Title: [WA] Neighborhood dog keeps charging at cars - I've almost hit it three times!

Question:
This question is in relation to legal liability, both protecting myself and also for damages in the event that this dog does decide to get too bold.

Background: for the last 6 years, two 25-30lb dogs have been encamping themselves in the front yard of one of my parents' neighbors. These dogs are not owned by this neighbor, but are owned by another family about 10 blocks down the road. These dogs spend the days in the front yard of this neighbor, barking at all passerby, and then usually get picked up in the evenings by their owners. As far as we can tell, the neighbor has no problem with these dogs being in her front yard.

The dogs have been obnoxious up to this point, their barking being incessant, but until this year they've never been aggressive. In the last year, one of the dogs, and older black pug, has started charging out after cars, hopping the low fence of the neighbor's yard with hackles up and bolting toward the front wheels of cars. I have dodged this dog three times in the last month, with the third incident occurring shortly before the time of this post.

We've started the process of calling animal control, but we haven't been able to get anyone to come out. I do not want to hit this animal, but its behavior and lack of secure fencing and no leashing gives this an unfortunately high chance of occurring.

My family and I are proceeding with the animal control option, and are still trying to get in contact with the owners of these dogs to resolve the issue, so for now we wait and hope that we can resolve this reasonably before anything bad happens. My concern is that if this DOES happen before we can safely remove the dogs, will myself or any of my family members be held liable if the dog is hit by one of us?

PS: I used to work as a licensed auto claim handler, so while I know some of the basics here, I could really use some help with the finer points!

Answer:
 The simple answer is no.

It's the owner responsibility to keep a dog off the road. If you hit it on a sidewalk while leashed it your fault. But an animal in the road way your not at fault.Answer #2: You might want to also invest in dash cams so you can show that the dog is aggressive. That might get animal control to help faster.


Title: [Wisconsin, Florida] Father in jail not receiving prescribed medications. Anything I can do?

Question:
I apologize in advance if this gets long winded.

My father had gotten 2 DUI's, roughly 9 years apart, in the state of Wisconsin. The second was back in 2010. All fines were paid and he served a week or two in jail. He has not drank since then. He has multiple sclerosis, and is on a whole cocktail of medication that keeps his pain levels tolerable and keeps him out of a wheelchair. He's been in and out of nursing homes/assisted living settings over the course of the last 7 yeasts.

A year or so ago, he moved to Florida. His health benefitted from the warmer climates and he was even able to get and maintain a small part time job, something he'd always dreamed about. He was walking, his pain was fairly controlled so long as he stuck on his meds, and everything was going fine until he spilled soda on his lap when driving to work one day.

He was pulled over, made to do a sobriety test (which he told the officer he couldn't complete due to his MS), blew a 0 on the breathalyzer,  and ultimately failed the blood test they made him take because he had taken one of his prescribed medications before he left home: dilaudid.

Now, I get that he should have waited until he was home to manage his pain, and should not have been behind the wheel. But what comes next seems a bit excessive. He was told if his case went to trial, and he lost, he would have to sit one year in jail. Obviously he did not take that risk, and is currently sitting 30 days. They told him if he is able to work in the kitchen, they will take time off (and physically, he can't right now, but we will get to that shortly). His license is also suspended for 10 years, and he has to have an interlock put in his car...which is laughable because he was not drinking. But, I digress. The copy of his dash cam video was shown and it honestly showed nothing out of the ordinary. As harsh as this sentence seems, what is going on now is downright cruel in my eyes.

The jail is not providing him his pain medication. Because of this, he went from being able to walk, to now having to be in a wheelchair (he's not been in a wheelchair in over a year and his health was as good as could be expected at this point). My grandmother, who also lives in Florida, has been trying to contact the Director of Nursing. This person will not return her calls.

Now, my father made a mistake. But I don't feel that allowing him to suffer the pain of his disease, untreated without his doctor's supervision, is even humane. What can I do, if anything? I have thought about contacting the jail administrator and even the media...but I don't even know if this is legal for them to do? Any insight would be much appreciated. It just breaks my heart to know he's sitting there in agony.

**Edit** I should also mention that prior to his incarceration, he's been under the care of a pain clinic, neurologist, and his primary physician.

Answer: Your best bet is to contact his lawyer and see if they can look into it. IANAL but in my experiences with jails, they do have to provide a certain standard of medical care. That standard doesn't always include the pain meds you were on prior to your incarceration, though. I know they will be required to keep you on medicines that essentially are life sustaining or would otherwise cause your life to be in danger if you were to stop them, and they also must provide medications that keep you mentally in check, but I am less clear on their requirements for pain meds. It is fairly common practice to provide not much more than Motrin and Tylenol for pain both because of the potential for abuse of other drugs and for the safety of the inmate.


Title: Next door neighbor terrorizing us!!

Question:
I’m a college student from California. I rent a single room in a small duplex. I have three roommates. The next door neighbor has been terrorizing us by throwing beer bottles onto the lot. We’ve found glass all over the property. On Monday the dude managed to shatter my rear window, it cost $400 to replace! I realized it was him when I looked into his property and saw the same beer bottles as the one used to vandalize my car. I am obviously furious seeing as he did this for no reason at all. He’s been throwing beer bottles for weeks. It happens sporadically and my landlord is claiming that the cameras don’t pick up any sign of the dude since the bottles are being thrown into the lot and they don’t start recording unless there’s movement of some sort ON the property. Kinda odd but I accepted it.

Well today he came back into the property, banged on my roommate’s door very loudly, threw our mail in the garbage, and threw more bottles, then left! This time though, I actually saw him with my own two eyes, but I didn’t get to record because I was in such shock and it all happened so fast. I am filled with anger. This dude lives here with a family, he has kids and a wife - he looks normal. I have a theory that he’s getting drunk and then doing this but I’m not sure because I believe he drove off right after he threw bottles today. By the looks of what he’s doing to us, it’s as if he’s mad or has a deep hatred for us, I don’t understand. After the incident on Monday when he shattered my window, I spoke to him on the phone (my landlord gave me his number) and he was extremely defensive. Back then (Monday), I didn’t know if it was him or one of his kids but now I know that it is him because I saw him today! I have the feeling that my landlord doesn’t want trouble and wants to keep the peace because she isn’t responding to my text messages and she lives in another state. I feel so helpless. I just want it to stop already I’m terrified of living here but I have finals.

Police weren’t much help. They didn’t even bother to talk to the guy because he has a dog and a locked gate front gate (short, easy to hop) so that was their excuse for not questioning him. They told me to submit video evidence so that something can be done which is why I need the video from my landlord. I’m dealing with finals and I feel so upset that someone would do this. I don’t understand why he continues to terrorize us, he already damaged my car. What else could he want? I don’t believe he’s after anyone in particular.

If I can get the footage from him throwing bottles today, can I sue him for vandalizing my car on Monday? Also, isn’t throwing someone’s mail in the trash illegal? Advice would be great.

Answer: Call the post office. What he did with your mail is a federal offense. Believe it or not, the post office is no joke when it comes to interfering with the delivery of mail.


Title: [CA] Kids keep trespassing into our backyard, can we legally install cameras in our backyard?

Question:
Kids in our neighborhood keep climbing into our yard and taking things like fruit off our plants, our cat’s food bowl, trampling over our garden and climbing over our new fence.

We suspect the door to our new fence is broken due to their excessive climbing.

My brother told me that the boy may have peed in our backyard.

This has happened several times with witnesses. They  have even done this to our other neighbors too.

We live in California, USA in an HOA neighborhood. Thanks

Answer: There is no reason you can't install cameras on your own property.Answer #2: I think installing cameras is a good preventative idea. If one of those trespassing kids gets injured on your property, they could make a legal claim against you.


Title: Ex removed me from Insurance retroactively by default

Question: A friend of mine suggested I post to reddit before I go ahead and bite the several bullets that I am currently faced with. I will try to keep this fairly short as it is a relatively simple situation. In May 2016 my wife and I moved into separate living arrangements- We only just recently became legally separated. At the time I was on her insurance plan (State insurance) and I had a few medical procedures done last year - colonoscopy, mole removed, counseling for the separation etc. (I went alone). Apparently at the end of 2016 they did an audit on her policy and she didn't send them anything regarding me- they requested a marriage certificate and my birth certificate and I of course was completely unaware and she did nothing. I was removed from the insurance then retroactively and found out about this when my counselor told me he is being billed back for our visits. I am now being billed back for several medical procedures totally a few thousand dollars. Did she successfully screw me over? Do I have any recourse etc? The insurance company said she is the policy holder and would have to deal with them directly but they said they would not be able to put me on at that point retroactively for 2016. Hopefully this post is in the right place. Any help would be greatly appreciated.    LOCATION: SYRACUSE, NY

Answer: Did she have a duty to cover you? Did you form an agreement that she would?


Title: (MO) Friend on a involuntary psychiatric hold

Question:
I just learned that a friend of mine was put on a psychiatric hold hold for a week. She went to a hospital, on Wednesday, that was recommended by her therapist because they supposedly have a great outpatient department for people that are suicidal. I know the reason for her to want to commit suicide but I also know she has never attempted.

But the person that was filling out her sheet lied and said that she tried to shoot herself 4 times, hang herself and cut her wrists, I'm guessing on separate occasions. She is trying to tell them that what was written is not true but they still will not let her leave. I looked it up and they can only do an involuntary hold for 72 hours, 96 with a court order.

Is their anything I can do in the mean time? Anyone I can call? To get her out.

Answer:
 You only know what your friend is telling you.

Stay out of it. You are not a doctor.

