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Michigan here,

I've called over 30 law firms and even pro bono lawyers the courts recommended. None would take the case before we started and none will take the case now that we are in pre trial.

Already submitted response to complaint, discovery, interrogatories, production of documents, and we also requested documents and interrogatories.

We believe its a frivolous lawsuit, attempted to settle before being served, plaintiff refused to work with use and filed suit for us "refusing to pay"

Currently in a lawsuit, subcontractor hired by general contractor for our home with no contract agreed to or signed for is attempting to enforce terms of contract and collect deposit payment for second half of work that hasn't been preformed. The work that was preformed, failed building code, which was specifically what they were hired to fix. Their only piece of evidence was an altered version of a contract replacing the general contractors name with our name.

It's a complete waste of the courts time and the impasse that was created and the plaintiff claims was created due to the plaintiff not providing the correct documents to proceed. Let alone not completing work they were originally contacted to handle and failing inspection.

Plaintiffs attorney attitude changed once we submitted all of our evidence then was trying to push issue into "case evaluation" which we assume would not be in our benefit. We drafted a summary disposition disputing every count they submitted. But according to another attorney I spoke to for a few minutes he claimed it's the most complicated document to submit.

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Do we just review the summary disposition thoroughly and submit it anyways?

Also when or how am I able to bring up that I want the case to be reviewed or case to be dismissed before trial?

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I feel if we go to trial the attorney will do well but if someone actually just looked at the paperwork its all right there. Altered contract, plaintiff created impasse they are suing upon, failure to provide documents to move the job forward, failure in building inspection, plaintiff lied in interrogatories and claims we all agreed to the contract but nothing shows this in writing, plaintiff lied in interrogatories and claims they weren't notified about documents needed but emails show dates they were notified. We have disputed basically every single point the plaintiff has made and provided evidence for it.

I'm not sure what to do, any advice is appreciated.

Is this illegal?

Location: Arizona, Maricopa County

People involved:
Ward: My fiancé
Guardians: fiancé parents(mom & dad)
Me

Additional info:
\- The ward lives in her own apartment under her own lease and is in a program called DDD
\- The ward has a 24/7 staff at the moment that assists her if she needs any help throughout the day but she rarely needs them except for very specific tasks
\- Guardianship type is General Guardianship

Hello, I really need help as soon as possible. My fiancé’s guardian(her dad) is currently restricting contact between her and I because I got her a gift of a new phone and a tablet for her college classes coming up. He said he won’t let me see her unless I take back the gifts. I really don’t see these as a problem since she had a phone already and has no restrictions using it. She also had access to a Mac with no restrictions so I thought an IPad for her art school also wouldn’t be a problem. I also covered all cost so she or the guardians don’t have to pay anything.

Currently her and I are stressed because we are looking to take action as it’s not fair they are isolating her over this incident. This is causing her a lot of stress since we are used to seeing each other everyday. We are planning on going to the court to file a petition for contact

This isn’t the only incident where our relationship was leveraged because the dad didn’t like something. Other disputes involved
\-the discussion of marriage(the dad thinks I don’t make enough money to be married to his daughter),

\-spending “too much” time together(the dad thinks we shouldn’t spend more than 2 hours together in a day even though we do things together like cooking, cleaning, going to shopping, going to the movies, going to events, and we do diy arts and crafts at her apartment),

\-Intimacy(the dad is highly religious and conservative so he is highly against intimacy in our relationship, so much so that he tells her staff that is supposed to be there to help her not to let us out of her sight when I come over to visit and not to let us close the door for privacy. He even said if she closes the door he will personally come to her apartment and take all the doors to every room off the hinges),

\-And lastly her dad uses our relationship as a tool of discipline, for example, if she didn’t take a shower for the day, suddenly she can’t see me for a day, has an argument with her dad about something, boom can’t see me for the day, slept in for a couple hours too long, nope can’t see me

All these disputes end up being “if we don’t listen to what he wants I can’t see her”

We need help with what we can do right now in the meantime we are trying to do the paperwork and wait for the hearing for the Petition to visitation

please help 🙏 let me know if you need more details

If I’m 20 Can my mom throw me out and not give me the things I paid for?

So backstory:

I’m a 20 year old female me and my boyfriend did something the 4th this year (my first time) and mom figured it out so now her and my sister are talking on the phone about throwing me out in the beating hot summer heat that feels like 120 degrees in middlesboro Kentucky and expecting me to not take the stuff I paid for like my care bears plushies and my Xbox oh not to mention my Credit card as well!

