded with knowledge of all present parties.

I am almost certain it will come to court at this point, so do I have a good case here or should I just cut my losses and move on?  What are my best options for moving forward?

Thank you for reading and for advice.

Answer:
 >we stated it was recorded so it would be admissible in court.

Unless her translator told her and she agreed, just because you stated it was recorded doesn't mean it'll be admissible in court.

Keep your contract and just begin court proceedings. You've passed the point of arbitration/negotiations.


Title: What can a defendant do?

Question: Our friend (f 25) was choked by her boyfriend. She called the cops, he was arrested with an attempted first degree murder charge. Now she wants to back pedal and get him out and not press charges. She keeps calling in sick at work for him so he doesn’t lose his job. He’s unable to post bail. how soon can he get a court date? Is there anything she can do to get him out on a less serious charge ?

Answer: Choking is one of the strongest indicators that the abuser will murder their victim. It's an attempted murder charge, so they take this very seriously and believe his intent was to kill her. His attorney can help him, her being in contact with him only makes things look sicker.


Title: Domestic emotional abuse?

Question: Long story short. My Mother married a crazy person. He sent me a text today stating, verbatim, "your child and mother will not meet except through me". This is of course causing emotional distress to my mother and her only grandchild. They live in Florida. What can I do about this? My mother fears ramifications if she acts (being financially destitute if they seperate). I need help please. I have texts from his number. A case file with the police for harassment. What can I do?

Answer: You can help your mom pay for a divorce attorney. That’s about it.


Title: [CA] Can someone get in legal trouble for being a fake job reference to their friend?

Question:
Assume person C (job candidate) and person R (reference) are friends.

C asks R to be their reference since C ran into some issues in their former company.

R is asked to pretend he is from C's former company and use a fake name to speak highly of C when called by the companies that C is applying for.

Ethical considerations aside, is there any legal risk to this?

Answer: AND YOU WANT TO BE MY LATEX SALESMAN!Answer #2: Sure. You could be an accomplice to fraud.Answer #3: Just be sure to use the name Vandalay Industries and you should be fine.


Title: [WA, Australia] Our home owner damaged a pool filter while carrying out maintenance. Now we've been given a breach notice by the real estate manager for not maintaining the pool

Question:
Hi guys, got a sticky situation here that could potentially be very expensive for us.

About 6 months ago, our home owner came around to carry out some maintenance on our riticulation, while a pool maintenance contractor was over to maintain the pool. While the contractor was there, the home owner managed to damage the pool filter during his work on the reticulation.

The contractor advised that with the filter damaged, he wouldn't be able to do anything with the pool, and that it needed to be repaired or replaced.

We immediately advised the real estate manager that the owner had damaged the pool filter, and that we wouldn't be able to maintain the pool until it was repaired or replaced. In the last 6 months we have reminded the real estate manager of this twice more. They have always responded non-committaly ("We'll get back to you" is the usual phrase).

We are now a month from the end of our lease, and the real estate manager has issued a breach notice for not maintaining the pool, and have given us 14 days to bring the pool into working, swimmable condition before we are in violation of the terms of the lease.

My actual question is this: Are we truly legally at fault, and liable for the costs associated with replacing the filter, and bringing the pool into working condition, or is the breach notice invalid, and the home owner/real estate manager liable for the costs associated with replacing the filter and bringing the pool into working condition?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Clarified the events surrounding the damage to the pool filter.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer:
 Is it the pool filter as in the little tray attached to the skimmer basket next to the pool. Or something on the pool pump?

How many of these notices have you given in writing/email to the real estate agent?

Is the pool pump able to be used at all?

Are you able to get in touch with the pool maintenance service and ask for something in writing from them with regard to them notifying the owner?

Don't hesitate in contacting a solicitor to have a meeting. Your contents insurance may cover it if you have it. But I would tell them if you have insurance what's going on.

My guess is that the owner isn't being up front with the real estate manager and didn't tell them that it was damaged by them.

You can also have a pool maintenance company come and check the pool give you advice/price on rectifying the pool or they can tell you that it's totally broken and unfixable and you will be able to use that information as evidence that the owner damaged the pool and it's up to them to fix it.


Title: Conversation I was in was recorded without my permission. The person that recorded it is threatening legal action for “defamation”.

Question:
I had a conversation recorded against my consent when my friend called me a couple of times. He has a family staying with him for several months, because the person that owned the property pitied them.

These people were previously evicted from the home, because they weren’t cleaning the apartment, and letting people crash with them that had been evicted.

They have almost no money, and I’m pretty sure that they can’t afford a lawyer, but none the less I’m still upset. I know I probably can’t be heard on the recorded calls, because I was not on speaker phone, but I do know my friend was. It still bothers me that if anything happens I was on the call. I don’t want anything to do with it.

We weren’t slandering her. We were talking about the fact that she let her cat poop and pee all over the house, but wouldn’t clean. These were unpleasant facts, not lies to ruin her character. My friend just wanted my advice.

What can I do about it?

Answer:
 This doesn't really sound like it would stand in court. Complaining about poor housekeeping isn't defamation, especially since it's not being released publicly.

Also, what state are you in? Is it a one or two party consent state?


Title: Is it illegal to have sex with a teacher?

Question: [California] Considering I'm over 18 and it's in his own office, can there be any possible trouble that could come from it?

Answer:
 Illegal? Probably not, although you haven't posted your location.

Against school policy? Almost certainly yes. Super easy way to lose one's job and get kicked out of school.


Title: What am I to do in this situation?

Question: So today my sister who is 15 (I am younger) and her boyfriend who is 15 decided to have sex in my basement I recorded moans from upstairs but not them until I knew they were done, (so i knew i wasn't recording underage sex) then they attacked me and threatened to break everything expensive that I own until I deleted the video and they were verbally harassing me until I deleted the videos. Where should I take this? I have no evidence but I know that they were because A. I could hear it and B. in the reflection of a painting I could see it. And a lot of other reasons like his first excuse was playing fortnite on the xbox even though I made it so the internet wasn't working for it and then he switched to "it was a private conversation" So back to the question what do I do? Should I tell people of authority or no? Please tell me what to do, I don't even doubt that they will do something to screw my life up somehow so reply with advice on what you would do/what I should do.

Answer: You should delete it and mind your business.


Title: Florida. Do I have to legally tell my parents I'm pregnant?

Question: I live in Florida, and my parents live in Nevada, they were abusive to me as a child and I have since moved across the country and have limited contact with them. If I never tell them I'm pregnant, can they legally take me to court and demand visitation rights? I don't trust them with my child and neither does my partner.

Answer: No. You don't have to tell anyone. You don't even have to tell the father.


Title: Enployer threatening retaliation

Question:
I work for a teemp agency in Macon, Ga. I was sent to do demolition work without any water provided. When i got thirsty and hot, i asked if there was water. I was told no. I was willing to leave well enough alone, but the supervisor antagonistically asked if I had anything else to say, and then mocked me for having even asked for water. I then asked the superintendent if there was water on site, and while he said there was a hose, he thought it better tonlaugh than direct me to it. This upset me, as water is critical to the safety of employees and reported this incident to OSHA.

Today, one of the owners at the temp mentioned the incident and claimed she had already instructed staff to terminate me, though I was still in the system. I feel that being fired in relation to this incident, or even threatened, may be potential retaliation for whistleblowing.

What can I do/should I do to protect myself from termination or "blacklisting" for this incident? What should I do to protect my rights into the future?

Answer:
 you can file a complaint with [OSHA](https://www.osha.gov/whistleblower/WBComplaint.html) but i don't know what they can do for you personally.

you need to talk to an employment attorney, but I think GA pretty strictly follows at-will employment ideas and you likely won't have a case unless you were fired for being part of a protected class.


Title: Should I plea innocent to a "duties at stop sign" citation if the officer wrote that I stopped on the citation?

Question:
I was involved in a minor fender bender in which I came to a stop at a stop sign, but for whatever reason, I didn't see an approaching car - and I clipped the end of it.

The woman asked me to sign a note saying I ran a stop sign, I refused, she called the police and a report was filed. The officer took our information, said it was a "failure to yield" but made no indication that I would be reviving a citation.

4 days later, he filed a citation, and 7 days later I received the citation where the officer states that I stopped at the sign, proceeded through, and caused a crash. While this is true, and the statute states the intersection "must be clear" it seems a predatory use.

Is it common for police to issue citations for fender benders such as this? Is it common for officers to wait so long until they file a citation; and/or not indicate at all that they will be issuing a citation?

Any advice or information would be appreciated as this is my first citation and they $141 is a lot of money for me.

Answer:
 > Is it common for police to issue citations for fender benders such as this?

You mean accidents due solely to your inattention to driving?  Yeah, those get citations all the time.


Title: [CA, USA] Stop sign accident at blind intersection

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Traffic and Parking

Answer:
 > Now, I don't know if I would be considered at fault for doing what I did

Yes.  You had the stop sign, you were supposed to yield, and you did not.

Answer #2: So cross traffic doesn't have a stop, but you did. You took a right turn and cross traffic hit you. I would say you're definitely at fault here. Even if they were going 25 mph and saw you just before they hit you, that would be quite an impact and leave a bit a damage, so I don't know if his speed would have any effect on the outcome of who was at fault.