Also, as you are not even related, you have no power to help. The most you can do is hire a lawyer to help her fight the hold.


Title: [Michigan] My grandmother lives in an independent living facility. She died on the 24th. They want to charge her rent on January 1st if all of her stuff isn't out of the apartment by then. Can they do this?

Answer:
 Of course. They can't rent the room due to her stuff not being moved. Just because someone dies does not mean their apartment becomes free storageAnswer #2: This is not a legal answer, but maybe ask if it's possible to pay half a month's rent to vacate on Jan 15. It is unlikely the renovations for the next tenant will take more than two weeks.

Might as well ask; they can only say no.

My sympathies on your loss.


Title: (US/NM) I tried to kill myself and was fired because of a zero-tolerance absence policy. I don't have a case, do I?

Question:
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Topic:
Employment Law

Answer: You didn't go to work. You can be fired for not going to work.


Title: (California) Got my phone stolen and the person who found it didn't give it back

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Call the police.


Title: My coworker’s daughter was bit up by roaches in a rented townhome; landlord “thought they got rid of them”

Question:
A month or so ago my coworker noticed bumps on her two year old’s head and took her to the pediatrician. The doctor didn’t know what they were, but the toddler didn’t seem bothered by them and they cleared up. This week, she found an infestation of roaches in the walls of her home, and after some research she found out the bumps on her daughter were from roaches coming out at night and eating her eyebrows and eyelashes.

 The landlord told her, “oh, we thought we got rid of those before you moved in,” but that they couldn’t send out an exterminator for eight days. She dealt with it herself, and the landlord is compensating her for the bug bombs and the doctor’s visit, but what she really wants is to get out of her lease and move. She has about six months left, but this isn’t the only fix the landlord has half-assed, and since they’re connected townhomes there’s little chance the roach problem will be solved unless they bomb ALL the houses on that row, which is not gonna happen.

I know it’s a long shot, but this roach problem was clearly never adequately handled, she was never warned about it, and she doesn’t want to keep her daughters in the house if it could happen again. Is there any way out of her lease?

Answer:
 If the roach infestation is SO bad that a child’s eyelashes are being eaten, there would be a hell of a lot MORE evidence of a roach infestation. Were there no other signs? This seems off. Answer #2: >after some research she found out the bumps on her daughter were from roaches coming out at night and eating her eyebrows and eyelashes.

This makes absolutely no sense. That isn't any kind of roach behavior, or the behavior of any bug I've heard of. Hair isn't really something that gets eaten.

As for getting out of the lease, you haven't given us a location as required by the rules of the sub.


Title: Is there a statute of limitations on escaping from prison?

Answer:
 There is no "get out of jail free" time limit.

Your original prison sentence is always valid; if re-captured you could be tossed back in to finish your sentence.

Statutes of limitation give an upper limit on how long the state can wait to charge you.  There's no "charge" involved in recapturing an escapee.  There *might* be a SoL issue if the state tried to lay new charges from the escape - but that's easily overcome by filing those charges near in time to the escape.


Title: Repurcussions of stolen papers?

Question:
So this morning I went to drive to work and noticed my glove box was empty and the ignition key hole or whatever looks like it was prison raped.

I'm pretty sure my title was in the glovebox along with my insurence and registration stuff.

I've called in to the police non-emergency line and they told me to file a report online, which I will do once I'm off work. I've also put a 90 fraud alert on my credit.

What else should I do? Also I read it would be a good idea to freeze my credit.

I live in an appartment complex, if that helps at all.

Should I be sleeping in my truck with a weapon now?

I live in california btw
Topic:
Insurance

Answer:
 Are you sure it was your title, and not just the registration paper? It doesn’t really matter; just make sure you get a replacement for if you get Pulled over. If they have the title, they can sign it over to themselves and attempt to register it in their name, potentially in a different state; or quickly flip it to an unsuspecting sucker with a fake ID with your name on it.

Storing the title in a vehicle is an extremely bad practice; you never need it unless selling or initially registering it; so always keep it up n a safe place at home.


Title: Fake ID was taken

Question: So i got my fake ID taken at a local bar and it had a picture of myself, fake first name but my real last name, and the address was one number off of my actual address. If the bartender chooses to give it to the police, how likely is it that i will he caught and if so how much trouble am i in? I live in Illinois.

Answer:
 I'm always amazed when people produce fake IDs and use real information on the ID.  Why exactly is it that you do this?Answer #2: Bartenders, bouncers, and bars in general don't give a shit about it besides keeping you out of the bar so they don't get fined. You have nothing to worry about, the ID is probably already in the garbage.

When I was 19 I had mine confiscated in Chicago, they don't care, you just can't get in.


Title: [Oakland - CA] My ex...now just a roommate I don't want called the cops because I let a freind over she doesn't like and let them in my house. I said they need a warrant, came in anyway.

Question:
They're listening to a bunch of lies right now in a room she doesn't pay for. It's my house.

Legal?

Answer:
 Your roommate is a tenant and so had the right to let the cops in (to her private area and any common areas) just as you allowed a friend in. It’s a two way street. Is your roommate on the lease? If not you can follow proper channels to end their tenancy. Answer #2: Your roommate is a tenant of the house and can allow the police to enter if she wishes.

She has no right to police your guests, so unless there is something here you aren't telling us, you have nothing to worry about.


Title: Landlord/employees took my property while I was home for break after stating I’d be moving out. What are my options?

Question: Hi and as the title says, this past winter break for college I had to move back home 5 hours south for personal reasons which in turn broke my lease. I left a few things that I’d be picking up when I came back after the Christmas break while I visited my gf who still currently lives in that area. My roommate who had gone home immediately after the break texted me to let me know that my topper was still there. When I finally went back, everything was where I left it accept for my mattress topper which I had payed $100 for. I’m assuming maintenance or maybe employees could’ve taken the topper thinking it’s abandoned however the move out hadn’t been official yet considering they’d go into the apartment to leave papers on my door to let me know I need to find sublease and such. If needed, I live in Florida.

Answer: File a police report.


Title: Customer threatening to sue cleaners

Question:
Hello Reddit,

I own a dry cleaners in a middle-class town in NY. An angry customer came in today with the premise that a pair of pants is missing and is threatening to sue and defame the store to everyone around him if we don't pay him for it ($1000). We have a record in our system that he paid for picking up the pants 2 months ago, which was also the last time he came to the store. I have never had situations in my 15 years of owning the business where missing article of clothing was reported to us after 2 months.

My question is: should I leave him be or should I give the money to avoid legal complications? Thanks a lot!

Answer: $1000?  Really?  Were these pants made out of Donald Trump's hair?


Title: Ohio - I was recently separated from my company of 2.5 years through no fault of my own (slow business). My 401K was 5 months shy of being vested but they are not giving me the portion they contributed-$12K. Am I entitled to that money since the separation was through no fault of my own?

Question: Ohio - I was recently separated from a company - slow business and no fault of my own sort of thing. They are providing a 3 week severance but are not allowing me to keep the 401K contribution they contributed to my 401K (about $12K). They said that I need to be there for 3 years - I was there 2 years and 7 months. I don't want to get all crappy with them and challenge the separation.

Answer: No. Vested is vested. And you are not. It doesn't matter why you are not employed there anymore


Title: Mobile service provider owes me money which has lead to financial strain and visible stress which I can prove. What are my options?

Question:
Location: Australia.

An error caused by my mobile service provider has left me out of pocket by $500.

I have tried to get the issue resolved with them several times both in-store and over the phone over a number of months. I have still not been reimbursed.

Their customer service has been poor. I have kept a full timeline of events detailing their lack of care and negligence.

I truly feel they have not done enough to rectify a problem caused by themselves which I am now suffering for. The amount may seem insignificant to some but it has lead to unnecessary financial strain over the holiday season which I can prove.

This has caused me stress and has had a visible detrimental impact on my health. I suffer from eczema which is exacerbated by stress. I have a doctors certificate as proof.

Just wondering if anyone out there could give me some advice as to what my options are legally? Do I have a case for compensation? What are the next steps?

TL/DR: An error caused by my mobile service provider has left me out of pocket by $500. They have not reimbursed me which has lead to financial strain over the holiday season and has caused me emotional distress with visible impact to my health (Doctor’s cert as proof). What are my options?

Answer: You don't have a location, but it's extremely unlikely you'd be able to sue for anything other than the money they actually owe you. You won't be able to get any sort of non-economic damages (pain and suffering) out of this.


Title: (Washington) The "protected bike lane" nearly killed me

Question:
I was biking home from work last night in the "protected" bike lane that runs along broadway, when a car turned into the lane. I couldn't stop in time and hit the car, my body flipping over the hood and landing on the pavement on the other side.

Miraculously, I'm ok, with only minor bruising, but my bike and his car are both damaged. My question is, who's at fault here?

From his perspective: I should have been biking slower, as there is a sign in the bike lane that says, "SLOW". I hit his car and therefore I should pay for the damages to his car.

From my perspective: I was biking at a reasonable speed (how slow is SLOW?), and I have the right of way in the protected bike lane. He didn't check to see if bicyclists were coming before turning into the lane. I had a strobe light flashing on my bike, as well as reflective gear.

What do we do now?

We've exchanged info and talked on the phone. We both agree that the real culprit is the "protected bike lane".

There was a big black SUV parked near the green car entrance through the bike lane, which made it nearly impossible for him to be able to see me coming and yield. The design of these protected bike lanes is unsafe, with cars turning in required to look through:

1. an oncoming lane of traffic
2. parked cars
3. bike lanes in both directions

This is an unreasonable amount of checking required by a driver when planning to move through a protected bike lane.

