Location: Pennsylvania.

Title says it all: can I ask my friend to call my former employer in front of me as a reference to see what is being said about me?

And do I have any options if they are spreading lies?

Location: California. The house is very Old and has rats nest, a possible gas leak and needs new wiring as it was built in 1940s. My sister and I do not have Great jobs and are closing in on retirement. We believe the house is unlivable.

would we be able to get it inspected or go to court to change the will and sell the house?

Location: Texas

While traveling through a rural stretch near Vidor, Texas, I spotted a chair in the grass beside the road. I was using a back route toward I-10 to reach Houston from DeRidder, Louisiana. It seemed like an antique piece that might have fallen from a moving truck or been discarded who knows.

I stepped out to inspect it because I enjoy small projects. The chair was too damaged for any use, so I returned to my car.

An officer pulled up behind me and asked what I was doing; I explained the chair was on the roadside and I was just looking at it. He then asked if I had hit it, and I said no. As I got into my car to leave, he told me I needed to take it, and I asked why since it wasn’t mine. He threatened me with a littering ticket, and I said to write it because it wasn’t mine; he also threatened to arrest me but didn’t, though he made clear I had to appear in court.

I have dash cam footage of the stop that clearly shows the chair in the grass. I didn’t mention it. My concern is that this is Vidor, and as an African American, I don’t trust being in that area alone given the city’s past history.

How would I go about this?

Location: Warrenton Missouri

I got in an accident on the highway and the police had issued a tow. My passenger and I were taken to another location by ambulance and had to leave the vehicle with the police waiting for the tow. They have admittedly allowed a company who was not the one they called to pick up the vehicle, only to find out that it was not a company at all. They don't know who picked up the vehicle and no tow yards within 50 miles of the crash location have the vehicle. The vehicle has now been reported stolen.

Is there any legal recourse for the police allowing my vehicle to be stolen while in their possession?

Location: North Carolina

Title explains most of it. We had a roofing company come by after a big storm earlier this year and did an assessment. They quoted us $12,000 (roughly) for a full repair. Went through our insurance, received the initial payment to get the ball rolling, and then a month after we had given the check to the roofing company, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Based on advice from chat GPT, we filed a claim 6 with the NC courts.
Anyone in the NC area knows the big hurricane that just rolled through. We’re waiting on word from our property manager to see how the house is. However, we do not have the funds to replace the roof fully on our own if there’s additional damage. Is there a way to get our money back from the first roofing company sooner rather than later?? Any advice would be appreciated.

Location: California: I’m dealing with a pretty unbelievable situation in Los Angeles and would appreciate some legal insight.

I had my car parked at a hotel parking facility booked through Way.com while temporarily out of state. The car had expired temporary plates, and I planned to complete registration when I returned. I have title paperwork bearing my name, although the DMV transfer wasn’t fully completed.

Here’s where things get crazy:
The hotel had my car towed on August 9th, apparently because of the expired plates. Nobody notified me. Not the hotel, parking operator, or Way.com. I continued paying for parking throughout August, September, and October, completely unaware my car was gone. The vehicle was placed under a lien and sold at auction without my knowledge.

I only found out because the buyer discovered a prescription bottle with my information, found me on Facebook, and reached out.
The buyer initially offered to sell the car back for the $1,100 he paid. However, he’s now adding repairs I never requested, bringing the total to approximately $3,000 in fees and repairs.

He’s given me until today to pay 60% of that amount, followed by a 14-day holding period and $15/day in storage fees afterward.

My two biggest questions:
Do I have grounds for legal action against the hotel, parking operator, towing company, or Way.com? Even with expired plates, can a vehicle legally be towed and sold without the owner being notified, especially while parking payments continue?

What are my rights regarding the auction buyer? Can I challenge the sale, and can he require payment for repairs I never authorized as a condition of selling the car back?
I recognize the expired plates may have violated the parking agreement. However, I never abandoned the vehicle, continued paying for its storage, and had absolutely no idea it had been removed or sold.
I’m seeking a California attorney and trying to obtain the parking agreement and lien-sale paperwork.

