r/legaladvice

I’m a groundskeeper for an apartment and on this day I was walking the grounds for dog poop, and this man starts yelling at me and walking towards me accusing me of eyeballing his wife. ( I have know idea who this guy or his wife is) and and continuing to walk away. He purses me and is now closely following me when he said “you think you’re a tough guy?” “ I’ll fucking kill you” so I ran a couple of feet away and heard him following so I pulled my gun and slowly backed away, he backed off as well. What should I do?

Recently I've started a new job at an appliance repair company that does house calls. I'm still training, and I'll get put with another technician who has a van. I'm required to be at the office at 7:30 to be picked up (sometimes the person I'm riding with is late though and we won't leave until 8 or 8:30) and my bosses are telling me that I'm not allowed to actually clock in until we reach the first customer's house, which can sometimes be over an hour away. We're also required to clock out as soon as the last job of the day is done, though we still need to drive back to the office so I can get my car.

Is this legal? It feels sketchy at best, especially when at times the person I'm riding with will make me drive. Is there anything I can do about this? I live in Florida and the company is based in Florida.

[EDIT: Just wanted to add that we are all regular full-time employees, not independent contractors.]

This is a real story that happened today. After making sure that my long time GF (African) can fly to spend her vacation with me in Ecuador, I bought us both flights, booked airbnb, booked car rent, etc etc for over 5000 usd. To make sure that she can fly, I asked her to write to KLM support email and they responded that she can fly connecting in Europe without a problem. Same info is on their website. Today at the airport the poor girl comes to check in at KLM stand in Nairobi and what they tell her is "you can't fly without husband or father". When she takes out her phone to record this weird KLM rule, they start saying that she needs an EU visa to fly. When she askes them to see her conversation with their KLM co-worker or to check the KLM website, they refuse. 4 hours later she leaves Nairobi airport in tears. KLM did not even give any paper notice about her cancelled ticket nor they sent an email despite her and my demands. What will they say tomorrow, "a no-show"? she recorded some part of the conversation with them.

NO this is not scam. I wasn't scammed I'm 100% sure. I never sent that girl money or gifts, and it was her interest same as mine to fly to spend the vacation. We are still attempting to meet in Ecuador.

Our moral and financial loss due to this unlawful KLM behavour is huge. There's absolutely zero reason why KLM would have the right to do so. We were totally prepared with all reservations and insurances etc etc. What we were not prepared for was the spirit of KLM airline company.

Please help! what can I do now?

Hello,

I run a charter bus company in a small town in NJ next to I-95. While using my bendy bus (60 feet), it broke down and stalled on the side of the road. I called 10 heavy duty tow truck places who all refused to tow it because of it's length, and it sat there so long and created a traffic jam that the police had to get involved and basically forced one of the tow companies that said no to tow it. They hooked up to it and after I explained to them several times how to properly tow it, they tore the middle connection of the bus by taking a turn to sharp and are now refusing to fix it or be held liable because they didn't want to do it in the first place.

What are my options?

I was my father's conservator. I had tried to get access to the box to get his will and that was actually on the judges desk when he died. The judge decided the motion was no longer valid since my father had died.

My father had meant for myself, my half sister, and my son to inherit. He had not meant for his new wife to inherit. They had an agreement since they both own property and had kids.

He's stupidly made her joint owner of his safety deposit box. I can't get her to get the willl out. She seems to have dementia so I can't tell if this is just willful or what.

The lawyer that did his will only has 3 of 4 pages. My lawyer says that means it's not valid.

What on Earth can I do? My lawyer says that this means I am here at half and she inherits half. At least my half-sister and son out. He may have wanted his brother to inherit some too, I'm not sure.

My lawyer may be just wants to do the easy thing? I don't know.

I've worked for this company for 4 years now, and today we were informed that "there was an error in our pay calculations" even years before that. As a result, our salary will be dropping from around $80-85k to $35-40k. After receiving this news, all of us in the department were told to think it over for the night, and then tomorrow we will be asked if we are committed to continue working, or if we would like to leave.

So here are my questions:

1. Should I choose to "leave" when asked, would that count as termination, and would I be eligible for unemployment pay?

2. Also should I choose to "leave", is there any kind of temporary health care to hold me for a period of time while I seek out a new job?

3. Is this even legal??

For some context, I personally have been unhappy there for a few months now, and some more recent changes the last few weeks have made things even tougher. [For example - we are no longer allowed to take off Monday or Friday...is THAT legal?] While I'm not excited to go job hunting, I know I can easily find another job elsewhere for more than that, although it will be more difficult to reach that higher number again.