I've been cycling my whole life and never been in an accident. I've had more close calls and now this accident than ever before when forced to ride in the protected bike lane.

Is there any possibility that both of us could file a lawsuit against the city over these protected bike lanes. Would this be a class action lawsuit? Thanks in advance for the advice.

Some images:

 Imagine a big black SUV parked in between the oncoming traffic lane and the bike lane. http://imgur.com/a/gOuJ7

Answer:
 > We both agree that the real culprit is the "protected bike lane"

You are both incorrect. It is the responsibility of the driver to yield to the bicycle rider in those bike lanes. It was his fault, unless you were weaving in and out of traffic, and in and out of the bike lane.

> Is there any possibility that both of us could file a lawsuit against the city over these protected bike lanes.

Sure you both could. You would also both lose... assuming you each could find attorneys to take the cases.Answer #2: NAL.  Did you make a police report?  Maybe you should still call them.

It's too late for them to check his blood alcohol, but it might be a good idea to get this on record.

I'm so thankful that you weren't injured.  In a city near to me a wealthy man killed a young person in a bike lane while driving drunk.  His attorney managed to get him a very light sentence, due to clever jury selection.Answer #3: This is his fault.  The bike lane has nothing to do with it.

He should pay your bill.  If he doesn't, file a claim with his insurance.


Title: Just picked up my son [18] from the police station. He is accused of armed robbery - police are blowing things out of proportion. Texas.

Question:
My son recently moves to Houston against my wishes. I really wanted him to go to A&M, which would be closer to home (Dallas) and much safer. Because of this I borrowed him my revolver so that he could keep safe and protect himself.

Anyway he went to Target and went through the self checkout. He was buying a lot of things for his new dorm room and must have forgot to scan one or two things at the bottom of the cart. As he was leaving the store the mall cop told him to stop. My son turned and his jacket opened slightly and the mall cop glimpsed my revolver. The mall cop then callled the real police and lied and told them that my son flashed his gun while stealing. The cops obviously sided with the mall cop and wrote my boy up as armed robbing Target.

This is clearly racism here by these thugs and exactly the reason I wanted him to go to A&M. How can I get the judge to see how outrageous this is?
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer: Lol no but you can help him by hiring him an attorney.


Title: [Update] Neighbor Troubles: Leander and Williamson County: Aggressive Behavior and Harassment Now

Question:
Original Link: [https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/9btbxn/neighbor\_troubles\_tx\_leander\_and\_williamson\_county/](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/9btbxn/neighbor_troubles_tx_leander_and_williamson_county/)

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Answer: Here's what I recommend to help out the police. Hide the real camera in a bird house or something and set up a dummy camera in plain view that will invite vandalism. Amazon sells convincing fakes for like $5. If you get him vandalizing the fake camera then that's a whole other set of crimes for the PD to pursue. If the guy flips out then call the police out.


Title: Financial/criminal lawyers of Reddit, is it theoretically possible to "steal" bearer bonds?

Question:
First, a disclaimer – the hypothetical scenario I’m about to lay out is in no way endorsed, approved, condoned, or any other word by me or by Reddit. I’m just curious is all.

So let me paint you all a picture straight out of the Italian Job 2.0: an armored van is driving down the street filled with bearer bonds, the amount of which is irrelevant. A bearer bond is given its name due to the fact that it is an unregistered security, and whoever physically holds the document owns the instrument. In this scenario, the armored truck driver and co-pilot are the owners of the bonds, as they are currently in reasonable control of them.

Now say I somehow convinced this driver and co-pilot to deviate from their route, drive to the airport, and voluntarily load the bonds in to the back of my waiting Lear jet. At no point did I threaten to use force or intimidate the driver and co-pilot, so I didn’t commit a robbery. Nor did I enter the physical space that the bonds occupied, so I didn’t commit a burglary. Finally, as the driver and co-pilot were both aware of what they were doing and happy to do it, I (think) that I didn’t commit larceny. My question is: in this scenario, did I commit a crime? The unique nature of bearer bonds would also mean that once the bonds were in my jet, I would not be in possession of stolen property.

Criminal/financial lawyers of Reddit, any ideas?

Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 >My question is: in this scenario, did I commit a crime?

Yes: larceny. You and the driver both did.

>The unique nature of bearer bonds would also mean that once the bonds were in my jet, I would not be in possession of stolen property.

Wrong.
Answer #2: >whoever physically holds the [bearer bond] owns the instrument.

I don't think this is correct. Possession and ownership are generally not the same thing. For example, a person who has a check payable to "cash" can cash it, but that doesn't mean he *owns* it. He may have stolen it, which is larceny just as much as if he stole that amount of cash.


Title: Wife fired for learning disability (Washington)

Question:
Thanks to anyone who reads this.

My wife was let go from her company for "performance." She has struggled at her job for quite some time, and last spring it was so bad she went to see her doctor, who diagnosed her with a learning disability (covered by the ADA, trying to reduce identifiers). At the time she reached out to her boss, who told her the he would speak with HR about options. He stopped having 1:1s with her and quit shortly afterwards. When she brought it up with her new boss, she found out that nothing had been done and that she was responsible for taking it to HR.

She felt a sense of urgency because if they didn't know what she was going through, it looks really bad on her. She went to HR and shortly afterwards they put her on a PIP. My wife specifically asked HR for help in finding a role that was better suited to her within the company, but the only thing she was told is that it would still be possible to move under the PIP, but it would be difficult. She got a therapist during this time who suggested several accommodations she should try, and a note from her doctor because she did not feel that the company had done anything to help her be successful in her role.

Several weeks later, she was pulled into a meeting and told that they were under no obligation to try any of her doctor's suggestions and deiced to try and limit the variety in her daily tasks. Over the last two months they tried only the one option, meeting with her every 2 weeks to decide if anything should be changed. every meeting they told her to keep trying what they started on and didn't make any changes. it was only verbally said, but in private her manager did say that it was clear my wife's only issue was her disability.

I need any advice you guys have. In my opinion, they did not put forth minimum effort to accommodate her disability. I expect to be looking for a lawyer, so any advice on what I should be looking for would also be greatly appreciated.

edit: My wife just reminded me that she also made a request to be moved to a desk that would be better for her back in July, they finally moved her 2 weeks ago.

edit 2: I should add that the ADA and her employee handbook state that moving her to better suited position is a reasonable accommodation. But she was unable due to the PIP they gave her.

Answer: Some companies simply can't accommodate, which may be the case here. That doesn't make her termination illegal.


Title: Underage child posting nudes online. USA, Georgia

Question:
Hello.  My 13 year old child was caught trading graphic nude pictures of themself on discord and snapchat.  They were trading pictures with adults as well as other underage kids. Some of the adults knew they were talking with a child, some didn't.  I have confiscated their phone.

What do I do to protect us legally?

Answer: Caught by *who*? You or the police? I'd really be inclined to call the local bar association, get a 30 minute referral with a criminal defense attorney, and see if this is something you can safely report in your jurisdiction for prosecution.


Question: I have worked in a elderly care home for 18 months, I stated I was on medication on my job interview, to which they said it was no problem. I have now been suspended on the basis I'm on said medication. What should I do? I'm in the UK.

Answer: You should x-post this to /r/legaladviceuk, most of the folks here are american. Good luck!


Title: Live in NH, Work in MA, Wife works in NH, I think MA tried to tax my wife's NH job and now they say we owe them a grand?

Question:
How do I get proper legal advice on this? do I approach a tax attorney or an accountant? I used TurboTax to file taxes for the past two years.  Is getting proper legal advice going to be more expensive (or close) to paying this debt directly?

If I can get advice on this directly that would be great, but I am almost more afraid and need advice on getting the proper legal advice itself.

Answer: Try /r/tax. But I believe you would want to speak to a CPA first.


Title: Received a “Cancellation and Order to Surrender Certificate of Title” (North Carolina)

Question:
I just received a letter in the mail that says “this is official notice that the NC Certificate of title... having no lien recorded, is hereby cancelled.”

Below, it states “Reason for Cancellation: Title Issued Erroneously: Lien Omitted By Dealer.”

I bought a car in late July and financed it through my bank. I thought everything was all set and have been making payments on time or early. I plan on calling the DMV number listed but since they don’t open until Monday morning, I was just hoping for some clarity on what this might be.

Answer: That means when the dealer filed it, they forgot to list the lien your bank has on it.  They cancelled the one with their mistake and sent through a new one that shows your creditor's lien.  Your loan is still good, they're not cancelling the sale.  Just fixing a paperwork snafu.


Title: My ex-boss is Crazytown and has made 'lawyer' threats! -MI-

Question:
I turned in my resignation a month ago, at that time the owner and her father asked if I would be willing to train my replacement and I said, 'of course'! They asked a co-worker to take over my job but she did not start traing until 11 days in even though they knew I was only staying for 30 days. This co-worker was someone I considered a friend.
Well, yesterday was my last day but I got a call today from another co-worker/friend who told me that in their weekly management meeting today the owner and her father told everyone that I 'withheld information/knowledge from my successor during training', was 'immoral', a 'thief', a 'betrayer' and probably more things that I do not know about! Then she told the staff they were looking into bring lawyers into this to see if they could do anything to me.

This all stemed from a conversation I had in the office with 'my friends'. After, I had come back from my new place of employment doing the whole background check & drug screening thing I told my friends/co-workers how excited I was and that in the short time I was there I learned so much and that there was so much more to learn. I also said that I couldn't get into the specifics of said knowledge because of a trade secret/non-disclosure.
So, apparently my successor told the owner and father that I withheld knowledge from her based on that statement I made to her. I taught her EVERYTHING I learned while working for them they only thing I did not tell her was what the new company told me.
To sum it all up- do you all think if she went to a lawyer she would have any kind of case against me? I have never been in any kind of trouble and I am not only nervous that I did some thing wrong but that my old employers will somehow affect my new job that I start on Monday! Is there anything I should do to protect myself?

