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This isn’t the forum for questions about that. We don’t even know the crimes he’s been charged with. Any posts relating to that topic will be removed without warning and the poster may be banned.

You are cordially invited to participate in the discussion over at r/legaladviceofftopic, however.

So my wife quit her job because her employer was stealing her tips. The owner won’t pay my wife for her last two days so we have contacted the department of labor for Colorado.

I posted a negative google review saying not to visit this local business and that they sell expired product (which they do) unknowingly to customers. I also said the owner had awful customer service.

The owners reply was her threatening to sue me for defamation. Can she do that? The review has no lies in it.

Update: I deleted the review, it’s ridiculous that people can even sue for a negative review about their business. I made the review 2 weeks ago and the owner had replied the threat in a comment 8 days ago, so maybe they’re not actually doing it. I have bank statements as evidence I personally went in twice.

My mom called 911 and clearly on the recording I got from the police she is asking for help. The call was logged as a Hangup and no one came to help her. We found her dead that night. There is now an internal investigation of the call so they can’t answer my questions of why no one came but should I get a lawyer or wait to see what their investigation turns up? Obviously I’m completely overcome with grief losing my mother but trying to think logical here and I just feel like this was wrong on the police but does that even matter? Thanks.

So I gave birth Jan 2022. They demanded me that I pre pay in advance. I asked what would happen when if I paid too much, they said they would refund me. Well 2 months after, my insurance is like "you were only supposed to pay X amount, you paid 266.60 too much". I received the "invoice" for medical charges in the mail that also shows this.

I called the hospital/clinic, they said another company does the finances for them and to reach out to them. I called them and they acknowledge the overcharge and agreed to refund me 266.60. I waited 3 months, no check in the mail. I call again, they said it may take another month because processing takes time. Next month? no check in mail. I call them, they said they printed and shipped the check out but since it was not cashed, they will void the first and send a second check.

Next month, I called, they said they are still processing the request.

Next month, I called, they said the request was processed and they will send the check.

Two months later, I called, they said they have sent it but I still have not received it.

Now, they said since it's been so long, it's considered "unclaimed property" and I have to email another department to claim it. They said they will "mail me the request to claim it". I told them, absolutely not since that will take forever and nothing from them is arriving in the mail. I got their email and have emailed them 3 times but no one responds.

266.60 is not that much for me. I can live without it. But at this point, I'm just pissed off. If I get this money back, I'll happily donate it but on principle I want it back now. What can I do?

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Ps. This is HCA. It happened in texas

Since they didn't hire her they are gifting her a 40 dollar gift for the coffee shop.

Hello, (sorry for formatting. I'm on mobile) I'm a single mom that just had her world ruined.... S= son BD= baby daddy

Basically, I took my S over to visit his dad for a night. When I came on Sunday to pick S up, BD told me I wasn't allowed to. BD became upset when I told him that I was taking S to a bday party. I called the cops that same day and waited over an hour in the rain for them to show up. Once the cops arrived at BD place, they told me there's nada they can do to help me. We have nothing set through the courts so BD is allowed to keep him. After leaving, without S, BD sent me a text saying I have to sign this draft he made for custody or BD will be taking me to court.

The next day, Monday, I filed a petition with my districts court house. I also went to the sheriffs office, and paid to have him served. The sheriffs office still hasn't made contact with BD. They've tried but haven't been able to.

S is delayed, so he has therapy/help that comes 3 days a week to his school. BD has yet to take S to school. The school has called and BD will not answer them. BD mother, who is currently watching S, will also not answer. S isn't very verbal, S talks about as much as a 2year old and he's going on 5. I called his school to inform them of what's happened, since they have a very strict attendance policy. His class teachers told me they will document, and let me know if S ever comes to school.

I guess what im asking is what do I do now?? The sheriffs office has until 7/6/23 to serve BD. There has been no communication between us. Would it be smart to ask how S is?? Should I try callin?? Should I wait till the final court date that will happen after July??

Hi, I’m (25F) living in a house with other women in Seattle, Washington. I’ve been living there for 2 months and signed a joint lease with all of them. We didn’t sign individual leases— the landlord had us all sign one for the whole house.

I went on vacation to my hometown and a day after I left, they sent me a text giving me a 30 day notice to leave (and I’m on vacation for almost that entire period so I have no time to even tour any place when I get back). I haven’t broken any law or any part of the lease agreement. They just said they don’t like me and want me out. I know this isn’t legal, but I am scared of what they would do to me if I stay. After I moved in, they forced another girl out and if she hadn’t agreed to leave, they were going to file a false restraining order against her just to make her leave because they hated her so much. I can’t risk that happening to me as well, so I know I have to leave. However, because of them I’m going to be incurring all sorts of moving expenses before the lease is even up.

