Legal

Former roommate is demanding $900 for a couch she left behind 8 months ago

Location: Oregon I lived with a roommate for two years. She moved out last August and left a couch, a bookshelf, and several boxes in the apartment. At first she said she would come get everything ...

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Laid off after 21 years — no severance, non-compete… is this even legal?

I’m still trying to process all of this and could really use some perspective. I worked for a large national media company for over 21 years. About a week and a half ago, I was called into a room, ...

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Lawsuit threat for vet bills from cat bitten by my dog on my property

Location: New York Upstate, Near Syracuse So I live a few miles from Syracuse and have a small house with a garden. Entire property is fenced. It allows for my dog to run freely when I am working o...

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Bought a house, property left behind, now wanted back

Location: WV TLDR: Original owner left mower behind that was dead. I have 400 bucks into it just to get it running and out of my way. Now he wants me to buy it or take it back. What rights do I hav...

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Job wants us recording customer convos in order to review them and give us AI feedback on how to upsell better in the future

Location: Oklahoma I am aware that Oklahoma is a one party consent state. This specific scenario though seems pretty confusing (and slimy, I’m aware). Job requires me to be inside of customers home...

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Landlord’s ex wife is trying to get me evicted

Location: Indiana I have been renting a house since November last year. My landlord lives in GA so he’s not around, but things have been smooth sailing until now. On Monday afternoon this woman app...

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Let go after paternity leave inquiry. Do I have options?

Location: PA I was just let go from my full-time job (there just under a year). About 2 weeks ago I asked for more detailed info on paternity leave since my baby is due next month. This Wednesday I...

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Neighbors entering my garage/driveway, refusing to leave and recording me.

Location: Illinois My husband and I live in a townhouse and I’m dealing with an issue with my neighbors (husband and wife) that’s starting to escalate. They’ve complained about weed smoke only onc...

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Google Sales Reps Unlawfully Recorded a Call AKA Wiretapping

Location: Washington. Washington is a two party consent state regarding recorded calls. I might even be looking for commiseration more than legal advice. I think I am powerless to do anything. Situ...

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I'm an assistant manager- can my relative really get guardianship over me like they're threatening?

Location: Mississippi I work. I am an assistant manager. Pay is shit, hours are shit, but it's a job. I am autistic. I was not taught to function independently as a child and as an adult I had a v...

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my roommate is violent

my roommate is a violent drunk and has been for a while. i’ve know her for a long time and she wasn’t like this but her drinking has been out of hand recently. I have many videos of her being viole...

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Legal Separation & Debt

Location: Wisconsin I'm starting to prepare a plan for legal separation and/or divorce. We have a son, 5-8 range, 2 cars (in payment), a small home, and roughly 70-90k in marital debt (combined), s...

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Dementia Neighbor accused me of stabbing her

Location: Alabama Sorry this will be long but there's a tl;Dr at the bottom. I live in a small town that's part of a larger metropolitan area but is still technically its own thing. This is importa...

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My ex left me all of her stuff 28 months ago. Now she’s trying to sue me replevin for not taking it from New Mexico to California. I need advice

Sooo the shortest and easiest way to say this is, I’m a 40 year old guy. I dated a woman for about 7 years. I lived in one she lived in another for the 1st year. Then we both moved to a new state t...

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18M in California — girl hit and ran my car at school, gave false insurance info to police, and now her family is dodging their own insurance company. What are my options?

Back in March a girl from my school hit my car during lunch in a neighborhood near campus and drove off. I didn’t even know until I walked to my car after school and found a note from a witness who...

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Fired for extended sick time (hospitalized)

Location: NY My sister (52) was employed with NY State in a county job for about a year, and requested time off for a medically related breast reduction (severe back problems). Her boss ok’d everyt...

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Apartment complex hired pool company and pool company damaged my car (Florida)

Location: Florida Pool company was hired to renovate the pool at my apartment, during the process they were blocking my car in and spraying/cleaning up very close to my car (I was parked in a norma...

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Spouse avoiding being served divorce papers, won’t answer the door

Location: Tennessee Hello. No dependents, we aren’t living together, I moved out and tried starting this process over 2 years ago. Since we separated I let her keep the house, I fixed the staircase...

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Landlord says I abandoned my apartment because I was away caring for my mom

Location: Ohio I rent a one bedroom apartment and have lived here for almost 3 years. My mother had surgery in February and I stayed at her house for about 5 weeks to help her. I still paid rent on...

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Wife reported sexual harassment at work. Company brought the guy back, didn't move him off her crew, and now she's the one who is transferred to another crew and essentially taking a demotion.

My wife (30F) and I (31M) live in Oregon. She works at a distribution center. This is a large company with thousands of employees across hundreds of locations but this is their only distribution ce...

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Can I sue after the towing company wrongfully towed my vehicle overnight in NY?

Location: New York My vehicle was wrongfully towed in the middle of the night by a towing company that claimed it was parked in a fire hazard zone, although it was not. The towing company later ad...

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