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kokcd0
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghsh6oj
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ght6jjp
| 1,609,557,027 | 1,609,574,713 | 19 | 41 |
Does fence line mean you have a fence, or just the property boundary?
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Not a lawyer, but in veterinary medicine. Please call animal control and report both bites. It is very important to do so, and to get checked out by a doctor given that the bites drew blood. Who knows if the dog is UTD on the rabies vaccine! If not, the dog will have to be quarantined for at least ten days, and also vaccinated. Please take bites seriously, because they are a very serious manner. After enough complaints, these people may not be able to have animals... which sounds like a good thing at this point. Best of luck to you!
| 0 | 17,686 | 2.157895 |
kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghsftl6
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ght6jjp
| 1,609,556,271 | 1,609,574,713 | 18 | 41 |
If you are in city limits, you need to document all this ASAP. Call the police if they are throwing gasoline on bonfires, file a report if their dog bites anyone in your family, call the humane officer and report the pig, which typically isn’t allowed in city limits. Get outdoor cameras to document if they are damaging your property and the dog issues. Go to city council meetings with your issues and bring supporting evidence. Call code enforcement, I also live in a WV city, and they will show up for chickens in town and they made someone in our area get rid of a horse living in their backyard. If they are making huge bonfires, that’s probably against code too. Being in the city, you have options, but you need supporting evidence and reports. You don’t want it to be your word against theirs. Right now it’s really hard to evict because of COVID restrictions. Definitely talk to the landlord, but realize he may also be having trouble getting them out.
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Not a lawyer, but in veterinary medicine. Please call animal control and report both bites. It is very important to do so, and to get checked out by a doctor given that the bites drew blood. Who knows if the dog is UTD on the rabies vaccine! If not, the dog will have to be quarantined for at least ten days, and also vaccinated. Please take bites seriously, because they are a very serious manner. After enough complaints, these people may not be able to have animals... which sounds like a good thing at this point. Best of luck to you!
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kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ght14uf
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ght6jjp
| 1,609,569,816 | 1,609,574,713 | 10 | 41 |
Ugh I (Not a lawyer) can relate to this and sorry that you're going through it. Here's what I'd do: - put up security cameras (you can get on amazon pretty cheap these days) - report them to animal control for animals running at large (coming onto your property) - go to the hospital everytime this dog bites someone and document it, then report to animal control - talk to an attorney and see if they will contact the landlord on your behalf. Prepare to sue for damages for what they've done to your fence - contact local law enforcement every single time they damage your property and show them the video footage from security cameras I hope this helps.
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Not a lawyer, but in veterinary medicine. Please call animal control and report both bites. It is very important to do so, and to get checked out by a doctor given that the bites drew blood. Who knows if the dog is UTD on the rabies vaccine! If not, the dog will have to be quarantined for at least ten days, and also vaccinated. Please take bites seriously, because they are a very serious manner. After enough complaints, these people may not be able to have animals... which sounds like a good thing at this point. Best of luck to you!
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kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghschw1
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ghsm6e3
| 1,609,554,520 | 1,609,559,877 | 27 | 30 |
Burning large fires inside city limits is usually illegal.
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Communicate with their landlord in writing (e.g. email) and save a copy for yourself. Inform the landlord that you are concerned that they are going to burn down your house when they burn down his house. CC the fire chief in your town. Do this every time there is a fire to create a paper trail.
| 0 | 5,357 | 1.111111 |
kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghsh6oj
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ghsm6e3
| 1,609,557,027 | 1,609,559,877 | 19 | 30 |
Does fence line mean you have a fence, or just the property boundary?
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Communicate with their landlord in writing (e.g. email) and save a copy for yourself. Inform the landlord that you are concerned that they are going to burn down your house when they burn down his house. CC the fire chief in your town. Do this every time there is a fire to create a paper trail.
| 0 | 2,850 | 1.578947 |
kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghsm6e3
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ghsftl6
| 1,609,559,877 | 1,609,556,271 | 30 | 18 |
Communicate with their landlord in writing (e.g. email) and save a copy for yourself. Inform the landlord that you are concerned that they are going to burn down your house when they burn down his house. CC the fire chief in your town. Do this every time there is a fire to create a paper trail.
