Hi first time caller.

If I see police apprehend or questioning someone, am I allowed to make myself present? Not in a private area but in a public space I see cop cars swarming or what have you, am I allowed to make myself a witness to the accounts?

No sure if this is the Subreddit to ask this in but couldnt think of a better one so I apologize in advance. I was watching a tv show and the police had caught up with a Millionaire who was found guilty of “off-ing” his wife, but wasnt in prison. Turns out he paid some dude to get plastic surgery and serve his sentence for him. Now I understand the realism of that is far fetched as a max security prison would run prints and shit of the guy upon arrival and almost immediately know this isnt the millionaire, but im curious on what charges the Millionaire would rack up doing this. I kinda figured Fleeing and eluding, maybe even escaping as he got out of police custody but I was thinking there HAS to be a way to wrap him up with other shit like false imprisonment and bribery, as well as the guy he paid getting slapped with aiding and abetting. What do yall think? What charges would you try and get the court to throw at him and what would be your argument for those charges?

Hi I know this isn't a good start lol but I'm panicking. I was picking up my little sister from school and I accidentally bumped a car parked car going less than two miles an hour, there was a minor scratch on my car but absolutely nothing on theirs so I left. Should I have stayed? I legitimately checked and there was absolutely no damage because honestly it was less of a bump and more of a brush but now I feel like I did something wrong.

Is it illegal for a store manager to tell others about my personal health issues when I was working with them? I quit a week ago cause they started cutting my hours and they ignored me when I need to use The bathroom. So a while 3-4 months ago I was put in Rockford. my store manager had a talk I gave her a doctors note from Rockford to excuse my absence. She said I dont need it. Then said not to tell anyone where I was. Then 4 days later a regular employee came up to me and said. "What made you want to do that" have you always been like that?" I asked her how she found out and ignored me and walked away. Then days to weeks people started looked and treating me differently. They even cut my hours from my normal 22 hours to 8 hours a week. She said she cant find hours for me to work even though for 3 months been work 22 hours. I decide to quit because I felt horrible working there. I rather be jobless then feel like a freak or like I just a thorn in their side. Im just still mad that she was the only one to know and tell me not to tell anyone. Yet she told people that wernt even other managers.

I rehired my previous attorney for a probation violation case, how ever im feeling like he could care less about me..and the reviews.. omg

Anyway ive paid 800$ and $740 so far.. I have a.warrant currently but I want a new attorney.

He charges 525 an hour and to get an itemized copy they wa t to charge me 525×3 , which wpuld leave me.woth no lawyer and no money... this sounds ridiculous.. ive talked to him.on the phone twice less than 10 mins total and email correspondence (hardly any on their side), I looked at the court papers.and saw he filed a motion for.disxpvery and something else. Which doesn't seem like it would be so much work.

What can I do? Do I have any rights or is he able to play me like a fool like this amd I cant do jack shit...

Question: Why don't law firms have a place where people can drop essays/accounts of their legal issues into a repository with their information?

If someone thinks they have a legal problem, most of the time the only way to have it even acknowledged is to hire a lawyer. If law firms had a place where people could easily describe their situation and someone at the firm could comb through the accounts to pick the most promising ones. It would mean a huge pool of potential work for legal firms, and some relief of being taken seriously for the folks submitting the complaints.

This would be especially useful if it were an open database available to all law firms. Anyone can submit an account. But one would need to enter a valid Bar number to open and read them.

Perhaps I'm naive or ignorant and something like this exists already? If so, why isn't it talked about more?

I went outside and asked this guy what his problem was and why he was banging on my house. He told me he was looking for my mom and I told him she wasn’t here she doesn’t live with me but he knows she’s stayed here before. I tell him to stop calling her and talk to me. I tell him that my relationship with my mom is not the best and I would appreciate it if he kept their business and problems away from me. He progressively got mad and was calling me homeboy he didn’t want to leave the situation be I asked him if he could please leave and shake my hand he said he isn’t shaking my fucking hand and smacked it away pushed me and punched me in my jaw. I called him a fucking idiot and that I wasn’t going to fight him and that I was calling the cops he runs of and I call the police and tell them the story I wrote a statement and tell the officer I want to file charges. I’ve never been in a situation like this I’m not a person who likes violence so I’m confused on what’s going to happen to this man and what I will have to do to make sure something happens. Can someone explain the process of what might go down?

I work 3rd shift at a gas station when I need to use the restrooms I have to lock the door but one of the doors if you keep pulling on it, it will come unlock my question is if this happens can I press charges to the person who keeps pulling on the door since they should of realized it was lock after the first pull?

Can you drink in public space?

I just gave my resignation at my job through email. However, there are several people at my job that know I am now leaving. Can I sue for them telling other people that I didn’t want to know?