Thanks and sorry for the probably many grammar issues and ramblings!

Answer:
 > Is there anything I should do to protect myself?

Yes, ignore them. You're under no legal obligation to train your replacement up to your skill level, nor is it even measurable.

General life lesson... when someone says they're going to speak to their lawyers, it's usually a bluff. People with intent to pursue legal action just do it, they don't warn you.


Title: Taken to Court over a Senior Prank involving a dildo?

Question:
for a senior Prank we put a dildo with "Class of 2019" sharpied on it in the school trophy case. the principle talked to us about how he could charge us with sexual harrassment. is he just trying to scare us or could he actually brake us to court?
Topic:
Canada

Answer:
 Sexual harassment is not an offence under the Criminal Code, and your actions do not amount to sexual assault (which _is_ a crime) or to distribution of obscene materials (ditto). He's largely trying to scare you with legal punishments, but the school does have a wide range of academic punishments available, such as suspensions or not allowing you to walk at graduation.

However, breaking and entering, trespass, and criminal mischief aren't something to be playing with for a prank.


Title: Need Real Help: Quality of Life

Question:
My mom started homeschooling my sister 5 years ago and she has faked her grades. She's 14 now and can't answer simple history questions  (What year was the declaration of independence written) or basic arithmetic and long division). She's still at a 4th grade level of everything and only teaches my sister Bible and Home Economics. I have no issue with this but she skips every other subject and gives her a 100 in every subject. By this point I'm incredibly concerned to the point of legal action. She is giving homeschool a bad name and is basically ruining my sister who so desperately wants to be a Veterinarian, but at some point I will need to break her heart and tell her it's impossible now.
I try and talk to her about it but she immediatly shuts me down and gets defensive.
A lawyer told me that it would classify as quality of life of we could prove she isn't being taught the 5 core educational subjects. However we cant, but my mom also can't prove they are doing it as they have not provided any learning material in the past 5 years

In addition, they live in a religious commune in Waco Texas that has a track record of domestic violence (Homestead Heritage) and sexual assualt.

I used to live there before I moved out and joined the Army, and at first I was okay with it but something felt off, they dealt with all issues internally. I don't know if that is relevant but it might help for additional info.

Answer: Texas allows parents to homeschool however they want (as long as the kid didn't attend public school previously). No laws are being broken.


Title: My ex is trying to get me to forgive arrears and wants to pay me cash outside of court. (MI)

Question:
He called me the other day asking me if I would go down to the courthouse and sign off on all the child support he owed and to sign off on him having to pay it anymore. He said he would rather pay me cash once a month because he doesn't want to pay the fees that the court charges him. He told me the visitations would all stay the same just the child support would be gone.  Well, he told me that I needed to decide in a few days because he will be busy soon and won't have time for it.
I wanted to think about it. I wanted to ask my lawyer about it. I need some advice. I just told him no. I told him I wasn't going to do that. I do not feel comfortable with it.
I just need to know, if I did do that, would the visitation really stay the same? Would I even be able to do that?jHe claims he's unemployed, but he tells me he works almost every day and gets paid cash. Now he says he only works one day a week at his new job and that I would be taking away from him, his wife and his other kids and he wouldn't be able to raise them like he should.
I feel like I'm being bullied and pressured into things that I don't want to do and answers that I don't want to give.
I am tired of being pushed around and I guess I just need someone to tell me that I am not doing anything wrong, that what I told him was right, and WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT. I feel like now that I have told him no he's going to try and get me in trouble somehow.
I'm so sorry about the long drawn out jumbled up story I just don't know what to do anymore.

Answer: There's nothing for you to do.  You said no, quite correctly IMO.  If he wants to move for a modification, he needs to do so in court.


Title: [NJ] Broke up with girlfriend 3 months ago, never took her off the lease. Yesterday she and her friend broke into my apartment and stole stuff. She says it was perfectly legal because I never took her off the lease.

Question:
I just had a 30 minute phone conversation where she admitted that she knew she was not supposed to go in, and used a ladder to climb in through the window. She stole a bunch of my stuff. Nothing too valuable, but still. She didn't know it but I recorded the entire conversation.

I have her on recording flat out saying that she broke in through the window and stole things.

Do I have anything here? I guess it was dumb of me to leave her on the lease, but at this point it's obvious that it's not her apartment anymore.

She tried to sweet talk the superintendent into lending her a key. He called me to ask if it was okay and I said no. He turned her away so she promptly went around the back and used a ladder to get in.

What should I do?

Answer:
 You're thinking too hard.

1. Call the cops. Let them worry about proving that she knew she wasn't supposed to enter, and that she knew she took your things.
2. If they say it's a civil problem, send her a written demand for your property, then sue her in small claims for its return.


Title: Quoted $130 for blood test, Invoiced $431. What now? Sydney, Australia

Question:
Hi all, Long story short, my partner went to get a blood test done just to check out her levels because she is a PT and interested in health, nothing wrong, it wasn't a necessary thing.

She was referred by her doctor to a pathology specialist and told by her doctor $130 for the tests she wanted done.

She then went to the pathologist and told by two different doctors before they drew blood that it would cost $130.

Fast forward 3 weeks and she received an invoice in the mail for $431.00

She has called their accounts departments which said "there's no way that would be $130"

She then called the receptionist from the specialist who was nice but had no idea how it happened or how to rectify the situation or elevate it further.

I feel like this is not only shady but probably illegal to gain business by quoting a low amount and then charging an exuberant amount.

She is going in with the receipt to speak to the same people she saw in person in hopes to rectify the situation, but short of that Reddit is this illegal, and what can/should we do?

Given that if that larger amount was quoted to begin with there's no way she would have gone ahead with it because it was an interest and not something needed

Answer:
 >I feel like this is not only shady but probably illegal to gain business by quoting a low amount and then charging an **exuberant** amount.

Exorbitant.

This sounds like a situation where you go in and ask to speak with whomever is in charge, and then raise hell. Threaten negative publicity, a poor review, etc. and see where you can get.Answer #2: I would suggest /r/Auslegal.


Title: Help me understand...

Question:
Edit: Located in New Jersey.

Okay, this may be a stupid question, but since I don't deal with legal paperwork on the regular, I don't understand "Holds harmless agreement."

The moment you sign a form with it, that's it? No loopholes, nothing?

The reason I ask is my dog bit a dog at daycare, really swung him around by the leg. Dropped it, went back to it and then crushed its trachea. I know I am liable to pay for my dog's damages.
The issue here is no one was in the room. My medium sized 40+ lb dog was left in a "teacup" room with small dogs (10ish lbs) and no one intervened over the 2-3 minutes that she was going after it.

The daycare had a holds harmless agreement but I don't believe they were holding up their end of the deal which is supervising the dogs. Plus they knew my dog played rough and still someone made the decision to place her with tiny dogs.

 Again, I know I am responsible for her actions, i am NOT trying to get off without paying, but would like to know if any one else can be held liable as well? If not the daycare, what about the staff member who was not present?
Topic:
Contracts

Answer:
 The general rule ([which NJ appears to follow](https://www.law360.com/newjersey/articles/836847/parsing-negligence-vs-gross-negligence-in-new-jersey)) is that these releases protect businesses from claims of ordinary negligence.

But the release does not validly extend to gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Whether something is negligent, or not, or grossly negligent, is a fact-intensive question that would need to be decided by a judge or jury.  If you and the daycare get sued, this question will be played out naturally.

If the owner of the other dog sues you alone, you would need to move to add the daycare as a party to the lawsuit.

I would **strongly** advise you to think twice about just paying whatever is asked of you.  There is always a lot of case law developed around dog bites, and really, how are you any more at fault than the daycare on this incident?  There may be a strict liability on dog bites that daycare can't contract out of or something.


Title: [MN] Employer is rounding time cards in favor of the company

Question:
Throwaway just to be safe.

I assume the answer to this is to report them to the DoL but I just wanted to run it by you guys to make sure i’m not overlooking anything.

I work at a family owned company in Minnesota with 150ish employees, all of which are paid hourly. When I started I was warned during my orientation that I need to watch my clock in's and outs because they round down in 15 min increments. I didn’t think much of it for the first six months I worked here but since January I have been meticulously documenting my time cards vs my paystubs and I am losing a good amount of money to rounded off time.

For example, my normal day is 8 to 6. If I clock in at 8:01 they round it forward to 8:15, if I clock out at 6:14 they round me back to 6. So every day it's possible for an employee to lose half an hour. What makes this extra painful is almost every employee is required to work over 40 hours a week making it shaved overtime. I have lost close to $2,000 in the 16 months I’ve worked here to their rounding policies.

Couple of additional things to note:

* The owners know about his policy. Nothing happens here without their knowledge.
* They have had this policy since the company started in the 80’s.
* I have no one in the company to bring this up to without putting my job in jeopardy. We have no HR and the accounting department is run by a relative of the owners.
* By my estimations they’re skimming north of $100,000 a year off of employee paychecks
* A couple of my friends here have been documenting their time cards and pay stubs as well
* They only have one time clock for the entire company and there is frequently a line at clock in/out time
* This place sucks for many reasons beyond what I have listed above and I’m currently searching for new work. I hope to be out of here by the end of the year.