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If you are in city limits, you need to document all this ASAP. Call the police if they are throwing gasoline on bonfires, file a report if their dog bites anyone in your family, call the humane officer and report the pig, which typically isn’t allowed in city limits. Get outdoor cameras to document if they are damaging your property and the dog issues. Go to city council meetings with your issues and bring supporting evidence. Call code enforcement, I also live in a WV city, and they will show up for chickens in town and they made someone in our area get rid of a horse living in their backyard. If they are making huge bonfires, that’s probably against code too. Being in the city, you have options, but you need supporting evidence and reports. You don’t want it to be your word against theirs. Right now it’s really hard to evict because of COVID restrictions. Definitely talk to the landlord, but realize he may also be having trouble getting them out.
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kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghsftl6
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ghsh6oj
| 1,609,556,271 | 1,609,557,027 | 18 | 19 |
If you are in city limits, you need to document all this ASAP. Call the police if they are throwing gasoline on bonfires, file a report if their dog bites anyone in your family, call the humane officer and report the pig, which typically isn’t allowed in city limits. Get outdoor cameras to document if they are damaging your property and the dog issues. Go to city council meetings with your issues and bring supporting evidence. Call code enforcement, I also live in a WV city, and they will show up for chickens in town and they made someone in our area get rid of a horse living in their backyard. If they are making huge bonfires, that’s probably against code too. Being in the city, you have options, but you need supporting evidence and reports. You don’t want it to be your word against theirs. Right now it’s really hard to evict because of COVID restrictions. Definitely talk to the landlord, but realize he may also be having trouble getting them out.
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Does fence line mean you have a fence, or just the property boundary?
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kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghtvyc2
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ghtlzd0
| 1,609,598,884 | 1,609,591,046 | 9 | 4 |
Dude... Dog bites you or family members multiple times... Call authorities and have the dog taken away. if it draws blood, You can have the dog taken away due to poor ownership. If the dog was a big dog or a pitbull or something I bet you'd have already done this... These are OBVIOUSLY the kind of people who DO NOT CARE about others property or personal belongings. Therefor, my question is this. Why have you not reported this house to the authorities? You're supposed to "click before you dig" the hole the kids have dug. Yeah report that shit, They could have hit a utility digging like that. Dog bites and draws blood? REPORT the dog to authorities. Doesn't matter what size the dog is. Football sized or full big dog sized, A biting dog is a biting dog, Its a risk and the owners don't seem to be able to control the dog, therefor report it over and over until they lose their dog due to being bad pet owners. Their shenanigan's causing physical damage to your property? REPORT THEM, you're a home owner, not a renter, this isn't something you should just dismiss. EVERY single time they are having a big ass fire, Call the cops, report them. These guys sound like they are getting away with anything on a property they do not own. They have done more damage then the damage deposit will cover, Knowing that, they probably do not care about damaging the property, because the most they lose is their deposit, that's it. they don't have to pay for damages unless their landlord takes them to court...
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I know you said your budget is limited, but spending $300 on good outdoor cameras from Amazon is worth every penny. I did this when I got new neighbors like this and trust me, when they see them go up, they will become good neighbors real quick! Like others have said, get the calls into authorities. This way when things escalate, or even end up in court, there will be a paper trail and a record to look at. Good luck! Also, 6ft privacy fences are amazing and the wooden ones aren't too expensive. Just gotta stain em.
| 1 | 7,838 | 2.25 |
kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghtql5a
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ghtvyc2
| 1,609,595,018 | 1,609,598,884 | 5 | 9 |
As a landlord, I would be livid if these were my tenants. OP, call the landlord, or the property management company. These folks are destroying their landlord’s house. Def a violation of their lease. Landlord can work with sheriff to evict.
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Dude... Dog bites you or family members multiple times... Call authorities and have the dog taken away. if it draws blood, You can have the dog taken away due to poor ownership. If the dog was a big dog or a pitbull or something I bet you'd have already done this... These are OBVIOUSLY the kind of people who DO NOT CARE about others property or personal belongings. Therefor, my question is this. Why have you not reported this house to the authorities? You're supposed to "click before you dig" the hole the kids have dug. Yeah report that shit, They could have hit a utility digging like that. Dog bites and draws blood? REPORT the dog to authorities. Doesn't matter what size the dog is. Football sized or full big dog sized, A biting dog is a biting dog, Its a risk and the owners don't seem to be able to control the dog, therefor report it over and over until they lose their dog due to being bad pet owners. Their shenanigan's causing physical damage to your property? REPORT THEM, you're a home owner, not a renter, this isn't something you should just dismiss. EVERY single time they are having a big ass fire, Call the cops, report them. These guys sound like they are getting away with anything on a property they do not own. They have done more damage then the damage deposit will cover, Knowing that, they probably do not care about damaging the property, because the most they lose is their deposit, that's it. they don't have to pay for damages unless their landlord takes them to court...
