Location: Las Vegas

I stayed at a large casino hotel this weekend and used their valet. When I went to get my car the next morning, they scanned my ticket and told me the car had already been picked up around 2am.

Security checked cameras and figured out that a different guest was somehow given my keys. Apparently he came back several hours later. Nobody from the hotel contacted me when this happened.

My car now has a scraped front bumper, one wheel is pretty badly damaged, and there were about 140 extra miles on it. The hotel admitted their valet employee handed over the wrong keys, but they're saying the valet ticket has language limiting their liability to $500.

They also won't give me the other guest's information and just keep telling me to go through my own insurance.

Does that $500 liability language actually protect them when they literally gave my car to the wrong person? Should I be making a claim against the hotel, the valet company, or both? Also is this something I should file a police report over even though the car was returned?

I knew I shouldve just stayed home.

Location: Minnesota

I brought a few boxes of old film negatives to a local photo lab to have them professionally scanned. They’re mostly family photos from the 80s and 90s that belonged to my parents.

When I picked everything up the employee mentioned there had been a mixup with two orders but told me mine was complete.

A few days later my sister found one of our childhood photos posted by a random photography account on Instagram. We messaged the account and the guy was actually pretty normal about it. He said the photo lab accidentally included around 300 of our scans on the USB drive they gave him with his own order.

He apparently liked a few of the pictures and posted them because he assumed they were old stock photos or abandoned negatives the lab had included for some reason.

He removed the posts when we explained it, but he also said he already imported the entire folder onto his computer.

The photo lab apologized and offered to refund my scanning fee, but they basically said since the other customer agreed to delete everything there's nothing else they can do.

Some of these are pretty personal family photos and I'm uncomfortable with the fact that hundreds were handed to a stranger in the first place.

Is this just a customer service screwup or is there actually any legal responsibility on the lab for distributing copies of private photographs to someone else? Also, do I have any right to ask for something in writing confirming what happened instead of just accepting their verbal apology?

I am posting another update on my bizarre situation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) because I went back to push for answers, and the response I got was incredibly frustrating. My college classes start tomorrow, and I still have no laptop.

To recap: Coming back to the US from the UK, CBP officers physically stopped me at the airport on the MPC line because my "facial recognition didn’t match." 3 and a half hours later in the CBP area at Terminal E arrivals they detained my phone, laptop, and smart watch under a CBP Form 6051D (Detention Notice) marked "Held for HSI."
It has now been more than 30 days, and here is the latest update:

The Dead Phone Number: The number on my official receipt is completely out of service. I managed to show it to an HSI Special Agent at their building. He and his colleague called it from their own phones, confirmed it was dead, and were openly confused because it isn't an agency number. When I asked for his name to follow up, he refused and just said his title was "Special Agent."

The CBP Supervisor's Response: I pushed to speak with a CBP supervisor. She explicitly told me that the 30-day timeline on the form "isn't a hard deadline."
"Just Maneuver": She reassured me that I would eventually get my stuff back in the mail, but she couldn't tell me when. Her exact words of advice for my classes starting tomorrow were that "I have to maneuver while I'm waiting for my stuff back."

Refusal to Identify: When I asked for her name so I could track who told me this, she refused to give it to me, claiming it "wasn't her department anymore" anyway.
Still No Database Record: Front-desk officers at both Logan Airport Terminal E and Causeway St in Boston still insist that my receipt number shows no active record in their immediate lookup systems.

I am caught in a loop where a supervisor verbally admits they have my stuff and will mail it, but the agency databases show no record of it, the paperwork has a fake number, and every federal employee I speak to refuses to give me their name or a tracking update.

Because I need to "maneuver" for college tomorrow
without my laptop, what is the best way to legally bypass this stonewalling? Should I file an internal affairs complaint since they are refusing to provide names while blowing past federal detention timelines?

Location: Boston

Location: Massachusetts

My 69yo father was at a company (in MA) for about 9 years and planned to retire when he turned 70. He has been struggling with brain/memory issues and was prescribed medicine by his doctor to help with this. He made a mistake at work and his boss yelled at him and he told his boss about the health issues. His boss said to not tell anyone about this and then proceeded to fire him a few days later (early June).

No severance, health insurance ended that day (edit: he is now on Medicare). And he is not in the financial position to simply retire earlier than planned.

