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• glenn t. irvin says:

  July 29, 2008 at 8:25 am

  in injury case lawyer cancelled court date without my knowledge day before court date and stated after i requested for more money to make it to next court date that if i wanted money to feed my family i better sign offer sheet because he would not give me anything else. this sheet signed away all responsibility of railroad…under these circumstances does this include the seniority buyout at that time was $75,000 and later went to $150,000?
• Mary says:

  July 30, 2008 at 9:20 am

  My question is, can I suite the woman who is having an afair with my husband?
• debra says:

  July 30, 2008 at 3:14 pm

  My daughter and a friend rented an apartment for 1 year. Both paid security deposits of $100.00. My daughter elected to move out at the end of the first year. The new tenant replacing my daughter was not required to pay a security deposit and the complex is holding my daughter’s deposit until the apartment is vacated. Since my daughter is no longer a tenant there and not a party to the new lease agreement, she has no control over when the apartment will be vacated. Is is legal for the apartment complex to keep her deposit?
• james says:

  August 6, 2008 at 11:34 pm

  last year in october to january of this year i stayed in a hotel in salt lake city. the hotel has some nice rooms. the rooms i stayed in
  was not that nice. i kept asking and asking for a new room and they kept saying next week. it was cold and snowing and
  i kept asking for another room. the floor was covered (the carpet) with wax and the water faucets did not work. the dresser
  drawer was half apart and the fan in the bathroom was putting out sparks and smoke so bad that if you left it on it would make
  the hotel fire alarm go off. i ended up hurting myself because of a number of reasons in this hotel room. the ad they put out
  states room service once a week. i never did recieve such. i took a number of injuries from this room. anyways to make a
  long story short i kept asking and asking for another room and never did recieve such. in the end i went down to the front desk
  clerk and told him if i could not get another room then i was checking out and he just looked at me and told me that i could
  not have another room. i ended up checking out right then after asking him about fifty times for a new room. i halfway through
  contacted the headquarters of this hotel chain about all the issues sent them a fax and did recieve a reply. to no avail.
  at this point i then asked them for my money back. a long while went on and they did call me back (the hotel headquarters)
  and did make me a offer. a $100 was what they offered me. they even called me back a second time and offered me the same amount.
  i did not take it. instead i filed suit in small calims court. now this is what i am writing about. the court clerk filed
  the small claims and the constable or sherriff or whoever they have to serve the defendant
  was paid and by law was supposed to serve the
  defendant. i then called the small claims court (the justice court) where the small claims was supposed to be seen by the judge
  and asked the court clerk when the court date was. they politely responded that the court date was on this date and at this time.
  that was just fine with me. when the court date and at the time this was supposed to be i showed up in tie and nice clothes
  ready to defend my rights. i did have the time and date as right yet i was still not on the court
  schedule. i was there when the court clerk told me that a court date had been set yet there was no official court hearing or
  i was not on the court list for this night. upon asking the court clerk why i had been told there was a court hearing in small
  claims court and that i was not on the list of small claims for the night they responded that the defendant had not been served.?
  so i showed up from hundreds of miles away stayed in a hotel and then went into court for?
  i am not a expert on such matters. i am not a attorney. if they had not served the defendant as they were supposed to then
  why was i given a court date and time. they clerk told me the defendant had not been served and that they had not responded.?
  i sat there for a while in court and then went and asked for the clerk to give me some kind of proof that i was at court and
  he did such. he gave me a signed and dated and timed piece of paper stating i had been there and the defendant did not
  show. now upon this they are asking me for (i do have what they are asking me for) the summons and to fax it to them so they may
  serve the defendant. i am wondering if this is exact lawfull and if they can do this. what is then to stop them from doing this all
  over again. telling me there is a court date and time and then me to travel hundreds of miles and to show up and then not be on
  the small claims court list for the night. if you need more info please e-mail me at
  boise123123@usa.com i am all ears on this issue. and will check my e-mails daily. and will respond to each one.
  have a great day.
• sarah says:

  August 7, 2008 at 6:52 am

  I was charged with petit larceny when i found a wallet on the counter of a subway store. I picked up the wallet and then took the money out and threw the wallet in the garbage. It ended up being a ladies wallet in the store next door. She had misplaced it she had told the cops that someone took it out of her purse. She did not relieze she had misplaced it. She looked through the garbage and she has her wallet the very next day before they even knew who i was. Is that still considered a petit larceny because she had misplaced her wallet and got it back?
• debbie says:

  August 13, 2008 at 6:10 am

  what if a lawyer lies during a deposition
• Mike says:

  August 14, 2008 at 5:08 am

  Hi, I helped a family member on a Job doing tree work he said he would pay me $10.00 Hr. We got the Job done and now he will not pay me or talk to me or even answer the phone I have left him messages asking for my money he owe’s me. He owe’s me $585.00…..how do I get my money he owe’s me??………..Mike Jones thecopycat2008@yahoo.com
• please help says:

  August 20, 2008 at 1:30 pm

  someone is involved in a murder case. that person is now receiving death threats from another person involved, how do they become a witness for the state?
• michael landers says:

  August 21, 2008 at 5:28 pm

  i have a friend that lives in russia. she has gotten a visa to come to the U.S. and work. but she says they told her that she had to have 2000 dollars on her to get through customs because she has to have money to live on over here. well i told her i would give her a place to stay and take care of her until she could go to work. so how can i get her over here without having to show customs 2000 dollars for her to get in the U.S.
• Richard says:

  August 23, 2008 at 3:40 pm

  I am starting a photography business. I want to take action pictures of school age athletes playing team sports and post them on my web site for sale. Are there any legal restrictions?
• Christine says:

  August 27, 2008 at 3:48 pm

  If a man takes you on a date and buys you rounds and rounds of beer then takes you back to your car for YOU to drive home, is he responsible?
• Carrol says:

  August 28, 2008 at 9:18 pm

  Tuesday, of this week someone that I know attacked me and robbed me of my cell phone on the property of Southwest Police station (LAPD). I ran into the police station and the officer saw the hair coming out of my hair from which she pulled as well as the blood on my hand that came from her scratching me. I gave the officer her name and later I gave him the vehicle’s vin number and her address. I asked them was there any cameras, they said there weren’t any on that side. They took a report and told me I would have to wait until a detective contacts me. My question is shouldn’t the police department be liable for my injuries and my incident because there weren’t any cameras on that site. I also think it wasn’t handled in an appropriate manner since it happened on their vicinities. Please email me back with an answer. I’ll greatly appreciate it!
• Carrol says:

  August 28, 2008 at 9:20 pm

  Can I sue the police department?
• Annie Nomus says:

  September 10, 2008 at 5:04 pm

  hello sirs:
  ive got a few basic questions about the law. my fiance was arrested for a misdemeanor DUI in July of 2005. The ticket included charges for 1)running a red light 2) driving on a suspended license 3)no insurance 4) dui
  all of the charges were dropped; 5 months later, the misdemeanor dui aws upgraded to a felony bcuz the state “discovered” that he didn’t have license at the time of arrest. in the police report, he told officer his license was suspended; this was not a new discovery. however, they indicted him due to the true bill found. let me ask you, CAN THE STATE PROVE THAT HE WAS DRIVING? ALL THOSE DRIVING MISDEMEANORS WERE DISMISSED BACK IN ‘05. THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN HIS TRUCK, WATERMELONS WERE STACKED IN THE BED OF THE LIMO TINTED TRUCK. HOW COULD THEY PROVE HE WAS DRIVING? admission, without more, is not reason enough to convict of driving under the influence.
  *no blood test was done, only breath test
  *i requested cop car video or booking tape- station says there was none recorded.
  *ITS LEGAL TO DISMISS THOSE CHARGES, BUT UPGRADE TO FELONY WITHOUT CONVICTION OF DRIVING ON SUSPENDED LICENSE?

  *we appreciate any info, or atleast the basic question answered of how the state could, on paper, prove he was driving, in trial.

  he is incarcerated, me and his children are almost in need of food; he provided everything for us.
  he is not being represented by a lawyer; if you know of one who could get this thrown out for a couple grand, please leave that info too
• mike Engerman says:

  September 15, 2008 at 6:41 pm

  I have $50000 in student loans, I can not afford the payment and I can not find someone to refinance the loan because of the fact that I have missed payment, can I file bankruptcy?
• Joe says:

  September 16, 2008 at 11:44 am

  I had auto body repair work done in April from a previous accident. I opened my hood for the first time (September) to put in some steering wheel fluid and closed the hood. Next day my wife was driving and hood flew open and hood was damaged (wife was okay). I took it to a local body shop guy and he said the hood latch assembly was broken and should have been fixed from the previous repair. What are my options. I feel this was neglect! It was major dealorship that did the repairs and I feel they will tell me it was my fault for not closing it properly (I know how to close a hood!!!).
• Mark Lagana says:

  September 17, 2008 at 10:01 pm

  I am a driver for a well know membership wholesale company. Is it legal, when I do pickup at other companies, for that company to copy down my drivers license information. I was told, by one of the other drivers that his wife work at a company and ask the company attorney if copying our drivers license information was legal, and he said that if was not. Is this true or not?