I’m stressed so is my boyfriend because mom wants to take me to a doctor and she is saying shit like “you Ain’t Gonna keep that baby” and stuff like state will take my baby just because I was born a “MR” baby and because my boyfriend drinks alcohol (not exclusively but Occasionally) and he smokes a little bit of pot! She also tells me I can’t raise a kid when Darren was a baby I was up all night caring for him when nobody else would changing him,Feeding/burping him,And Putting him to sleep.

Oh and Not to mention I was the only one who got straight A’s in parenting and relationships class caring for a baby doll in sophomore year of high school.

(I wanted to ask this because she is going to try that)

I am in the process of evaluating how to continue for my wrongful termination claim. NYC, New York, USA.

Background/Timeline:

• I was involved in a car accident causing chronic pain. I attended medical treatment and physical therapy during my employment.
• I worked remotely during my recovery. Months later, I informed my manager I could not attend a required onsite meeting because I was physically unable to travel. My manager reacted with frustration and annoyance.
• A few months after that interaction, I was terminated during a layoff. My most recent performance review was "good," and I believe the layoff was pretextual, as a peer with less tenure on the project was retained.
• I have received an EEOC Right to Sue letter. My 90-day filing window expires in approximately a week and a half.
• My employment contract contains a mandatory arbitration agreement. My current counsel is only retained for pre-litigation negotiations and has explicitly stated they will not represent me in formal arbitration. The choice of law is new york and I don't think current counsel is even licensed for new york.
• The employer is currently offering only the basic severance small amount and nothing beyond that. 15k. I have interviewed a handful of new york attorneys on the phone to find someone for the arbitration, most just decline it and say it's not something their firm can handle right now. I have not find anyone that can represent me. I don't know how strong my case is on merits. I have not tried looking for an hourly lawyer, that could be slightly less difficult but I heard rates of 750$ an hour so it's expensive if Im not even sure my case has chance of winning in arbitration.

So basically I am trying to evaluate weather it's worth filing pro se to extend the deadline and hope to god I can find counsel, I have no legal experience, or accept their their low 15k severance. To complicate things further, I am living far from new york now since being layed off, so if I do anything it would have to be remotely.

Location: Texas

Okay so basically I had a chemical pregnancy and when I went in for confirmation according to the OB I had a miscarriage.

The baby daddy paid 600 for the entire visit. He agreed prior that he could and would pay for any medical visits if i didn’t have insurance.

He is now saying i fabricated the whole thing and is saying that i owe him the 600 dollars (I don’t have this money) I told him I could pay 300 but I would not be paying the full 600.

Just for a little extra context. He was AT the appointment where the OB said I was having a miscarriage. She explained everything to him and he acted like he understood but as soon as we got into the car he started accusing me of lying.

Can he sue me for it/what would the legal process likely be?

Was looking at prices online for months, dealership was the best priced, out of everyone hands down. went through the online purchase and screenshot every step to include the final price with taxes and fees and showing all options declined. Went to dealership test drive the car and decided I wanted to proceed with the purchase. At this point sales associate advised me I have to include the appearance package it's mandatory I can't decline. Escalated to the manager at that point I advised the manager they can't force someone to purchase an additional add-on. he then tried to tell me it's legally required! Excuse me what?! Asked him to repeat it. He says yes it's legally required by law that you purchase the appearance package, asked for him to put that in writing. At that point him and the sale associate walked away and effectively refused to sell me the car at that point. I had to go to another dealership because they wouldn't assist me any longer. Bought a comparable valued car at a higher price because they refused to honor the price. Researched online about this dealership and found out they were one the 97 dealerships the FTC sent a notice of warning about deceptive pricing back in March.What are my odds of getting treble damages because of this? The difference in car prices at the dealerships was $3k x 3=9k through a demand letter from a law firm? Or should I just get an attorney and file a suit?

Location is Massachusetts. I entered the hospital Monday. Friday I was cured and ready to leave. So i ask for my discharge and they refuse. I try to leave and they block me.

Now it's sunday, I'm still fine. Nothing has been done but get my morning vitamins. No reason at all to be here. Yet they say weekends are hard for discharges so

it might be Monday so I'm just chilling around for no reason costing myself dozenz of thousands of dollars.... That can't be legal right?