**TLDR** Company I work for is illegally rounding down timecards in 15 min increments. I and several coworks have documented proof of this. This company is super shitty and I am looking for work elsewhere

Answer:
 Rounding is allowed, but must be fair and not in favor of the company. That is why the general rule is the 7/8 rule (7 minutes or less after the quarter hour round down, 8 minutes or more after the quarter hour round up)

You can file a claim with Minnesota's Department of Labor and Industry, Labor Standards DivisionAnswer #2: Round has to be equitable. They can do this in one of two ways:

- Fixed delimiters. IE, you clock in at 8:01, it rounds to 8:00; you clock in at 8:08, it rounds to 8:15. Same goes for clockout.

- Total time elapsed rounding. In other words, if you clock in at 8:09 and clock out at 5:04, you were there for a total of 7H55M, so it rounds up to 8. On the other hand, if you clock in at 8:06 and punch out at 4:55, your total elapsed time is 7H49M, so it rounds down to 7H45.

You'll note in that second example that if they round punch-in/punch-out times, you'd get 8H of pay, but if they round elapsed time, you get 7H45.

I'd look at the time cards first to ensure that you've established what rounding system is in use, then go ahead and make a report.


Title: NC - New neighbor dog attacking our dogs on our property.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 You can:

a) call animal control

b) get and install a security camera to collect documentation of the problem

c) politely ask them to chip in for vet bills (I recommend sending them a letter, so you have a record, including a record of the costs and a specific request that they chip in a certain amount via a certain method by a certain date)

d) get a local lawyer to send a strongly worded letter on firm letterhead making that request

e) sue in small claims court

Regardless of what you pick, I would recommend:

* Calling animal control.  Each and every time the dog is on your property.  Get a paper record.  Each and every time.

* I understand your urge to try to be neighborly here, but this is beyond a typical neighbor dispute- attacking dogs are dangerous.  What happens if you have a guest over and they're attacked?  What happens if you're attacked and, while defending yourself, damage their dog?  This situation could get real complicated real fast.  You sort of need to get into lawyer mode and protect your family mode- the kind of people who fail to care for their dog this way are not going to be the kind of people who will happily respect your request to control their dog when you go over and ask for the umpteenth time.

* In case it wasn't obvious, save all your documentation on costs, lost wages you incurred, and any other relevant evidence.


Title: [MI] How do prosecutors determine the age of a "child" in a child pornography case?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Cop on a computer crimes task force here.

We are not interested in victims who are borderline, unless there is incontrovertible evidence that the suspect knew the age of the victim.


Title: Car left in friends driveway. It's been there 30 days tomorrow. Illinois.

Question: Can she junk it if they havnt tried to come get it? When is it considered abandoned? She has been trying to get them to come get it, really pushing via text this last week and got no where and needs the room in her driveway.

Answer:
 Legally the options suck. You have to get someone to tow it which will cost you. My local guy won't because if it's abandoned it's a pain in the ass to get them to come get it, and not worth the time for a salvage title.

What ended up happening is it got towed (dragged) to a city park spot. That seemed to get it squared away quickly. When its the city they can find an owner a helluva lot faster and compel them to move it.


Title: [Washington] Traffic accident in intersection, need help with determining fault.

Question:
My wife was just in an accident in an intersection during heavy traffic. She was stationary behind a car in the middle of an intersection when the light turned yellow. Realizing she would be blocking oncoming traffic from the other lanes she proceeded to change lanes to the right to get out of the intersection. At the same time a BMW coming from behind in the right lane sped through the intersection clipping the front right corner of her car and scraping the left side of the BMW half way down. Based on the damage it's obvious she was essential stationary in the intersection while the BMW (I can only assume was attempting to beat the red light and not paying attention) sustained more damage all along the left side of his car.
I think the fact that the BMW either ran a Yellow or Red light and that my wife was in the intersection first places the fault on the BMW. Unfortunately there were no cameras to show what the traffic light had at the time but the officer cited her for not yielding to right of way, which we intend to dispute later in court.

Adjuster won't be able to contact till after Christmas so we have no idea which way it is going to swing.

Answer:
 it is wrong not to pay attention and get stuck in an intersection. She should not have started driving into the intersection unless there was enough space on the other side for her car

it is also wrong to switch lanes unsafely in an intersection.

She did two things wrong that ultimately  led to an accident.Answer #2: First, fault is not an either/or proposition: it can be shared.

Second, sounds to me like your wife made an illegal lane change in the middle of an intersection, so some fault will likely be apportioned to her.


Title: Landlord says my boyfriend can't stay over more than 56/365 days (CA)

Question:
(Oakland, CA) My landlord and property manager recently (11 months into our lease) had a sit down conversation with my roommate and myself, clarifying a section in our lease that states "Visitors may come, to stay for no more than two weeks at one time or 8 weeks in one year without Landlord's written consent. Not doing so, will be considered a breach of this Agreement." My roommate and I, upon signing the lease last year, assumed this meant no more than 2 weeks consecutively a month, and no more than 8 periods of 7 consecutive days in a year. Looking at it now, with fresh eyes, it seems fairly clear that this means visitors cannot stay more than 56 days total in any given year. However, it was NOT clear to us at the time, and it's not until now that they've brought it up as an issue.

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My roommate and I both have boyfriends, and typically they won't be at our apartment more than 3 nights a week. But they do NOT live in our apartment - they both have their own places and leases a few blocks away. We are about to enter into renegotiations for our lease, and it would be a deal-breaker for us if this clause was kept/enforced.

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Is this clause legally enforceable? What are the limitations that landlords can put on visitors?

Answer: Of course it's enforceable. You'll be evicted if you don't comply with the terms of your lease and that is one. You can attempt to have that section removed from the next lease, considering they're having a sit down with you, they are unlikely to agree. Most leases have a clause of this nature and you'll need to read more carefully in the future.


Title: Police showed up at 1:00 AM claiming to have gotten a 911 call from a landline that doesn't exist.

Question:
I live in Oklahoma, and about 1.5 hours ago, at 1:00 AM, the police showed up. I live with my elderly, sick father. It's just the 2 of us here. They claimed to have gotten a 911 call from the house. I asked if they were sure it was our house, and they said that it came from the landline. The thing is, we don't have a landline telephone. I noticed that they parked pretty far down the street (about 7 houses down), which seems like a weird thing to do if you thought there was an emergency. About a year and a half ago my brother was picked up here for a felony, for which he is still in prison. That is the only thing that has happened here, that didn't involve random neighborhood stuff. My dad invited them in (which I wish he wouldn't have), and they asked him how long he's lived here. He told them that he bought the house in 1995, when it was first built. The cop responded by saying that he hasn't noticed anyone going in or out. Which, for one, is absolute bullshit because we both go in and out all the time, as well as guests, and for two, makes me think they are watching my house for some reason. Anyway, the main point is that I believe their claims are totally false and that this is harassment.

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My questions are:

1. Would there be a record of this supposed 911 call, and can I get a copy?
2. If there is no record, is there any legal recourse for this harassment?
3. Is there anyway to prevent further harassment?

Thank you in advance for any advice.

Answer:
 >The thing is, we don't have a landline telephone. I noticed that they parked pretty far down the street (about 7 houses down), which seems like a weird thing to do if you thought there was an emergency.

Because that's hollywood bullshit. Cops respond to these types of unknown emergencies more tactfully for a variety of reasons.

>Which, for one, is absolute bullshit because we both go in and out all the time, as well as guests, and for two, makes me think they are watching my house for some reason.

What is the context of when the officer was observing the house? The last 10 minutes before the call? The whole night? If they were doing surveillance they wouldn't blow it for a 911 hang-up.

>Anyway, the main point is that I believe their claims are totally false and that this is harassment.

Well the burden of proof is on you to prove that, but what is likely happened is the phone company has shit records and didn't update the local 911 services of what address has what number. It happens a lot and with the amount of spoofing that goes on shows how crappy phone company security is.


Title: A man is trying to blackmail me with a sextape

Question:
I am so very ashamed to write this story but I think I need legal help. A horrible, disgusting man is trying to blackmail me into giving him a job as Assistant CFO. He has footage of us having a one night stand and knows I am a single mother with two boys. He knows I have no choice.

The story:

I am a 31 year old mother of two beautiful twin boys, they are both 4 years old. I have a bachelor in a related field and I work as Head Human Resources at a regional bank. I worked my ass off to get where I am and if I lose this job I could be in for a lot of trouble.

Two weeks ago I met a man. His name was Steven and Steven has a degree in Finance and five years of experience working as a Financial Controller at a software company. Steven seemed nice when I met him at a local bar and after drinking and talking for a couple of hours.. I made a mistake. I went back to his house and we had sex, in the morning I left hoping that he would call me back.. but he didn't. I am not exactly a "loose" type so I felt very bad about my actions but left it be.

Four days ago my boss told me about an applicant for the Assistant CFO job. He told me the applicant has an appointment at 2pm and that I was to study his CV. I was shocked to see it was Steven's CV. I thought it would be awkward and scary.. but mostly for him since he didn't call me back when he said he would. I didn't say anything to my boss about it and at 2pm I met Steven.

I immediatly knew something was wrong when our eyes matched. He knew. He shaked my hand and was VERY friendly. I took him up to the interview and the next hour was the weirdest of my life. My boss and Steven were friendly but reserved to eachother, I didn't say to much but asked some questions. It all seemed very off to me because Steven didn't display any shame at all.

When the interview was over, Steven shook hands with my boss and I walked Steven to the exit through security. I was in shock and everything felt off and frankly I was a bit scared.

