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[Brooklyn, NY] Partner received 2nd degree burns while receiving a physical therapy treatment

Location: Brooklyn, NY My partner has been going to this beauty/health clinic to receive treatment for her upper back. She's been seeing one practitioner for a few weeks and one week, she was out. ...

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Apartment asking to sign lease again after I resigned a week ago?

Hello all and thank you in advance! Location: Nashville, TN. About a week ago, my bf and I resigned our apartment lease for another 12 month term. The manager of the apartment complex also signed ...

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Was stepmother allowed to sell house?

Location: Kentucky My husband's dad passed away in 2020, and he owned two properties. His stepmother was on the deed for both properties. She sold all of his belongings and one of the properties, a...

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Missed punch last week and worked 5 hours for free. HR lady says they’ve already processed pay for that period and I’m out of luck

Location: Minnesota. Pretty self explanatory. I missed a punch when coming back from lunch and only realized when I went to punch out at the end of the day. At that point anyone who could change it...

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MS House buyer sent demand letter

Location: Mississippi At the end of June we sold our house in MS to move out of state. Today we received a demand letter from an attorney in MS for 20K+ saying we concealed material defects. The ...

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Apartment sent me a lease renewal with the wrong rent, I signed it and now they want me to sign another one

My lease is up soon and my apartment complex emailed me a renewal through their resident portal. It listed my correct name, unit number and lease dates, but the rent was only increasing by $25. I s...

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Local gym used a photo of me in an ad without telling me

Location: California I’ve been going to the same gym for about a year. A few months ago one of the employees took a photo of me after a class because they were posting pictures from that day on Ins...

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Coworker using my name without consent to submit her pets insurance claims

A few weeks ago, I received a notification from a website my job uses to process insurance claims for pets (veterinary clinic). Upon reviewing the claim, I noticed it was for my coworker's dog, who...

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[MA] While looking up unclaimed money/property, I found my absent father's estate. Am I supposed to contact an attorney to try to claim it?

Location: Worcester County, Massachusetts So yesterday I found out that you can Google "unclaimed money (your state)" and get a .gov website where you can see if you're owed anything. I was messing...

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My friend crashed my car

Location: arizona Could I be legally responsible for something my friend did with my car? A few months ago, I let a close friend borrow my car for the weekend. He told me he was just going to visi...

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Pro bono lawyer admitted he had "no experience" in housing law, then gave advice that caused me to lose all my belongings. Is this malpractice?

Location: Pennsylvania, Chester County I have been trying to move past this but it just does not feel right to me. I qualified for legal aid through an "Access to Justice" program in Pennsylvan...

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ICE detained my dad today in the morning on his way to work

Hi All, As the title says my dad (he’s Salvadoran) got detained by ice today in the AM on his way to work. I am the oldest (I’m DACA) and the whole day Ive called lawyers, checked the locator site...

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Parking issues and towing

Location: CA. I'm in an apartment building that provides parking spaces, however, the entry to the parking spots is along the street and is not connected to the street as a ramped driveway, and is ...

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[CA] Can my employer discipline me for a dog bite that occurred 9 hours after my shift ended?

Location: California I work security at a large hospital in California and have been there for several years. I’m union represented. I’m looking for outside opinions, especially from anyone famili...

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Bought a Lemon for business. ????1 year later. Now what??

In October 2025, we bought a 2018 International Durastar 4300 truck in MI from a highly rated dealership. We bought it believing it was an Allison transmission. It's all over the paperwork. Less th...

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[South Carolina] Family Court visition/ child support court order broken

Location: South Carolina. I live in South Carolina. My son's father and I have a standing family court order for visitation and child support. He has been slacking on child support which I haven't ...

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Doctor has accused my partner of making terrorist threats against his practice after he left a bad review on Google

Location: Texas This is a follow-up to my earlier post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/s/341GDysCrH. In the original post I explain that a doctor shared my private medical info with my e...

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Mother held onto college bonds and didn’t give them to me till I was 48

I'm not able to share from the original posted location so I'm copy/pasting here: I didn’t go to college in my 20’s because I didn’t have money. Did my best by working full time and attending junio...

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My husband isn’t getting paid for paternity leave

My husband works for a large corporation in the freezer warehouse as a Hi-Lo driver. He has worked there for 8 years. We had our daughter in Sept. of 2025, and he was told he had a 12 month window ...

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Current Roommate is disputing his portion of rent. If eviction happens, people who aren’t current residents may be affected.

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico I’m trying to understand my legal position in a complicated roommate/lease situation, especially because our property manager says she plans to serve a 3-day notic...

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Do I have a cause to seek a lawsuit?

Location: Virginia I am not sure what to do in this situation. I'm hoping there's some sort of legal recourse I can take. I've never needed to sue anyone, and I'm wondering if I have much of a case...

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