Even I wasn't Cured like I thought I shouldn't have to stay even if it was AMA. I shoulve been able to just leave

Is there and legal ramifications that I can go for loss of income?

My father has passed away. I have been estranged from him for several years due to many factors. He never cared to reach out to me or mend the relationship although I always held my breath waiting for him. I told my sisters I want to help with the aftermath of his death like cleaning his apartment, attending the celebration of life and they told me he stated in his will (which was actually just a text message) that he doesn't want them to include me. Is that legally enforceable? Do they have to actually do that or are those types of things up to the discretion of the people carrying out the funeral ect? I'm in Alberta Canada

Does anyone here know how I can go about getting a hearing based on this law?

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=25077

My car was not allowed to be picked up at a traffic stop in empty parking lot.

To start off, at the time this happened the step dad (we’ll call him rob) was living under the same house as my friend (fake name: Candace, her mom (fn: Jenny), and her younger sister (fn: Brittney). Rob is not at all a good contributing member of the household or influence as he constantly drinks at every hour of the day, does not help his girlfriend (Jenny) with any house work except try to get her high and drunk, doesn’t let the wife have his location while he’s out, etc.. so hopefully from this you can tell the type of person he is.

Continuing on, when Candace was 10 she had unrestricted access to the internet using her ipad and came across porn, which she became interested in. One day her mom Jenny checks her search history and finds these porn links and confronts her as she looks through it all. Jenny eventually gets overwhelmed and hands the tablet to Rob to finish searching through (why? I have no idea.)

Rob searches through the tablet and goes to Candace in secret and says “you know, if you want someone to try these things out with you can always ask me. I think it’s hot you like this.” Which Candace immediately turns down and tells him she will not. (This is essentially is what starts Robs “desire” for Candace sexually..)

As the years go by, when Jenny wasn’t around to see and when Brittney wasn’t in the room Rob would slap Candace’s ass, flirt with her, and try to get her alone with him whenever he could.

When they would go on vacations Rob would sneak in Candace’s room at night and tell her to take her clothes off for him while everyone was asleep - which she declined and told him to get out (after some resisting he did).

Rob eventually started this series of grossly actions at home by sneaking in Candace’s room and taking her clothes off while she was asleep and even forcing her to suck his dick or else he would tell the mom about her vaping issue. (Which did happen.)

Rob continued on by insisting on driving and taking Candace places when she needed to in order to continue trying to come onto her. He attempted to touch her thigh, he showed her videos of him and her mom having sex, saying he wished it was her he was fucking, how much better Candace looked then her mom, etc.

Oh it continues.. he even went out of his way to get off work early when Britany and Jenny weren’t home to get Candace drunk and fuck her (he didn’t get to do things to her, as I know of, but he did provide alcohol to her and attempt to get her to do things which she declined and ran off to her room).

Fast forward to present time, Candace is now 18 and Rob is 50. They still live under the same roof (Candace hasn’t left for college yet) and Rob can’t attempt to do these things with her as much since Candace now has a car and she avoids him as much as possible. BUT, he still tries to and provides her alcohol as well as attempts to get her to stay in the living room with him while the mom and little sister are away (of course with sexual intent).

I asked Candace why she won’t report it to the police and she says because “she doesn’t have enough proof”, her mom wouldn’t believe her, and she would risk being hurt or worse by him (he’s previous been charged with aggravated assault). She also thinks her mom would take her car and her phone and not let her go out anymore (limiting her access to report it). She told me she would “probably” report it once she’s out of the house and “ready” but I don’t 100% believe her (she’s a very conflict avoidant person..). She also said she would be very upset if I reported it, but I truly believe she’s going to get nervous and say “but it happened so long ago, it’s over with, he can’t do anything now” (things she’s somewhat said or mentioned). I don’t want to ruin our friendship but I feel like if I don’t report this then I’m not being a good friend.

So finally, is it still possible to report this case and get the step dad arrested? Should I report it even with “little” evidence? Or should I just let her report it when “she’s ready”?

FYI:

• The mom (Jenny) always sides with the stepdad (Rob) with issues and often lets him “run the house”.

• Jenny has previously caught Candace smoking and drinking (alcohol and other substances he provided her but the mom wasn’t aware of) and has therefore lost all trust with her.

• I have a feeling Rob has taken videos/pictures of Candace at night (when he snuck in her room) but I do not have proof and neither does Candace.