It was an office job at a big construction company. Do I have a case here? Or is there anyway you think we can get some sort of severance? He never reported this medication to HR and there is no proof that the conversation with the boss had occurred.

It’s very stressful right now and any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for reading.

Location: Los Angeles, California

Hello everybody, I hope you are doing well 🙏. I was recently fired from a State Farm insurance agency. Long story short, I took a trip that my boss had previously approved. A few days before the trip, he told me I couldn’t go anymore, even though everything had already been paid for, and said he would fire me if I went. I’ve heard from people that this could be wrongful termination, but whatever—to be honest, right now I just want to figure out if I can get the money I’m owed.

I get paid every 5th and 20th of the month. My check on the 5th includes my hourly pay from the 16th–31st, plus my commissions for the whole month. My check on the 20th is purely my hourly pay from the 1st–15th.

I was fired on August 9th and was told to come in the next day to pick up my final check. After getting the check, I realized it only included my hourly pay. I asked my boss where my commissions and bonus were, and he told me I would have to wait until September 5th to receive them. This all happened on August 10th.

September 5th came around. Normally, I would see my check on ADP and then go pick it up in person. Turns out I’m not getting a check because, according to my boss, commissions + bonuses are “discretionary,” so he doesn’t have to pay them to me. That simply can’t be true, right? I thought discretionary meant it was purely out of the blue, like a random bonus or something similar. This wasn’t like that at all. Everything was performance/metric based.
For example, my commissions have set goals based on cars, life + auto, etc. I sold a good amount before being fired, and I also had big policies carry over that issued during this pay period, so it’s a lot of money.

My bonus dates all the way back to April. We had a health promotion where, if we sold a certain amount, we would get $50 per health policy. We usually have to wait a few months for all the policies to be issued and good to go before we get paid. This month was THE month we were supposed to get paid, and my former coworkers told me they received their bonuses a few days ago as well.

I know this is a lot, but if somebody could please help me figure this out, I would really appreciate it. It’s a lot of money that I’m not being paid, and I want to know what my rights are and be able to respond to my former boss if he claims these commissions and bonuses are “discretionary” when they were based on specific sales goals and performance.

Location: Portland Oregon

Im 15 and mom kicked me out yesterday at 4pm, I roamed around and then went back home around 8pm tp see if she was there. She wasn't, went to a friend's house and mom saw me on the way and forced me in the car.

She is now telling everyone and their dog that I ran away because I didn't want to clean, which is a lie because i do clean when she tells me to do so. Now im waiting for the cops to arrive and talk with them, since i dont want to talk on the phone because mom will force me to say im fine and lie.

I just want to know what the procees is

My husband and I were in couple’s therapy in California and recently my husband used a therapy session to announce divorce.
I found out the therapist knew about this and has been in on this plan behind my back. And she advised him on steps to take in case I became suicidal which included removing my access to prescription medications (this is a therapist not a psychiatrist). So it seems there was also some sort of behind my back discussion of my mental health.
It seems to me like the ethics and legality of this are questionable when we’re both her client and she has no medical license. Is it legal?

Related, my husband is now trying to use things said in therapy while I was upset in the divorce case and is trying to get some sort of statement from the therapist which seems especially illegal. The court won’t allow that if I don’t agree right?

EDIT: I am not and never have been suicidal so having my husband and therapist sit there and tell me I was suicidal felt like gaslighting, like they were trying to get me to agree with them and not believing my own thoughts.

Location: New York

Background:

• The Purchase: Closed on a two-family home in Brooklyn, NY, earlier this month. I currently live in one of the units.
• The Decision: There is a downstairs tenant of 4 years. We had the option to have the property delivered vacant but chose to inherit the tenant because the prior owners assured us they were in good standing and always paid rent on time.

The Issue:

• The Bait and Switch: The day after signing the purchase agreement, the tenant called to complain that the prior owners failed to pay a promised buyout. The tenant stated we are no longer allowed in the unit and must only communicate through their "lawyer."
• The "Lawyer": The prior owners contacted the tenant's supposed legal counsel. On a recorded call, this person demanded a $20,000 buyout (which the prior owners never agreed to). When asked for their NY State Bar number, they refused to provide it, simply said they practice in NY, and threatened to "see them in court."
• Current Status: The tenant has not paid any rent since I took ownership. I no longer want them living in my building and want them out.
• Prior Owners: I am in ongoing discussions with the previous owners, and they are amenable to providing a lump sum to help rectify the situation.

