Hi!

Location: Minnesota.

About a year ago I was approached by one of our neighbors about the idea of paving the upper half of the road. We live in a small town and it’s a private road. I had explained to them that we just bought this house and a few of the major appliances failed within the first 1.5-2 years of owning it and we are not interested in paving the road as it was great shape with virtually no pot holes. However it is a dirt road and when people drive on it dust gets kicked up. They decided not to love forward with fixing the road or so I thought.

I left my house one day to go to a neighbors house at the end of the road to help them with their lawnmower when a company was preparing to lay down chipped asphalt. I politely asked them when they would be done and when I could drive on it cause I had to pick up my kids from school later that day. They told me it wouldn’t be ready till after pick up time for my children. So I moved my car to the neighbors house by driving through everyone’s lawn.

The coordinator of the road fixing never approached me before this began only other neighbors. To which we told we are not interested as it doesn’t bother us. Now the coordinator is asking that we pay our share when we have never seen the construction invoice or know how much we would “owe.” There is a lot more to this story of why we couldn’t afford to pay them to include passing of my father to cancer. He lived on the east coast.

My question would be; Do I owe them anything? I have checked my deed and it doesn’t explicitly have a maintenance agreement on it.

Thanks for taking the time to read and reply. It means a lot.

location: Ohio. My uncle lived alone and died unexpectedly in May. He had no spouse or children, and as far as I know, he left no will. I am not the executor of his estate and have not filed anything with probate court.

His landlord called me because my phone number was listed as the emergency contact. With the landlord’s permission, I entered the apartment and removed family photographs, documents and a few personal items. I did not take any furniture or anything valuable. I returned the keys that same afternoon.

I have now received a letter from the landlord demanding six months of rent remaining on my uncle’s lease, plus cleaning costs. The letter says that by entering the apartment, removing property and returning the keys, I “assumed responsibility for closing the tenancy.”

I never signed the lease, guaranteed his rent or agreed to pay anything. The landlord keeps calling and says he will send the debt to collections under my name if I do not arrange a payment plan by Friday.

Could collecting a deceased relative’s belongings actually make me personally responsible for his lease? Is the landlord allowed to report this as my debt when there is no contract bearing my name?

Location: Oregon

I’ve just started a new job this month and am on my third week there, it goes without saying I’ve completed my onboarding, which included submitting an id, social and birth certificate and everything was running smoothly till my birthday which was 3 days before my first payday, my id expired on my birthday and I subsequently received a text a day later from my boss saying they unfortunately couldn’t pay me unless I had an up to date ID, I told them I was planning on getting it updated with my first paycheck and asked if I could either receive a paper check or submit alternative papers as opposed to id and they said they’d check with payroll get back to me.

A couple days later (day after payday/ Saturday) I reached out to them after not hearing anything back to ask for an update and they told me unless I had a passport (I don’t) that I couldn’t be paid till it was updated, so I scheduled a dmv appointment as soon as possible and borrowed money from a friend to pay for it and was able to send a copy of my new id to my boss by Monday, they didn’t respond so I assumed I’d see them or hear back yesterday on Tuesday but they never answered, so I asked a supervisor if they’ve just been off work for whatever reason and they told me that the manager has been working and that they (the supervisor) are confused why they wouldn’t reach out to me. They also texted both the assistant manager and the manager and they neither got back to them. It’s now Wednesday morning and I haven’t heard anything about getting paid and I’m starting to get upset about how this is being handled, I’ve had several friends (and coworkers/supervisors) question why I couldn’t receive a physical check and to look into the legality of not paying me or getting back to with any urgency.

Location: Seattle, Washington

I'm only getting fragments of what actually happened. I know the victim was air-lifted and was initially unconscious. When they came to they could move a bit and everybody at the scene, including driver, was telling them not to move. They tried to move on their own. I am hearing through the grapevine they are now "paralyzed". Unsure if that's true, could be an exaggeration by my extended family member or by the victim's attorney.

Drive / at-fault party has insurance with an umbrella policy of up to 1.5M– we were just told this yesterday, and the accident occurred close to 4 months ago. Driver has been using only the attorney appointed by his insurance.