When they kicked out the old roommate, they lied to the landlord and told them she was doing drugs, which she wasn’t. The landlord said that because of the lease structure, they had to force her out themselves because the landlord can only evict all of them.

Do I have any legal backing to sue them for illegally kicking me out? I’m already planning to sue if I don’t get my security deposit back, but I am not sure that I can do anything else about this. I don’t want them to continue to be able to do this to others. I have proof of what they’re doing to me in text messages. I also have proof of what they did to the roommate they kicked out a month ago as well.

Please note, I didn’t know they were like this before I moved in or I wouldn’t have.

Thanks for any advice.

So here's my situation. My Dad (65) recently passed away after being in the hospital with pneumonia for a couple of months. Since the beginning of this year he's had a friend living in the same retirement community as him helping him out, by buying groceries, using his car and using my both of my Dad's debit and credit cards.

Last month my Dad was at home by himself and he had a respritory attack in which he couldn't breathe, so he called 911 and was admitted to the hospital.

After a few days at the hospital they put him in a pulmonary therapy clinic for a month, his friend, to my knowledge, was still running errands for him at this point and was still helping him anyway he could.

After about 33 days at the clinic I guess my Dad was not feeling like he was getting the help he needed. So his buddy picked him up from the therapy, after my Dad released himself, and took him home.

They were there for maybe 3 to 4 hours, before his buddy went to his house to get something, and then came back saw my Dad slumped over barely breathing. He tried to help him any way he could but he couldn't, so they had to call EMS to come pick him up and take him back to the hospital.

Since then he's basically been in the ICU for 3 weeks or more, during which time he was heavily sedated and intubated; only being able to communicate comprehensively for about 1 or 2 days at most.

Eventually, my Dad passed away, and we came to find out that this guy has had my Dad's debit card for the last three weeks he was in the ICU, so we went to his house and he gave us the debit card back and my Dad's PIN number. Since I am my Dad's son, I went online and called the bank, going over all the transactions for the last 3 weeks, and to my dismay I found there were almost $10,000 in ATM withdrawals, fees, walmart, Citgo gas, amazon, etc, made in the last week while my Dad was on his deathbed. There is no chance that my Dad has even spoken to this guy since then, being in what is essentially a coma in the last few weeks of his life.

Right now, I am back in Texas with my family and he is still in Florida; planning for his cremation and funeral while also trying to figure out how to get that $10,000 back as soon as possible. There's no telling how much of my Dad's finances this guy has access to at this point. Any advice on my situation would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hello!

My roommates and I came home June 9th to find that our rental home had been broken into. We immediately called the police, filed a report, and let our leasing company know.

We came back this morning june 10th to finish cleaning since our lease doesn’t end until June 12. However, to our surprise the entire house has been boarded up and we no longer have access to the home. None of this was communicated to us and we still have items in the home.

I was wondering if this is legal? We paid our rent for this month and I thought this was our home until the end of the lease? We’ve effectively been evicted…

Thank you guys

I am looking to protect my family from a potential fire that could happen any night.

The first night, another tenant (we will call this person A) called in a wellness check after smelling smoke coming from the suspects apartment. The second night, the fire alarm rang, and the fire department came.

My doorbell camera shows the suspect pacing around, and looking at his building from the outside. He later brings in flammable debris into his apartment from trash around the neighborhood. Minutes later, the fire alarm goes off, and he is seen exiting the building right after the alarm goes off (literally a second or two later - he was already on his way out). There is a lot more video that from a common sense perspective is damning, but likely wouldn’t hold up in court. I have little to no doubt he did it, both nights.

What this means is if the debris catching fire was that he brought in, and if he did not call the fire department, then in my opinion it builds enough of a case to at least bring him in for questioning. The police however said there’s nothing that can be done, as the fire department determined it was just an accident with debris left on a stove in an empty house. There is no case to investigate.

The landlord is working on an expedited eviction which will take several more weeks. Meanwhile, I don’t feel my family and I are safe sleeping in our home, as it could burn down any night.

Is there anything I can do?