Questions for the community:

• What should I be thinking about and preparing for right now?
• How should I begin the NYC eviction process given the unpaid rent and hostile behavior?
• Should I involve the authorities regarding the suspicious lawyer refusing to provide a bar number?
• How should I handle the lump-sum offer from the prior owners to ensure I'm protected?

Location: Paterson, New Jersey

My car was stolen from my driveway the day before Easter and I reported it to the police. It was revealed that my car was one of the cars used in a homicide. A matter of fact, my car was THE car that was used as a getaway once the shooting occurred. The detectives told me that my car was being investigated because they found weapons. And that it will be returned in its condition. (The only thing messed up at the time was the ignition) when I came back in May because I received a paper to retrieve it.

A detective told me that the state still had my car and they removed the front console because their equipment to measure the mileage used was not working. I was told and promised that it was going to be put back. I eventually got a call from a detective on August 14th that my car was released a week prior. No body reached out to me about that until that day. I was able to go the next day to retrieve my car. To then find out that the front console was never put on and was never found in the car at all.

At the time, I chose to junk the car and signed a paper work that says I had a week to change my mind. That paper was signed on August 15th. I called them back on Tuesday August 18th to change my mind. But they junked it even though I had a week to change it. I recorded the call and everything.

I want to know if I have a legal case to sue?

Location: Virginia, USA
My car got towed for having no hang tag despite having one. My apartment’s hang tags are tiny(literally 2 inches tall). On my mirror its hard to see it but still definitely visible if you look from the front. I got towed this morning and the towing company said they would not issue a refund because the hang tag was hard to see. The tow company is who checks for hangtags. Why is it my fault that my apartment gives out tiny hang tags and they are too lazy to look? I can’t talk to my apartment office until tomorrow morning. Anything I can do here?

I have paid for parking, registered the vehicle with the apartment, signed a parking addendum. The exact word is “If you are provided with a parking tag or sticker it must be properly installed and displayed”. Its on my rearview mirror like any other parking tag. I was charged $215 by the towing company.

Location: California. My dad, my brother, my relative and I are permanent residents of California. We are all US citizens.

My 90 year old dad inherited two houses and a lot of land overseas. It is worth about $400K USD.

My dad has not been able to travel there for ten years. He wanted me, the relative and my brother to work on getting 33% gifted to each of us. I couldn't travel due to personal obligations until this year. My brother and the relative have gone there each year for the last 10 years.

We trusted our relative and my brother to do this. Big mistake. I went to this country this year and discovered they had forged power of attorney documents in my dad's name, presumbably to take the properties for themselves. They forged my dad's name onto other legal agreements. My dad has a distinct signature so I could tell he signed none of these. My dad insists he had not signed a POA or had given oral permission to have one.

There were other legal matters they had claimed to us they'd finish but didn't. They got my dad involved in a group lawsuit he and I knew nothing about until now. The relative looks to be acting as a real estate agent in this country to gain a commission for selling my dad's land. He is not a licensed real estate agent there. It's against the law in this country to act in that capacity without a license.

Dad and I are beyond furious. I plan to report them via an attorney to the authorities of the foreign country. Can I also report this to the US Embassy to bar them from entering this foreign country? Can I report this to the authorities in California?

Location: Kansas City.

I was driving on my local highway and saw lots of police on the on ramp so I pulled over to the side of the road and parked. That's when a guy driving SB in my NB lane being chased by police swerved and stopped an inch from my driver's side door. Then he floored it and hit my car. Police had exited their vehicles and had guns drawn. I was ducking in my car and officers were trying to open my passenger side door, I finally got it unlocked and unbuckled and they pulled me out.

Of course the guy doesn't have insurance. Can I sue him or take him to small claims or something? Do I have any legal action against this guy? I drove a crappy 2000 Toyota Camry that was paid off so of course it's totaled and now I have a car payment. Any comments are super appreciated. This was in June. Thank you.

Location: Oregon

Hi fellow lawyers, I want to get your thoughts on this financial situation I’m in.

I received the LSC LRAP in 2024. Before it was restructured, the LRAP gave qualifying applicants $10,000 to pay towards their student loans. This was essentially structured as a loan which would be forgiven if I worked at a non profit for one year. The only requirements were the money had to be paid towards only my law school loans. Other than that, I could use it for one lump sum payment or use it to cover my monthly payments.