TLDR: I got a DWI while trying to save my girlfriend from 6th street. I’ve never had any issues with the law, not even a speeding ticket. There was open containers in the car, and I gave a sample of my breath. What can I do to lessen my fines or reduce probationary periods/how long this will be on my record?

Hey there. So before I get started I wanna talk about how much this experience has cemented the fact that I will never drink and drive again.

So me and my girl were out on sixth, and we were planning for her to drive us back. We got there at about 10:30p. Immediately, I knew that her ability to drive was in question. Her and her friend drank 6 buzzballs in the car (3 each) and a beat box, and even shared a little bit of a biggie ball. I had one beat box that I threw away upon arrival.

My girlfriend drinks and drives a lot. Clarification edit: I mean that she drives after drinking, not necessarily drunk. She usually will have a couple drinks over a long period of time. This still makes me uneasy most of the time. Buzzed driving is drunk driving, I believe. It’s something we argue about. She’s not a good driver sober, so driving drunk is just an even worse idea than it normally is. I am, and always have been, against drunk driving. I get onto my friends about it, I get on to my parents about it, and I generally think less of people who do it. It’s selfish and dangerous. I have only driven tipsy about three times in my life including this time (I know now that that is 3 too many).

Anyways, we get to the clubs and have a few more drinks. I had about three mixed drinks and a shot before 11:30p. I stopped drinking after that. Before those set in, I was aware that I shouldn’t have driven either.

An hour or so later, my girlfriend was absolutely trashed. She had gotten us thrown out of a club, and denied from another one. Still her and her friends wanted to keep going until 2a. When she could no longer walk, started throwing up, and generally was immensely intoxicated, one of her friends had suggested I go bring around the car to pick them up and get them home safely. This was at about 1:15a. I think she believed I was good to drive. I honestly did too for a while. My tolerance is pretty high as I have been drinking since I was about 13, and somewhat heavily since I was 16 (though I know now that tolerance has little to nothing to do with BAC).

When I got to her car, I was very worried about her alcohol intake. I thought she may have alcohol poisoning. I was very stressed trying to coordinate getting to them. So before I left the parking lot, I didn’t notice that her lights were off. I rarely drive her car. It’s much newer than mine. When I realized this, I was trying to find the lights while driving. Dumb as hell I know, but this is something I’ve struggled with before completely sober. Almost immediately I got pulled over, and that’s when I realized I was definitely not good to drive. I struggled getting to a safe spot, the cop had to speak over the little sound system to help me.

I knew I was fucked. The stop went exactly how you’d expect it. He told me that he pulled me over because of the lights. I explained that it was my girlfriend’s car and I was trying to find them. He asked me to step out of the car, asked how much I had to drink, and I was honest. I explained the situation with my girlfriend. He asked for a sobriety test which I denied at first, but I ended up letting him check my eyes and do a breathalyzer. After this he searched the car and found the open containers from my girlfriend and her friend. I was afraid to get them in trouble, so I said they were mine. I blew 0.14 on scene, which later came down from my understanding, but I don’t know what exactly the jail reading was yet. Got arrested, spent 20 hours in jail, and hated every second of it. I was sober enough to realize how stupid this whole situation was. I was sober enough to hate myself immensely for it.

I’m a senior POSI student at a local college in good standing. Before this, I was in the process of applying to be a mayors intern at a local city. I work part time at a grocery store. I haven’t had so much as a speeding ticket my whole life—which I’ve been very proud of up until this day.

I thought doing the breathalyzer was the best option for me legally, but I’ve heard now that that’s not the case.

I am not trying to get off scot free. I know this is my fault and I deserve to be punished for it. I am genuinely grateful for the cop who stopped me before I caused any serious damage or harm. I don’t have money. I qualify for a public defender and will use it. I think I’ll be asking for a provisional license to get to school and work.

Again, I am not trying to get off easy. I just want to know if there’s anything I could do to lessen this situation.

Edit: I am not asking for sympathy or moral judgment. I spent half the post explaining how regretful I am. I am even more regretful than I can explain in words. I am simply asking lawyers for legal advice.