Other family members asked their friend, who's an attorney in a different field, what are the chances driver could lose the house (est. valued between $1M - $2M) and the "friend attorney" assured them the chances are 0% and that insurances often pay out the difference beyond the policy limit. They assured:

• No circumstances they take the house or cars
• They would only go after personal assets if they were uninsured
• Even if he was sued and a jury awarded more than his policies he is not liable
• She said the insurance company has a duty to represent the insured and will cover any difference, that if he was sued for 8M and his policy covered 6M he wouldn't be personally liable for the 2M difference, and insurance would cover.

I am not a lawyer, but I fear that is awful advice and seems overly broad. If the information about the victim being paralyzed is true this seems to be considered a catastrophic injury that could be several millions past the policy limit. My understanding is that the only time insurances would have to pay the difference beyond a policy limit is when they operate in bad faith during negotiations, so to me it seems like the insurances attorney's best interest is to payout the max policy and wash their hands of this, leaving my extended family member to be personally liable for whats leftover which would financially ruin them. I read there's certain assets exempt (ie, a portion of the home compared to median value selling price in the area, retirement accounts, etc) and that WA is a comparative fault (thanks torts) state, but even with the limited amount of information I think they need to hire a defense attorney ASAP who specializes in catastrophic injuries.

Questions

• Does insurance have any reason or legal duty to pay more than his policy limit? I'd assume legally no, but I don't know what happens in practice.
• Should they hire a defense attorney and pay OOP to oversee what the insurance attorney is doing? I get the feeling that the insurance attorney has a duty to the driver, but really their duty is to the insurance company that doesn't really care what happens past their policy limit
• Was the "friend attorneys" advice valid?
• How often do these types of catastrophic injury cases go to litigation vs settle within policy limits?

If any kind soul who's familiar with these matters walk me through what is best to be done right from my family member's side and how these situations typically payout in practice I'd be very grateful

Thanks in advance.

My Location: Los Angeles, CA

Back in March I was assaulted during an adult recreational soccer league run by the City of Beverly Hills. Another player put me in a headlock and threw me to the ground after play was stopped. I sustained a broken clavicle requiring ORIF surgery and a concussion.

Here's what I have:

• City-generated incident report documenting the assault, corroborated by 6 witnesses across multiple teams
• Police report
• Referee report
• ER records, urgent care records, surgical documentation
• BHPD opened a criminal investigation — I completed a photo lineup and positively identified the perpetrator. Case is going to the DA
• Full name, employer, and home address of the defendant
• Defendant is a senior employee at a recently public LA aerospace company — collectible, employed, locatable

I've contacted probably 20+ contingency PI attorneys in LA. Nobody will take it. The one honest answer I got was that they don't want to chase an individual for collection - they prefer cases where there's an insurance company writing a check.

I get that. But this guy is a wealthy individual. Wage garnishment in California is a straight path to collection. I'm not asking for a lottery payout — I want my $10k deductible covered, a couple weeks of missed work, and reasonable pain and suffering for a surgical injury.

What am I missing? Is there a specific type of attorney I should be looking for?

Hello! I moved into a new building on the first of June, not even two months ago, and it has gone downhill FAST. Location: Hudson Valley NY. Landlord is about a 55yr old male, we are two girls in our early twenties going to school nearby.

The landlord is currently building the entire second floor of the house. He must go through the house to access the second floor. My roommate and I were aware that he would be around a lot to work on it when we signed the lease- but he is taking it way too far.

First of all, he is really a weird guy. He tells us all about his marital problems and his financial problems and his employment problems. Far too personal of a relationship. He will come by at 9am and stay until 8pm. He keeps beer in the fridge, will drink upstairs all day and then crack one open for the road. He makes snide comments to us as he passes us in the house, about our 'lack of cleanliness' (about things that were there before we moved in) or how much furniture we have. He will bring his teenage daughter around, and once his 'friend' to help him move things, who seemed to be a stranger to him (and us!).

The other week, he left the front door open and one of ym two cats escaped. He was missing for the entire day and night. Thank god I found him the next morning.. a few days later, I mentioned to the landlord that he needs to keep all doors shut and latched (because again he didn't), and that it would be a problem if my cats escaped again, he said, 'your cats are the real problem here'. I have an inkling that he is leaving the doors unlatched intentionally.

Yesterday, he showered at the house. Again, we are two young women. An (almost) random 55yr old man showering in our bathroom makes us extremely uncomfortable. His simple presence in the house makes us extremely uncomfortable. I didn't say anything about it because I was first of all, flabbergasted, but mostly just disturbed.