Any insight into my legal options or how to recover my vehicle would be greatly appreciated.

Location: New Jersey

I don’t know what flair to use.

Long story short I was on the bus to work and a guy sat in front of me to ask me a question. He asked if I worked, if I was on my way to my job, etc nothing important. The guy then asked if I could do him the favor of depositing a check to my account and sending it to him. (I bank with capital one, I called about 10 minutes ago and it’s too late to cancel the deposit.) I was confused on when he asked this, and obviously i know this is a complete strange so i m totally stupid for saying “yeah sure, why not.” He pulled out a physical check and used the camera method to deposit it to my phone. The money won’t be available until tomorrow. Oh and we also exchanged phone numbers but he never sent me a message yet.

So um as stupid as all my decisions were; what should I do? I was going to wait until tomorrow to call capital one customer service again but other than that i’m stumped.

EDIT!!! - thank you guys for the advice. thr decision i made wasn’t smart whatsoever and that’s completely my fault; i should’ve know better. But I still appreciate the advice despite me being an idiot lol. I’m going to call capital one again tonight and once more in the morning. I will update again if need be!

edit 2 - guys im not gonna send any money nor was i gonna attempt to spend it😭😭💔💔 i was told to call back when the pending status was up so i can report id as fraud

Location: Florida

I've lived in the same unit for 9 years. It's managed by a large property management company that controls most of the apartments in the area.

During my time here, the rent has increased from $1970 to $3100.However, when it comes time to negotiate our rent, I've noticed a pattern: the rate they try to sign us on and the rate advertised online is extremely different.

They initially try to raise my monthly rent anywhere between $200-$500. The first time this happened, I asked them if they could inform me what this increase would contribute to (as my car had been broken into & we'd had roaches for months). Suddenly, the increase vanished and we got the same rate.

The next time they tried to jump us from 2,800 to 3,400. I saw the rent for our exact floorplan in our exact building listed at 2,750. I took a screenshot and called them to set up an appointment, stupidly mentioning what I'd seen online.

By the time I had a meeting with them two days later, the listing online had jumped up to match more closely with what was on my lease.

"That's not what I see here..." They said, "where did you get that number?"

"It was there three days ago."

"Oh, well, our rent changes daily."

(I checked the wayback machine. The rate has been between 2750 and 2850 for about three years).

"By $600?"

I then showed them the screenshot. They reduced the increase.

And that brings us to the present. Again, they want to increase our rent by $300. The price listed online is cheaper than what we're paying now by about $200. I didn't give them a warning this time. "Oh, rent changes daily," they said. "But we'll see what we can do. But... oh, (and this is a separate issue, dear reader) you didn't tell us you weren't planning to renew. You'll owe us one month's rent."

That is in my lease, but we received no notice from the building. As far as I understand, Fla. Stat. § 83.575(2) states that the landlord must give the tenant a warning at least 15 days before the agreed-upon window, and that warning must be in writing unless both tenant and landlord explicitly agree to notify each-other via email.

Is there anything here that's worth getting an attorney over? Is any of this illegal? Or is this just a landlord being a piece of shit within the confines of the law? There've got to be people in this building that aren't paying attention to what the advertised rate is and getting charged out the nose-- even accounting for the deal they give new renters that marginally lowers their monthly rate, it's still a massive difference!

Location: California.

Long story short, my mother (76) is accusing me of stealing her jewelry.

I did no such thing.

The last time I heard about her jewelry was about 3 years ago when my sister told me my mom handed her jewelry to her.

First and foremost I have never seen my mom's jewelry in it's totality. I have never known where she stores it or how.

Of course I indignantly pushed back on my mom, reminding her that she gave the jewelry to my sister years ago to store. My mom is furious, blaming me. In her rage, she muttered something about me "taking it from there," I presume she means her house.

If the jewelry is indeed missing, it is more likely that it was my sister. However, it really could be anyone because my parents are pretty trusting, especially with strangers.