Have your insurance deal with it. Is your car still driveable? $1000 probably won't fix much beyond cosmetic stuff.Answer #3: This accident is going to be your fault, or at least mostly.  The other car had the right of way.  If it can be proved they were speeding, maybe they'll be 10 or 15 percent at fault.  But this is mostly on you.

You don't take a "leap of faith" at an intersection.  You creep out very slowly until you can see.  That's why the curbs are red very close to intersections.

[You are also dreadfully, horrible underinsured.](https://www.reddit.com/user/UsuallySunny/comments/6cc8uk/why_you_need_more_auto_insurance_than_you_think/)


Title: Craigslist

Question: hi i bought a iphone from a guy, the guy told me the iphone was att and tmobile activated. After taking it home and putting my tmobile sim in i realize that the iphone couldnt be activated under tmobile. i then go on craigslist and try to sell it as a att phone because thats what he told me. after i put it on craigslist a buyer calls and ask me if they can buy it, i tell them its att mind you thats what i was told. a couple hours later the buyer calls me saying they would take me to court for false advirtisment can i be sued?

Answer:
 I have to say: never has a post title so accurately conveyed the sense of the post with so few words.

It's beautiful in its simplicity.Answer #2: This has receiving stolen property written all over it. Answer #3: If you misrepresented the product you sold, then sure.

The usual way to fix this, by the way, is to do your Craigslist transaction at the phone store so before the cash is handed over a phone store person can see if the phone can be activated on their network.
Answer #4: To repeat what /u/bluethreads wrote, you can sue the person you originally bought the phone from for *him* to give *you* a refund, too, as he, too, lied in order to induce you to buy the phone.


Title: Prospective tenant with a disability?

Question:
Quick back story: We all live in NY where I am the landlord of a 2 bedroom apartment. I rented the apt on a month-to-month lease to 3 tenants, a couple and their friend. Now the the couple has broken up and wants to move out leaving the 3rd original tenant with the intentions of finding a replacements before the month is out.
Issue: the 3rd tenant wants to split the rent with a candidate that is permanently wheel-chair bound. My cause for concern is that both of these individuals have serious disabilities that my apartment isn't equipped for. The simplest things such as getting into the building would provide a problem. Before meeting the prospective tenant I told on 3 of my current tenants that this is not a favorable option for me and I will not be renewing the lease with anyone. Now I'm extremely nervous because the tenants came to talk to me with a tape recorder this morning stating that as a landlord I am discriminating against their disabilities. I don't know where to go from here especially with 2 of them moving out in a manner of days.

Please advise.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: You need to check NY law. In some States if you own less then four rentals you are not subject to discrimination and accommodation laws. Talk to a lawyer that specializes in tenant law.


Title: Currently a salaried restaurant manager, every week I am expected, scheduled, and work 50+ hours. Is this legal?

Question:
I am a front of the house restaurant manager at a high end steakhouse and have been working in this position for 2+ years. I recently received disapproving remarks from the restaurant/franchisee owner in regards to leaving after working an 8 hour shift on this particular day. Mind you I felt as though all my bases were covered, it was a slow night at the restaurant, and my assistant GM was working the rest of the shift once I left.

Is it legal to be expect to, scheduled for, and work 50+ hours a week as a salaried employee of a company without any additional compensation?

Answer: Being a salaried employee means you're compensated on a yearly basis, not by the amount of hours you work a week.  That means you can work over 40 hours and not be compensated for it. You should be making well over minimum wage at 40 hours a week anyway. If you're improperly categorized as a salaried employee, that's a different matter.


Title: Is it illegal to have a child whilst knowingly having been infected with an STD like HIV?

Question:
I suppose my first question is, is it illegal to transmit an STD like HIV knowingly and without the other's consent? (as in, the sex is consensual, but the disease transmission is not)

If so, then my next question is: If two consenting adults who have HIV, have a child and are aware that the child will have HIV, can they be charged on behalf of the infant, who could not provide consent?

Edit: Location, United States

Answer:
 Generally transmitting an STD to another person knowingly is illegal. There are some states that have specific statutes for it, but most will charge under battery.  Also, the person infected has a civil claim against the disease carrier.

For having children, no there can be no charge on behalf of the infant in general.  Actually if you get proper prenatal care, you can usually avoid passing on the disease.  If you deliberately don't get care, you probably still won't be charged, but it's a little more of a gray area.


Title: MN missing laundry

Question:
Our landlord routinely confiscates laundry that he feels has been in the laundry room "too long."

What are our options?

Answer:
 Don't abandon your property in private places?

I guess you could file a police reportAnswer #2: You are lucky someone didn't throw it away. As you can tell people haven't sense of humor about folks leaving their crap in the public washers/dryers. Answer #3: What's his definition of "too long"?  Does he give the laundry back?


Title: A faulty $50 part cost me $500 at a dealership!

Question:
Hello, I had been rebuilding my engine for 3 months and finally finished it and tried to start it but it would not start so I began troubleshooting it and this included replacing many parts, one of which being a camshaft position sensor, which I purchased new from an auto parts store. I replaced the part with no result and continued troubleshooting only to end up taking the car to a dealership to get it fixed because we just could not figure it out. After $350 worth of searching, the mechanic narrowed it down to the camshaft position sensor. He asked me if I wanted it changed, and reluctant but trusting, I approved his action to go ahead and spend the $100 on a new part from a different auto parts store, he replaced it and the car immediately started and has given me no trouble since.

I am now wondering if I have any leverage against the part manufacturer who produced a faulty part to reimburse the shop costs.

I and eveyone else who has ever bought their part buys it with the idea that it will fix the problem (which is why I eliminated the possibilty of it being the problem), but that single new part NOT working effectively cost me $500 to figure out it was in fact the problem.

Thank you for any words.

Answer:
 As an employee of an auto parts store. No you won't get a reimbursement for the full cost. Hell, you probably won't get half. At most you'll get the cost of the sensor you bought. Most likely you'll get a new sensor.

Our policy at the company I work for is electronics are unreturnable once installed except in the case of a defective exchange. This is the policy of almost every chain. It's a risk you take.


Title: California: I got fired three weeks ago. I have yet to see a cent of my paycheck. What action can I take.

Question:
My former boss is just about the most terrible person on the planet. When I brought up that I was quitting she fired me before I could even finish my sentence.

Anyways, the lady didn't even accept my w-4 until after she fired me, 3 weeks later I have yet to receive anything and I have emailed her 3 times. The last email she didn't respond.

I'm aware that in California workers are entitled to their paycheck immediately after termination and within 72 hours if quit or resigned.
Cal. Lab. Code §§ 201, 202, and 227.3

My employer was very terrible person to me and her clients, and I almost want to hit her where it hurts. However I would also like to try a more passive solution before I try to do anything too extreme.

Okay reddit. What should be my course of action

Thanks

(Throw away because I'm not usually a vengeful person )

Answer:
 Fill out this form and send it in:
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Forms/Wage/English.pdf

You'll find more instructions here:
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/HowToFileWageClaim.htm

Your ex-employer might also need to pay you a wait-time penalty, which would be your daily wage for each day beyond the 72 hours.

So while it's not "extreme" - the wait-time penalty might get you a little vengeance :)


Title: My downstairs neighbor's fireplace has been filling my apartment with smoke, and I believe it has exposed us to carbon monoxide.

Question:
We have fireplaces in our apartments. My downstairs neighbor moved in recently and started using theirs. We could smell it, but thought nothing of it. The previous tenant never used it. The apartment complex did fireplace inspections before the newest tenant moved in, and had told us not to use ours until they did repairs. I am concerned that they failed to either tell the new tenant, or they didn't do a proper inspection. We have been waking up with awful headaches, and haven't been feeling as sharp lately. I thought we were all just fighting off some bug, but then last night my smoke alarm (which is very quiet) was going off. I opened the windows and informed my neighbor of my concerns, and he says he will not use it until we update him. I called maintenance, and they said they will get back to me.

I am concerned that myself and loved ones were put at great risk here, and that the large company that owns our apartment was being negligent.
We are in Washington State.

What do you all suggest I do?

Answer: Call the fire department and inform them of the situation as you spelled it out here.


Title: [WA] Discovered a trove of records relating to ongoing scams. Not sure who to give it to, and whether I need immunity.

Question:
Hi /r/LegalAdvice,

A family member of mine recently fell victim to a probable scam. Fortunately we were able to intervene quickly, no money was lost, and complaints have been filed with the proper authorities.

The scam's web site had an interesting, unexplained link to submit certain information. Out of curiosity I checked out where the link led, poked around in the source a bit there, one thing led to another and I eventually was able to access an administrator dashboard for... something. I can't quite make out what it is, but it appears to be some sort of transaction registry or log.

It appears to serve 100-200 different scams, frauds, and pyramid schemes. I Googled some of them and they range from fake pharmacies and quack herbal remedy peddlers, to folks running those pop-ups that lock your browser up and make you "call Windows" to repair your computer, to fake affiliate marketing programs.

And there's 50,000-100,000 of what appear to be transaction records. I'm not sure what sort of transactions precisely they're recording, but many of them contain probable victim names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers (partially redacted), and so on, while others appear to contain similar information for scammers.