We have tried to talk to him about multiple issues we have- the showering, the lack of a consistent schedule and lack of privacy that we have due to that. It's impossible to have a conversation with him. He gets extremely defensive and aggressive, and takes on a point about "its my house, you are sharing it with me, I was here first, you don't pay to have full access of the house, etc". We have not been speaking with him in person since our most recent conversation- but texting is not much better.

Things have come to a point- he told us yesterday that he PLANS ON MOVING IN TO THE HOUSE because of his marital problems. He won't give me an exact date but says "at some point very soon". HOW INSANE IS THAT???

I have an audio recording of a conversation in which he says I can break the lease with no repercussions if he moves in. My roommate only signed for the summer- until the end of august.

My school partners with a local law firm that will give me free legal advice, I have reached out to them and am waiting to hear back. I'm looking for any other advice on what to do or how to go about this situation.

I believe the best route is for me to break the lease and move out. I worry that he won't return my security deposit in full, even though there is no damage, due to pettiness. Really, this guy freaks me out, so I want to be as knowledgeable as possible as I proceed. Any advice would be appreciated.

EDIT- I am rereading my lease now. This is the specific language- " this lease shall be a "roommate agreement" in which Landlord may also occupy the premises by residing in a separate, spare bedroom, as he so chooses, and share common spaces with tenant." I had read that part before but honestly disregarded it because.. who would do that? But seeing now, that I signed that it was okay, I'm pretty upset that I didn't catch that.

Location: Portland, OR

I really need advice because this has become time-sensitive.

There are four people on our lease. One roommate is moving out on August 3. My partner and I immediately started looking for a replacement because we obviously don't want anyone to get stuck covering an empty room. [EDIT: This is a month-to-month lease]

We found someone qualified who interviewed well and submitted an application with the property management company.

The problem is our third roommate.

She has explicitly stated in writing that she has no intention of filling the fourth bedroom and that the remaining tenants should simply split the cost of the vacant room instead.

My partner and I (2 out of the 3 remaining tenants) completely disagree and want the room filled as quickly as possible.

She has also:

• Delayed communication for days at a time.
• Told the applicant there is "tension" in the house before they even moved in.
• Insisted that nothing can move forward unless everyone meets together in person, even though our lease doesn't require that and previous roommate replacements in this house were handled without everyone meeting.

Our property management company has repeatedly told us they will not get involved in interpersonal disputes between roommates.

She's intentionally delaying the process until the current roommate moves out so she can argue that everyone now has to pay for the vacant room.

To be clear:

• We have written documentation that we've been actively trying to replace the roommate.
• We have written documentation of her stating she does not intend to fill the room and expects everyone else to absorb the extra rent.
• We are leaving for a month-long tour very soon, so we don't have weeks to let this drag on.

I'm trying to understand what our legal or practical options are.

Questions:

1. Can one roommate block a replacement when the other remaining tenants want to move forward?
2. Does one roommate have any authority to decide everyone else has to pay for a vacant room?
3. If we have written evidence that we've been trying to prevent a vacancy and she's refusing to cooperate, does that matter if this ever becomes a legal dispute?
4. What would you do if you were in our position over the next week?

(For those of you who are curious as to how this situation got to this point):
This didn't start over the vacant room. A few months ago, my partner had a close family member pass away. During that time, our roommate repeatedly pushed us to have an in-person house meeting about a cast iron pan. I told her we needed some time to grieve first. Her response was, "I didn't even think [family member] was dead yet." She then became dismissive when I told her how hurtful that was.

I did lose my temper. I told her I didn't like her attitude, that she lacked emotional awareness, and I told her to "use your fucking brain." I know I shouldn't have said it that way, but I was protective of my grieving partner. I'm not pretending I handled that perfectly.

Since then, she has repeatedly called me and my partner bullies and emotional manipulators in extremely long text messages (sometimes multiple pages long), and even simple things like asking to be reimbursed for Wi-Fi have turned into hostile confrontations. Living here has become exhausting.

There have also been other issues that have made us deeply uncomfortable. She has made what we perceived as inappropriate sexual comments and advances toward my partner and me, including telling us she tried to listen to us have sex and later asking my partner if he was "okay" because she hadn't heard us in a while, implying she could somehow provide what I wasn't. Those incidents are part of why we no longer feel comfortable meeting with her one-on-one.