Additionally I'm 27 years old and relatively health, although I don't want to be without healthcare for too long [if at all]. My student loans and car is paid off, I still live home with my family [who has already agreed to accommodate me through this process] and have no other debts. I have a decent amount of money saved up so I'm not worried about going without income for a month or two if it comes down to it.

Thanks for reading and offering any advice. Ultimately I'm siding towards leaving, but those other factors are important to me as well.

My wife bought a used car from a dealership. The car had high miles, but ran good, and was a decent deal. The car made it about a year, and broke down a couple states away with my wife on vacation. She was able to limp it to the nearest manufactures dealership. They said the fuel pump was bad, and that there was so much sludge in the engine, they wouldn't recommend driving it.

Eventually they did some repairs, and my wife was able to make it within an hours distance to the original dealership where she purchased it, and they came and towed it in.

So now she's basically told that the car is worthless, and she worked a deal on a new '23 model..... Nothing fancy, under. 30k.

The dealership told her, not to worry about the broken down car, and that everything was taken care of.

First problem came a month later, when the finance company tries to withdraw a payment for the broken down car. My wife gets in touch with the dealership, and the bank, and it gets reversed... They say it was a mistake, not to worry.

So, like 6 months later, a repo rig shows up at my house looking for the car.

And now the dealership is acting like they don't know what happened to the car, or like they just "lost" it or something, and don't know where it is, or what happened.

Seems fishy to me.

I mean could they have resold the car, after telling my wife it's worthless, and now just lying about it.

I guess it's going to tank our credit for a couple reasons, when my wife did nothing wrong except to believe what they told her.

Would it be worthwhile, or the smart thing to do to contact a lawyer in this matter?

Me and my girlfriend got an apartment last fall where we have been living. As the title says, I came home to an eviction notice to leave the premises within 3 days. Upon further inspection, the last 3 months rent were being held as “pending” and didn’t actually go through. It’s after hours so we haven’t been able to call the leasing office yet for more questions. We both scoured our emails to see if we missed any warnings but there was nothing. The bank, nor landlord/company we rent from sent anything regarding our missed payments. The only email they sent was yesterday, a day before evicting us.

Are they allowed to do this? It was my understanding that landlords need to give tenants a 30 day notice. Perhaps I’m missing some information or something. We could’ve cleared this up had they let us know after the first payment. Any advice is welcomed.

Edit: We live in Ohio.

Hello Reddit friends,

My uncle had his vehicle totalled by a snow grader in a recent snowstorm. The vehicle was parked in his driveway and when the grader went to turn around, it smashed into the vehicle and drove away.

After submitting a police report, photos and video of the incident (entire situation was recorded), the county sent a letter claiming "government immunity" and not liable for payment as the road grader is not considered "motor vehicle" Is this valid? My uncle does not have full-coverage on the vehicle and his own insurance will not provide any help. His un-insured vehicle claim (recommended to complete by his insurance agent) was denied.

Is there any legal action he can take? Is there a specific type of lawyer he should look into getting? Or, is he out of luck and that's just how these situations end? I find it ridiculous that the vehicle was parked IN HIS DRIVEWAY, totalled, and he is solely responsible for fixing.

A few other relevant details:

• State & County - Clear Creek County, Colorado

• Emails have been exchanged where the county is aware / admits fault, but then proceeded to send the "immunity" letter.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I work at a "work at will state" (texas). My employer wants me to travel to Tamulipas Mexico, which is a Level 4 on travel.state.gov "do not travel". I brought this up and stated that I was not willing to go, and I was threatened with being fired I dont go. Is this wrongful termination?

So i would like to add, though it may not change things, that the job in question is an Hourly technical position. That said, while the job description was that there would be out of state and yes out of country travel, there was no mention of any requirement to travel to any dangerous areas - nor was this in any way presented as a dangerous job. I am in no way supposed to be a freedom fighter and i have no interest in going to warzones.

Hi,

I have been caregiving for my mother for 7 years. Over the years she has significantly declined and needing additional care. Thus, having to downsize my business and now closing the business altogether due to needing 24 hour care. I do work from home and often interrupted due to nurses in and out of the home, transportation pickup and drop offs. I have had to take time off for doc visits etc. I’m barely making ends meet and everywhere I turn to for help; there are no options.