Hi. This morning I was walking to the gym from my apartment. While walking to the staircase, and while walking down the staircase, I hear a person on a phone. It sounds like an old lady pissed off (if you’re from the south and know that angry old lady word slurring, that’s what the voice was). I get down the stairs and to the parking lot and realize it’s a drunk as fuck college kid holding what appears to be a white claw while walking to his car and talking to someone on the phone. I shout “hey man you’re not good to drive, dude.” He goes “Huh?” and looks in every direction except mine. I shout “you ain’t good to drive, dude.”

I walk over to him, tell him “you ain’t driving, dude. You gonna kill someone if you try. Imma get you an Uber, you got it? Don’t even fucking try to drive .” I stayed with him until the Uber got there. He wasn’t speaking at that point, just sitting on the concrete ledge and looking like he was gonna cry.

I was talking like a ridiculous person because he was so intoxicated that I didn’t think he would understand sober talk. I almost asked why he was crying but I didn’t wanna open up sad drunk conversations.

Anyway, while I was at the gym I thought to myself “Man I probably just opened up a world of liability just by taking it upon myself to get the dude an Uber” and started hoping he was okay.

Looking back, I thought I probably should have called the police. Should I have just called the police? And would it be the emergency or non emergency line?

My parents were both attorneys so I’m used to trying to think about this kind of stuff from a legal perspective.

Both of my parents were attorneys so I’m using to trying to think about this kind of stuff from a legal perspective

My mom is threatening to put my stuff in a garbage bag and throw everything in my room and put me in a car and ship me off to my dad's house. I'm 20 for context, and I also contacted The Bronx Defenders too. What can I do?

I live I Los Angeles, California and my daughter and I were in an accident a year ago and i was not at fault . An insurance company has already agreed to a 100k settlement (policy limit) in a case I filed. The medical providers that the firm chose are clearly inflating bills- like a 1500 telehalth appointment that lasted 10 minutes or charging 25000 for 4 epidural injections. The firm cut those down but they are still all very high. I am asking firm to take 25% instead of 33% to make up for the fact that they couldn’t and wouldn’t try to negotiate down further. They refused. I said, ok, then I will need you to give me an itemized bill from each of these providers so that I can make sure these are not arbitrary made up numbers. My actual lawyer did not respond, but the negotiator sent me a letter threatening to take the 33% and leave me to find a new attorney after they file and interpleader. I know they can’t actually do this- but I’m shocked that this was the response. I’m thinking there must be some collusion going on here that they are trying to cover up. I had Medi-cal health insurance but they wanted me to only use their doctors. I responded letting them know that I was no dummy and I cc’d the managing partners of the firm, but now I’m not sure what to do. I have said before that if they give me 50k ( right now my take home is 42 ) I’ll walk. I’m permanently injured though and their doctors did nothing. So I want at least 50k. I’d love a little advice.

I was on the jury for the trial of a guy who killed a woman in a fatal car accident, and one of the witnesses was the deceased woman's boyfriend. But he didn't know the defendant and wasn't involved in the accident. He just talked about how wonderful the victim was and how much he loved her.

It was very sad, and I feel like a jerk for asking this, but it also felt like blatant emotional manipulation? His testimony solely focused on the character of the victim, but I don't get why that matters in the courtroom and therefore why it was allowed at all. It's not like the defense was trying to blame her for the accident, and even if they were, his testimony was "she was kind to everyone," not "she always drove responsibly."

Shouldn't the jury treat the facts of the case the same whether the victim was someone's amazing girlfriend or a jerk with no friends? Why did they let him take the stand when none of his testimony was relevant?

Edit: This was before he had been found guilty. I don't know what the formal terms are, but the jury was only there to determine guilt, and I guess the judge determined the sentence. We were specifically told not to consider what would happen to the defendant in the case of a guilty verdict.

I guess the title says it all… Why would anyone go to a bankruptcy lawyer if they’re able to pay a lawyer’s fees to begin with?

So I am from UAE,

I was in US last month, Chicago to be precise.

I was just chilling in park and some white old man started racially abusing. Completely unprovoked. I tried ignoring him and moved to different part of park, he followed me and got even more aggressive. Even attacking my religion.

Things got physical from my side. Cops were called. They were all ready to put me in jail until some people around defended me and explained to them what happened.

I was in detention for hours. I was then deported back and suggested to not come back for a while. I also think it will affect my future Visa chances.

I don’t know if I have any rights in US or enough to fight.

I don’t have any evidence either. But police does, they took the confessions of people around and someone in crowd also has partial recordings of events.

Should I let it be or fight in court. I just want my visa status to be clean and not affect my future travels.