Also, to clear up some confusion: our lease is month-to-month, and the fourth roommate who is moving out has done nothing wrong. She simply gave proper notice. The current dispute is entirely with the remaining roommate, who has said she has no intention of approving a replacement tenant, despite the financial burden that places on the rest of us.

Location: MI USA

I work for a massive corporation. I have a disability and a permanent Work From Home status. There's this micromanager who is described as a "screamer". They were giving me a hard time and another supervisor intervened. Apparently, Screamer went above their head and I'll soon be reporting to them. I've been told by a couple of different people in confidence that this person has been trash talking me because I'm disabled. Things like, "I don't get to work from home. Why should Fifi?" and looking into my disability status, trying to prove I'm lying about it.

I've no doubt I'm going to be losing my job. I'm still working at my age mainly because my family needs the insurance. But can this person legally be going around to teams I work with saying these things? If they let me go, I want a severance that I can put towards the insurance I'll be losing. Or am I dreaming?

Location: San Diego, California

My roommate has not paid her portion of rent since March of 2026, and prior to that owed me rent from September thru October of 2025. Her debt to me has grown to nearly $10,000.

We are under a joint lease, so what she didn't pay I had to make up for as breaking the lease was not an option (I did not have the money for the lease breaking fees)

I made it clear from the beginning that this is NOT a gift and I expect full repayment, I had her sign a contract stating the amount she owes and that she has to repay me via payment plan. She did not adhere to that contract and broke the terms almost immediately. I have tried to kick her out but she is refusing to leave, and she is still not paying her portion of the rent although she has a job. I know I likely need to go through the process of eviction, but our lease is up at the end of September so I'm not sure if it would be worth it.

She let it slip she was leaving the state and I am honestly not sure what to do in order to get her to pay back what she owes. I just lost my job due to lay offs so I can't just eat this debt.

What should my next steps be? I'm young and dumb so I know I should have never allowed myself to be put in this position, but I had no other options at the time. Advice greatly appreciated

My roommates and I rented a house in california for one year. Our lease ended June 30 started july 1st 2025 and we returned possession around then i belive a day or two before. Our security deposit was $5,200.

Before we had even fully moved out, the landlord entered the house, took a huge number of extremely detailed close-up photos, and had a handyman begin working. She claimed she had the right to enter and fix things before we finished moving out. Some of the handyman’s listed work dates are from before June 30.

We hired professional cleaners, carpet cleaners, and had the window treatments cleaned because we were naive and the lease said so, so we thought by law we has to. We also have move-in and move-out photos. Things she initially blamed on us are clearly shown in our move-in photos as already existing, but she ignored that evidence and continued claiming other damage.

She sent us handwritten pages that are almost impossible to read i mean like worse than those doctors note signature. The pages list broad amounts like $4,200 for a handyman, around $518 for supplies, gardening, carpet cleaning, a microwave, and ten extra days of rent labaled as carpet cleaner and microwave instalation. She kept the full $5,200 deposit and is now demanding another $2,201.37.

The $4,200 handyman charge is not broken down by individual repair. We cannot tell how much was charged for each item, how many hours were spent on each task, or what portion was tenant damage versus painting, maintenance, landscaping, routine turnover, or preparation for the next tenant. She sent a photo of the handyman holding a check, but not a normal detailed invoice explaining the work.

Most of her detailed damage photos were taken before we finished moving out and before our final cleaning. She has sent general photos showing completed rooms afterward, but no clear set showing the same specific claimed area at move-in, after we surrendered possession but before work, and after the work was completed. She also has not provided original files or clear dates for the photos. and the photos she has provided are while we still lived there and she took inside while we was there and i mean the photos we things you couldnt catch your eye on unless your super zoomed in irl and we have photos thank God of stuff already like that and sending those to her.

She is charging ten additional days of rent even though we removed our belongings, returned possession, and she and her workers had control of the property. She seems to be claiming that rent continued while the handyman, gardeners, painters, and carpet cleaners worked.

After we disputed everything in writing and requested a proper itemized accounting, photos, receipts, and labor breakdown, she mostly ignored our questions and continued sending separate photo emails and demands for payment. She also told us that we were not even being charged for her personal time, mileage, rental car, and time dealing with the gardeners, implying she could demand even more.