When we arrived at the front door Steven stopped and looked me in the eyes. He said "The CEO obviously has some reservations about my lack of experience for this position. That needs to be cleared up. I expect the exact salary I indicated.". At that point I was in awe of this guy.. did he really expect me to tell my job to hire him.. because we had sex? But then he said "The only thing I don't like about working at banks are all these camera's. You never know if you have the room to yourself.". He smiled, shook my hand and walked off.

EVERYTHING CLICKED.

I realized why I was so attracted to him.. everything he said was perfect. A single dad, big house, no children but REALLY wants two boys, came from a single mother himself.. and so much more. We had the same hobbies, same interests, same political ideas. He studied all my social media and knew exactly how to make me fall in love. He then had sex with me and recorded everything.

Should I seek legal help and risk losing it all? Should I just give in to his demands?

I feel so lost and violated.

Answer:
 It’s not illegal for a single mother to have sex with another consenting adult. I’m not clear as to why you feel you have no choice but to give in to blackmail. What do you fear would happen to you if people knew you had sex?

Answer #2: I would get a lawyer. This is definitely blackmail and if he releases it, he is committing a crime called revenge porn. Either way he is committing a crime against you. Answer #3: >He studied all my social media and knew exactly how to make me fall in love. He then had sex with me and recorded everything.

This sounds very paranoid and would be extremely difficult to do.

Do you KNOW he has video of your encounter? Or are you just thinking he does?Answer #4: You're being paranoid. You don't even know the sex tape exists. And all he did was make a weird remark.

You had sex with someone. It happens. Just try hard and process the applicant like you never had met him. Answer #5: NAL but sounds like you're reading way between the lines and subtext. Of course a face-to-face encounter will be much different than how you've described it here on Reddit. Although I'm curious what you mean by "single dad... No children". This makes no sense.

Anyway if you even have an inkling of a suspicion that he's got a video then consult a lawyer. In many parts of the world it's illegal to blackmail someone like this.


Title: [TN] Mother involuntarily committed; younger brother’s temporary living situation expires next week

Question:
Extremely long story short:

My husband’s mother was committed to a mental hospital a few days ago due to erratic behavior and the belief that her elderly mom, who she lives with, and her older sister are trying to kill her. She has many, many delusions but those accusations are what led to her being committed. My husband’s grandmother got a court order kicking his mom and his brother out of her house. My husband’s brother is 14 and has been staying with a friend of his mom, however she is unable to pick him up from school and that sort of thing after Monday. We don’t know when the mom is getting out. We have not been in contact with his mother for years and no one doubts that she is a danger to her son and herself. There is also the fact that she is now homeless and we are unsure of when she will be able to provide a place for herself and her son to live. She does not work. It seems likely that she is paranoid schizophrenic, but she has a huge stigma against mental illness and has refused to seek help willingly. She has religious beliefs against taking medication. She is in another state, where none of our other family is located, and it has been difficult to figure out what we can do to help his brother. Even if we get verbal agreement from his mother to take his brother out of the state, she could easily go back on that and accuse us of kidnapping for taking him out of the state. How do we get permission to temporarily take him out of state to stay with family or is that even possible? How can we help him with his living situation until things get sorted out? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer:
 You need to get CPS involved.  They always try to place kids in his situation with family before going with a non relative, and if the only family willing or able to take him in is out of state, that's not a bar to placement with them.  Child services in most states use what they call an interstate compact, in which they'll have CPS in the out of state location verify the home is appropriate, and then they'll work with the family to arrange transportation if it's approved.

Doing any of this without state involvement is likely to get whoever is involved charged with at least one crime.


Title: [FL] "Para legal" threatening to take me to court

Question:
In short someone referred my wife and I to a paralegal to help us with our immigration paperwork. We agreed to fees of $300 upfront and $300 on completion. We arrived her "office"(her home ) where she had us fill out some basic info and she took copies off our passports and other documents. She told us she needed to keep my wife's passport and birth certificate and to come back the next day to complete the paperwork. Ignorantly we left her items with her. I had many questions and concerns that she blew off as me being rude and that i need to trust her because she has 17 years experience. I decided to do my own research on some of the questions I asked her and even decided to meet with a immigration attorney this morning to get a 2nd opinion and confirmed that she was giving me a lot of false info. I messaged her to stop whatever she is doing and I'm coming to pick up my personal belongings. I arrive at her house, she answers and I ask for my things. She says she needs her $300 payment and she is refusing to return my belongings. I call police , force her to return my belongings . We leave and she messages me she will see me in court . Should i be worried ?

Edit: went to her house and she refused to return documents. Police came and made her give me my stuff back. Messages me later on to tell me she will see me in court AKA she will sue me for the $300

Answer:
 Good job calling the police.

File a complaint against her with the state bar, here:  http://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBConsum.nsf/0a92a6dc28e76ae58525700a005d0d53/dbac6623cf5c015f85257a3f0060b781!OpenDocument

Answer #2: Police, asap.


Title: Boyfriends employer threatening job if he doesn't provide note from doctor saying he is okay to work.

Question:
Details: Employed for over a year. Medium sized (50ish employees) company in Oregon. He has two positions, one in production and assembly and he just completed training for another position having to do with shipping. For privacy I will say that his position has him working in a carpentry/warehouse (no large machinery, no forklift) capacity and then the new part time position is computer based.

Health: he has a history of weird sleep issues including daytime drowsiness. If he is sitting or even standing and not doing anything his eyes will get heavy. He sleep walks and often wakes up exhausted. He recently had a sleep study to try and address this issue. He took a day off work, using PTO, to complete this. He doesn't hide these things  from his employer and it doesn't affect his work. He drives with no problem, never any injuries on the job, he just can't be sitting still doing nothing without getting droopy eyelids for a few seconds here and there.

HR is telling him that they would like a doctors note saying that he is okay to work. Another supervisor is telling him that they have to have this otherwise his job may be at risk. He doesn't have distinct diagnosis and the process of addressing the sleep issue has been ongoing for probably 6 months. The doctor that he saw is being very difficult to get a hold of and has not provided the letter despite my bf calling every day and the office ensuring it will be done every day.

He feels like this sleep issue has not affected his work performance, attendance or safety and he has not requested any special accommodations. I guess this supervisor recently saw my bf looking very tired and drowsy at work one day. His 10 hour shift starts at 6am and there are often mandatory overtime days. So he works a lot. His supervisor is justifying needing this doctors note by saying it is unsafe to have someone working who "uncontrollably falls asleep". This is not the reality at all. He will be drowsy in the morning when they are doing morning stretches or if he is just sitting but absolutely never when he is actually working or doing things and he is never actually asleep.

Can they legally ask for this type of medical information and can they imply termination if he does not provide it?

Another thing that we are beginning to think may be a factor is that he is in recovery from opiate addiction and he is somewhat open about that at work. He has been clean for about 2.5 years. HR knows about this as well as the supervisor who has been threatening his job. They drug tested him upon hire and then again a year ago after he left work early due to an emergency at home. He is drug tested semi frequently by his doctor or through the recovery house that he manages and always passes. I feel like maybe they suspect he is not clean and instead of addressing the issue they are going this roundabout way to make him prove he is.

I just don't see how they can say that a potential medical problem that he has had his entire life is suddenly a problem now that he is investigating what could be going on. They cannot point to any particular time and say that it caused problems with safety or productivity, it's just that they feel like he is at times visibly more drowsy than someone 'should' be. How is that a reasonable ground for requesting medical information?

From a completely objective standpoint, yes it is bizarre that he gets this drowsy. He has been like this our entire relationship and his entire life. It appears weird but it doesn't significantly affect his life except when I get irritated that he rarely sleeps through the night without doing some weird stuff that wakes me up.

Thank you for reading, if there are other details I left out please ask and I will add the details.

Edit to add tldr: boyfriends work is requesting doctors notes clearing him to work even though he has had this issue his whole life and worked at this place for almost two years. He does not feel it has negatively affected work productivity, safety or attendance.
Topic:
Labor Law (Unions)

Answer: Yes, they can ask for confirmation that he's cleared to work safely.  They can't ask for specific diagnostic information (like what he has or what the treatment is supposed to be), but can demand he prove that he can work safely.


Title: Dog was attacked at kennel, RI

Question:
So my 6 month old golden retriever puppy was attacked at her kennel two days ago. I got a call from a kennel employee saying my puppy attacked another small dog during play time and it was unacceptable. I apologized profusely and asked if I should pick her up immediately. Kennel employee said no but if it happens again she's banned. when I pick her up that night, manager is waiting for me and is apologizing for my dog being attacked and bandaged her the best she could. I said I was told she attacked a dog. He explained she was "annoying" another very old dog and was attacked and there isn't a mark on the other dog. Well here I am $900 in vet bills later and the kennel can't get their story straight. Now  the owner said he is reviewing the tapes, but wont let me see them, wont give me the other dog owners info, and I bring my dog to the kennel at my own risk but he may ban the other dog.

What can I do at this point? My dog isnt aggressive so I'd like to see the tapes. I also feel like the other dog owner should pay for half of her vet bills since they keep going up. The police obviously have better things to do than deal with small dogs biting each other.

Answer: IANAL but wouldn’t the kennel be responsible for the vet bills since both dogs were in their care? Answer #2: What did you sign when you made the arrangements to leave her there? Any doggie day care or boarding situation will have  you fill out forms for your first visit- those forms will tell you what you agreed to.


Title: (CA) Ex-husband wants to renegotiate child support to pay less, but won't provide his tax returns. Says he doesn't want to "mess with his mom" by providing them.