I want to get this information to the proper US authorities, but I'm not sure who that is. FBI? Secret Service? So that's my first question.

I'm also not sure if I need to seek (limited) immunity. The federal hacking laws are very broad. The site isn't secured by anything beyond obscurity - if I gave you the right URL you could go see the same things I'm seeing; I didn't attack the server or crack a password or anything like that. But technically speaking it was unauthorized access and likely did violate both the [CFAA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act) and [RCW 9A.90.050](http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9A.90&full=true#9A.90.040), both felonies.

I'm a little hesitant to march into the nearest FBI office and start confessing my sins. It may be unlikely they'd choose to prosecute me merely for accessing a "dark net" URL (dark net in the technical sense of the non-indexed Internet, not onion sites or anything), but you never know what kind of misunderstanding may develop. How would I go about protecting myself? (I don't have money to hire a lawyer.)

Thanks for the help!

edit: I should say that I'm hesitant to use an anonymous tip line because who knows how long it'll take them to look into it. The site admin could discover logs of my unusual activity and shut the whole thing down, so I'd prefer to either talk to someone who I can explain the need for urgency to, or to give the info directly to someone who knows what they're doing and doesn't need it explained to them. I feel strongly about scams, so I'm happy to go the extra mile to help bring these folks to justice.
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 Ianal but my hunch would be call the fbi

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber

https://www.fbi.gov/tips

And I'm not going to assume they would try to prosecute you for little hacking stuff...especially if it helps them out. If anything maybe they try to recruit you if you do know what you're doing with computers. Answer #2: Another vote for contacting a security researcher.

Brian Krebs frequently deals with these sorts of scams, such as this recent post: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/06/inside-a-porn-pimping-spam-botnet/Answer #3: EDIT:  In light of the responses from /u/Selkie_Love and /u/NetworkLlama, it looks like this was questionable advice, so I've removed it.  I still think there are good arguments in your favor, but there's no reason to make yourself a guinea pig.  OP, if you previously read this message, please disregard it.  Sorry, and remember, I'm not your lawyer and I never was...


Title: Stepmother has hit me. My father can't legally separate from her, but has told me to file for an order of protection. How can that help?

Question:
I live in the state of Florida, for clarification, because legal separation apparently doesn't exist here. Explaining the context of the situation in its entirety will result in a wall of text, though, so please bear with me.

My stepmother has been extremely difficult to live with for the last two years. I brought my boyfriend here to stay at our house for one week in July 2014, and she got so upset about it that she instigated a fight with my dad and called the police on him on charges of domestic violence (which were dropped, because there was no evidence that he hit her). Since then, she has been extremely disagreeable, incapable of discussing anything that doesn't allow her to have her way. She's called me a whore on multiple occasions because I brought my boyfriend here a total of one time. She's said that I'm lazy and that I don't do anything even though I go to college full time and I have a job working 15-30 hours a week.

Whenever my dad tries correcting her on anything really little, like trying not to leave cat food outside so raccoons don't show up and try antagonizing our cats, or trying not to feed cereal to our dog because he can't really digest the almonds very well as well as the sugar that's in it, she argues with him and gets angry. Because of this, my dad will try to get louder than her in an attempt to get her to listen to what he has to say, and when he does that, she claims that my dad is trying to abuse her. We've been stuck with this for two years because my dad has had issues with accepting the gravity of her emotional abuse against him and now myself.

Any time something stressful happens to her, like when someone at work stole her money, or when she had to quit her job because her boss hasn't paid his workers for up to 3 months up until she left the company; she just takes it out on us and throws temper tantrums and it causes her to be extremely difficult over small things like I described.

Today, she was trying to feed my dog some of her vanilla and almond cornflakes cereal, which contains almonds and a lot of sugar. She poured some of it into his bowl, which I took away, and she told me it was bullshit that veterinarians have said that dogs shouldn't be eating human food, especially food that is high in sugar. She poured some on the floor and I had to put my leg in front of the dog to keep him from eating it (he's a purebred English bulldog and he's short). She punched me in the hip, which my dad saw, so he put himself between us to keep her from reaching me. This is the only time she's hit me.

It's been like two hours and she keeps occasionally going on about how she hasn't hated me ever, but now she does, just because I've kept her from feeding cereal to my dog. She keeps going on about how I only want her to leave the house so I can bring my boyfriend here, even though we're both grown adults and my dad trusts both of us. My dad wants to divorce her, but since legal separation is not possible in the state of Florida, we're stuck with her.

I don't know if she'll ever hit me again, but it's likely that she will. I've looked up on Google about the possibility of filing for a police report on assault, and then going to file for an order of protection, which I've been told could force her to move out. I'm not a lawyer though, so I don't know exactly how this all works. Is there anything I can do to at least make sure this gets recorded? I know it can help my dad in filing for divorce.

**Edit:** I've called the non-emergency number for the police department. They have arrested her and I will be filing for a restraining order to make sure she can't come back.

Answer:
 > My dad wants to divorce her, but since legal separation is not possible in the state of Florida, we're stuck with her.

What? Your dad is free to leave at any time and can then file for a divorce. People get divorced in Florida all the time.

You can file a police report about the assault. One incident like this may not be enough to get a restraining order. Are you an adult? If yes, you should really consider moving out.


Title: Property Manager won't address centipede problem (3-10 in bedroom every night)

Question:
I am a new tenant in Chicago, and I cannot get rid of house centipedes in my bedroom. After having maintenance spray my apartment, purchasing my own bug traps, purchasing/spreading Diatomous Earth around my apartment, spraying my room with tea tree oil, caulking some of the holes myself, and purchasing/utilizing a dehumidifier, I still found 5+ centipedes in my room every night (including on my bed). I have asked the property manager if I can hire exterminators, but he said I am definitely not allowed to do that. Also, maintenance has told me that the spray that they use is not potent enough, and an exterminator needs to be hired to fix it.

This weekend, I had my boyfriend visit from to try and help me fix this issue because it is severely affecting my sleep schedule by caulking cracks in my room. We waited until about 11 pm Friday night to see where they are coming through. Unfortunately, it appears that all of the door frames/ area by the exposed brick / ceiling lamp have huge gaping cracks from the walls. We did our best to caulk everything up, but around 11 pm Saturday night we saw 3 centipedes within 5 minutes come out through the cracks.

Now, I am just asking our property manager to caulk up some of the holes in my room, and he won't reply to any of my emails. When talking to him on the phone, he said that maintenance probably won't be able to look at it until a week from now, and even then, they probably won't.

I am having a very hard time sleeping because I am scared of the centipedes in my room, and I think the lack of sleep will start affecting my work performance soon. Is there anything I can do?

edit: I was told when looking at apartments that there had never been a bug issue, and that if there was they would take care of it ASAP. Also, after asking me to send him pictures of the centipedes, the property manager requested that I never contact him about this issue again.

Answer:
 Insects crawling through cracks in the walls or floors isn't so much an exterminator issue as it is repairing the walls and floors.

I would notify the landlord in writing that there is a habitability issue with your apartment in that the interior is no longer property closed to the outside and give him a reasonable time to make repairs (a week or two), after which you may consider the remedies allowed by Illinois law.  Those remedies include abandon the property, suing for repairs, or having the repairs made and deducting the amount from the rent (don't do this without legal advice).


Title: Afraid my step grandmother (a witch) is abusing my grandfather. Best course of action?

Question:
Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

I am located in Florida.

Basically my step-grandmother has essentially barred my side of the family from seeing my grandfather. Every time we call to come over and see my grandfather, she comes up with lame excuses left and right (I'm in my PJ's, we're doing laundry, etc...) . But shes still willing to entertain her side of the family.

Now my grandfather's health has slowly been diminishing due to cancer. In the course of 1 day, he collapsed 3 times. My mother, my aunt, and my great aunt, decided to go visit him unbeknownst to my step-grandmother. They ended up arguing and she threw out the idea that she was going to put my grandfather in a home and be done with him. We suggested they just hire a nurse to tend to him at his home like many others do, but she complained that money is tight (bear in mind, she goes out to do her nails and hair on a weekly basis and does not know the meaning of the word budget).

Now my grandfather used to be wealthy, but all that is gone now. He's basically living off of my step-grandmother. He continues to indicate he loves the witch, he cares for her, and he doesn't say anything bad about her (which I believe he is living in fear of getting on her bad side).

So I'm just looking for any advice in which I can support my grandfather. My mother suggested installing a nannycam or an audio recorder in their home and listen for signs of abuse.  But I'm under the impression that in florida it is illegal to record audio of anyone unless they are aware of it. I believe it will still be illegal if I gain my grandfathers consent, but not my step-grandmothers. Right?

So I really don't know what to do. I don't want to just sit by and wait for this witch to put him in a home now that she doesn't feel up to caring for him anymore. But he also will not speak ill of her. He's been depending on her for everything.

So yeah, thanks for taking the time to read. Any thoughts, suggestions, comments?

Answer:
 Your grandfather's of sound mind right?

If yes, it's time to butt out. He's a grown man. He's able to tell you if he needs help, given that he's been asked directly and he insists he's fine.


Title: How come nobody ever recommends buying a gun for protection?