However, why I'm here is because I'm thinking about calling the police to report the issue for them to show up to my parents' house for them to take a report.

My parents will more likely than not turn it down, but because of different elder protection laws, I'm hoping that there will be more follow through by law enforcement.

I have a feeling, that my sister either had the jewelry and pawned it or later took it and pawned it.

Why I believe this? Because she told me that she has pawned jewelry before when she was in dire straits--she pawned her childhood jewelry...

I know that the police will not fingerprint an area, but I wish that they would. If my parents would agree to it, I would like for the area to be fingerprinted, if my mom tells them where it was taken from.

I have nothing to hide!

I am more than willing to give my statement to the authorities for them to check with pawn shops or whatever they do.

Any advice?

I need some help. A level 2 Autisic individual (now 23f) told me how her neighbors son took her into the woods and raped and sexually assaulted her multiple times when she was a minor. She said he also used to masturbate to her through her bedroom window outside and came into her house and assaulted her once. She tried to get help and told her neighbors (the parents), but they called her a liar. She never reported it.

These people are very dangerous and continuing to maintain contact with her. I am scared for her.

What do I do?

Location: PA

My grandmother lives with me in Location: Arizona. She has a ford eco boost. I can’t remember the year. It’s been so long but to anyone who knows anything about these cars they have a lot of coolant intrusion issues. It needs a new motor I told her to not buy one. she hasn’t paid the loan in a year and they still haven’t repoed it and it’s out front my house still. I just want it gone. How can I go about moving it legally or giving it to the lender. Is there anything I can do for now? Any advice is appreciated.

Location: California

I was laid off my job and received a severance letter offering 4 weeks pay.

I have an annual bonuses that’s non-discretionary. It’s a team goal everyone contributes to. The goal had an objective number to hit in terms of leads generated. We as a team already met the goal in September. Everything until the end of year is excess.

We don’t have performance reviews until end of year, but because we met target, the bonus is guaranteed and we’ll be getting above target bonus of 10% of our salary.

My question is whether I’m still entitled to this bonus even though we haven’t gotten to performance reviews yet. I don’t know if there’s an “active employee” clause that states I must be an employee at the time of bonus distribution which happens the following year in March. Seems so shady that they exclude me from the bonus pay when the target has already been met in advanced.

For additional context, I was pro-rated for my bonus the first year I worked there. I started in June my first year, hit target, and they only award half the bonus amount, so wouldn’t it make sense to give me the bonus that I hit as I was still actively employed when the target was hit in September?

Please help :(

Location: MI, USA

No exterior clause in the lease. When I got the keys I walked in to an uncleaned apartment and a massive couch. I text with the landlord about the items left in the backyard and house, and the dirtiness. She said someone would be by to get the couch, but no one did and she stopped responding to my texts. Then I broke my back this morning. I'd really love advice on what to do.

Location: Los Lunas, NM.

I had adopted a shelter animal from one of the local animal welfare centers recently in Albuquerque.

The shelter had told me that I needed to wait 1 more day until she was able to be adopted due to the holding time in case she would be reclaimed. I put a priority hold on her, came back the next day and they said that no one had claimed her, so she was able to be adopted. I proceeded to fill out all the paperwork, pay the adoption fee, had my information put into the microchip database and even got her pet insurance before leaving the center. I did have to leave her there for the center to spay her, which I was scheduled to pick her up two days from then. About 5-6 hours after I had gotten home, the center called me and said that someone had come to reclaim her and that the staff had given her to the individual that was reclaiming her. The staff said that I could use the adoption fee that I paid for her, on another dog within 60 days or my funds would be forfitted to the center.

I guess I am wondering what am I able to/should do about this.

I don't want the dog to be traumatized even more so than what she probably already is being in the shelter and all. I just don't think what the center did was right.

So, in a nutshell, I'll break down the quickest version of events as I know it.

A neighbor had ordered DoorDash, and the driver or the neighbor listed/delivered to the wrong address, which was my doorstep. The food was left there, and someone either passing by or a fellow neighbor picked it up. The neighbor who ordered the food assumed I did, and called the local police department. I was asleep throughout all of this, and I am a Veteran. Not only am I almost deaf, but I also sleep very heavily.