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 > In the past, his family has had him sign his dead father's name to financial documents in order to benefit the family, so I'm assuming there's some kind of income he's trying to hide. I'd just like to know if it's $1.00 or $10,000.

Oh, boy, probable estate fraud and tax evasion!

You need a lawyer. As this involves child support, you may be able to obtain a lawyer through [legal aid](http://lawhelpca.org). Your lawyer can help you compel him to turn over his tax returns and other financial documents.

Separately, you could [tip off the IRS](https://www.irs.gov/individuals/how-do-you-report-suspected-tax-fraud-activity) that you suspect he may be evading his taxes using his father's unclosed estate. Don't use this as a threat or leverage; if you're going to call them, just call them.Answer #2: 1. A judge signed off on your initial order of child support?

2. Taxes aren't the whole picture, and if you know he commits financial fraud then you have to assume his taxes are not an accurate or reliable representation of his finances.

3. Don't take less without an attorney representing you. Where you get that attorney is up to you, but I doubt your ex wants to pay for someone who really knows what they're doing to go through his books.


Title: [No particular location] Suppose I print a hundred scratch cards with odds of 1:1000. In the print run, none of the cards were selected to be winners, so there is no chance of winning. Is that illegal?

Question: What I mean by this is, I used a program to pick whether a card is a winner or not, with preset odds that are advertised on the cards, and none of them were selected - this is not a rigged game. If I don't print enough for there to have been a winner, is it illegal to sell the losing ones?

Answer: It would probably not  be legal even if you printed all 1000 - I don’t know of any state that allows private lotteries


Title: Quitting my job,boss is trying to force me to go to work and forcefully add hours.

Question:
I live in San Francisco. California. I submitted my resignation on July 17th as my two weeks notice. I have attended work every shift, but recently due to complications, I can't go to my last set of shifts(Saturday & Sunday). My boss is trying to force me to go to the last shift even when I cannot make it, however, and I am unsure of how to proceed. I started the job somewhat under-the-table without signing an official contract(no terms of employment, no background check), and when I asked for access to my ADP account to punch in hours,I was denied access and my boss gave me a hard time blaming me for being unable to sign in.

My boss is pressuring me by saying that they have already put my hours into ADP and that I HAVE to go, since it is on the payroll. For context, this pay period is from July 16th to July 31st -- they are claiming that it is too late to change it and thus I must go into work since I am already being paid(note that I am on an hourly basis, not salaried. Plus, I have never been able to clock in my own hours -- for all I know all of my paychecks have been 1-2 hours short since I can't actually check.) If I did not sign any official employment contract, am I obligated to go to work? Is it legal of an employer to put in hours before you have even worked the shift?

Answer:
 You are not obligated to work. Ever.

That's slavery. We have a constitutional amendment just for this.

E: legally obligated. Contractual obligation is possible. But no contractual obligation here.


Title: (Sydney) 18 yr old let a 15 yr old drive, she crashed into another car! HELP

Question:
Hi all,
I allowed a 15 year old to drive my mothers car, the 15 year old girl collided with another vehicle on a major intersection but it was only minor damage to the other party.  I **OWN** the vehicle, but it is registered in my mothers name.

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I don't have my license, I have a L (learners) license.

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I am worried about what legal implications I am facing right now. The police officer advised me that I could be charged with "supervising an unlicensed driver" -- how can I be charged with this when I myself do not know how to drive, how am I suppose to supervise another driver?

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I was called into the police station only an hour after the incident, waited about 10 minutes, advised the police officer that I would like to seek appropriate legal council before saying anything, and he said something along the lines of "because it's an accident, you legally have to tell me what happened or you breach law X, X & X, I can play that card too! -- also goodluck getting a lawyer at 1AM" -- he came back roughly 20 minutes ago (after leaving with my ID) and allowed us to leave and go home, he advised me he would come to speak to my mother on X date at X time. He didn't make us create any statements of what happened or scan our hands or take fingerprints, just advised us to leave & he would come to speak to us at our house on X date at X time.

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Additionally, I have **no criminal record**.

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I'm in SYDNEY, NSW.

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Any and all legal advice is much appreciated.
Topic:
Criminal Law

Answer:
 The supervising an unlicenced driver charge sounds appropriate for you to be facing. The fact that you are not allowed to supervise drivers doesn't mean that you weren't legally in the role of a supervisor at that time. The fact that you knew she was unlicenced contributes to that interpretation.

Anyway you should get proper legal help because those charges sound reasonable and you need someone to help you.


Title: Meaning of 'usually' in a contract?

Question:
My work contract says the notice period is 'usually 4 weeks'.

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What does this mean? I'm fairly sure they need to say that it's 4 weeks or not.

Answer:
 >What does this mean?

Might depend on the context, and the words and sentences that both precede and follow that statement in the work contract.


Title: Taken to jail for resisting arrest. I have a court date. what will happen to me?

Question: The other night I was on my way home from getting a burrito on my bike. I was riding fast because it was cold and I wanted to eat my food. It was 1am. A police officer pulled up behind me blaring his sirens and I said "I'm going home" then turned a corner. Cops followed me around the block and got in front of me with the police SUV and I got off of my bike ready to talk to them. Two cops jumped out, handcuffed and searched me immediately without any warning and took me to the station to question me. They said I ran a red light but I don't think I did and there was hardly anyone out. I was only getting dinner. They kept me in the drunk tank and took me a town over. I was charged with resisting or obstructing a peace officer. Am I going to have jail time for this? a fine? This shit is ridiculous.

Answer:
 We don't know the possible consequences without knowing your location and the statue cited on the booking sheet or citation you were issued.

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Anyway, a police officer pulled up behind you with a siren (and presumably emergency lights) activated. Acknowledging him by saying "I'm going home," and continuing on your way shows that you were made aware of his attempt to contact you, and you continued on your way until your movement was impeded by a police vehicle. Not great for your case. Answer #2: In most states bikes have the same legal requirements as cars on the road, so you did the equivalent of a car refusing to stop for the police.Answer #3: Do you have any previous criminal history?


Title: Ex-boyfriend filed a harassment report against me. How to proceed?

Question:
I'm going to try to keep emotion out of this as much as possible. So, some background. I live in Mississippi. My ex and I are both grad students in the same program. We're also neighbors. We dated for the last 8 months and on Monday he left me for his previous ex-girlfriend (not a student but a local business owner.)

Monday night, the day we break up, her car is at his house. I'm angry. I kick his front door, swear at him, go home and pass out. The next day I smear my dog's poop in his front door keyhole. Thursday, I make "lost dog"-esque posters of his face and put them on our shared neighborhood mailbox. Friday I write "cheater" on his door in chalk. He tries to call me, I ignore it and text him saying essentially "live with your choices, I'm gonna haunt you."

The police call me that same day but don't leave a voicemail, I don't recognize the number so I don't answer. They call me again today and leave a voicemail this time saying that he's filed a report against me for harassment.

I'm ready to own up to what I did. I haven't done any actual property damage, assault, defamation, or anything like that. I admit I acted out of anger. I won't do anything else. They probably see this all the time. But, everyone is telling me not to call them back and to lawyer up before I do anything.

I just want this to end. I'm fine coming clean and getting reprimanded a little. But, my friends and family have said that once the report is filed, if I admit guilt, it can be taken to the DA and actual charges can be pressed against me resulting in a possible misdemeanor, $500 fine, 6 mos jail time....

What is the safest thing to do here? Call the cop and deny, deny, deny? Get a lawyer and have them make the call for me? Call and come clean? (that's what I am leaning towards.)

tl;dr: boyfriend cheated on me. I retaliated with words but not damage. he filed a police report and they want to talk to me. what should I do?

Answer:
 Don’t talk to the police without a lawyer. Do not “come clean.” Do seek therapy. Answer #2: Shut up and lawyer up.

And take an anger management class before the court orders you to take one. Answer #3: Like everyone else is saying, get a lawyer. You can't just "deny, deny, deny" when he has text proof of you saying that you're going to harass him.Answer #4: Get a lawyer and don’t speak to anyone without your lawyer. Answer #5: >I haven't done any actual property damage

I am no locksmith but I'm pretty sure dogshit can damage or disable a keyhole in such a way that replacement is the only viable option.

Replacing locks is also a very reasonable thing to do when you notice they have been tampered with in any way.

Consider yourself on the hook for property damage. If your ex would have posted here I would have advised him to have his locks changed and foot you the bill, among other things.Answer #6: You've gotten good advice, now delete this post. You have a shit load personal identifying information in your post history. Answer #7: You probably did damage his property. You said you kicked his doors, well ok people get angry and do that and most doors can take it. But locks definitely aren't designed to have faeces in them, and I guess that some of the biochemicals in it can cause a lock to seize up or damage it. So you did damage his propertyAnswer #8: You harassed him and trespassed on his property. Button your lip, and get a lawyer. Also, go see a therapist or something, you have serious anger issues.


Title: [FlL, WI] Trying to return home with my son but state won't let me.

Question:
I am from Wisconsin and came to Florida to work for my father over the summer. I have full legal custody and primary placement of my son and was informed by Wisconsin that nothing needed to be done for me to bring him down here.

Almost 2 months ago my son's mother took him from me when she had him for visitation (which was only a verbal agreement between us) and she wouldn't return him to me.

[heres the link to my post when t happened](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/51vr67/fl_wi_sons_mother_fled_with_my_son_when_i_have/?st=IUNNUY8E&sh=df57a690)

Well after speaking with a lawyer, since I can't afford to retain one, they suggested I file paperwork in both states since I'm from up there and she took him from me down here. So I did.