Question:
I get that using a gun in self-defense opens one up to all sorts of legal scrutiny, so it's probably not great "legal advice". But after reading a bunch of accounts of people(and their families) being constantly harassed by sketchy criminal neighbors, or a crazy stalker ex-bf, etc... a common thread is that the police are doing jack shit to help.

I'm not recommending these people go confront these people while armed, or escalate the situation in any way, but if my family or safety was under constant threat, I'd make damn sure I had a gun in the house as an absolute **last resort**. A good security system and keeping in contact with the police would be the first order of business when dealing with these situations, but if some determined crazy stalker decides to break into your house and harm you, those things are only gonna help when they come arrest them for murdering you and your family. Not to mention that many guns (like a pump shotgun) can be obtained more quickly than a security system can be installed. A few days at the range and some youtube vids on maintenance, gun safety, etc. is generally enough to gain proficiency to protect your home from an intruder.

Again, I know it's /r/legaladvice and opening yourself to legal hassle is counter to the goal of the sub, but in some of these situations it seems like it would be good (off the record) advice, at least in terms of protecting yourself and your family in a crisis situation.

I'll accept the downvotes but I feel like it's a legitimate question. And I'm curious how many attorneys would ever recommend this to their client (at least off the record).

Answer:
 Deadly force is a last resort and it’s use is far less likely to be found reasonable than most people think.

Also, you will likely screw up with the gun and kill someone who is innocent or have it turned on you.

>	A few days at the range and some youtube vids on maintenance, gun safety, etc. is generally enough to gain proficiency to protect your home from an intruder.

Is nonsense.  Police and members of the military train constantly for weeks to get proficient and then continually train thereafter to maintain proficiency.  If you don’t regularly train and shoot you will fuck up.

I would never tell a client to get a gun for self defense unless they were already trained on how to use it and were going to spend regular time at the range to keep up their proficiency.


Title: Problems with my neighbor

Question:
Live in S.E Michigan

I have problems with my neighbors directly next door to me, they have started problems between us and their neighbor on the other side. So we haven't had contact with this man on the other side of our next door neighbor in almost a year. Yesterday we were outside in our backyard with our pitbull puppies, they are both 8 months old. They started to get hot, so we all went inside. Were inside for about 30 minutes, and our roommate came home from running an errand. We have security cameras in the front and back yards of our house. Next thing I know, an officer is coming up to our front door. I step outside and he says that he got a call that our puppies had gotten out of the yard and were attacking our neighbors dog ( the one on the other side of our neighbors house). I told him our dogs never get out of the yard, we keep our eyes on them at all times. He said he went into the other mans house and saw no wounds on this mans dog and asked why he said he was being attacked he said that he said it because he saw our dogs at his gate and wanted someone there quickly so his dog wouldn't get attacked. I offered him inside my home, where he saw my puppies, and showed him the video footage from our cameras. Obviously there was nothing. Our dogs never left the fenced in back yard or our house, and the way the cameras are positioned you can see down the street, there were no dogs out at all. So my question is, since he filed a false report, and I have the evidence that he he was lying, is there anything that I can do legally to ensure something like this doesn't happen again?
Topic:
Douche

Answer:
 Keep those cameras in good working order and possibly expand your network to cover blind spots.  Make sure to investigate anything the puppies try to chew on, it's not unheard of for poor neighbors / general assholes to poison something and leave it for the animals to find.

If this happens again, it's going to keep on happening until the neighbor pisses off the cops enough to do something about it.  Ask the cops for a report / the report # every time it happens.  Keep good records.  If necessary, that will make it much easier to get a restraining order against your neighbor if things escalate.  Once you have that restraining order *and* the neighbor violates it again, then you can push the police to do something.

But for now?  Be aware, keep good records, and hope they were just having a bad day.Answer #2: Speak with the shift commander.  Ask whether the neighbor will be charged with making a false report.  Show the video evidence.  If the police don't want to charge him, ask that a report be made and that the decision to charge be referred to the prosecutor.


Title: [TN] 2 units directly above me in my apartment complex caught on fire at 2:30AM. Not a single fire alarm went off during this time. My unit has structural and smoke damage and is not livable. We have a month left on our lease and the complex may not terminate it early.

Question:
Is there anything we can do? The lack of fire alarms is extremely concerning as we were only woken up by a man driving down the road who spotted the fire and called 911. He helped to notify and evacuate everyone in the building. I do not feel our complex has provided a safe and reliable living space. They are still deciding if our lease can be terminated a month early because of the circumstances, but if this gets denied I don't know what action we can reasonably take. What can we do?

Our roommate is the only one of us 3 (my girlfriend and I) who had renters insurance. I have no experience with filing claims nor do I know if her insurance covers the entire apartment.

Here is a picture of the after math. Our apartment is on the bottom: http://imgur.com/gallery/DQKRCXx

Answer:
 First of all, they can't not let you out of your lease, if they take you to court and show the pictures the judge would make it an easy case. Itemize a list of all damaged property and find out replacement value. Call your renter insurance and explain the situation, give them all of your landlords contact information. Also your land lord may have to pay for a hotel because your put out .Answer #2: You might also want to let the fire marshal know about the lack of fire alarms.Answer #3: Tennessee law gives tenants and landlords the right to terminate a lease if the premises are damaged by fire or casualty "to an extent that the use of the dwelling unit is substantially impaired."

https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2017/title-66/chapter-28/part-5/section-66-28-503/Answer #4: [LINK](https://np.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/43iyip/our_family_of_5_lost_everything_in_a_fire/cziljy3/) to a great post on how to best make an insurance claim for damaged/lost items.Answer #5: Those that are renting and have no renter's insurance but have auto insurance, do yourselves a favor and check with your auto insurance company for renter's pricing, I was astounded when my agent told me $5/month got me so much coverage because he could 'bundle' the two. Can you spare a Big Mac and fries a month to be protected? And if you never use it what are you out, $60/year?Answer #6: More than likely you are not going to be covered by your roommate's policy, but you should check to be sure


Title: [Fl] Recklessly driving Police Officer Gave Me a Speeding Ticket. Need Help To Get Revenge.

Question: [removed]

Answer: Troll post, Spartacus.


Title: [WA] My brother is a professional tattoo artist and a former client is threatening to sue him two years after being tattooed, do they have a case?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Sounds to me like the guy needs money and thinks your brother is an easy target tell him and his friends to block the guy and cease all contact. He is very unlikely to spend the money to file a case if my hunch is right but don't ignore it if he does.


Title: Facing possible harassment from condo association leader and community

Question:
I hope this is the right place. Anyways, my wife and I recently moved into a condo with our two dogs. It seemed like a really nice place to live and we got a great rate on it because I know the person who owns the condo we are renting.

However, since moving in we have had constant problems with our neighbors and feel like we are victims of harassment and targeting.

I will give some examples to point out what I mean. These items seem trivial on the whole, but when added up with multitudes of similar examples, it really begins to weigh on us.

When we were in the process of moving in I met the condo association leader, I will call her Jane, and our very first encounter was nothing short of rude.

I was bringing boxes from my car into the condo. She stopped me and asked if I had dogs. I said yes that I have 2 dogs but they are up in Dayton staying with my mother in-law until we get settled in. She cut me off and started yelling about how I  need to clean up after them and not let them track mud into the halls. Every time I try to interrupt her to say my dogs have not even been there yet she would talk over me....so I just let it go.

Weeks later I am with my one dog walking by the pool. She starts yelling at me about having the dog near the pool and how that is against the rules. But here is the thing 1. its not against the rules. 2. the pool is in an enclosure. It is fenced off. My dog was not even inside of the fenced area. It was in the grass on the other side of the fence.

I tried to ask her about why that was not allowed and she turned away and just walked away from me as I am trying to talk to her. I thought that maybe she just did not hear me as she is elderly. So I took my dog inside and decided I wanted to go for a dip. My friend came over and and we took a beer to the pool.

She came out again and saw us with our beer (glass) and began screaming at me about how I need to learn to read and follow the rules. How that is not allowed. Now, I recognize that glass should not be near the pool, and that one is against the rules. However, I went to the pool 3 days prior and everybody had glassed beverages and they all told me it was okay. In fact, everybody that was at that pool when I was getting screamed at now was drinking from glass containers. And not just one person...EVERY SINGLE PERSON. Yet she chose to target and yell at me in front of everybody for something that I was told was okay and something that everybody was doing.

Since then it has been nothing but problems. My neighbors complain about anything they can possibly think of, and they lie about stuff all the time.

For instance, I was reported for using the front door's kick stand to wedge open the door when I take my dog outside to go pee.For having the door cracked open for 2 minutes.

1. This is not against the rules
2. This is something that everybody else also does. Our other neighbors do this with their dogs. They will open the door and smoke while their dogs go out to potty without a leash on.
3. They lied in the report and said that I will leave it open for hours to let my friends come and go. This is something that has never ever happened.

My downstairs neighbor complains about my wife and I stomping all day and night. We do not wear shoes in the place and we don't stomp/ We are very quiet people. This woman literally complained one day and said that the water dripping in my sink kept her from getting to sleep. She lied and said that I run my washer and dryer at 4 in the morning. This has never happened. I have work at 8 every morning. I am not doing my damn laundry in the middle of the night.
We got reported for one of our dogs barking a lone single time. Not for barking for hours. But for one singular bark as he went down the stairs being excited to go outside.