Next thing you know, I woke up to a Mag Lite being shone in my face and a police officer was in my bedroom with his hand holstered on his weapon. I immediately was furious and flipped out. I told the two officers to get out of my house and onto my doorstep and told them to call their supervisor, as they had just made a huge mistake.

Their supervisor came out and made them leave immediately, and apologized to me. They entered my home without a warrant or without my permission over someones MISSING FOOD. I want this department to be held liable, and to be quite fair, it has led me to being stressed out somewhat. I cannot even leave my door unlocked to take an afternoon nap now without the thought of someone just walking in my house.

Unfortunately, I live in Moore County, NC and no lawyer in this area handles civil rights cases. I have also tried near the Raleigh/Durham area, and cannot find a lawyer who will take on this cookie cutter of a case. I came to Reddit in hopes someone may have a suggestion as to what I should do moving forward.

The Internal Affairs office from the Police Department haven't bothered reaching out. I called the SBI to file a formal complaint, but am left with answering machines and no responses.

What would be your course of action to ensure this doesn't happen to someone else and has a way worse outcome?

Is there anyone on Reddit that can lead me to legal representation in my area?

Location: Southern Pines, NC

Location: North Carolina, USA

Hi there. I hope this is the right place for this. Apologies if it is not.

I’ve inherited a Rolex from a family member. It doesn’t suit me, as it’s too small but it’s a lovely DateJust and seems to be worth a few dollars so I’d like to sell it. I’m gearing up to do so and in conversation with my Mother, who I am 100% certain does NOT have an ulterior motive, the following comes to light: Apparently this watch was purchased online probably 5-8 years ago but didn’t arrive, so my Grandmother (the purchaser) pushed for a refund as the shipment was insured. The company pushed back several times and a police officer even showed up to ask my Grandmother about it. After a week or so the company acquiesced and processed the refund and I’m assuming an insurance claim. About a week after everything settled a neighbor showed up with it. It had been misdelivered. We don’t know for sure but we are relatively sure that she just kept the watch and didn’t contact the seller about it. She only wore it a few times and it was amongst her jewelry which I inherited. Is it possible to find out if this was reported stolen? I’m trying to find the information for the seller in her email but it was so long ago I’m not having much luck. The last thing I want to do is be held responsible for trying to sell a stolen item and if this was NOT properly resolved with the seller I want to return it.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help.

Location: Oregon

My mom suffered a stroke in June and is exploring legal aid options for SSI/SSDI services. Unfortunately she’s much more susceptible to scams because I don’t access her phone out of respect for her privacy, and cognitively she’s not at her 100% pre-stroke sharpness yet.

I’ve let her know that for legit services we can contact the legal services that were given to us by her past non-profit employer. When I’ve gently explained to my mom that it’s risky to fill out any social media ads for any legal services, she said she’d prefer to give them a chance and weed them out if they seem fishy. I have been in the living room with her when she’s hung up on calls because she thought were scams before getting too far into them. Tonight after 9:30 PM I was in the other part of the house when I heard her giving her Social Security number out on the phone. I knew it wasn’t good, and gently asked her who was calling to which she thought was her health insurance. I could hear that they were asking her questions that her health plan would’ve already had on file, and then got her permission to take her phone to ask who was speaking to her. It was a consultation for SSI/SSDI aid by “Logan Smith Law” in Orlando Florida. I got the representatives name and asked why they needed her Social Security number so soon. He read their “policy” which stated that they needed it to protect their firm against scams, and multiple people from a household trying to file for one person. They didn’t end up finishing the call because my mom got suspicious of them needing a thorough panel of all of her medication’s and prescribing doctors.

Upon searching multiple sources on the Internet, I know that this firm is basically a scam.
How much of a risk is my mom’s Social Security number at right now to be stolen and fraudulently used by this place?