I received the $10,000, but due to some pretty serious organizational instability I opted to wait until the year requirement was nearly up before spending. Sure enough, the instability got bad enough I decided it was worth looking for another job and just giving the money back. I found a new gig with a midsized firm. I called and emailed LSC to let them know I would be defaulting but still had the money and would be able to pay it back. They told me their collections cycle would begin soon and to expect someone to reach out in September. That was 2025. One year later, I have not been contacted about this money. I still have it, and am willing to return it, but LSC has not provided me any means to do so nor have they expressed any interest in recovering it. I recently looked on the LSC website, and the LRAP has since been restructured in such a way that collections would not be required at all.

In this situation, what would your next steps be? My promissory note does not provide an end date for when they would no longer be able to collect. I am considering just paying $10,000 towards my loans but I am confident the moment I did this would be the moment LSC suddenly remembered me.

Location: Pennsylvania, USA

Long story, but I'm hoping for a neutral third opinion. We have an attorney, but I've lost some trust in the firm and want an outside read on this.

Some background: my parents were elderly and in poor health. About 20 years ago my brother and his wife moved in with them as live-in caretakers (he has some nursing background). In exchange, they were told they'd inherit the family home when my parents died. My father passed about a decade ago, and my mother passed about 3 years ago.

Here's the problem. My mother's estate came out around $40k underwater once you factor in unpaid personal income taxes, medical bills, funeral costs, legal fees, etc. That's grown to $50k+ with interest since then. The estate doesn't have the money to cover it, nor does my brother, so the attorney says the house has to be sold to pay creditors before probate can close, which overrides what the will actually says about leaving it to my brother.

My brother can't afford to pay off the debt, and honestly he can't afford to maintain the house even if he kept it. He hasn't filled the oil tank in 2+ years, pipes have burst from freezing, the siding has asbestos, the roof is failing, the general squalor he lives in has created a massive issue with mold, and the place is generally in rough shape. He's refused to move, using his son's high school graduation as the reason to punt (he told me and the attorney his son was a senior two years running, which was only true the second time). Meanwhile no creditors are getting paid and it's been years since my mother died.

My brother and I were listed as co-executors. He's an emotional guy and basically won't act on anything difficult and just emotionally shuts down, which is expensive given the attorney bills by the fraction of the hour. I have no claim on the house and have disclaimed twice in writing twice (the firm lost the paperwork the first time, then denied it ever existed, even though I have emails and my own time off records proving otherwise).

Earlier this year I worked with the attorney to formally resign as co-executor in exchange for paying off the accumulated legal debt since her office was not being paid, with a lien to be placed on the property so I'd get repaid when it sells. My brother panicked at the idea of me being "off the hook," even though nothing was moving forward anyway. I ended up paying off what the attorney was owed just to get things unstuck, and pointed out that this is literally what he said he wanted: me out of it, him fully responsible. And him still having an attorney who would work with him, since the attorneys office had hit a breaking point where they wouldn't work with us since no money owed was coming in.

Nothing has moved since. I've told him he'd probably come out ahead just selling the house and renting somewhere nearby, with money left over and better access to transit and jobs, but he won't do it. I don't have the ability to kick him out of the house, nor do I really want to. I have no claim to the house, and I just want to be out of this loop.

My actual questions:

Can a co-executor actually be legally removed from a will/estate, and did that even happen given the mess with the paperwork? What legal exposure do I have if my brother keeps stalling and the estate's debts stay unpaid?

I don't mean to sound cold about it, but I've been trying to protect myself and my family here and I honestly don't know how much jeopardy I'm still in.

Location: Los Angeles

I was driving on a main street and the other driver going in the opposite direction made an unprotected left turn in front of me. He was turning onto a neighborhood street where there are no traffic lights or stop signs at this intersection. He cut in front of me as I was passing through and the front right side of my car ended up colliding with his back right side of his car. Nobody suffered any injuries and walked out of the accident untouched.

Took it to insurance and the guy tried to make it seem like I rear ended him. But after arbitration, insurance decided that I was not at fault.

However, almost 2 years after the accident, I just received a letter saying that I am being sued by the other driver for personal injury in an unlimited civil case of over $35,000 - claiming he has suffered wage loss, loss of use of property, hospital expenses, property damage, and loss of earning capacity.