I can go on and on about the reports. We have lived in various places for years and have never had more than 1 or 2 minor complaints. In 4 months we literally have probably 50 complaints against us all for exaggerated and trivial things. Most of which are blatant lies, and when they are not they are things that I would never dream to report (like wedging a door open a crack).

Anyways, today we took our 2 dogs out to go pee. We took them to the front, the area that we have always gone, and the area we were told is the right place, and the place that every single dog owner takes their dogs in this condo.  Jane comes up to us and starts screaming at us for taking our dogs potty there. Jane is saying that we are not allowed to be there and cannot believe we are doing this. She then starts yelling at us for being rude and not having a bag to clean up (we had 2 bags). We just said thanks for the information and let her go on her way as there is no point arguing with this psycho.

This is just the latest in an almost daily level of harassment. Is there any legal action here? Any advice?

Answer:
 Document. Document. Document.

And if you are is a one-party consent, keep your phone camera on as well.

Read the condo association rules carefully and make sure you follow every single rule.

About glass in the pool. That is never, ever ok. The reason is that glass is invisible under water and broken glass can cut badly. Please don't do it and call Jane if you see someone drinking from glass within the pool enclosure.


Title: a question regarding hentai and the law

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > and I think that it could of been just a little hentai

You're wrong.

> and what if the characters are around my age I'm 19, am I still gonna get busted?

Cartoons depicting legal adults are legal.


Title: Friend being fined 250$ for calling someone gay

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Canada

Answer:
 Who is attempting to fine him?

What location?


Title: Extra-curricular coach wants to use student drivers & parents rather than busses to transport students [Texas]

Question:
Situation: I somewhat unexpectedly got an e-mail from the coach of my daughters winterguard program last night that they are planning on using parent and student drivers to carpool the kids between the rehearsal area and the contest and then back to the school rather than hiring buses because of the cost of the buses. The contest takes place on Saturday.

Does this present any legal issues? If there is an accident who's insurance covers medical costs? What if one of the parents / student drivers doesn't have insurance or has insurance that covers less than the total cost of the care?

Does this open the school up to potential for lawsuits that wouldn't be present if the students took a bus instead?

I ask because I'm debating raising my concerns with the coach and /or the school administration.  Should I bring these concerns up to the school or am I over reacting?

Answer:
 You're raisibg valid concerns but are you really prepared to shell out for extra fees to take the bus? You could pay for your kid to take uber each time. That gets expensive.

Most of the time, nothing will happen. If you let your kid ride with other kids, then you're overreacting. I drove other kids all the time to events in high school.


Title: Orange County, CA -- Someone in our building is serving us with fake notices from our apartment complex regarding smoking and threatening to "evict" us. Apartment acknowledges the fake notice, and tells us not to worry and to disregard. We received another one today :/

Question:
We (four young 20-somethings) share a 2 bedroom apartment in a 3 story multi-unit building, where our lease clearly outlines that it is a non-smoking property - however back patio areas are designated smoking areas. 2 people in the house smoke cigarettes, easily a pack between them a day.

We moved into the apartment in May 2013 and one of the first days we were approached by an older man who introduced himself as our neighbor. Seemingly friendly banter was exchanged until he said, "Now I see that you all smoke, and we live above you on the 3rd floor. We respectfully ask you not to smoke on the patio, as it drifts into our house and we do not like the smell." We kind of brushed him off, and said there was no other place we could - or would smoke - but thank you.
Right after that confrontation we immediately walked into the leasing office to ask what the policy was on smoking - to clarify that we were in fact in the right and could smoke all we wanted on our patio.

From what I've been told, everytime one of them goes to smoke a cig a window is hastily slammed above.

Fast forward to mid December - where we came home to a notice in our apartment company's envelope stating that Irvine Company is changing their policy yadda yadda -- and that starting January 1st, there will be no smoking permitted on back patios or anywhere in the complex except for designated areas. There was an official CA legislature attached with the law and how it is to be designated - and this of course pissed off the roomates. Up until Jan 2nd that is - and my girlfriend went into the office to clarify where exactly she was to smoke, as there was no new "designated area" to speak of. The office had no idea about the notice, and that it had not come from the office, or Irvine Company. Smoking on the patio commence!

Fast forward to today - where we have been given our first written notice of violation of new policy. I called the office, and my roomate who was home went into the office to show them the notice. Again they said, no that is not from us or Irvine Company - please disregard. This is all well said and done, but I am still uneasy. Somewhere in my immediate living area, is someone who is going out of their way to send us threatening notices of eviction etc. I asked the leasing office if they could put out some sort of smoking "memo" to all the units, clearly outlining the policy regarding cigarettes and smoking in the units - so that the culprit would know that we have obviously looked into it and will not be changing our behavior -- however the leasing office is saying that they "cannot do something like that".

So now what do I do? Call the police and file a police report? What does this photoshop expert hope to gain by sending us incessant notices? Will they have any sort of pull in having us evicted, even though we are fully within our rights? Is it even worth filing a police report and escalating?

Thanks for coming this far, and for any advice!!!

EDIT: As of right now, this morning when we left we left a post it on our door that says, "If you post another fake notice on our door, the police will be called. Irvine Company is aware of your actions and intend on taking full action against you."
I actually have a half day off work today, where I am going to head into the leasing office and again ask for something in writing in regards to what has been happening. Hopefully they will get back to us ASAP, and be able to send out a notice to the entire building.
[Picture of Fake Notice #2](http://imgur.com/a/uYqnw)

2nd EDIT: Thanks to everyone, we have finally received our [written email](http://imgur.com/vDUcXKo) from the leasing office, which we have printed out and will now tape to our door and back patio. Thanks again to all!!!

Answer: Just ignore the letters. And get the name of the person telling you that they aren't coming from the leasing office. See if you can get it in writing. That way if that person is wrong, you'll have something to show the leasing office. But in the meantime, just ignore it. The leasing office is probably looking into this anyways.


Title: (WA/CO) Age of Consent Between States

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 The legal answer is that if you have relations with her in Colorado, you're fine. If you transport her across state lines you open a can of worms best left unopened.

The non-legal answer is to stop being the creepy 22 year old who's banging teenagers.

Answer #2: Don't take any sexually explicit pictures or let her send you any. That's child pornography and can ruin your life.Answer #3: CO's age of consent is 17 so you're probably fine. I wouldn't take her out of state with you or anything though and keep in mind you will need to respect her parents' wishes if they don't want her to see you.

All that being said, dude, you're 22. You can go to bars and drink legally. You really may want to rethink dating a 17 year old.


Title: HOA harassment?

Question: Hi I live in central Fl, and am the treasurer of my home owners improvement association. I took over the position after the last switch of people on the board mid Jan and didn't really start to do anything until late Feb. The first thing I did was call and speak to anyone who had not paid the annual due that was due in Jan and either spoke with them or just left a message stating that I needed to speak with them about their dues. Then I called again 2 weeks later and repeated the same generic message. One of the persons I spoke with on both occasions was upset with me for calling and hung up and finally did pay but left a note stating that I was to never call them again and only mail them information and that I  was liable for up to $1,500 per call for both calls. I don't know what they meant so I am asking if my two calls were considered harassment? I called and said "hi person A, this is person B from the hoa just calling to let you know that we have not received your dues for 2016" (which according to the charter has always been due by jan and thus subject to late fees). Person A responded both times with an "oops! I'll send it out" the only difference is that I had to let them know that by march a late fee was added on and when I did, they hung up on me. So if I am in the wrong what am I supposed to do? I have another year (it's a 2 year spot) and I don't want to go through this again. For the record there is a neighborhood directory that everyone volunteers their info to have on and they were told to update their numbers last year or to ask to be taken off, and while I wasn't on that board I assume that person A knew that we all got a copy since they got a copy too. I also was given a list from the last treasurer off all the houses and owners ect as well as access to the online directory used for the board. I don't want to harass people but I know I have to collect the dues, so am I doing it wrong? Am I also liable as mentioned in the note?

Answer:
 No, the homeowner is confusing some vague information they once heard about penalties being assessed to a third-party debt collector if they contact the debtor after they have been instructed not to.

As a general business practice it is better to send the payment reminder in writing, but what you described above would not count as harassment.Answer #2: IMO you should be sending out notices by mail, not calling people.


Title: My brother bullies me to the point of contemplating suicide, is it ok for me to beat the shit out of him?

Question:
Sorry for formatting, I’m on mobile and it’s late.

We’re both in HS, he’s younger than me. I see him at least 6 hours every day and I hate his guts. My parents don’t give a shit about him treating me like he does and I don’t want to tell them about my suicidal thoughts, they don’t deserve to know. I literally don’t think they care enough and I don’t feel comfortable talking to them about it. As I’m writing this he’s taking pictures of me laying in bed, pitch black with the flash on using his phone. I have no idea why. I don’t want to talk to anyone about it because I’m not comfortable sharing, I only do it here because it’s anonymous and I’m not really judged. If you want more info on it I made a few posts to r/relationship_advice two or three weeks ago that are more detailed. So the point is can I beat the shit out of my brother without getting arrested?