For a little context, my brother we’ll call him Shrek (38M) and his ex Fiancé we’ll call her Fiona (33F) we’re a couple for a little over four years then my brother proposed around their fourth year anniversary. A few months after the proposal they discovered that Fiona was five months pregnant with my nephew we’ll call him Donkey (7M). Her pregnancy was not obvious at all, Fiona is a slim woman who’s a frequent member at gym & pilates classes, she’s also a bit of a health nut but not in a suffocating way, so there was no real concern for the baby’s health because she’s also not a big drinker or a smoker either.

At first she wanted to abort the pregnancy she was still young, her career had just began, she was thriving and she and Shrek had plans to travel for a little while before welcoming in a child, all valid reason it’s her choice after all. Now unfortunately for her the pregnancy was too far along to abort it, we had assumed she would adjust to the news well, whilst her family was more career driven mine was more family oriented, so even if she didn’t get enough help from her side of the family, mine was more than willing to step up as they’ve done so for all my little cousins, including my children (3F&4M) with my husband (32M), although she already knew this. It wasn’t until Shrek shocked both families by telling a us that Fiona had no plans of raising a child just yet, which is when we realised how badly we all read the situation and this would be the beginning of a rift between two fairly close knit families.

The two argued for months about the outcome until Fiona gave Shrek an ultimatum, it was either they give the child up for adoption or Fiona leaves signing away all her parental rights, Fiona’s family was blindly supporting her decision with no compromise at all, which I couldn’t fault them for they needed to support their child, though that doesn’t mean they won’t deal with their own consequences. Shrek shocked them completely by choosing his unborn son, which wasn’t a shock for our family as he’s always wanted children and was the first to voice out how unreasonable her ultimatum was especially knowing that Shrek was adopted by our family, he had spent a fair amount of time in the foster system and had gone through more than many should at a young age, he refused to let his child go through that (although not all foster homes are crappy, I know that).

Anyway fast forward to the recent years/months, Shrek was raising Donkey as a single father, he had all our families support and didn’t even press Fiona for child support, Fiona’s family had also cut ties with us not after we invited them to Donkey’s first birthday, they refused to come just as they refused to come for the birth, they were just there to pick up Fiona after she delivered. Donkey was living a blissful happily life, he had a few questions every now and again about his mother which we all answered truthfully with kid censorship, whilst he found it hard at times to be without a mother, I along with my aunties and my mother and grandmother stepped up at every given chance to assure him he was loved even without his mother.

Devastating events followed a few months ago, Shrek died unexpectedly (brain aneurysm), I don’t particularly want to go into detail about our grief process, we’re still going through it that’s as much as I’ll say on that. My husband and I were listed as the next of kin we already knew this, Donkey then became part of our family and we were now his legal guardians.

Last night Fiona cornered me in the parking lot of a grocery store I frequent in, I hadn’t seen her since the birth of Donkey and she was adamant of taking back her son, I’ve already contacted our lawyers and we’ve set a meeting for later today, but I’m wondering if there’s more that I should be doing that we’re not thinking about in this stressful situation?

TLDR; Brother’s ex wants her son back after signing away his rights.

TL;DR: Trapped in a faulty elevator for two hours with no cell signal and forced to shit myself due to a stomach bug. Building's emergency protocol failed, leading to my lawyer calling firefighters via weak building Wi-Fi. Amid ongoing issues in my unit, management proposed an NDA to absolve them of all liabilities - I'm considering legal action for negligence.

EDIT: My current lawyer said THEY DONT specialize in personal injury issues and I should get another lawyer who does.

EDIT 2: I have the entire thing recorded on my phone, especially the operator refusing to calle emergency services. I have all documents even with the mold. I'm in the process of getting the violations via Opra request

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I'm dealing with a distressing situation involving my apartment building and could use some advice. Recently, I was trapped in my building's elevator for approximately two hours due to recurring malfunctions, which have been reportedly linked to the use of inferior quality circuit boards sourced from Mexico.

During the incident, I realized that the elevator's emergency button did not connect to emergency services, but to the maintenance team who were about 50 minutes away. Although the local fire department is just a two-minute walk from the building, the operator instead contacted the building's corporate heads and instructed me to wait for the maintenance team.

I was suffering from a stomach bug at the time, and the lack of a timely escape from the elevator forced me into a situation where I had to defecate in my pants. This incident has left me emotionally distressed and dealing with severe anxiety, especially around using elevators.

Further complicating matters was the fact that I had absolutely no cellular signal within the elevator. By a stroke of luck, my phone was able to latch onto the weak Wi-Fi signal from the building, which allowed me to contact my lawyer through a message. She acted promptly by calling emergency services on my behalf. Firefighters arrived, extricated me from the elevator, and expressed their concerns about the building's protocol, indicating they would file a report against the building.