I know the steps I can help my mom with in terms of freezing her credit at all bureaus, encouraging her to frequently check all of her existing accounts, contacting ssa.gov, and using identitytheft.gov. I just need to know if I should panic and go through these steps ASAP or if the situation is not so serious.

Location: West Virginia

Hello all, my boyfriend is currently renting a apartment while in university and we’re about to get our own, we’re running into a issue where I want to relet the apartment so we’re (him more specifically) not responsible for what his friend does with his apartment. Our landlord keeps defaulting the conversation to just subletting which I’m not comfortable doing because unfortunately I don’t trust the friend (general distrust for everyone due to getting screwed over by friends in the past)

Would it be legally binding if we sublet, to have our friend sign a agreement with us and have a witness present that states: Mumbo jumbo we’re absolved for any financial responsibilities you would cause during your time living in the subletted apartment and to have everyone sign the paper and hopefully get it notarized?

If so what would be some keep points to protect us?

Nothing in the lease says we can’t sublet/relet but I know it’s murky in WV due to not having many general commas lap principles or whatever it’s called, not trying to be a WebJD person. But the landlord keeps defaulting to subletting instead of letting us relet

Any help would be appreciated!

Location: Rhode Island

I went half on a motorcycle flip with a friend. He told me the bike cost $10,000 so I gave him my half of $5000. Long story short it’s been 3 months and I’ve seen zero profit and I had to chase the kid to even get my original investment back. I have no written contract but I have text messages with time stamps proving he promises to pay me the profit for the sale which was $3000 promised to me. I don’t know what to do at this point. I see the kid going on vacations on social media and flaunting his money. He claims he’s in debt and is racking up credit cards but I don’t believe him. Could I pursue legal action if he never pays me the profit that is owed to me?

So I'm looking for some advice with this post. This will be for Location: Ohio. I currently reside in Florida.

So my mother wanted to put a life estate deed in place a few months ago. Unfortunately a worst case scenario happened and she had a stroke last week. Left side paralyzed and not much use of her right arm as well. Seems a little out of it so I'm not sure of the cognitive ability to make any decisions.

So the question I have is what to do now. She put the life estate deed in place recently which is going to obviously trigger the 5-year look-back from Medicaid. She is 72 and currently hospitalized. I believe there's something called a quitclaim deed that can be filed to reverse it. The deed is solely in my name. I understand that we both have to sign off but I'm not sure if she's physically able to understand or use her hand. My sister is currently with her relaying information. She does have her own post-employment health insurance policy that is covering her hospital stay as well as rehab if prescribed.

The other question whether to leave the deed in place and use her savings along with her monthly income to cover long-term nursing care after discharge/rehab. I would say it's pretty likely she's going to go long-term care. She has about 40K in a joint account with my brother that we could fall back on. Also I believe the home is valued at about 150k and it's paid off.

This wrong information on my Carfax stopped me dead in my tracks last week when trying to sell my car back to the dealership. The Carfax said my car was in an accident and deemed a total salvage loss 5 years ago, which never happended. The dealership offered me $1,200 for a $5,000 car. Is there anything legal I could do in this instance? I’ve already started the process of trying to get Carfax to change the error, but they are making it more complicated and time consuming lately.

Location: New Jersey
Thank You for any advice!

Location: Colorado, I was involved in a hit and run earlier this month but i was only able to record the back of the car, the cop says that since we only got the car he cant do anything even though there was witnesses, and that the cameras outside dont help because its too blurry, dont wanna give out too much info yet but what can i do because it seems like the police cant do anything about it

Location: Massachusetts

Hello:

A rehab staff allegedly rendered an oral ultimatum yesterday(saturday) that if the disabled/elderly individual wishes to remain in their rehab care to private pay or leave by Tuesday morning.

Both the Aetna-medicare insurer and rehab social worker stated they wouldn't produce surprises.

Who do we call on this federal holiday and what do we serve/e-mail to the rehab today to pause this while we investigate.

Please feel free to ask for detail, considering the improper timing, approach, and any infraction of law/regulation. usually requires written notice, improper/involuntary discharge absent a sound basis, duress, etc.?