TL:DR - Can I beat the shit out of my brother without getting arrested?
Topic:
Juvenile and Youth Law

Answer:
 No. You cannot.

You can talk to a teacher or school counsellor about your depression or your home environment and they can help you if you're not comfortable telling your parents. Answer #2: NAL but you NEED to talk to someone about your suicidal thoughts, you may think your parents don't deserve to know but they do!! Please let someone know what's going on and how seriously it's hurting you!!


Title: Would a civil suit against Waffle House Guy's father be successful?

Question:
The guy who killed four people in TN did so with a gun that were taken away from him, but then given back by his father: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post\-nation/wp/2018/04/23/waffle\-house\-shooting\-travis\-reinking\-manhunt\-continues\-nashville\-police\-say/?utm\_term=.c42b11c1068b&wpisrc=nl\_most&wpmm=1](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/04/23/waffle-house-shooting-travis-reinking-manhunt-continues-nashville-police-say/?utm_term=.c42b11c1068b&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1)

Do you think a wrongful death civil suit would be successful against him?

Answer:
 Quite possibly. They would proceed on a "negligent entrustment" theory (the father should have known better than to give him guns). They would argue fact that the shooter's guns had been taken away from him by the state due to some presumed danger he posed should have put the father on notice that if the shooter had guns it was foreseeable he would use them to do something violent, and so when he did do something violent with them, that he would not have been able to do without the guns, that that was a foreseeable result of giving him the guns.

If the jury believes that the shooting was reasonably foreseeable (note: that doesn't mean you had to know for a fact it would happen, just that you would have known it, or something like it, was at least somewhat likely to happen), and that it would not have happened had the father not given him the guns, the suit may succeed.Answer #2: I think so.  Negligence is largely about foreseeability.  It is entirely foreseeable that giving guns to someone who had them taken away because of violent tendencies would result in that person using the guns to harm other people.  Theres gonna be a lot more issues to that case and there may even be some statute that cuts off liability for the dad, but in a standard american court, the baseline issue will be if the shooting was foreseeable, and its a pretty clear answer, imo.


Title: Landlord with constant apartment showings [Philadelphia, PA]

Question:
I’m renting a one bedroom apartment with my boyfriend. The place also has a two bedroom apartment for rent upstairs.

Our landlord is looking to sell the duplex and we get people coming in to look at the place with the real estate agent about 2-3 Times a week. This ends up being very inconvenient even though they let us know about 24 hours beforehand. For example, my family was visiting some weekend and we had to get up super early to make things look presentable before the prospective buyers came. I feel like it isn’t even my place anymore because this has been going on for about 3 months now.

Is there anything we can do legally to restrict the amount of times per week or arrange things, or do we just need to suck it up in the meantime?
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: I'm confused; does your lease say you are responsible for making the apartment look good for potential buyers? That sounds like a lot of extra work for you that might not be required.


Title: [NY,NY] The USPS lost/stole my passport. They returned the envelope it was in, ripped in half. What now?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You say "I was receiving my passport from out of state".

Does that mean you had a friend mailing it to you, or does that mean that the US Passport office was delivering it to you for the first time, via mail?

If the latter, then it may be that you can get them to re-send it without charging you (since you never received a passport in the first place).


Title: (OK) Car was stolen, prescription inhaler with full name left inside, police wouldn't investigate because "medical records are private."

Question:
This happened in Oklahoma several years ago, so this post is really just for curiosity's sake.  My family's car was stolen off our driveway, taken for a joy ride, and abandoned. We recovered the car (had to pay several hundred dollars to the impound lot and more to fix the steering column that they'd rigged to drive with a screwdriver, which was frustrating), and discovered that a prescription inhaler had been left under the passenger seat. We brought this to the police, as it had a full name, doctor's office, etc, but they told us they couldn't investigate this person because medical records are private.

I'm curious whether this is legitimately an issue, or if the cops just didn't want to bother looking into it(I'm sure stolen cars that have been recovered are low on their priority list). Any thoughts?

Answer:
 My suspicion is that the police didn't think that the inhaler was good evidence to identify who stole your car.

Think about it, you can't actually prove that the person named on the inhaler was actually involved in any crime. I also suspect that the police just didn't feel the need to spend resources investigating the crime any further, so they lied to you to get you to drop it.

Answer #2: I doubt that the label on a prescription inhaler counts as HIPAA-protected private medical records, if that's what the officer was worried about.
Answer #3: Police are not covered entities under HIPAA and are not prevented from making requests to covered entities.

There is a limited exception for covered entities to release to law enforcement for investigative purposes.

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/faq/disclosures_for_law_enforcement_purposes/505.htmlAnswer #4: Go brace the kid.  Should be a pushover.

IS THIS YOUR HOMEWORK LARRY?


Title: NY, USA - Refinancing student loan debt on federal loans - Is it even legal?

Question:
I'm sitting on 90k in student debt for 8 years of school (undergrad and veterinary school).  I'm paying off my loans comfortably, and have had a couple instances where my interest has been reduced for autopay and timely payment.

I was told by our financial aid person at school that refinancing our student debt from federal loans was not legal, but my loans have since been sold off by the government to Navient, and ever since I have been getting slammed with mail from companies offering to refinance my debt, some offering interest rates as low as 1.99% (compared to the 6.8% I've been paying).

I had been writing these off as junk mail, but the AVMA (the main veterinary professional organization) has recently partnered with Credible to refinance veterinary loan debt at a much lower rate.

Is it against federal law to pursue refinancing of loans that were once federal loans, even though they have been sold to a private company?  Was I misled by our financial aid advisor at school, and has this been legal all along?  Any advice is appreciated.

Answer:
 > my loans have since been sold off by the government to Navient

Navient doesn't actually buy the loans.  You still owe them to the DoE.  Navient just services the loans on behalf of the Government.

The person at your school is silly.  It is absolutely not illegal.  In fact, it is fairly common.  However, make sure to think long and hard about it.  The DoE has plenty of helpful repayment options, such as income-based, graduated, etc.  A private refinance may not offer any such programs.


Title: Company wide 50% pay cut.

Question:
Utah, USA.

I worked for a smallish company with around 75 employees. Making $35 per hour. They were recently bought out by a nation wide company.

Today they came in with a large arbitration contract and announced they were cutting everyone's pay to $16 per hour.

I refused to sign the contract and encouraged others to do so.

With my Google fu I have found there is no protections in Utah for pay cuts.

However we may be eligible for unemployment benefits, but after some searching and calling our local office I couldn't find any information. And the unemployment call center wouldn't give us an answer.

I have contacted a labor lawyer and set up a consultation, does anyone have any other advice or suggestions as to what I (we) should be doing?

I would guess 40-50 of us will be leaving the company because we cannot live on that big of a reduction.

Answer:
 > However we may be eligible for unemployment benefits, but after some searching and calling our local office I couldn't find any information

Yea, you were all fired but offered jobs at 1/2 the pay. You can file in your state. How the option of a lesser paying job factures into your benefits I don't know. Answer #2: You will never get a solid answer from the unemployment office regarding eligibility until you actually file. never never never.  A forced 50% pay cut gives you a decent change IMO but make sure you keep a log of your job search activities. Answer #3: Talk to your fellow employees who won't be taking this new pay rate and get a lawyer, see about possibly joining or forming a union, or what you would need to negotiate an acceptable pay rate. They're trying to rail road you and make you all think you have no choice but to take this bullshit or quit, but this is business. Everything is a negotiation. Answer #4: The reason they won't give you an answer on UI is because the ALJ would ultimately decide if you get UI or not.

If someone on the phone tells you that you would get UI and then the ALJ strikes it down, you could go after them for promissory estoppel.


Title: Girlfriend got rear-ended by a drunk driver who had no insurance.

Question: I’m sure there is a very simple answer to this question but I have absolutely zero experience with this sort of stuff. She was not injured from the accident but I wanted to know what steps to take to get compensation for the damages since insurance information could not be exchanged. Thank you for any answers!

Answer:
 Ideally, she has full coverage or uninsured driver coverage and her insurance company pays for her damages.

If not, then she will have to sue the driver as an individual and hope that he has enough means to pay what he owes her.


Title: Can a godparent take custody of me

Question:
I'm 16 but I'm out of school my aunt is threatening to take me away from my mom if I'm not in school does she have and legal right if she's my godmother
Topic:
School Related Issues

Answer: Honestly man you should avoid this conflict and just be in school. I had plenty of dropout friends and they really all never moved out of the hometown and work at local grocery stores posting snapchats of smoking weed, being pregnant, or both... I hate to sound like I’m trying to be a parent but as a 23 year old who just got my bachelors degree, I know my life turned out much easier than theirs in the long run because of a couple good decisions and motivation.Answer #2: She can report that you are not receiving an education and CPS will be interested to hear about it. That said, removing a child from the home on this sole basis is essentially unheard of unless your parents refuse to comply with efforts to get you an education.