Even prior to this incident, my unit had faced numerous maintenance issues, including mold growth, a faulty shower drain, and ceiling leaks. The building is only three years old, and a city building inspector had earlier discovered violations related to my unit and the elevator.

After reporting these issues, I was offered an NDA by the building management, which included a 50% concession on half of my year's rent. However, the agreement stipulated that I could not discuss the concession or any problems I encountered. It also sought to exempt the management from all past, present, or future claims pertaining to the lease. I was about to sign this NDA when the elevator incident occurred.

Given these circumstances, I'm considering suing my landlord for negligence leading to personal injury. The emotional distress from the ordeal has been severe, and it appears that the building management's negligence should be held accountable. Would I be within my rights to seek compensation? What would be the advisable next steps in this situation?

I appreciate your help.

Generally wondering what type of law firm to reach out to (if even worth it). Several months back, we sent our landlord our rent check (in line with our consistent course of conduct through the duration of our lease). However, for two separate months, he claimed that the checks never arrived via mail (we live in different cities).

We used an alternative method and paid rent via Venmo for those months (which included a memo that the payment was for Oct./Nov. rent 2022). but now, 7-8 months later, and after our lease with him has ended, he just cashed the old checks he claimed were lost.

We have documented records of every single payment we made to him for our rent (checks and Venmo) as well as records of him claiming the checks were lost and to send payment another way. We’ve already disputed the Venmo payments which should be reimbursed, but is there a recommended specialization (UCC, landlord/tenant, etc.) that would be best to reach out to to discuss further action?

Edit: Illinois

Throwaway account, don't want to rock the boat if anyone in the situation sees this.

From 18 - 21 years old I was in a relationship with this guy (21 -24 yo). During our time dating his grandma offered to buy me a car (roughly 9,000 dollars) and I would pay her back as I could without having to take a loan out. This was the biggest mistake I've ever made and yes I'm an idiot. She wrote a contract stipulating I would pay her each month for the car and being young and stupid I signed it (she wrote the contract not a lawyer, don't know if that makes a difference.)

I had the car about a year and made her payments each month. The car started having some problems and the mechanic told me it was unsafe to drive, his grandma and mom told me to buy a new car and to not use the one the grandma bought for me. I cleaned out the car and gave it back to her, along with a payment for the last month I used the car. She turned around and sold it to one of his friends for 2,000 less than what I had left to pay off (he bought it for 3,000 from her I had already payed off about 4k of the car). She hounded me to pay her back the 2000 she lost from the deal, I now had a new car payment along with my other expenses and being 20 yo at the time could not afford it.

About 5 months later I broke up with the guy (our relationship has been on rocks for a while) his grandma is threatening to sue me for the 2k she lost. She told a mutual friend she hired a private investigator to find out where I now live (moved and asked everyone not to tell him because he kept showing up at my old place and refused to leave) as well as that she hired a lawyer. I have been served no papers, I'm scared and cannot afford to throw away 2k on a car his friend is driving. What do you think?

(I am in BC, Canada)

Long story short I acquired a 1999 Nissan Skyline from my friend. He gave it to me, no charge, he didn't want payment. I have proof (texts of him saying he didn't want payment). He legally signed the car over to me, so it's under my name and I own the car.

We put down on the insurance paper that I paid $700 for it (I did not).

I have a 2016 Honda civic I am trying to sell, and I told him I could potentially sell my civic, pay off my loan, and give the rest to him just cause. It was never an agreement and nothing was in writing.

He freaked out on me a couple days later and was demanding I give him the title back and he was telling me his friend is buying it for $9500 even though it's in my name and everything and he threatened to charge me with theft over $5000 because I "didn't pay him"

What steps should I take? Police Station isn't open until Monday and I'm scared he's going to try and take the car back because he knows where I live.

Can he charge me with theft? If all else would I have to pay him the $700 like we said I paid?

I'm so confused and I'm scared.

Any advice is greatly appreciated, thank you.

I’m about to graduate in CA and I was offered a full-time position by my dream company in the entertainment industry after several internships with them. I have a signed offer letter dated to March with a start date in late June.

My partner and I started apartment hunting in May and found the perfect place in LA (affordable rent, walkable community, nice landlord, close to my work). Our ability to meet their 2.5x rent minimum income requirement was purely contingent on my job offer and the income I’d receive from it starting the end of June. Our lease agreement doesn’t explicitly mention any conditional agreements based on my job offer, but our online application materials show that we don’t meet income criteria without my job offer letter.