  Thanks !

  Mark
• ronald says:

  September 19, 2008 at 10:23 am

  when we bought our house there was a fence already installed. after the land was surveyed we found one corner crosses the boundary line by a small amount ( about a foot). We have been here for more than 5 years now the neifgbor is complaining about the fence line
• Sabrina says:

  October 6, 2008 at 9:14 am

  There are three aptments up in my building being harassed by our manger who is also a tenant as well she is also a convicted felon …..she has came into peoples aptments without knocking or asking and started to yell at the tenants she has threatened to beat up a few called cps on another and has threatened to evict all three apts she is also slandering our name with the owners they will not listen to us for she has told them we are all on drugs …..and we are not her and her girlfriend fight all the time but we cant call the police for fear of getting in trob ourselves ..the last time someone called the police she threatened to bust him in his f-ing mouth in front of the cop when he asked for a card so he could tell the owners about the threat he was told to get in his apt before he was arrested because she told them he was a drug dealer and that was where the prob was coming we do not know what to do please help us
• karen says:

  October 8, 2008 at 6:27 am

  I am not in the best marriage…I am lookng to protect my future inhertiance. If I had known, I would have had him sign a pre-nup 20 years ago. Are there any legal documents that can be made, that would protect my inhertiance for myself and my childrens future. I am sure he would sign it.
• Pam says:

  October 19, 2008 at 5:29 pm

  I live in Georgia. I work @ Fantastic Sams Hair Salon. I am only paid commission. Do I HAVE to clean the salon for the owner everyday while I am not doing customers?
• michelle says:

  October 27, 2008 at 11:12 pm

  I need a case to site in my defense against my ex-husbands request to lower both child support and spousal support. His claim is his decrease in lifestyle and income yet there is no real proof to back this claim, he also claims that I live well above the median of my community in another state that too is not true–am I wrong but isn’t it his burden to show proof of his decline of circumstances? He has a live-in girlfriend with a nice income and his life style has not changed for the worse, it has actually risen above the marrital standard. What is my best defense and are there any cases I can site being that I (as well as he) am pro per due to the fact that I can no longer afford legal councel. Please Help I have court Monday!
• Donna R says:

  October 28, 2008 at 6:00 pm

  My question is regarding my husbands credit card debt…..I need to know if i am responsible for my husbands credit card debt (which is very high) if he can not work to due a serious illness….I need to know what my rights are and how i can protect myself and my daughter.. Thank you for your help!!!!
• mary n says:

  October 30, 2008 at 7:47 pm

  i know someone who is being charged with 3rd degree strangulation charges with domestic violence against his girlfriend. She is fine and wants to be with him still and is trying to help him through this process. what needs to happen to keep him out of jail?
• KEITH says:

  November 9, 2008 at 4:02 pm

  My girlfriend moved out in December of 2004 and left some stuff behind. Now she wants them back. Is she entitled to get them back or is it to late?
• Mary Robertson says:

  November 18, 2008 at 5:39 pm

  This involves a injury case. My husband got hurt on the job. We went to arbitration and they found it to be 50-50. 50 percent my husbands fault and 50 percent his works fault, and said we don’t have a case. So the attorney has to put in for an appeal. I talked to the attorney to find out whats going on with the case and he said the appeal is pending but that he did get a notice that there will be some sort of pre-argument settlement conference sometime next month. My question to you is ” what does this conference mean, and what is the purpose for it? Please advise. Thank you

  Mary Robertson
  email: ItsMimiR@aol.com
• stephanie says:

  May 8, 2009 at 7:34 pm

  if some one is 19 years old is it ok if they go out with a 17 year old?
• F goodspeed says:

  May 18, 2009 at 12:01 pm

  Can I prohibit my employer from posting my picture on their web portal?