Title: 500 dollar ticket for 4th of july

Question:
girlfriend and i were looking for a place to set off fireworks at 10:00 pm when we found a parking lot where a bunch of people were already doing that. so we start setting off fireworks and the police came, they parked their car right in front of us so everyone else naturally scattered and ran off leaving only us being held up by the police.  when asked, i told them that she was watching and i was the only one lighting the fireworks but they ticketed both of us 500 each anyways. what should i do? and is there anyway to at least lift her charge? they did not see either of us lighting anything

the code description for both of our tickets was : discharge of safe and sane fireworks during prohibited times $250, and discharge of safe and sane fireworks at prohibited location. $250.

we were both required to sign the ticket but on our copy for acknowledgement without guilt, it appears that the issuing officer wrote his name but did not fill out his signature on the ticket.

thanks for reading.

Answer: One option is to pay the ticket.  Unless you feel there is a justifiable reason for neither of you paying the ticket....which I do not see given what you have told us.Answer #2: Be glad it was safe & sane fireworks.  Fireworks not approved by the state, including cherry bombs, bottle rockets, firecrackers and aerial shells are a $1,000 fine and jail time.


Title: [AB, CANADA] Plumber wrecks plumbing. Rips apart bathroom to retrieve broken tool and leaves.

Question:
My plumbing backed up. I hired a plumber, who came with a drain snake, and started to auger out the pipe in the basement. His auger broke off down inside the pipe. There is now a piece of auger blocking the drains. He's saying he has to rip out the vanity, and jackhammer the floor to get to the pipe and retrieve the broken piece manually. He is saying all of this will be ripped out and he is grabbing his auger piece and leaving. He will not make/pay for any repairs to the bathroom after he manages to get his auger out. He claims to have no insurance to cover such an incident.

Am I wrong in demanding he pay for the damages he will be making to the bathroom vanity, wall, floor and pipes due to his faulty tool? He's planning on getting his auger out, and walking away, hands clean. Meanwhile, we have no running water.
Topic:
Insurance

Answer:
 IANAL.

>He claims to have no insurance to cover such an incident.

Well, that's his problem. That means he has to pay out of pocket, not that he's relieved from liability.

>Am I wrong in demanding he pay for the damages he will be making to the bathroom vanity, wall, floor and pipes due to his faulty tool? He's planning on getting his auger out, and walking away, hands clean.

Why would you allow him to inflict additional damage he's already stated he won't pay to repair? If I were you, I'd insist that the current plumber commit his current plan of action to writing, and then I'd get a different, competent, insured plumber to complete the repair and sue the first plumber for the cost of the second plumber.


Title: large chain restaurant manager sexually harassing employee.. do i have a case/ is it worth reporting

Question:
I’ve been working at thud restaurant in tallahassee for the past seven months and am currently a server. One of the managers (not a general manager but not a shift lead) is in his late 20s and began to flirt with me. I always would text my friends what he said/did, even specify quotes as it was happening. Recently it got worse and extremely vulgar. It became too uncomfortable and I hated working with him.

For example, he would say things like asking if I have either been with “real man” and then ask how it was and “what i like.” He then would say how he likes redheads (i’m a redhead) and how that’s why he can’t stay away from me. One day he pulled up a video of him and tried to show me and kept saying “I’m tryna show you my leg” which it wasn’t his leg lol. He kept inviting me over and one night called me and texted me several times. He would come up and massage my neck while i’m working. Basically just endless comments and it was something every single time he passed by me at work. When i was alone in the office with him he would ask me to come over and say “i trust you won’t tell anyone. don’t do anything you don’t want to do”. just constantly making comments and a very comfortable workplace.

Just the other day I stopped going to work aka... quit so now I just don’t know what to do. It’s just hitting me how much of a predator he really is but it is soo much to report someone and go through that. I don’t want to do it and don’t think it’s worth it but it also kills me what was happening. So my question is... do i have enough of a case that reporting him would be worth it or will nothing come of it.

location: tallahassee, FL

Answer: Go to the eeoc website and fill out a form that will let you know if it's with pursuing. You get to decide what happens and if you want them to investigate. All you have to do is tell them what happened and they take it from there. This is the definition of sexual harassment.Answer #2: You really should have made a formal complaint. To other managers, if that didn't work than to higher management, HR.  Then you would have a paper trail. Also I pretty good case. Sorry for the asshole doing this to you. Not all men are this bad.


Title: Took an Erectile dysfunction drug at a urologists office and had potentially damaging priaprism

Question:
I went to a Urologist for help with my erectile dysfunction. Viagra was not working the way my wife or I wanted so the next step was an injection into the penis with a drug called "Trimix". I was injected with a supposedly low dose which resulted in an erection lasting over 7 hours. I had to go to two emergency rooms, an ambulance ride, needed several injections into my penis with drugs to make it go down and eventually they drew blood from my penis.

I may have permanent damage in my ability to get an erection now and am freaking out. The doctor did not have me sign any waivers or anything, he did not instruct me on what to do if I had an erection for a long time. His advice was to ejaculate or take sudafed to try and get it to go down.

 I was the one who asked how long is it safe to be erect? He did not tell me to go DIRECTLY to the emergency room and we wasted 30-40 minutes at an urgent care clinic.

Anything I can do?

Answer:
 You may want to contact a medical malpraction attorney.

Medical malpraction is so fact specific that you really need to talk to an attorney to even see if you have a case here. Most medical malpractice attoreney's offer a free first consultation.

edit: Since OP is in connecticut he should try and get an appointment with a med. mal. lawyer. (Nobody here could be able to help you any further than that.)


Title: [USA] SO was told as a joke she won't get a different position, what should we do if that happens?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 She has zero right to the other job.

It is not illegal to select people based on how good they are in their existing jobs.  (There is a reason the Peter Principle exists.)

She has nothing she can do, other than threaten to leave the company entirely if she is not promoted.


Title: Auto Shop put a boot on my car, and then made me pay $20 to get it removed; is this legal and how can I dispute it?

Question:
Okay so here's the situation: I am an Uber driver in Utah and I was doing a delivery. I entered a parking lot hoping to go through to the adjacent parking lot but there was no way to get through. At the entrance I entered in, there was no sign stating no parking. There were signs stating "for (auto shop) customers only" on each parking spot. I parked behind the shop, against the curb on which there were no signs, no red paint, nothing. I left the car for a total of 5 minutes to go pick up the food, came back and my car had a boot on it.

They stated that there are signs posted on each entrance indicating no parking. I have photos proving that the entrance that I entered in at have no sign. The other entrance does have a sign. I also have a photo of the spot I parked with no sign.

I have contacted the police about this, and they said it was legal for them to do this on their private property. However, I'm not sure if I agree with them, and they're not lawyers, so I wanted to get a second opinion.

Also, I know it's only 20 dollars. I'm not frustrated about that. I'm frustrated by the way the situation was treated and I also think that there is no way they can boot MY car, which is MY personal property, just because it happens to be on their property for 5 minutes. Also, they told me that if I am on someone's property they are allowed to do what they want to my car, to discourage me from being there again. How does keeping my car from moving incentivize me to get off their property??

TLDR: I parked on an unmarked spot on auto shop's property for 5 mins, they booted my car and extorted 20 dollars out of me. What can I do?

Answer:
 Don't park on private property you're not patronizing.

Common sense would dictate that if there was a "for customers only" sign on each parking spots, the rest of the lot is probably for customers only, as well.Answer #2: You weren't a customer, you got booted, nothing wrong here.


Title: [Theoretical] If a company starts down-sizing, can they fire you for not doing work when they haven't given you any work to do?

Question:
(Illinois) Pardon me if the title of this post was confusing. Basically, I'm in a situation where my company is down-sizing significantly and I've already survived the first 3 rounds of lay-offs. I'm currently writing this post at work because I don't have any work to do, in fact I haven't really had any work to do for several weeks other than a few small things here and there.

A company can fire you for not doing work, but can they fire you for not doing work when they haven't given you any work to do? I'm pretty much on standby at this point. There's a very good chance I'll be let go.

This company is cheap and will save money at the employee's expense. If they can get out of paying me severance, they will, but then I will not be eligible for unemployment benefits or anything.

Has anyone experienced something similar to this? What can I do to prepare myself should I be let go?

Answer:
 If I can clarify a bit, are you asking whether they can fire you such that you won't qualify for unemployment?

Obviously, they can fire you at will in Illinois, but the question (for other posters to answer, because I don't know) is whether they can fire you with cause, saying "he didn't complete his work" and causing you to be denied unemployment.


Title: moving out at 16 any advice?

Question:
i’m moving out once i turn 16. i’m not getting emancipated but i talked it over with my mom and she is okay with it. i’m trying to get into a school housing but am trying to find out if there’s anything i can get on to help supply food (food stamps like- but can’t since i’m not 18)
also, i need some advice just in general about moving out on your own for the first time!

Answer: No, your mother is required to support you until you are 18. You don't get to live off taxpayer money because you don't want to live with your mom.


Title: DirecTV signal litigation $10,000 fine please help!

Question: So we had a customer use our ps4 in our business to watch his NFL Sunday ticket account. We received a letter that dtv wants us to pay 10,000 or face litigation. The research I have found sites people who have residential accounts and used them at a business in trouble. I never signed anything with direct TV and have no service from them either commercially or in a residential sense. Please help!

Answer:
 > So we had a customer use our ps4 in our business to watch his NFL Sunday ticket account.

Like he did this one time or you left it on for everybody to watch?

Where was the tv located? What kind of business is it?