| 0 | 3,866 | 1.8 |
kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghtvyc2
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ghtoi6c
| 1,609,598,884 | 1,609,593,322 | 9 | 4 |
Dude... Dog bites you or family members multiple times... Call authorities and have the dog taken away. if it draws blood, You can have the dog taken away due to poor ownership. If the dog was a big dog or a pitbull or something I bet you'd have already done this... These are OBVIOUSLY the kind of people who DO NOT CARE about others property or personal belongings. Therefor, my question is this. Why have you not reported this house to the authorities? You're supposed to "click before you dig" the hole the kids have dug. Yeah report that shit, They could have hit a utility digging like that. Dog bites and draws blood? REPORT the dog to authorities. Doesn't matter what size the dog is. Football sized or full big dog sized, A biting dog is a biting dog, Its a risk and the owners don't seem to be able to control the dog, therefor report it over and over until they lose their dog due to being bad pet owners. Their shenanigan's causing physical damage to your property? REPORT THEM, you're a home owner, not a renter, this isn't something you should just dismiss. EVERY single time they are having a big ass fire, Call the cops, report them. These guys sound like they are getting away with anything on a property they do not own. They have done more damage then the damage deposit will cover, Knowing that, they probably do not care about damaging the property, because the most they lose is their deposit, that's it. they don't have to pay for damages unless their landlord takes them to court...
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Document everything- photos, dates, incidences- times you’ve called police with the police reports as back up. (Call the police every time someone is bit or the dog is out loose or there is a huge fire near your fence or property.) call bylaw about the pig. With everything documented you can sue them for any damages in small claims court, as most people can not afford lawyers. If they damage their property which then damages your fence you can sue them for the repair costs. You can also sue them for medical bills from any hospital visits from the dog bites. You can sue them for court costs as well so it doesn’t have to be money out of your pocket. You just need evidence, lots of it and pictures. Be prepared, get the map of the property line so it shows without a doubt they are damaging your property. You have an absolute right to have your property left untouched by neighbours. If they can be the neighbours from hell then so can you- call the cops, call the landlord, file complaints with the city, call bylaw, and definitely Call the landlord everyday they do something that affects your property. Keep calling every time you have a legitimate complaint, and don’t stop calling until the problem is fixed.
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kokcd0
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legaladvice_train
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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ghtql1c
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ghtvyc2
| 1,609,595,016 | 1,609,598,884 | 2 | 9 |
Definitely make note of any further dog bites. If the dog continues to be aggressive start filing charges and I believe the landlords insurance will have to pay for any physical harm. At one point they will get sick of that shit and maybe press the landlord to do something
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Dude... Dog bites you or family members multiple times... Call authorities and have the dog taken away. if it draws blood, You can have the dog taken away due to poor ownership. If the dog was a big dog or a pitbull or something I bet you'd have already done this... These are OBVIOUSLY the kind of people who DO NOT CARE about others property or personal belongings. Therefor, my question is this. Why have you not reported this house to the authorities? You're supposed to "click before you dig" the hole the kids have dug. Yeah report that shit, They could have hit a utility digging like that. Dog bites and draws blood? REPORT the dog to authorities. Doesn't matter what size the dog is. Football sized or full big dog sized, A biting dog is a biting dog, Its a risk and the owners don't seem to be able to control the dog, therefor report it over and over until they lose their dog due to being bad pet owners. Their shenanigan's causing physical damage to your property? REPORT THEM, you're a home owner, not a renter, this isn't something you should just dismiss. EVERY single time they are having a big ass fire, Call the cops, report them. These guys sound like they are getting away with anything on a property they do not own. They have done more damage then the damage deposit will cover, Knowing that, they probably do not care about damaging the property, because the most they lose is their deposit, that's it. they don't have to pay for damages unless their landlord takes them to court...
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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As a landlord, I would be livid if these were my tenants. OP, call the landlord, or the property management company. These folks are destroying their landlord’s house. Def a violation of their lease. Landlord can work with sheriff to evict.