She has no family or anyone willing to take her in. I have mentioned group home and she has refused. My monthly maintenance of my home is $4300 p/m and that would be without extra money for car payment, insurance, and others. She has firmly said that she will not contribute more than $1200 p/m. When I pull money from her account, I specifically tell her what each payment is for and she doesn’t process what I am telling her and calls me a thief. I have had many conversations about her verbal and physical abuse towards my child and how I cannot trust to leave her home alone. I have spoken with her doctors and they all agree that we cannot live together. I have 3 reports that I submitted to Adult Protective Services in 2 years with no help. I gave her a timeline to figure out her living situation to no avail. Now she has a report about me being abusive and stealing from her, which is not the truth. I need help and do not know how to have her leave my home.

Located in TX. My mother and I were his primary caregivers. A little backstory; My parents have been together 25 years and have had 4 kids. My dad supported her and she never worked, until he caught covid, 2 strokes and meningitis which left him bedridden for the rest of his life. He is unable to care for himself at all. My mom and I took care of his needs and always took shifts throughout the day. A couple days ago, she grabbed her things and left without saying a word. She left me with him and I am unable to do it without her. She worked, I took care of him. I worked, she took care of him. I just need a little support as I am a (21F) about to enter college this fall and it’s weighting on my shoulders. They were never married. Can he/I seek alimony? Spousal support? I don’t know what else to do. She left me all alone. I do everything for him. I wish she would have let me know she was leaving is all.

Not sure what flair to use for this post, but I have a neighbor who is a registered sex offender has a girlfriend that, as far as I can tell, is living with him and her kids also appear to be living there.

His crime happened 20 years ago. He was 27 and the victim was 15. He was convicted of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child, a felony, and he has to register for life. He is compliant with his reporting.

The particular child in question is about high school age and walks in front of my house on her way home from school every day. Today as I pulled into my driveway he was out greeting her and put his arm around her as they walked up to their house and it really icked me out and made me worry for her. I hope it’s nothing, but is he even allowed to live with kids that aren’t his? Should I be reporting this to someone so they can make sure everything is okay? I don’t know anything about his girlfriend, so I don’t know if he’s reported that he’s living with non-biological children. Does it even matter what age/gender the child is? I think it bothered me because she is around the age his victim was, would it be any different if it was a 4 year old boy?

This happened yesterday. I was sitting at my desk and all the sudden my right monitor “exploded.” Long story short, my neighbor’s 16 year old son fired off a gun and the bullet came within a foot of my head.

I can’t believe I almost got shot in the head in the comfort of my own apartment.

He’s in custody now at a juvenile detention center. He had other charges on him: violation of house arrest, 2 drug possession charges, unlawful possession of a firearm, and now firing into a dwelling (which I’m a victim of).

I want the apartment complex to kick the family out asap. I do not want to live right next to these people who let their son be so negligent with a firearm that it almost killed me.

I’ve never been in a situation like this before. I’m in between en jobs rn and don’t have the resources to move.

The apartment complex says they’re looking into terminating their lease but have to head back from their legal department before they can confirm.

Advice would be appreciated, thank you

Hey everyone.

I’ve come here for some guidance cuz I know nothing about what to do in my situation.

I just got off the phone with the court clerk and was told I don’t qualify for a public defender, so I am trying to figure this one out on my own if possible. So… First off, yeah I had a minor fender bender back in summer of 2018 while on the job working for the State Parks of Oregon. I filed a police report with the state police and all that jazz. My employer was supposed to file an accident report that later (5 years) I found out was never filed when I went to the DMV for a new drivers license and there was a suspension on my name. They handed me a form, and I got it filled out and turned it back in no problem after reaching out to risk and safety for the state parks. I got my license that day.

The R&S coordinator even told me over the phone half a year ago that it was supposed to be done on their part and she apologized. So I’d like to try and get that in writing from her, hoping that could help me.

Mind you, I have had like 5 federal background checks done since then and nothing has ever popped up before (I work a federal job). So I never knew about this warrant. Even my boss was very surprised.

I even bought a gun for my home and then applied for a CCW license and when I went to the sheriffs office for the license appointment, I was arrested after my appointment. Basically turned myself in lol. And I thought it was a joke at first 😂 …stupid.

I went through the whole process and was put into a cell until I got bailed out 8 hours later.

I know this doesn’t seem like a huge deal, but I don’t want this on my record obviously. Being clean matters to me.

What can I do?

Is it a bad idea to try and represent myself? Someone told me I could send a note to the judge prior to try and explain the situation and maybe give them evidence beforehand (such as the accident report and the police report). But I’m not sure how that’s done exactly or if I really even can do that.

I also have a “Failure to Appear” on the warrant in which I never personally received the court notice nor did the lady I lived with.