More than 21 days have now passed. She has not returned any part of the deposit and still has not provided a clear item-by-item accounting that we can reasonably understand.

Does this sound like a compliant California security deposit accounting? Can she charge rent after we surrendered possession just because turnover and repair work continued? Can she charge us for her rental car, mileage, travel, or time supervising workers? Also, how strong would a bad faith claim be if she ignored photos disproving some of her allegations and continued withholding the entire deposit?

Edit:

To give you guys an idea of how greedy she is shes charging us for her so called "meals" which includes a 12 inch sub. Doesn't end there she decided to add avocado to it for a upcharge.

Location: California

Location: NY

About 3 weeks ago my 75 year old mother went into the hospital for health reasons. She was there for a week. Upon her release they wanted her to got a physical rehab facility because she’s been in bed mostly and needed to work on her leg strength. Neither of I’d wanted her to go, but her sister talked her into it.

She’s been there 2 weeks and it’s horrible. The staff is rude and doesn’t help. They leave her in a wheelchair in the hall for over 5 hours. They yell at her and other patients. The PT is a joke. They do it for one hour and then either back in bed for 10 hours for 5 hours in a chair and 5 in the bed. They don’t even help her get up to the bathroom. Just make her go in a diaper and then leave her sitting in waste until they come in.

I think having her back home with me, I live with her to help, would be better. She wouldn’t be lying around all day. She walk with her walker from the bedroom to the kitchen to the living room etc. She’d be moving
a lot more.

She called today and said she was done and wanted to come home but they told her she can’t leave unless doctors and nurses and a bunch of people signed off. They can’t do that right? Isn’t that holding her against her will. I know if you’re in a hospital you can refuse to be treated and leave. Isn’t this the same? Any help would be great.

Location: Alabama

I recently adopted a dog from someone on a facebook rehome page. Turns out she had got it from a rescue in another state and her agreement was she would return the dog to them if she ever needed to rehome. They found out when I tried to change ownership on the microchip. They are listed as primary, other person as adoptee. Now they are giving me a hard time that she did not follow the agreement. They told me if I did their adoption application they would transfer the chip ownership to me. I did, but they still have not done it. Instead they are asking more questions about how I got the dog. We are already attached to the dog and I would hate to lose him. The dog is in a good home and I have vet references etc. How legally binding is this? Can they take the dog from me? What kind of legal trouble could this cause?

location: Georgia

I work as a receptonist at a local medical clinic. Last week, our manager informed us that we all need to complete a new software certification because the clinic is switching to a different patient management system.

The manager told us we have to complete this training on our own time, at home, over the upcoming weekend. She estimated it would take about 6 to 8 hours to complete. When I asked how we should log these hours on our timesheets, she explicitly said that we would not be paid for this time. Her reasoning is that the certification is "voluntary professional development" that looks good on our rezumes, even though she also stated in writing that completing it is a requirement to keep our jobs.

I am an hourly, non-exempt employee. My understanding of the FLSA is that if a training is mandatory and directly related to my job, it must be paid.

Is my employer legally allowed to require this unpaid training under Georgia or federal law? What are my options if they threaten to fire me for not completing it without pay?

I’m dealing with a situation in my township (Gwinn, MI) involving how the animal‑keeping rules are being interpreted, and I’m trying to figure out the correct way to address it. My flock is very small: one adult hen, several chicks, one turkey, two guinea fowl, and two Khaki Campbell ducks. The township’s written rules allow up to 3 hens, and I only have one, so I’m under the limit. Nothing in the zoning language prohibits the other birds I have.

The issue began after a neighbor complained. Since then, she has repeatedly walked through the public areas bordering my yard, stopping to stare directly into my property. She has also allowed her dog to climb up onto my fence while she watches. This behavior has happened multiple times, and it’s making my kids uncomfortable because they feel like they’re being watched.

After her complaint, one township employee contacted me and said I’m “not allowed” to have these animals. When I asked for the specific ordinance, they couldn’t cite one. Instead, they gave a vague explanation about “hobby farms,” even though that term doesn’t appear anywhere in the ordinance and isn’t defined in the zoning rules.I submitted a FOIA request to get clarity, but they told me they are redacting the information, citing an “anonymous rule.” They didn’t provide the specific FOIA exemption they’re using, and FOIA requires them to state the legal basis for any redaction.