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I know you said your budget is limited, but spending $300 on good outdoor cameras from Amazon is worth every penny. I did this when I got new neighbors like this and trust me, when they see them go up, they will become good neighbors real quick! Like others have said, get the calls into authorities. This way when things escalate, or even end up in court, there will be a paper trail and a record to look at. Good luck! Also, 6ft privacy fences are amazing and the wooden ones aren't too expensive. Just gotta stain em.
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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As a landlord, I would be livid if these were my tenants. OP, call the landlord, or the property management company. These folks are destroying their landlord’s house. Def a violation of their lease. Landlord can work with sheriff to evict.
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Document everything- photos, dates, incidences- times you’ve called police with the police reports as back up. (Call the police every time someone is bit or the dog is out loose or there is a huge fire near your fence or property.) call bylaw about the pig. With everything documented you can sue them for any damages in small claims court, as most people can not afford lawyers. If they damage their property which then damages your fence you can sue them for the repair costs. You can also sue them for medical bills from any hospital visits from the dog bites. You can sue them for court costs as well so it doesn’t have to be money out of your pocket. You just need evidence, lots of it and pictures. Be prepared, get the map of the property line so it shows without a doubt they are damaging your property. You have an absolute right to have your property left untouched by neighbours. If they can be the neighbours from hell then so can you- call the cops, call the landlord, file complaints with the city, call bylaw, and definitely Call the landlord everyday they do something that affects your property. Keep calling every time you have a legitimate complaint, and don’t stop calling until the problem is fixed.
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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As a landlord, I would be livid if these were my tenants. OP, call the landlord, or the property management company. These folks are destroying their landlord’s house. Def a violation of their lease. Landlord can work with sheriff to evict.
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Definitely make note of any further dog bites. If the dog continues to be aggressive start filing charges and I believe the landlords insurance will have to pay for any physical harm. At one point they will get sick of that shit and maybe press the landlord to do something
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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Also contact your homeowners insurance company about damages yo your property - they maybe able to go after the owners insurance and that will get their attention.
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I think you need to break this down to treat each type of instance as an individual thing. You aren't going to be able to get rid of obnoxious neighbors just because they are generally annoying and are renting. (Although if that is your goal, alerting the landlord is the correct step and you have done that.) But you can take action to prevent reoccurrence of specific behavior that isn't allowed. So let's go item by item. 1. Neighbor kids dig a giant hole in the middle of their yard. Not your problem or your business (unless some kind of underground wires go through there.) You don't need video of that, because it has nothing to do with you. If it bothers you aesthetically, you can let the owner of the home know (or the HOA if you have one and that would be against rules) and hope that they won't renew their lease, but you are going to have to let it go. 2. Digging on the fence line. You need a really good survey and local laws to see if this is a problem legally or if they are allowed to do it. I'd first try asking them directly not to very nicely, so your dogs don't get into their yard and cause problems for them. You can definitely block holes on your side. Again, you may have legal recourse here, but it is very situation dependent. 3. Fires too close to the house are a big deal. Immediately call the fire department every single time. If you are genuinely worried about a building catching fire immediately, call 911. If they are not to code (and look up what that is in advance to know,) then call the non-emergency line to report. You need to call when it is happening not to say it is a general problem. 4. Pig ownership. If not allowed in your area, report to animal control. 5. Animals on your property harassing your dogs. Again, you need to check local regulations, but this is probably reported to animal control. I'd check before calling. In my area, for example, there are little laws about animals harassing or harming my pet, but a lot about them bothering people or livestock. We had an issue when we were walking. We were able to resolve it, but when I was documenting, I was careful to note that I personally felt unsafe (which was true, although I was more nervous about my dog) because that would have been what got action. 6. Damaging your property. Document and call the police as soon as you are aware of it. 7. Definitely make a report to animal control and/or police every single time there is a dog bite. That is a really big deal, even if it is a small dog, especially as it is occurring multiple times. You probably can still call about that, depending how much time has passed, but calling when it happens is important. If you are able, in addition to the above, I would recommend putting up a privacy fence. It may solve a lot of the problems for your dogs. In addition to calling the appropriate authorities when applicable immediately, I'd also document all issues, including date and time. Finally, I don't know if you've talked to them, but sometimes you can get better and faster results - especially if you have specific requests like don't dig under the fence - that way. I'm sorry your neighbors are awful and I hope you are able to resolve this.