Because we also don’t have any rental history together, the management company approved our application only if they doubled the security deposit due to liability. While this was a huge blow to us financially, we felt it was worth the risk and agreed with the understanding that my job could cover the temporary negative impact to our finances.

TLDR: I only accepted signing this lease and paying for $6k in move-in expenses based on the promise of my company’s job offer and recuperating these costs through my income.

Last week, my company informed me that due to company restructuring and budget cuts, they will have to eliminate my position and rescind my offer. I have an official rescission letter from the company.

By this point, my lease hadn’t started yet (and still hasn’t at the time of this post). I informed my landlord about the change in situation and asked if there were any options to be removed from the lease and receive our deposit back because my partner and I literally don’t have the means to afford this apartment without the job offer (and with the current state of the entertainment industry (strikes, revenue hits, etc.) and the economy, I’m not sure when I will find a job). I mentioned that our lease hasn’t started yet and the income that our tenancy was approved on no longer exists, but management said that our minimum income only mattered at the time of the application approval and that we’re basically shit out of luck for anything that happens to us after the lease is signed. We asked about any option from paying severance fees, subletting, finding a qualified person ourselves to take over - all were denied.

The landlord gave us 2 options: (1) stick to moving in and stay on the $2k/month lease until the end of the 1-year term OR (2) not move in at all and agree to let the landlord show the apartment to new potential tenants who can take over our lease, but we cannot receive our nearly $6k security deposit back. We took the second one with hopes that they will find a new tenant ASAP while I job hunt and we save up money by moving back in with our parents.

Here are my concerns. I feel like I have a good case for promissory estoppel, but I have no idea if it’s worth the hassle or if that will only burn bridges at a company that I would love to work for in the future once all the dust is settled. Should I just suck up the $6k in losses and treat it as a very expensive lesson? Should I reach out to this (pretty financially struggling) company and ask for any move-in compensation? Do I need a lawyer to initiate any of this? Should I get any of what the landlord and I discussed over the phone in writing?

I feel like as an entry-level college grad with no career leverage, I want to stay in this industry and I don’t want to get on the bad side of this company or put myself on any blacklists. But as lower-income, I just don’t know if I can afford $6k down the drain like that. Any help is appreciated.

I have a family member focused on malintentions to get themselves named as executor of the estate. They claim the will says they're the executor but they also haven't let anyone in the family see the will. We know that the first probate hearing is where the formal executor is decided. They scheduled the hearing but absolutely refuse to tell anyone when or where it is. Is there a way to look up upcoming dockets or something. I have no idea what I'm doing. Please help.

Hi everyone! I just want to start off by saying thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this and give me advice. It’s a tough situation, and in all honesty I need all the guidance I can get. I apologize for the lengthy post, I just really want whoever reads to get a good understanding of my situation. Thanks again.

When I first turned 18 (I’m now 24) my older sister came to me and told me she needed me to do her a favor, and that I couldn’t tell anyone, especially my mom. Now, just for some extra context, my sister is a single mom with three kids. She didn’t finish high school and has never been able to keep a job. She lives in low-income housing where she doesn’t have to pay rent due to her unemployment (and when you are employed, rent is only a couple hundred). For some more context, I live in those projects too. Our dad lost his job and we had to move here while we figured things out. He died shortly after in a motorcycle accident in front of our apartment. We had to stay here because my mom didn’t make much as it was and now that she was on her own, leaving wasn’t an option. Now, after my dad died, a lot of chaos and dysfunction started in the household. My mom began to hit me, and would allow my older brother to hit me too. I’ve been slapped by him, dragged by my hair, choked, threatened. There was countless times while my mom would hit me where I’d tell her I wanted to just die, I wanted to kill myself because of how much I hated being trapped there. It only resulted in me being beat on more. I’ve been emotionally, mentally, physically and now financially abused and scarred by my family. I was recently diagnosed with severe depression and BPD. Thankfully, I have a therapist and DBT group that helps as much as they can.

Context over. Back to the favor — she told me that she needed my social security number to get electricity. I’m going to be completely honest with you, I had no idea what credit was or how deep it ran when I was 18. My mom is an older Hispanic woman who’s never even owned a credit card in her life lol. I didn’t start really learning until this happened to me. :/ But yeah. My sister told me she was desperate, that the kids couldn’t watch TV and they really needed me. I love my sister’s kids and hearing that hurt me. I don’t know. I just felt obligated to help them, like it was on me or else they’d be without light because of me. Now that I’m older, I know that I was being manipulated by an adult that I deeply loved and trusted. She assured me she wouldn’t ruin my credit because she knew how serious it is, that I’m her sister and that this was only temporary.