At this point, I’m being told I’m violating a rule that doesn’t appear in the ordinance, based on an undefined term (“hobby farm”), and the FOIA response is being withheld without citing a proper exemption. The neighbor’s behavior and complaint seem to be influencing enforcement, but nothing matches the written rules.I’m looking for advice on how to verify the correct interpretation of the ordinance, how to challenge an enforcement explanation that doesn’t match the written rules, and how to respond when FOIA information is being withheld without a proper legal exemption.

Location: Gwinn, MI

Location: Wisconsin

My grandparents are quite a bit behind the ball in the process of setting up their will and estate after my grandfather suffered a stroke.

My grandfather will need Medicaid within the next year or so because he will need memory care (dementia advanced by the stroke) and they do not have any income other than limited social security that pays their home payment and monthly bills to pay for private insurance/a private nursing home.

We spoke with a lawyer this week and they assured us that the process to follow was:

1) Get financial POA for both grandparents (done)

2) Get medical POA (done)

3) Take my grandfather’s name off the house and leave the home in my grandmother’s name (in the process)

4) Put a Transfer On Death deed to their son

They assured us that the TOD to my uncle would protect the home in probate and from Medicaid’s five year look back. The thing here is that I felt like the lawyer we saw was hesitant and kept changing his mind in the meeting about what we could do to protect the home and seemed unsure in his explanation. His legal assistant and medical specialist seemed to keep having to tell him what the correct move was. While we are moving forward with estate paperwork we (my grandmother, uncle and I) still feel a bit uneasy and out of our depth. Just looking for a second opinion about the accuracy of this information. Thank you!

Location: Massachusetts

I’m a small business owner in Massachusetts looking for general legal guidance.

A customer had a dispute with me over a shipped product. Her “friend”, who is an attorney, communicated with me on her behalf during the dispute. He was not the person who placed the order, and our communications were in the context of him acting as counsel.

After our correspondence ended, he posted a one-star Google review under his own name. The review calls my business a “scam,” calls me a “blatant liar,” says I “probably bought” the product from a grocery store, and states that he believes I started my business “with the intent to harm dogs.”

I reported the review to Google, but it was not removed.
I emailed him directly asking that he remove the review because he was acting as counsel rather than as a customer. He did not address that request and instead referred me back to the underlying dispute involving the customer who he says is his wife.

My questions are:

Is it generally considered appropriate for an attorney to post a public consumer review after representing someone in a dispute involving that business?
Is contacting the firm’s leadership a reasonable next step?
Could he do something to my business?

Location: Ohio

Hi first time posting. Anyways so my mom and her boyfriend of 12 years were kyacking during our yearly vacation. He didn't wear his life jacket and drowned and my mom only survived after trying to save him because she was wearing hers. They put off getting married until his kids were no longer relying on him financially but they were in the process of getting married via the Catholic Church. Her boyfriend has 3 kids an adopted son no one has ever met, and adopted daughter and a bio daughter. My sister and I looked to him like a father as ours passed away 17 years ago. Anyways, as you would assume after 12 years of being together there is a lot of stuff she kept at his place. Like her china she inherited from her grandmother. (They use to joke they knew they were perfect together because she had china with no china cabinet and he had a china cabinet with no china super cute). But when we get to the house to help his bio daughter look for the will my mom's bfs ex wife and adopted son were pushing her to look for her brother was already there with the key the bio daughter gave him. He quickly took our keys and won't let my mom get her stuff or even get closer. (Yes stuff is just stuff but it's nice to be able to reminisce on happy times while greaving) Is there anything we can do to help the situation? Also, considering how out for money his adopted son is being (doing thing like calling his grandpa for the first time while Grandpa just lost his son only to ask for the will and bragging on the phone to his sister that their dad forgot to take him out of stuff so he's entitled to everything) is there any chase he can sue my mom for surviving? Or try to take stuff from her at all? Hope this makes as much sense in text formate as it did in my head.

This lady is accusing me of “running into her” and the only thing I did close to that was just walking ext to her.