I feel like I have a solid story I could tell myself, but the courtroom is a place that’s hard to navigate.

Any advice??? Thanks!

So me (26f) and my roommate are living in a rental condo in Indiana. When we first moved in our house had a really bad lock that had a hard time opening from the inside. This was irritating, but we had keys to lock and unlock the doors.

The landlord came to replace the locks two weeks ago and lost the keys that day. We have never had keys to this door, which means we no longer have keys to any door in our house and we either have to maneuver in the mornings to not lock someone out, or we have to leave our door unlocked.

What in the world do we do here? This isn't our fault and no one (including the landlord) is arguing that it is, but he is still taking his sweet time and won't do anything.

I have all of this in provable writing and, again, no one is saying we need to do anything. On top of this, the landlord wants us to do a bunch of stuff like moving things that belong to the homeowners so the HOA can do yard work, etc.

Nothing about any of this has been in the lease and honestly this guy has been a nightmare.

Do I have any action I can take moving forward to fix this?

Thank you!

So my dad was having difficulty walking, standing, and moving by himself. However, not clearly showing the left side drooping characteristics of a stroke. After 12 hours of waiting and finally being put into a room, we were informed that he had a series of minor strokes and finally a major one that was the main cause of concern.

After running tests, his blood sugar levels was in the 300’s and his blood pressure was in the 250’s with a 75% blockage in his carotid artery that could have resulted in his death.

These numbers were unknown at the time of arriving at the hospital, but my mother tried to push the desk that she thought he was having a stroke. They didn’t take her seriously until she and my dad nearly blew up on them and left in hours 12.

This was 7 months ago and now that all the financial and emotional damage has settled, is there any grounds to sue for negligence despite his situation?

I recently switched cable companies. The previous one sent me a bill for equipment that I never received or used, dating back years ago. After several conversations with them, they refuse to acknowledge that this is a mistake.

Since I am not paying $350 for something I never received, I told them as much. The equipment that they allegedly sent me is also not worth even half of that. They threatened to take it to collections, and made good on their threat.

I have excellent credit, but don’t mind taking a hit out of principal here. This whole situation is asinine.

The debt collection company sent me a written notice. What should I do? Respond? Ignore?

Located in Northern Virginia.

My car was hit by a company van trying to park on my street in the early morning hours. They left the scene. Approximately $5k in damages.

I called the police. A business captured video surveillance of the hit and run (I have possession of the video and the officer viewed it as well).

The police found the van parked nearby, took pictures, got the insurance information, but refused to file a police report. I politely requested a police report but they said there will be none. They said an incident report will be filed and they gave me the insurance info of the van.

I made a claim but after a couple reviews, it has been denied and I am being held liable because they said there is no police report. (I submitted the incident report but they said it is 'one sided' and has no value). I again requested a police report, but again they said no.

I have video surveillance, physical evidence, and even a witness that was behind the van when it made the hit.

Not sure why I can't get a police report when this is technically a felony hit and run.

It's been a month now.

Who do I go to if the police won't provide a report? Congressman? Do I need to lawyer up? This seems so bizarre to me.

13 yr old son was arrest by a cop, my son was not a threat to the officer, cop put him in handcuffs, son stated that he told the officer that his cuffs was to tight and his hand was feeling numb, cop did not respond. He went to juvenile and complained about his wrist. My son was bleeding from the hand cuff being too tight on his wrist. Family knew nothing about this, my son was released 10 days later. Next day at home he came to me complained about his wrist tingling and that when I noticed a horrible scar on his wrist. I took him to the ER. He has. Broken wrist, he was referred to an orthopedic. I want to get legal advice or seek an attorney to hiring about and officer using excessive force, neglection or misconduct to a minor that was never a threat. Can I do that? (N GA)

Last night, my father had his now ex-girfriend over. At about 2 am, I was woken up by her drunken screaming. I had worked a double shift and tried to just shut my eyes and let it pass, but the more my dad tried to calm her the louder she got. She ended leaving in cuffs for being disorderly and public drunkenness.

This morning I wake up to find my cat's whiskers are really short. I immediately called my dad and my mom at the time who had my sister to question if they cut them to a obvious no. My dad, 11yo sister, myself, and his ex were here. The only one that was roaming the house was my dad's ex. My dad was upstairs until he escorted her out the house. My sister was scared in her room, she never went anywhere in the house without my dad during this incident.

I am going to court next week with my dad as a witness to the things she did to get a restraining order. I'm 100% going to mention this while in court. Wanted to know if this was criminal at all, she clearly did it out of spite while arguing.