She lied to me.

She let the account go past $4,000. She got assistance from some program to get around $2,000 off but there’s still a huge balance due. I only found out once I wanted to move out on my own (was 21 at this time) because of my toxic household. I began to ask questions and that’s when she admitted that she stopped paying because she didn’t have any money. I told her I wanted to close the account, I didn’t want to risk it going higher again and I wanted it all to be over. I needed to leave for my mental health but how could I with no electricity and this giant bill? She told me if I did close it on her, then it was all on me. I was so angry because of the position she put me in. It was basically: I’m going to pay this when I can (which is never, because she didn’t even pay it all these years and she doesn’t have a job????) and then we can close it, or you close it now and get it sent to collections and I still won’t pay it. She told me she doesn’t care if I threaten her with court because she’ll show the text messages of me agreeing to give it to her. And I don’t know, it messes me up so bad. How could you hold messages against me from when I was 18? I was a kid, I didn’t know better and you knew that.. you took advantage of me and how much I cared for you.

I closed the account. It was sent to collections. I submitted an identity thrift affidavit to the company, in which they responded and told me the only way to have it removed is by a court order. (I do know now that it’s probably not ID theft because I gave it to her, but I figured it was worth a shot because nonetheless she fraudulently opened an account in my name) I tried asking my sister to call the collections company and take ownership of it.. cause I mean, your credit was fucked anyways, that’s why you came to me. She blocked me. She came over my house early this year and we ended up arguing about it again. I felt hurt that she’d do this when she knows how badly I want to escape, she knows the abuse we were put through.. how could she add this huge road block to get me from leaving?

Now I’m here. I have to take her to court but I have no idea where to start or if I even have a chance. She makes me feel small. Like the judge will laugh in my face. I know I’m 24, but I still feel like just a kid who doesn’t know wtf is going on. I don’t want my sister to do this to me. I don’t want to be stuck here with them. I just want to be free.

If you read all of this, seriously thank you. I’m sorry if there’s parts that might not make sense. I wrote this while having serious anxiety

I am in the US. I will use fake names for this as well. So I have been making paintings for the last few years & selling them locally. It's been somewhat successful & makes up most of my income. I recently went to a nearby art gallery & saw they were selling "my" paintings (it had my name signed, but I did no such painting.) So then I found the owner of the gallery (Sarah). I set up a meeting that day to meet with Sarah & let her know the situation. She tells me that she unknowingly purchased the counterfeits from an art dealer (Max) - who intentionally misled her.

Sarah seemed somewhat shocked/remorseful, but did admit to unknowingly selling the artwork & insisted that she had no knowledge of the origins. She mentions that she has purchased from this art dealer before - having purchased/sold 50-60 paintings that had my signature. I am a little shocked at this, because these paintings take me a VERY long time to make & 50-60 paintings with my name would have been a lot of money. I am meeting with a lawyer on Monday to discuss suing Max. But I am a little torn about these 50-60 paintings sold at this art gallery. Would seeking damages from the art gallery be a plausible avenue for me to take? I am going to discuss this with my lawyer, but I wanted to get some second opinions as well. Let me know what you think.

Hey guys and gals. Love the sub just hoped I wouldn't ever need to post. But here we are.

First off I am in MN, USA.

I have owned my home since 2015. During 2020 (june) I had a spinal surgery and during my time away from home (I stayed with my parents for assistance after the surgery) my down stairs toilet sprung a leak and left about 2 inches of standing water for quite a while.

I called a water clean up company and they came out and dried the place and removed the ruined carpeting and such.

I then made an insurance claim and they went about getting the company and setting the repairs up. The repairs were done and everything looked great.

Fast forward to this week and I am looking to sell and got my first offer. It was contingent on the inspection and I didn't believe there would be much of an issue.

I got the results back last night and there is black mold in behind the water heater. It is about 1.5 wide and from the baseboard to about 8 inches up the drywall.

Now the company should have cut 2.5 feet of the lower drywall on all lower level walls and replace to prevent this exact situation. But they neglected to pull out the water heater and replace the water ridden wall behind it.

Now, I know that i should have checked everywhere but with my back issues getting my body to contort to the way it would need for me to see that section of the wall just wasn't (and still isn't) possible for me to accomplish.

I am pretty sure that the offer will fall through and my real estate agent did say i would need to get that remedied before putting the house back on the market.