Also on the documents I received, they put the date of the incident incorrectly- they put 2025 but the actual date was 2024, not sure if this was done intentionally to avoid the statute of limitations in CA?

Any accident attorneys with advice on next steps? Or how likely I am to win this case?

Location: Pennsylvania So I work at a place which has been having issues finding employees. They pay kinda low and the work normally has people quit that day or after a week or two.

I’m a manager who is set to take over the store once we get more employees and an assistant manager, my district manager and direct boss told me the owner instructed him not to hire any more fat people. He hired a guy that was kind of robust not really fat but a little round.

I am pretty sure not hiring a fat person for being fat is kind of a crappy thing in general but I am not certain if it violate any other laws. I know not hiring based on race, sexual orientation and gender are illegal but can a business not legally hire people for being fat.

I’ll also say being fat doesn’t mean the person would be unable to fulfill the job requirements

Another added piece of the story. I was also told they didn’t hire females for many years because the previous manager would in the general managers words (try to sleep with them).

Anyway any insight, I’m not planning on doing anything with the information it’s more informative on my part so I can possible adjust their thinking if not being a fat person is illegal.

Recently, my family bought our first home––a condo/apartment. Location: Fishkill, NY.

PREFACE: The condo complex has 2 floors, ours is on the second floor. It's a unit with hardwood floors in the living room and kitchen. The 2 bedrooms have thick carpet. Our HOA has a rule that either 70% of the unit's floors need to be carpeted, or at least covered in rugs to meet that number. At the time of sale, and later in several inquiries, the HOA assured us that our unit was compliant, and we verified that it was. We are a new family of myself (husband), my wife, and our now 4 year old boy. Our boy has level 1 autism and some ADHD.

Prior to us, the only person who lived there was a single woman in her 60's. We have not moved into the unit yet. It's been months since our purchase and we have not yet moved in.

PROBLEM: We toured the unit earlier this year as just myself and my wife. We had no issues in the visit. Neighbors seemed nice, the unit was move in ready and priced well. After signing our paperwork to close, we paid a second visit, this time bringing our son and my parents for a quick look. We visited smack dab in the middle of the day on a Saturday. This was a terrible day.

We had not been in the unit for 10 minutes when my parents pulled up after we were already upstairs. Our son can be hard to contain sometimes but luckily this day he was fine, just wandering the space, not running or jumping around. It was just myself, my wife, the real estate agent, and my son, wandering and talking. Our downstairs neighbor saw my parents walking up from the parking lot and cornered them. We'll call him M. M stormed out of his door, caught my parents at the stairs, and right away began yelling. He said we were behaving like a "pack of wild fucking animals" and that we should "learn to behave as new neighbors in the building." My parents are not confrontational people. They said their sorry's and immediately relayed to us when they got upstairs. We did our tour but were walking on eggshells. While we were on the balcony, we could hear M talking to another neighbor about how terrible we were.

Before we left, I went downstairs to try to diplomatically address the issue. From my own work, I experience dealing with confrontation and doing so without putting our company in legal trouble. As politely as one can be, I introduced myself, and told him I heard we had done something to upset him. After I introduced myself, he responded with a "Yeah, so?" before I asked what was wrong, to which he said we were being "fucking animals," among other things. He then swore we were not obeying HOA compliance. I told him that I would look into it, but that to my understanding, the unit would have to be compliant before being sold. He told me he knew the unit wasn't because he's "seen it before." Then slammed the door on my face.

After that, I sent a long email with notes to my real estate attorney with my agent CC'd. The agent was witness to everything. The attorney looked into the HOA rulebook while the agent spoke with an HOA rep. Both came back and told me the unit was fine. I documented everything I could right after the moment happened, but I was passed the point of no return. We put the deposit down and couldn't step away. With both of those in mind, we moved forward.

Our second interaction with M was actually positive. He lives with his girlfriend, and she demanded that he apologize to us. He gave us a low effort apology while still claiming our unit is not compliant. We said we'd throw up more rugs to keep the peace. Weeks later, our third interaction with M, we spent a Saturday hanging around the apartment. I was putting together some furniture, my wife took our son to our pool. Mind you, we still haven't been living there. This is the longest any of us have spent time there, and only for a few hours in the middle of the day on the weekend. When we were done, he caught me as we were leaving and told me the "rugs weren't fucking working," and said he was going to pursue some sort of action against us. I gave him nothing in return, I just nodded, said OK, and walked away. When he confronts us, he doesn't have the energy of a stranger with a disagreement. This man gets in your face, he gets red.