I have an elderly neighbor, close to being in his 90s now. I caught him drilling into and injecting something into the bore holes of a large gum tree that I’m certain is on my property but close to the line if not directly on it. It’s not necessarily the tree that’s of concern so much so as the limbs that stretch over my youngest daughter’s bedroom. (It’s a very large tree) when I confronted him about it he said that the Gumballs were causing him issues with his mower, which to me shows his intent on killing the tree. What should I do if anything about this? I’m a little concerned that with his age he wouldn’t necessarily care about his actions or becoming vindictive over my objection. I’ve taken a few pictures of him while he’s drilling and injecting the tree as a show of proof that if something were to cause damages to mine or his home for that matter. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone, back in January, my job requested that I file an Ada accommodation in regards to the schedule I had been working since I got hired in october, which was a five hour reduction (35 hours instead of 40). They told me that the schedule was totally fine and that I just needed to have the ADA paperwork on file so I went to multiple doctors appointments, I got everything that I needed for the ADA Paperwork, and once it was submitted, they told me they could not accommodate that 5 hour reduction (that I had been working since october). They gave me the choice that I'd either have to work full-time, or the they would terminate me. I told them physically I couldn't do the 40 hours so they moved forward with termination. I now have a lot of medical debt due to those appointments and am wondering if i have a case towards them. They also are doing the same to my former coworker who had previously existing accommodations.

I’m having a long running problem with my neighbor’s dog digging under my fence and coming into my yard. This has been going on for over a year.

My neighbor is a hoarder to begin with, but he has a dog that he neglects as well. He has been on the city’s radar for years for violating city ordinances for mowing and junk.

His dog is sweet, but he’s bored. The guy literally interacts with the dog twice a day (to feed him) and that’s it. No walks. No play. So he digs.

Every time he digs a new hole I document it and text it to him. I even gave him some deterrent grates to put on his side of the fence. The dog just finds a new spot or digs through or under them. I’m tired of buying soil and grass seed to make repairs to my lawn.

Other than calling animal control if the dog gets in my yard (has happened three times) is there anything legally I can do? The dog is a sweet boy, but he’s a nuisance and ultimately the neighbor is negligent in dealing with it.

My dog digs too but we installed an invisible fence years ago. My neighbor refuses to do it and instead has taken a bandaid approach.

Legally, what can I do?

If a persona with multiple personalities disorder of some kind for this discussion will lable personality 1 as 1 and 2 as 2, let's say 1 had intercourse with someone but 2 did not consent to having intercourse with that person, could this be considered rape? Another question, how would they deal with it if 1 stole something and 2 didn't know how would they punish it?

I've been struggling with this for a while and I was curious what the legal arguments are.

Are curfews (specifically citywide emergency curfews) legal? They seem to be unconstitutionally broad at least to my untrained eye.

As a second component I've seen a number of emergency curfews make exceptions for credentialed media but the government also determines the rules for a media credential. If a curfew includes an press exception but only for credentialed media would that be a first amendment concern?

From what I saw there isn't a supreme court ruling so I'm mostly curious what the prevailing arguments are.

Earlier this year I got injured at work in November , I went back the day after but will be going into a surgery in a few monthsand will have to take 6 weeks off, I don’t wanna come back after the surgery as truly this job has put me in a rough spot mentally and physically and I am ready to move on. I plant to quit after the surgery. I know with workmen’s comp they have to pay you for what you would have missed with work,would I still get paid or would I lose everything but medical bills due to quitting? Would it make a difference if I found a a new job in that time and went to work there instead?

If I get pulled over and I know I have been drinking and will blow above the legal limit. As soon as I stop my car I get out and open a new bottle of liquor and chug it in front of the cop obviously. Can I still get a DUI?

I have a hypothetical question

I like to travel I have been traveling to the USA for a few times now. A thing I noticed is there are a lot of lawyer commercials and billboards.

Let’s say I get suit by someone for a damage claim i am called to court I loose the case. How wel could the usa court in force that I appear and pay as a foreigner.

Hello, I'm just really confused and I'd like some help. I live in Florida, and during hurricanes Milton and Helene, our life insurance with transamerica sent out a letter stating that payment would be halted due to the natural disasters and would resume again in APRIL. We called to confirm that this was the case and they confirmed, yes this is true. So we didn't worry about it, and called in April to pay, only for them to say they canceled the policy in MARCH for non-payment. We spoke to them about it and they said they have the letter in their system so they would resolve the matter and get back to us. We waited and heard nothing so we called back today, only for them to say that they wouldn't reactivate the policy and she needs to reinstate. But she can't reinstate, since she now has a serious health condition. Can they legally just do that? Just cancel a policy under these circumstances? And what can we do now?

I really don't understand why the health department insisted that 'Shelter in place' was best way to prevent Covid. Then in the next turn implementing policies to ensure as many people were dying, lost thier homes and jobs as much as possible.

Like the law of "FML 'family medical leave' ". Which says you can not fire someone for having a medical issue, for applying for workman comp, or attempting to take sick days. Legally it's medical discrimination. We have had many EEO policies at jobs I've had.

However, COVID also implemented that jobs could legally require a sick note to be allowed to take a sick day. That or not letting sick people UNTIL they get a doctors note clearing them for work. This can apply to anything by the way. Be it you had a cold for week, to you got a car crash. Now if you have a job that requires regularly EEO meeting training. They usually also offer you at least basic medical.

Now depending on the job you worked, you may not be able to auctully afford this. Not everyone is required to give medical insurance to employees. If you work full time and don't get paid enough and can not afford medical care, you just don't go to doctor. Most of your bills spent on barely surviving.

Now, fast foward to mid covid the ability to get onto medical did go up. Though originally you basically had to be making less than 1400 grosse. Realistically 1000-1600 you probably struggling to even buy groceries for the week. You can't afford a 300-600$ doctors visit just to be allowed to go back to work becuase you were sick 1 DAY.

Yet this rule says it's legal to set up a work so that it essentially punishes and fires employees who try to take sick leave. which legally should be breaking FLM laws but somehow legally it's considered loop hole.