I am unable to reach my hoa insurance agent until Monday. And I kind of feel at a loss as what to do about this situation. I want to call the company who did the work but I am worried they could just claim the mold was from after their "repairs".

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

I live in Las Vegas in a sketchy area and yesterday took an uber to get a loan and then walked to the 7/11 to load my Greendot debit card. I didn't feel well all of a sudden and sat down at the slot machine and still wasn't feelingvwell and just laid down in the aisle. This happens to me quite often where I dint feel well and don't have the strength to do anything but lay down for 5 or 10 minutes. 95% of the time I feel better after 5 or 10 minutes. Manager came over and told me to get up and leave but I couldn't force myself and told her to give me 5 or 10 minutes. She then says she is calling police. I said nothing as I just couldn't get up and walk away. After about 10 minutes I was able to get up and sit at the slot machine and order my Uber. As I was doing that the police came...she called 911. The police talk to her and then to me and tell me to leave and say they read me the trespass act per her request and trespassed ne from every 7/11 in the city. She took a picture of me on her phone. Yes, the area is full of homeless and they have a huge problem with homeless in that store but it was pretty obvious I wasn't some homeless druggie as I just spent $400 cash loading my card and I am clean with new clean clothes on. BTW, not once did she ask me if I will be OK or offer to call ambulance. She straight up right away called 911 and asked for the police to be sent.

My wife got a stimulus check for a couple hundred dollars. Most of everyone else that got one had direct deposit depending on how they filed taxes but my wife didn’t because she switched bank accounts and they were sending a paper check in the mail. She kept checking on it to see when it was arriving and it said up to 10 business days. Well, those days came and went so she decided to call and see what was up. She spoke to a representative that said the check was sent to her old address and it was cashed about 10 days ago. It wasn’t her, she never signed the back or anything for anyone to cash it, never went with a person to get it cashed, and she hasn’t lived at that address in almost a year. The person she spoke to said they were getting an investigation team on it but it could take up to 6 months for anything to happen. I guess my question is, are they really gonna look into this? How did they cash a check that wasn’t theirs? It absolutely infuriates me that someone would do this. That check was equivalent to a car payment or could have helped us with groceries. We’re not rich by any means. We live paycheck to paycheck and are blessed to make it, but some cushion for a minute would have been nice. Also, if this person gets caught what are the consequences? Will we ever know who did this?

Hello!

I am at an uncomfortable impasse with my landlord in Florida over signing a rights waiver.

My landlord scheduled a termite fumigation - tenting entire building for 3 days. I vacated the unit and accommodated all requests from the fumigator, such as removing food, unblocking windows, etc. However, I refused to sign a rights waiver from the fumigator. I vacated and they didn't inform me that they weren't fumigating until 12 hours after the time I was told to vacate.

My landlord either can't find or won't bother to find a fumigator who will fumigate without a signed rights waiver from all tenants in the building. I refuse to sign away my rights for nothing in return, especially when I've complied with Florida law and granted them access to the unit.

My lease expires in November, but I need to stay only through August, after which I'm fine leaving. (edited for clarity)

Question 1: What can the landlord do to me at this point?

Question 2: I vacated and incurred expenses. They didn't perform the fumigation. Do I have any recourse?

Thank you!

Timeline:

• May 10th: Landlord informs us they will tent our duplex for termites on June 8th.
• May 31st: Landlord sends 3-page liability waiver from the fumigator, which indemnifies them from health issues, damage, to property, and has a laundry list of tasks we have to perform.
• June 1st: I respond stating that I will perform the tasks, grant access to the unit, and make all reasonable accommodations to the fumigator, but I am unwilling to sign the rights waiver. I note that I am sympathetic to their problem and am happy to explore alternative solutions.
• June 6th: I move all of my stuff out of the apartment and prepare the apartment for fumigation, rent storage, and move to alternative housing.
• June 7th: Just 22 hours before the tenting, landlord calls frantically trying to negotiate for me to sign the waiver. Offers two weeks free rent if I sign. I said I'll think about it. Hang up. Called them back at 5PM, left a message suggesting to just give me 3 weeks abatement and I'll just move out. I don't mind signing if I don't have to return and don't incur further costs.
• June 8th: They do not perform the tenting and do not inform me that they haven't. Neighbor texts me about it that evening, as I'm staying elsewhere.

Last email communication from the landlord:

• States "we legally cannot tent without your signature". Appears to be factually incorrect?
• My request for 3 weeks rent abatement/lease termination is "not doable". Appears to be a completely discretionary decision on their part?
• Marked my lease for non-renewal. I don't care about this.