I had enough. I called the corporate HOA relentlessly until they finally addressed the issue. I have email threads, spoke with reps, and have pictures as proof of my rugs with padding to show we are compliant. The HOA not only agrees with my family, but turned my story into a nuisance complaint against M.

QUESTION: After all this, the best the HOA did was attempt to call the landlord of the unit ONCE, and left a voicemail. Apparently this M has a history of problems, and they already had a list of violations they wanted to address. But they're spineless and the best they could do was a voicemail.

How can my family protect ourselves? Is there anything we can do?

That is my question. My wife is too afraid to move in. My parents don't want to visit. We already are terrified of letting our son live a normal life, playing with his toys, tumbling as he does. The other day we paid a visit to show some extended family the unit, and M nearly confronted us because of our normal, standard, footsteps they could hear. We overheard his girlfriend telling him "Don't start, M..." before he sat down on his balcony and glared at us. Mind you, his girlfriend is the actual landlord, he is not on the deed. The HOA said as much.

To make matters worse, I am an immigrant a part of DACA (Dream Act.) I speak perfect English as my first language, but the man has a very loud political stance. I normally don't care but I have an Achilles heel. My paperwork is fully up to date but in today's climate, there is still massive risk if someone has the wrong intentions. My wife and kid are American born citizens. I am willing to move in but I am struggling to convince my wife all will be fine, and part of me is afraid as well.

EDIT: M and I have not had any political conversations of any kind. My family doesn’t have any political stickers, we don’t bring politics up in conversation, etc. But the fear is that he one day puts a call in just because he notices I’m fluent in another language and speak it within an earshot of him.

TLDR; We bought an upstairs apartment, downstairs neighbor claims we're non-compliant. We ARE compliant, but HOA won't do anything to stop his aggressive harassment. He has a history of breaking HOA rules and his girlfriend is the actual landlord. We haven't moved in yet, too nervous to.

City Court Pro Se

Location: La

Just looking for some feedback on what I have going on. Have a small dispute on a property damage claim and decided to pursue pro se because no normal lawyer will look at anything under 50,000 against the insurance company.

The other day the defenses council wanted to speak on the phone for the first time. I assume that they had settlement authority at that time and I was wrong. I had a few questions regarding what occurred during that phone call.

1. Whenever I do anything on the phone I record and for some reason my phone played you are being recorded message and he freaked out about that thing. I was being too difficult but what's the difference between that and taking notes? I'm getting a transcript of the call and I'm in one party consent state.

2. And he basically told me you're going to give me more time before I file a motion for trial or he'll delay it as much as possible. Is it really possible for him to push it back until next year in the city court ?

3 His answer was complete BS trying to turn the liability around onto me.Saying I made a unwarranted stop for a fire truck clearing a intersection.The police report should be enough to prove fault (rear ended)

Location: Las Vegas

I am currently a social work student in Las Vegas and have a minor in possession that I got at 16 (from South Dakota). Several of my internship sites do not allow anyone with a criminal record, do I have to disclose that I have a minor in possession since I was a minor and it was only a misdemeanor? Many of my internship sites are federally funded (ex: child welfare, LVPD, etc). South Dakota also has a clean slate law after five years, which will be in May, so will I have to disclose it after that?

I was breathalyzed and BLEW A 0.02 and I was at a party, not driving or giving the cops a hard time.

I guess I have three questions. Do I have to say I have a criminal record for a minor in possession that I got under the age of 18? Will I have to continue to disclose it after my clean slate period? And do you think they’ll even care?

Location: Oklahoma
Needing help. My grandma is being placed on hospice after a recent decline in health. She’s lived on her own and has expressed her wishes to return home to die in peace. However, 20 years ago she let a family member move in who just never moved out. They do not pay rent. They may contribute to bills, but extremely unlikely. They have racked up thousands of dollars of debt on my grandmas credit cards. They work night shift and are home during the day. If ANYONE wakes them while they’re sleeping, it’s a huge fight. Yelling, cussing, screaming. We have had nurses quit in the past due to his abuse. How can we get him out to allow her to die in peace? She unfortunately does not see him as a problem and will not express any wrong doings to anyone. She has dementia so we can’t get her to sign anything legally. I know we can go to court, but it’s such a lengthy process. It’s just not fair that she’ll be homeless (she can stay with family but is adamant about dying at home. Becomes extremely upset when told she can’t) on top of this, in her will the property is split between two other members on the family (not him) but we noticed that this past week he’s had several people out at her land looking at it. We are slightly worried he’s going to try and do something shady before we can figure out a solution. Help?? Are we just SOL?