Pictures of the cat (she's fine) Ironic enough I have picture of the pair of scissors and some whiskers next to it.

TLDR; Sometimes there is LITERALLY ZERO street parking in our neighborhood, so my mom has to park in another neighborhood down the street and keeps getting parking tickets. Who do we talk to? What can we do?

This post is for my lovely mom. We share an apartment in an overpopulated neighborhood. We were assigned one single car garage that is so small, but I can fit my old beater in there. My mom’s car cannot fit, so she has to find street parking. We live in the lower income side of the neighborhood and it is PACKED. Down the street is the “nicer” neighborhood and the streets are empty. Sometimes, my mom literally has no choice but to park there, since sometimes there is LITERALLY no spot ANYWHERE to park in our side of the neighborhood. She has gotten I think 3 tickets so far. Each being $155. Obviously, being on the lower income side, she cannot afford to keep paying these tickets. What can we do? Who should we talk to? I doubt there’s anything our management company can do. Do we talk to the city? How do we do that? Thank you!

Hi there,

not sure if this is allowed here but ive had no luck elsewhere. My parents had money stolen out of their bank account today (was 2 e-transfers to an unknown account) and the cops say they cant do anything? Any advice on where to go from here?

Hello all. I have a back neighbor who I share a wall with. Las Vegas, Nevada. They have a pool, I have 2 trees with flowers along the wall. I used to have 2 palm trees (removed at neighbor's request because fronds were "falling into pool") and a plum tree (removed because it mysteriously died and because plums "attracted rats", were "falling in [her] yard", and "almost choked [her] dog"). Additionally I have a few rose vines growing on that wall. I do not live on the property, I am renting it out. I have my landscapers come in every quarter to trim whatever is growing over the property line.

Every spring, bees come to both our yards. They forage in my trees and drink her pool's water. She claims I am being a nuisance because I am allowing them to swarm. I have paid for a licensed bee removal contractor to inspect the property 2 years ago. No beehive was found, and they claim nothing can be done except for removing the trees, and even then it won't stop them from drinking water in her pool. They sprayed one time, just for show, because they said the spray won't keep them from coming back as soon as the next day.

Neighbor wants to take me to court over the bees foraging in my trees, and because of plant life growing over the property line (rose vines, which I trim once a quarter. Discerning whether I should have landscapers trim it twice a quarter.). What can I do?

I had a major back injury in 2022 resulting in 2 herniated discs in L4-L5/L5-S1 as well as multiple lumbar and thoracic bulges

I've had a rhizotomy procedure as well as physical therapy, lose 45 pounds to decrease stress on spine (280 down to 235 but still ways to go need to drop to 160 and working on it) as well as epidurals monthly, trigger points every 2 weeks and a pain management program.

My local big chain pharmacy (CVS/Walgreens/Walmart etc) has had supply chain issues with my fentanyl patches and the pharmacist mentioned I should try independent pharmacies as they've had better luck than big corporate stores

So I find one nearby that takes my insurance and I had my pain doctor send scripts there for the patches

My county has a drug issue so we have a lotta folks who sadly keep an ear out for easy marks

The independent pharmacy I sent the script to denied it as they have a no narcotics policy which is fine my pain doctor just sent it to another pharmacy to fill while I just wait.

Now it gets dicey. My family and my in laws both live nearby and the pharmacist knows my family and my in laws somehow. I didn't know this. The pharmacist went to my father in law and told him I was filling dangerous scripts and he's worried. This man is a stranger. And my FIL is a bit of an ass. He then goes straight to my wife and harasses her in our home about how I'm a drug seeker. He is convinced despite multiple MRIs that my issue is just being fat and he's been very vocal about how fat people are clogging the health system.

My wife is a mess as she's easily anxious. My FIL shared my issue with his family to make it seem like I'm a problem . And my dad's angry at the pharmacist for violating HIPAA

Additionally I've gotten texts and calls from folks in the county as they were apparently around when the pharmacist spoke loudly and publicly to my FIL and want to know which doctor gave me scripts and I've had my bag searched twice at my local temple.

I should add we're Indian so narcotics are a bit taboo so the social stigma aspect also hurts as now everyone knows and judges me which IDC but my wife's mental health has sunk.

I go to temple regularly and in a small community news spreads, my wife has had her car broken into and we've had a lot of issues with drug addiction in the community with thefts and violent behavior becoming normalized from community members suffering from addiction.

How do I get help against the pharmacist and my FIL for spreading my medical information and causing my wife and I to become marks for drug seekers?