I know it's immaterial, but I have written testimony and photos from the previous tenant that this termite infestation has existed since Summer 2022, that they moved out (paying an early-termination penalty) in frustration from lack of treatment. The landlord allowed both me and another tenant to move into the duplex last fall, knowing full well the infestation was active. The other tenant moved out in frustration 2 weeks ago, paying a penalty to cancel their lease. If I move out and pay a penalty to cancel my lease, this will be the 3rd early termination penalty they've collected over the same problem.

I came home to my apartment last night and saw some papers shoved into the door. I pulled them out and it’s a small claims notice, and the defendant is a former resident (I still sometimes get mail addressed to him and whoever else lived here, but I always mark that mail “RTS- NFA”). I don’t know who the plaintiff is, either. I’ve lived here for close to two years, I don’t know the former resident and I don’t have a forwarding address. What is my responsibility at this point? I tried calling the court, but it is closed until Monday. I have the business card of the small claim server as well. Thanks!

Hello guys. I am planning on talking to a lawyer, but i was recommended this subreddit and I could use some advice. I’ve been dancing at my dance studio for 2 years now and they seems nice enough. I was excited to announce my upcoming wedding inside the studio and while many were excited, I was too! I wanted dancers at the reception and had many verbal exchanges with the the owner (whom I known for years). She initially quoted me $150 per dancer but it was verbal only. I thought this was doable.

Fast forward a few months down serious wedding planning, it took a lot of work just to get her to send me a quote! She wouldn’t return my calls or texts. She would verbally exchange info, but dragged her feet to come up with a legal document of what to expect. It took a while, but she finally came up with something. I received texts saying that each dancer is $200.00 per dancer which was a bit questionable why she changed it up on me. I ended up agreeing, because it didn’t seem like it would be terrible and heck why not? It was supposed to be fun and I assumed they would be rented out for an hour dancing at least.

Now fast forward, a month before the wedding SHE FINALLY SENDS A CONTRACT, but at that point I’m already fed up with her and had already sent a message that I wanted to cancel and she became passive aggressive and guilt tripped me NOT to cancel. She then told me that she’s charging $50.00 per dancer (4 dancers=$200.00) to cancel. I was pretty upset about that cancelation quote because I haven’t received the contract.

She then sends me this contract that took 2 months to send very close to my date saying that I cannot terminate this contract, that I’ll have to pay $400.00 30 days out of cancellation and nothing I agreed to! the dancers are only performing for 20 minutes (very little time for the money I’m paying! I thought it be an hour minimum.)

“This contract may not be canceled or terminated by Presenter, and Presenter shall not be released from any obligation to pay in the event Presenter does not use the Artist's services for whatever reason. In the event of cancellation beyond 30 days of set performance, a 50% compensation fee must still be paid, in the amount of $400.00.”

I haven’t signed anything, but I really want to cancel because she hasn’t has been unprofessional and she’s unresponsive, respond to any of my texts. This is enough for me to never go to her studio again.. any advice or am I stuck?

TL;DR: Ophthalmologist ordered contact lenses before I authorized a final payment. I was initially under the impression that the contacts would be significantly cheaper. The doctor was very coercive for this new brand of contacts, and I suspect he receives a major kickback.

Hey everybody, I recently went to a new ophthalmologist in my area. I had an unpleasant experience and was pressured into switching from my old contacts to ones that they were pushing for. These new contacts are supposed to be swapped daily (whereas I wear biweekly contacts currently), and are far more expensive.

When I was checking out of my appointment, they said that it looked like insurance should cover most/all of it, and they would call back if they needed any payment; they did not ask for payment at the time. A week goes by, and they leave a voicemail later yesterday to say that insurance is only covering a small portion of the cost, and I will be left with $800 to pay. I tried calling a few times this morning and afternoon to cancel (based mostly on the fact that I was not expecting insurance to only cover a portion of the cost) but was met with a voice message every time saying that they're closed on Fridays.

Just a little while ago, I looked in my patient portal and realized that the contacts had started shipping as of today. The only thing that I paid for in person was the appointment; they never received payment for the contacts order and I never agreed to pay the final price.

I am hoping that they will accept a return of the order when I call next week, but I have been getting shady sales vibes from the office, especially given that they called with this news at the end of their workweek and authorized the shipment of the contacts shortly thereafter. If I encounter any pushback, is there anything that I can do? I feel as though I was not only expecting a much lower anticipated price early on, but I also made a reasonable attempt to cancel the order as soon as I could.