Location: Austin, TX

Hi Redditors,

Writing this post in hopes of any direction or guidance from those who have experienced a similar situation or worked on cases of this nature. I realize I'm grasping for straws here and am likely SOL, but will take any advice from those willing to lend their thoughts.

What began as a blissful respite on the beaches of Rosarito, quickly devolved into a real-life nightmare scenario that left me bear hugging my knees on a prison cell floor in Tijuana that no human would willingly to step onto without heavy duty hazmat equipment and a morbid sense of curiosity.

Long story short, I was whisked off the streets of Tijuana around 8-9am a couple of weeks ago, tossed in the back of a pickup, chained to a crew of local supposed lawbreakers, and carted off to the local estación de policía en Tijuana, where the first leg of my "journey" began in a drunk tank alongside 10-15 adult males under the auspices of the Policia Nacional.

To date I have received no explanation for my detainment despite reaching out to multiple authorities via email. The American Embassy was kind enough to respond and provide a few resources, but stopped short of investigating the matter nor actively getting involved. I can only surmise that as a gringo sauntering down a public street with no luggage/personal items may have looked "suspicious" to the Policia. To answer the obvious question, no I was not under the influence of any drugs nor had any alcohol in my system, the last drink I'd had was a few beers at dinner the week prior. I have gone overboard while traveling in Mexico in the past, but that was not the case this time, and I have never posed any harm nor threat both while traveling and in the States. The most trouble I've ever legally faced is a few unpaid traffic tickets.

Without going into every detail, I'll stop here to ask: what steps can I take and which authorities can I reach out to, both home and abroad, to find an explanation for my detainment and any sort of recourse for an unjust detainment?

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Here's the longer, mostly anti-climactic set of events that led to my "arrest." I realize the following particulars make me seem quite inexperienced and not the brightest of the bunch, but here goes.

The weekend prior my backpack had been stolen, which contained my laptop & iPad, along with my cell phone at a local restaurant. I knew TJ was dangerous, but didn't realize things could vanish within a few seconds left unattended, and admit that I should have been much more vigilant. I still had my wallet and credit/debit cards, as well as my passport card, which is the only reason I made it through the next few days relatively unscathed. However, the next day after trying to log into my bank account via the hotel computer, my troubles compounded when my bank (USAA) notified me that my account had been temporarily locked due to suspicious charges. When I called and explained the desperate circumstances, they said that I would have to go through a lengthy process of verifying my identity, which meant sending in pictures of my Passport card and waiting for a designated team to call me back. Since I didn't have access to my primary cell number nor email, there was no way to complete their two step verification process. I repeatedly tried to emphasize in every which way (while keeping cool-headed) that my situation was extremely desperate and potentially dangerous, but the representative was firm in their inability to gain access to my account.

So I immediately bought a local burner phone with a Mexican number, and submitted the form. For the next 3 days, and on a limited budget, I desperately waited for a call which never arrived. I called proactively multiple times a day and each rep repeated the same story, that their hands were tied and I had to keep waiting for their special recovery team.

By the third day I became increasingly anxious and figured I had exhausted all resources, and ended up reaching out to USAA via Instagram, to which they responded within the hour and gave me a direct line to the "profile recovery team." Unfortunately their office was closed and I had to wait until the next morning. I'm sure most people are wondering why I didn't call my Mom/friend and have them buy me a ticket. The answer to that is very complicated, but suffice it to say that my family is on a very limited budget, and my relationship with my Mom isn't ideal at the moment- I also hated the idea of admitting to anyone how ridiculous my situation was, and had no idea that within 48 hours I'd be locked in a cell contemplating every bad decision I'd ever made and fearing for my life. Anyhow, at 8am the next day, I called their team and was on the phone with a lady named Christina, and the conversation seemed promising. I was finally going to have access to my account, buy a ticket and get the hell outta there!