She was found in contempt of the state of Wisconsin on Oct 7th and was sentenced to 60 days in jail with a purge condition that she returned him in 7 days. (Which she did with 2 minutes remaining before her deadline)

She has retained lawyers in both states and is trying to file to dismiss all my paperwork and motions I have filed claiming that I acknowledged Florida as jurisdicting state because I filed here and laying claim that Wisconsin didn't properly file my custody order and that it isn't valid.

Meanwhile there was a hearing that her lawyer had scheduled in Florida knowing I was in Wisconsin for court. I missed the hearing and the judge stated I can't leave the state of Florida with my son till Wisconsin and Florida can figure out who has jurisdiction.

Do I drop all filed motions here in Florida and write a letter to the judge? Or how should I go about this? I just want to go home with my son.

Answer: The answer you don't want is the only right answer: you need to beg, borrow, or steal enough to pay for a lawyer. This is a very complicated situation - way above standard pro-se levels of difficulties.


Title: Louisiana - CYA on med insurance if SO leaves me

Question:
So, my wife (no marriage cert, but we lived & function as man & wife) has left, not really communicating at all.

While I adore her, and want things to work out, if she needs to leave to be happy, I can deal with that.

However, she has major medical issues (using the max FSA contribution in ~8 months each year), but if we are split, I can save ~150 a PAYCHECK by dropping her and changing to a high deduct plan, with HSA.  She has no job at current, and ~4 yrs ago when she took med leave from her last job, she didn't do the required appt's &/or paperwork to continue to get paid from them. She also refused to apply for unemployment, or disability in all that time.

We also have a 5 yr old daughter, but I'm not concerned about custody today, although that will be it's own issues.

Open enrollment is typically in Oct. so I have time. But I want to be prepared.

So much more, I'm sure, but ask ?'s and I'll answer.

Answer:
 > my wife (no marriage cert, but we lived & function as man & wife)

So not your wife. Your girlfriend. Live & function means nothing anymore.

So cause you are not married, you are free to do as you please. Theres no legal issues here other than stop calling you non-wife your wife.


Title: Torrented a movie, and now I received an email about my internet usage. Do I take action, or ignore?

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Ignore. Nobody in Canada has been sued over this to date. Keep in mind that this is pursuant to the Notice & Notice provisions of the Copyright Modernization that that the Tories did, but it has no real teeth.

The company is essentially trying to trick people into paying money they would never be willing to waste their time getting in court, even if they could, which they likely can't.


Title: Got caught buying my sister alcohol in the state of Ohio

Question:
So this evening my sister (19 y/o) was in town and texted me asking if I (22 y/o) could buy her alcohol. She was in the area so her and her friend (18 y/o) picked me up and we went to the local liquor store, I bought her a bottle of vodka and she dropped me back off at my house.

Apparently, we were followed from the liquor store by some undercovers and they pulled her over down the block and hit her with an underage. She wasn't drunk and the bottle was still sealed. They then pulled around the block and stopped at my house and issued me a furnishing alcohol to a minor.

It was obviously stupid that I had her drive me, I should have gone myself, but I wanted to hang out with her for a second since she was in town. Obviously not the smarted thing looking back on it.

We both have a court date in a few weeks. I'm wondering what type of penalties both her and I will have to face. I looked online and it said maximum of $1,000 fine with 6 months in jail for my instance. I was speaking with the other undercover while being written up and she said that often times there is community service and/ or a class her and I can take to get it removed from our records. They seemed relatively casual about it. For context, this occurred in Akron city limits in Summit county.

Obviously, I don't want to go to jail. I am mainly concerned with not having this on my record as it is clean until now. Also, I'm concerned with her well being as well. We're both wrapping up college and I would hate to have this go against her as she looks for a full time job.

Any advice on this or experience dealing with something like this would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer: If it is your first offense, there will probably be limited punishment. However you should retain a lawyer either out of pocket or through the public defender's office to help you get the best outcome.


Title: Landlord wants me to sign Pet Addendum to my lease. Do I have to? [WI]

Question:
So I signed a year long lease for my apartment 2 months ago. There was nothing against owning pets and our landlord even told us we could have them in our apartment. I dog sit occasionally for some extra money and my roommate has a dog of her own.   Now we receive an email form our landlord informing us that we must sign a "Pet Addendum" to our already active lease that prevents me from pet sitting. Our apartment is only allowed one pet, so I wouldn't be able to get one of my own, and my roommate has to pay a $400 pet security Deposit.

No where on the original lease has any information about pets or that the lease is subject to change. My current plan is to just ignore this addendum until they call me out / threaten something so I would like to know my options if that time comes.

Answer: You are under no obligation to sign a lease addendum. But your LL is under no obligation to renew your lease at its end. If he does, he can add that addendum to the new lease.


Title: Noisy neighbors that do not care about getting complaints and warnings

Question:
I live in North Carolina.
The couple who moved in above me three months ago is making my life a living hell.

They have three German shepherds that are full grown and HAVE to be at least 60-100 lbs each. They bark and whine and howl and bang and run around all hours of the day (and night). They are so loud I can hear it through my headphones which are noise canceling. What makes this situation even better is that they also love rap music with the bass cranked up and their subwoofers ARE ON THE FLOOR.

I have been in contact with the leasing office about this situation from the beginning. The first time I called was about the loud music and they didn't keep my complaint anonymous which lead to the people above me acting more aggressive by constantly banging on the floor, walking and stomping hard at all hours of the night, banging on my door when they walk to their apartment, etc. I called and complained two more times, the last time being last weekend. They informed me that I am not the only one to complain, even the people NEXT TO ME HAVE COMPLAINED, and that they have received their third warning. They told me they cannot do anything about the dogs unless they physically enter the apartment and every time they give notice to do so they leave with the animals.

THEN after their third fucking warning they wake me up at 330am last Wednesday with all these crashes and bangs which shake my dishes in my cabinet. I waited for them to calm down but the dogs just started howling and barking so I called the cops. I never heard anything from the police or the leasing office and I went out of town and just got back today. All day I have been listening to this shit go on and the dogs howling and barking and I have realized that these people seriously just don't give a shit because they know they can get away with it bc the leasing office sucks.

I have started writing a formal letter with citations of laws and parts of the lease that state that they are breaking rules. I am keeping a log of when they are loud and disruptive but my boyfriend said that is a useless idea.  I also read that there is a clause of enjoyment(?) that I am entitled to but I cannot find it anywhere in my lease. I want to get something done without having to hire a lawyer but it is starting to get to the point where I want to break my lease and move in somewhere else because I can't live like this anymore. I have also considered playing Insane Clown Posse's music on a loop near the ceiling.....
HELP???

edit:
Like you guys suggested, I have pretty much given up on my apartment office and I am going straight to law enforcement. I called 311 in my city and they were super helpful with the situation and they are going to send animal control to give them a warning for the excessive barking and howling. They told me if I continue to have any more issues to just call them any time I need. I am hoping that LEO's showing up at their door will shut them up!!

Thanks again....
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: Keep calling the cops every time it happens, especially late at night.  If they don't take the leasing office seriously, they might have a "change of heart" if LEOs start showing up at their door.


Title: Tailgating valid defence for speeding?

Question:
I was going down a road that's a 25 at about 30mph when this car comes up on me fast, it pulls within 3 feet of my bumper and I speed up about 10mph before getting over to let it pass. Just as I merge the car throws on it's lights. The officer wrote me up for 1-5 over, but recorded that he paced me at 42 in a 25. I feel like I was pressured into this speeding ticket.

Additional info: This happened in Michigan at about 11:15pm. Everyone (including police) typically does around 35 on this stretch when there's traffic. The road was completely empty at the time except for me and the officer. The officer did not activate his lights until I merged right and slowed down.

Answer: No \- when tailgated you need to stay calm, control your speed, and get over when you can.


Title: [IL] I've seen people saying that it's possible to sue a telemarketer for when they call you if you're on the do not call list. How am I supposed to do this when I cannot get the person at the other end of the line to tell me the name of the company, and the phone number on my caller ID is fake?

Question:
I am seriously at the end of my rope.  This is frustrating beyond belief and I just want it to stop.  I get 2 or 3 calls a day for everything from car insurance to student loans.  No matter what I say to these people, I cannot get them to stop calling me.  I have threatened them, ignored them, even tried harassing them with my own phone calls (that only worked once).

Supposedly, I can sue them for $500 for every call, but I have no idea how to do that.  If I play along with the call and try to get the name of the company, they hang up on me, or they give me some really generic, obviously fake name: "Account services" or "Credit processing" - nothing I can ask a lawyer to send a cease and desist to, and nobody I can bring to court.

If I try to call back on the phone number they called me from, it's usually disconnected, but sometimes it's a home phone number for some random person.

How do I fight this?

Answer:
 > Supposedly, I can sue them for $500 for every call

You can, in the same way I can theoretically become an Olympic gymnast


Title: (CA) Got sent a bill for an ambulance I never used

Question:
I was sent a bill for $1965.43 for an ambulance ride to Regional Medical Center by Rural/Metro. Thing is, I have never used an ambulance in my life and this is the first I've ever heard of it.

The notice states it was on 4/22/2016.
Doing a little research on the company, it says they operate in San Diego County and Santa Clara County. A quick Google search states taht there is a Regional Medical Center in San Jose. I live in Thousand Oaks, in Ventura County, and have not been to either of those two counties in at least 4 years. The social security number on the account matches, so perhaps it could be a case of identity fraud.

Am I liable to pay this? What is the best course of action to take? I also am not insured, as I have turned 26 recently. This event will definitely get me started on that.

Answer: Either somebody gave your SSN or they fumbled entering it. Just call them and tell them.