Location: Kansas.
and I just found out today that an older lady is pressing charges against me lol.
She says that in multiples occasions I “ran into her” in purpose and she decides to press real charges against me, I got a call from a cop today asking my version of the story but I couldn’t say much cuz I had no idea that I was “running into her”.
We don’t like each other and I don’t talk to her at all, we also work on a restaurant on a high pace environment.
I don’t know if o should get a lawyer. I’m really upset about the situation and it has been stressing me out since there’s a lot going on in my life at the moment.
I’m in Kansas, I’m 24 and she’s like 50

Location: PA

Bought a mobile home and moved in 3 wks ago. We pay lot rent, so we don't own the land and we received the parks terms and rules before we made an offer.

Over 4th of July weekend we had terrible storms in our area and on Saturday night part of a tree on another lot broke and fell onto our house and shed. It didn't seem too bad, we thought we could take care of removing it. The storms continued and on Sunday we saw the tree was tangled up with a much larger tree on a different lot and a lot more of it was on the house.

I called the park management security line that Sunday and spoke with someone who said they'd be out the following Tuesday to remove it. He reminded me to contact our insurance if there's any damage.

We didn't see any damage at first, but Sunday night we got more rain and found a crack in the ceiling that was dripping in the area of where the tree feel.

I got a call the following Tuesday saying someone was an hour out to remove both trees.

No one showed and they didn't answer when I tried calling

I call park mgmt on Thursday and am told oops, they couldn't get a crane, they'll be out the following Tuesday.

No one shows.

I call again and am told they'll be in touch. Nothing again.

Friday the 17th, I call and I email and tell them the lease agreement said all trees belong to and are the responsibility of park management. And I need to know when they're coming so insurance can fix my roof. They respond asking for my insurance company's address and phone number to send the invoice to. I ask why and they just respond asking for it again.

My insurance will only pay for the tree to be physically removed from the house, not the disposal of it.

I get no response and my insurance agent and adjuster have no advice, so I just called the park office again today. This time I'm told that I can either wait it out until they get around to removing the tree, but they can't provide an ETA. Or I can pay to have the tree removed myself. I asked if I'll be reimbursed for taking care of their trees and was told no, my insurance pays that. I said my insurance won't pay for it because I don't own the tree or the land that it's on.

The one tree is small, wouldn't be too expensive to have removed, but the other one is massive and I can't even imagine the cost.

I don't feel like they're following their own lease terms and they're only blowing me off because I got insurance involved. This is the 1st home I've ever purchased and I don't know what I should do.

My insurance premium is $1000 and lord knows the cost of removing the trees. Is this something worth contacting a lawyer? Or should I just eat the cost and accept I picked a shitty place to live.

I know trailers have a stigma around them. We literally couldn't find anything else in our budget and it's cheaper than renting an appt even with the lot rent.

Location: California. I need help, but my parents do not like the idea of therapy or anything of the sort. They have reacted extremely poorly to anything of the sort. I'm 16 if that helps. Bonus if it's free from mandatory reporting laws... that didn't end well for me.

Location: Pennsylvania

I’m in the Army Reserve, and my employer is requiring me to use my PTO whenever I have military duty. I forwarded them an email from a ESGR representative explaining my rights, but they told me they’re still moving forward with charging my PTO anyway. When I wished to have it unpaid

This has already happened. I spoke with my union steward, but he said there isn’t anything in our union contract that addresses this situation. I’ve also been trying to reach my business agent for over a week and still haven’t received a response.

What are my options? I shouldn’t have to use my PTO every time I have military duty or weekend drill. Has anyone else dealt with something like this, and if so, how did you handle it?

Edit: I will have a follow up on this eventually I didn't expect this to be popular, I would like to thank all of you for the valuable insights you've all given me

Location: Missouri

I work in child care (daycare/pre-K). I was told to do hours worth of online training through the Department of education and I was told I would not be paid for it, as "it is required to do my job and pay for it is optional." When I'm back on the clock I am asking them to write that down and sign it for legality purposes so I can protect myself, as they are threatening my job over this. I am unsure if this actually holds up and if I'm truly in the right, so I am trying to ensure my cards are placed correctly.

Location: PA, USA

Ex partner has many items at my home. Hasn’t picked them up or reached out about them in at least a year. Hasn’t lived at the residence for at least 2 years. I would like to donate, trash, or sell anything they don’t intend on getting.

What are the general guidelines or rules to handle this?