It was at that moment that a local security guard walked up to me (I was using a public outlet at the time to charge the lackluster phone I had bought), and directed me to the main street where a policeman (and one woman) were waiting to cuff and detain me. I tried to explain my situation in Spanish without sounding argumentative, but they were hearing none of it. From that moment onward, I wasn't given the opportunity to speak with any authority figure to plead my case. I'll spare the details of the 3 day detainment as that would require another lengthy post, but suffice it to say the conditions were unbearable and I spent the majority of my stay wondering if I would would ever leave Mexico alive or speak to my family & friends again. That Sunday, I was suddenly and randomly "released" onto the streets of Rosarito with nothing to my name, just the clothes on my back. I instinctively walked north towards the border and eventually crossed to the United States at the San Ysidro crossing. Even without any belongings nor identification, the US Border Patrol (bless their hearts) let me in without much trouble. They must have witnessed this scenario regularly and took pity on me. I am also registered in the Global Entry system which includes facial recognition. A few phone calls later and thanks to the incredible kindness of a few strangers (at this stage their was an armada of friends and family working in conjunction to find out where the hell I was), I was able to get in touch with a local friend that set me up with a hotel room and some cash, and eventually I made it home safe to Austin, TX.

By no means am I trying to gather sympathy or be some type of dramatic whistleblower, I am mostly just hoping to determine the best route to recovery from arguably the most intense few days of my life. I hold no grudge against the Mexican government and I still love Mexico to my core. It pains me to think that I've been branded as some sort of criminal and will never be able to visit a lovely Mexican town nor enjoy authentic tacos al pastor at a local food stand.

Thanks for everyone for reading this bizarre and unfortunate story. If anyone has advice on how best to approach the next step, or simply state what they would do in my situation, I'd be much obliged. It's pretty clear at this point that I probably shouldn't be making my own decisions in the deplorable state of mind I currently find myself!

Location: New Jersey

Hello all, at the end of July I had posted regarding my apartment lease situation, but got little response: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/1v6lgzv/new_jersey_apartment_lease_ending_and_no_renewal/

The TLDR of that post is: last fall, my apartment building was sold to a new management company. My lease was coming to an end at the end of this July, but I had not received any sort of renewal form. I reached out to them via phone/voicemail and email all throughout July and never received any response. In my post I wanted to know what my options are, and any sort of legal protections I may or may not have.

I cited what I could find online from the NJ Anti Eviction Act, and someone responded that at the end of the term, the agreement becomes month to month.

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Now, the term ended and I continued to reach out and try to get a response, but heard nothing. I have continued to pay my rent for August and now for September to stay in good standing. I reached out again the other day via email, and finally got a response ...

"We're currently not offering lease renewals. We'll advise once/ if we offer them."

That was their entire email. So, I am here again asking for some information/guidance. I guess my main questions are...

1. Once again citing the New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act, "No landlord may evict or fail to renew any lease of any premises covered by section 2 of this act except for good cause as defined in section 2." So it seems I cannot be evicted simply because the term ended, but it also seems that they are required to renew the lease. Am I reading this correctly, and if so, what can I do? How do I make them offer a renewal?

2. If I am not reading that correctly, what are my options? What do I do if they come around and say I have to leave?

Appreciate any help I can get. Thanks!

Some resources I've been able to find...

https://www.nj.gov/dca/codes/publications/pdf_lti/evic_law.pdf

https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-2a/section-2a-18-61-3/

https://riooapp.com/blog/new-jersey-anti-eviction-act-just-cause-requirements

Hello, All

• Location: Iowa.

While on a run recently, I was struck by a vehicle while running through a crosswalk.

A few important things

• The vehicle had a stop sign.
• The vehicle was around 10 MPH at the time of the collision and was likely going to make a California stop at the stop sign.
• I busted up my knee from the impact of rolling off of the vehicle into the street.
• It was raining that day, and my AirPods got ruined.
• I went to the hospital and got X-rays.
• I'm currently not working anywhere, so I don't need time off.
• I created a police report.
• I have the driver's phone number and insurance information.

Wanted to know

• Am I responsible for the ambulance bill?
• Am I responsible for the hospital bill?
• Can I get a new pair of AirPods that I didn't pay for? (i.e., through his insurance?)
• I've been discharged from the hospital with my bruised-up knee. What do I do now? (I consistently run about 8 miles a week, so this will put a halt to that)
• When do I contact his insurance?
• What should I ask for when I contact his insurance?

I'm gonna let this post mature for about an hour, but I will read the responses and reply the best I can.