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“Contracter” stole $4000 from my parents who was supposed to do install gates and railings in the front of our house

Location: Queens, NYC - will try to give the best summary that I can My parents hired a man to do some work in our front yard which involved replacing the old fence with brick posts, new gates/rai...

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Need help with possible car mileage scam.

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Hello , I’m a 29M living in Indianapolis and my (26F) wife was involved in a car accident which the insurance company totaled out her car and paid her for the value ...

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"Friend" sold my guitar and their car was repoed with my property inside - and they won't help me recover my property

Location: Ohio/USA A "friend" let their car get reposessed and it had a guitar pedal in it. He was also lent a guitar that he chose, instead, to sell without notice and stole a TV from us. Spouse a...

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Went to HR about my manager discriminating against me. Now they're putting me on PIP.

Location: NY, NYC, USA Context: I work in Tech (Software Engineering) as a full time employee in an organization from NYC, been with the organization for a little bit over a year now. I am transgen...

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Apartment won’t do anything about my squishy wall or carpet pond

Location: Minnesota 6-15: I came home from work at 10pm to find a 5ft by 3ft sopping wet carpet under my wall mounted ac unit and an unnaturally squishy wall with bubbling paint. Spend an hour usin...

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A rapid oil changer ruined my truck

TL;DR – A rapid oil changer caused catastrophic damage to my truck. What are my legal options? Location: California Took my well-maintained ‘94 Ford Ranger to Oil Changers for a routine oil change...

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Dollar car rental rented out a car to someone else in my name and now I’m being charged

Location: South Carolina, but issue is with dollar car rental in Burlington Vermont I rented a car for a trip to Vermont from June 12th-17th through Expedia and went for the “managers special”. I’...

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Separated parents, who will/can/should claim our child ??

Location: Oklahoma, USA *also posted in r/tax Our child lives with me 6 days out of the week. His father picks him up Sundat afternoon and brings him home Monday morning. We do not have a formal ch...

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I have my brother on my car insurance. Could this be bad for me?

Location: Arizona My big brother was the problem child. Drugs, then getting a girl pregnant young then went to jail but got out before his son was born... Rough life with a total of 3 kids later.....

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Should I report the clinic I work at? If so, how do I go about it?

Location: Texas I work at a small maternity clinic in my area as a certified clinical medical assistant. I've only been working here for about a month and I've noticed some shady things going on. ...

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Father Passed Away — Executor & POA of Rent-Stabilized Apartment, Tenants Owe $7K, Management Refusing to Recognize My Authority NYC

My father recently passed away. He lived in a rent-stabilized apartment that he was subleasing to three tenants. Before he died, he granted me Power of Attorney and I have been officially appointed...

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Help the whistleblower

Location: Connecticut My spouse’s workplace is abysmal. Im handling the legal side while they continuously gather evidence. I’ve already filed several osha complaints but they tried to pass it off...

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Supposed to Close on a house Friday, seller is claiming it may not be ready due to a renter that hasn't left yet. Do I have any legal recourse?

Location: Minnesota. Settled on a house agreement early April. Supposed to close this Friday. The seller had a rental lease that expired May 1st, and the renter chose not to renew and said he wante...

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Scratched their car and now getting sued for 1 million dollars...

My wife scratched a guy's car while parking (literally a scratch, not even a dent!). They guy was inside his parked car waiting for someone. He was not injured. After the incident we exchanged info...

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Ex-wife in hospice and about to die, leaving estate to her boyfriend. Divorce decree [possibly] imposes "constructive trust" on the estate.

Location: Oregon, USA Briefly... My ex is in the hospital, in the last stages of dying. (Heavily medicated and non-responsive.) Her prognosis is terminal and she is expected to pass in the next 24...

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Please help: U.S. Navy father refuses child support

Hi everyone. I’m a single mother currently living abroad with my young daughter. Her father is an active-duty member of the U.S. military. He was stationed in Japan when we met, but has since been ...

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neighbor is dumping their septic and now we have E. coli on our water

Location: Hernando county, FL Hey everyone my wife and I are first time homeowners. We are also on a well. So we have noticed our neighbors (they are renting) pumping their septic into their yard f...

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cops won’t take action until someone’s hurt

Location: South Carolina To preface, me and my mom stay to ourselves in a quiet neighborhood but across the street from us lives a man and his adult special needs son. The son isn’t supposed to be ...

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Married officially but husband hides it from banks and investment firms, her rights in the future?

Location: New Mexico. But before they lived in California. So, someone I know started dating a divorced man in 2022, they started to live together pretty soon and still together and live together b...

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Roommate from hell retaliating

Roommate 22 F, Me 23F, fiance 25 My roommate decided to move out after I told her I no longer wanted to be apart of her custody court case. That's fine with me, then she offered me money to continu...

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(TX) I'm moving out of my apartment sooner than my lease end date. Landlord says I must pay past my lease end date, and that if she rents to another party sooner I must still pay.

Location: Houston. As in the title, I am renting an apartment in Houston and my contract ends July 15. I notified my landlord (and the leasing agency) about a month ago that I would be moving out a...

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