> I never signed anything with direct TV

You don't have to. You permitted a residential account to be used in a commercial setting. (that is what they are alleging at least)Answer #2: A few questions:

1. What type of business are you?

2. Where was the PS4 located?

3. Were other people watching the game on the PS4?


Title: I did something awful and I need advice on how I can correct it without going to jail...

Question:
Throw away account

Long story short: Former FF/medic here, kicked off the job a few years back due to disability, now a full blown alcoholic. Not sharing this because I expect any sympathy whatsoever. Just want people to know I'm going through some personal shit and I'm trying to get help but I did something wrong.

Anyway, I went on a days long alcohol binge last week. I took a cab ride from one bar to another bar somewhere on \*\*\*\*\*. **I ran from the cab without paying.** I had a vague recollection that that may have happened the next morning but I was in a drunken haze and not completely sure. Now I'm sure it happened because I didn't have cash and a charge hasn't shown up on my card. I've never stolen a thing in my entire life and I feel fucking awful. You don't have to tell me I'm scum because I already know.

But I can't go to fucking jail for this shit. If it was just about me I'd turn myself in but its not. I want to find the cab driver and pay him and apologize.

I can't call every cab company in \*\*\*\*\* and tell them, "hey, yeah sorry, I'm an asshole drunk POS and I may have robbed one of your drivers can I pay him now or what?"

Would the cops show any leniency if I came in by my own volition and made it right?

Can I contact the cops anonymously and ask how to correct this without them trying to find me and arrest me?

Its entirely possible the cops are already looking for me so maybe I should just wait for a knock on the door.

**Any ideas on how I can find the cab driver and make this right without going to jail?**

Answer: Not a lawyer here but it stands to common sense that you won't go to jail for not paying the cab driver. It would be cool if you can pay later, but otherwise it sucks for the driver, but not much else can be done. Imagine the level of policing that would be required if any time this happens somebody go to jailAnswer #2: Not sure how to find the driver, but if you do, there's a chance they would just love that you came back and paid. There's a chance they never even contacted the police. And I couldn't imagine them going to the police AFTER you came back to make things right. I'm sure if you found them before they find you, your future will be better off. Probably mentally tooAnswer #3: Nope, you already committed the crime and that's done. All there is to do is hope you don't hear anything about it now. Certainly do not call the police or cab company telling them what happened and offering payment. If you receive a citation, do not ignore it, if you are arrested do not say anything at all even if asked questions.Answer #4: May I suggest that you find a way to pay it forward?  The chances of you being able to find that specific driver aren't great.  Why don't you find someone else who maybe shouldn't be driving and buy them a cab ride home?  Maybe talk to a bartender and ask them to hold your funds until they see someone who needs a cab?


Title: Would this be justified as self defense?

Question:
About twenty years ago my father worked for a place installing and fixing air conditioners. Him and an associate went to a building far out in the woods to work on the AC unit.  The building was a church I believe, not somebodies house or anything.

When they got there and started to get out of the truck, a guy in all camouflage comes stalking out of the woods with a bow drawn on them. He started demanding what they were doing there only to realize he was friends with my fathers co-worker so  he lowered his weapon. Apparently the guy looked pretty scary and unstable, he wasn't hunting in the woods or anything.

It turns out that about 15 years later my father realized he was actually friends with this guy, and neither of them had realized it until he was telling the story about it. Some back story : The guy is HIGHLY unstable and has half a dozen mental disorders like bipolar and schizophrenia, but my father had no way of knowing that when the incident happened beyond the crazy look on the guys face.

When my father was telling me about this, my first thought was that the second the guy lowered his bow, I would have drew a concealed carry pistol on him and told him to step away from the bow, and probably would have shot him if he didn't or if he started acting aggressive. There's no way I would have trusted having someone that dangerous armed behind my back, I would definitely feel like my life was in danger.

Another part my father didn't know at that time : The guy was on drugs and was out there defending his pot patch

TLDR;

Would drawing a pistol on the guy or even killing him as a last resort still be self defense if he had just lowered his weapon but still seemed like an unstable threat?

Answer:
 It wouldn't be justified if the guy had already lowered his weapon.  Once his weapon is lowered and you draw yours, arguably you're the one escalating the situation and he's justifiably using self-defense if he catches you with a bolt before you shoot him.

As another gun owner, I sincerely hope you don't actually have a concealed carry, because if you're asking what self-defense is obviously you don't have the handle on the concept to be carrying in public.  Especially in the situation your discussed.  You're not a LEO, and we all have our 2nd amendment rights (for the time being still).  If he has his bow down and not pointed at anyone, your right isn't superior to his...you have no right to demand he drop and step away from his weapon while you have him at gunpoint. If you want to feel comfortable, keep your gun in its holster and talk to the guy like a reasonable human being.  If you have a suspicion he may be crazy, then stay home if you don't want to deal with potentially crazy people.


Title: Ex-Wife Financially destroying me, need to petition court for Short Sale (ARKANSAS)

Question: My divorce decree has me paying the mortgage on our home, there is also a statement in there that allows either party to petition the court for a short sale. I can no longer afford an attorney and need to know how to submit what paperwork to the court. please help! details as needed. :(

Answer: Contact your local legal aid for help with forms.


Title: [NY] My former employer terminated employment, but is now refusing to pay my commission for the sales I earned before my termination.

Question: Hey guys so I recently had my employer fire me and tell me that my final check would not include my bonus for the two weeks prior to my termination. As the pay period ended (I am hourly and the pay period is the two weeks before the payday) I was still employed, and I was fired the day before payday so they are saying they do not need to pay me the commission. I have done some research and can’t quite find anything about it in NY specifically. It seems to me though that because I was specifically offered the position with the commission included as part of my pay it should be considered “earned wages” and they should be legally required to pay me for it. Something else to note, when I had been fired, I had already had my check pending as a direct deposit, and they had not included my commission which I learned that nobody else in the company had because of a technical error on the payroll and they were told they would receive it on the next payday. Had that error not been a problem I would have received my bonus like everyone else on that day. The reason they are refusing to pay it now is because I’m no longer with the company. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer: [This](https://www.labor.ny.gov/legal/counsel/pdf/payment-of-commissions-frequently-asked-questions.pdf) seems to address your situation.


Title: [NY] Senile grandparents need hospital care but family does not have guardianship. What do?

Question:
My grandparents are deteriorating rapidly and unfortunately are not competent at this point to grant power of attorney/guardianship to my parents. APS and a lawyer have said the guardianship process to determine if we can obtain it can take months but that doesn't make much sense. What do we do in the meanwhile? How do we care for them?

Thanks

Answer:
 If your grandparents aren't in the right state of mind to grant PoA and didn't set up the paperwork ahead of time, a court would have to assess the case and order someone their guardian.  Depending on how busy the courts are, this could take months.

This is a very unfortunate situation, but the lawyer as the most experience and knowledge of the case.  Work with them.


Title: Anyone know about traffic law type stuff? I need to know if I can practice driving in a car owned by a person with a suspended license.

Question: [deleted]

Answer: No she can't do this. She needs a valid license to supervise you. But if you can find someone else to perform this role, you could use the car (with her permission).


Title: If I let a stranger borrow my phone and they drop it and crack it who is liable?

Answer: Generally speaking there is a duty of care when using property you don't own. There are exceptions, but assuming they just dropped it on their own they would be responsible for the cost of repair or replacement.


Title: Dealer has been "fixing" our car for about 4 months. (CA)

Question:
Hello,

Sometime around December, my family bought a car from a used dealership. We had it for two weeks, when the check engine light came on. We called the dealers, but they said to bring in after the holidays because their mechanics were in vacation.

So, a week after new years we brought it in. Apparently, their mechanics quit, so they had to send our car to a specific mechanic shop. They said that it should take about a week. Well, it's mid April now and we have not received the car yet.

Throughout these 4 months, we called them hundreds of times and they keep saying the same thing over and over again, "We'll have it ready by the end of the week.", and when we go they never have it. They let us borrow a car that has no insurance and is not registered.  We called the bank and they said that there is nothing that they can do. We pay our payments and the insurance.

To make matters worse we left a copy of the contract in the car, so we can't even look it over.
Is there anything that we can do?

Answer: If it were me, I would call (or stop by) the dealership on Monday and say: "I have been very patient. Three days would have been a normal amount of time for repairs, and I have now waited more than 30 times that long. I believe that you have good intentions here, and that there have been difficulties with the contractors you chose to use, but that is your problem, not mine. Starting tomorrow, I will be renting a car and you will be reimbursing me for the costs from now until whenever my car is returned in working order. If there is a particular rental agency you would like me to use I will be happy to consider it. If you are NOT willing to cover these costs then we may end up in court where I would be asking you to cover ALL of the expenses I have incurred in the past 4 months, and perhaps legal expenses on top of that, so I am sure you can see that this is the break I can offer you."


Title: Upper management protecting a manager by removing all complaints against them?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Why are you terrified of working with him? What exactly did he do to  you?


Title: I [17M] have court for underage possession of alc., questions about police treatment and court.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 How you are treated by the cops has no bearing on your charge here and there would be no benefit to bringing it up.

Minor in Possession of Alcohol appears to be a class 1 misdemeanor in Virginia. It would probably be wise to obtain a lawyer you help you with court case.