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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I think you need to break this down to treat each type of instance as an individual thing. You aren't going to be able to get rid of obnoxious neighbors just because they are generally annoying and are renting. (Although if that is your goal, alerting the landlord is the correct step and you have done that.) But you can take action to prevent reoccurrence of specific behavior that isn't allowed. So let's go item by item. 1. Neighbor kids dig a giant hole in the middle of their yard. Not your problem or your business (unless some kind of underground wires go through there.) You don't need video of that, because it has nothing to do with you. If it bothers you aesthetically, you can let the owner of the home know (or the HOA if you have one and that would be against rules) and hope that they won't renew their lease, but you are going to have to let it go. 2. Digging on the fence line. You need a really good survey and local laws to see if this is a problem legally or if they are allowed to do it. I'd first try asking them directly not to very nicely, so your dogs don't get into their yard and cause problems for them. You can definitely block holes on your side. Again, you may have legal recourse here, but it is very situation dependent. 3. Fires too close to the house are a big deal. Immediately call the fire department every single time. If you are genuinely worried about a building catching fire immediately, call 911. If they are not to code (and look up what that is in advance to know,) then call the non-emergency line to report. You need to call when it is happening not to say it is a general problem. 4. Pig ownership. If not allowed in your area, report to animal control. 5. Animals on your property harassing your dogs. Again, you need to check local regulations, but this is probably reported to animal control. I'd check before calling. In my area, for example, there are little laws about animals harassing or harming my pet, but a lot about them bothering people or livestock. We had an issue when we were walking. We were able to resolve it, but when I was documenting, I was careful to note that I personally felt unsafe (which was true, although I was more nervous about my dog) because that would have been what got action. 6. Damaging your property. Document and call the police as soon as you are aware of it. 7. Definitely make a report to animal control and/or police every single time there is a dog bite. That is a really big deal, even if it is a small dog, especially as it is occurring multiple times. You probably can still call about that, depending how much time has passed, but calling when it happens is important. If you are able, in addition to the above, I would recommend putting up a privacy fence. It may solve a lot of the problems for your dogs. In addition to calling the appropriate authorities when applicable immediately, I'd also document all issues, including date and time. Finally, I don't know if you've talked to them, but sometimes you can get better and faster results - especially if you have specific requests like don't dig under the fence - that way. I'm sorry your neighbors are awful and I hope you are able to resolve this.
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Definitely make note of any further dog bites. If the dog continues to be aggressive start filing charges and I believe the landlords insurance will have to pay for any physical harm. At one point they will get sick of that shit and maybe press the landlord to do something
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My neighbors are destroying the backyard, their dog has bitten members of my family repeatedly, and they now have a pig in town. This is in WV. We live in town. The neighbors let their kids dig up their yards with shovels. I don’t have footage of them doing it but they have about a 12 by 6 foot hole in the middle of the property they rent. The have now dug up most of the fence line and we can no long let our dogs outside. Even if we could they now have a huge pig outside. They also start giant fires 5 feet from the house and throw gasoline on it which has melted the siding of their garage. I have video of that event and a lot of video of their animals on my property harassing my dogs. They really are unbelievably horrible and are now damaging the property we worked 5 years to save and purchase. I own my home and they rent. I’ve made their landlord aware of what’s happening to my property and theirs (their rental property has a ridiculous amount of damage caused by these people) and the only response I get is the pig will be gone ASAP but it’s been two weeks. What can I do? We paid a lot of money for our home and got out of a very bad neighborhood only to be terrorized by these people. I’m on disability and have limited income and can’t travel much. My SO isn’t rich by any means and she’s terrified as their dog has bitten her twice while she was walking to her car. It drew blood on both occasions but is a small dog so we didn’t make a report. I regret that now. Please help.
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Also contact your homeowners insurance company about damages yo your property - they maybe able to go after the owners insurance and that will get their attention.
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Definitely make note of any further dog bites. If the dog continues to be aggressive start filing charges and I believe the landlords insurance will have to pay for any physical harm. At one point they will get sick of that shit and maybe press the landlord to do something
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I have reason to believe my landlord’s husband (maintenance guy) has been entering my unit to use my restroom while i’m at work or out of town without permission. there have been several times that i have been away from home and come home to find that someone has been in my unit. i’ve found “brown streaks” in my toilet. i’ve found a small piece of feces that didn’t flush entirely floating in the bowl. i’ve found water on tile shelving in my shower when i hadn’t showered that morning (it looked as if it was condensation from a drink that had been set there.) recently, i carefully placed a small thin piece of cardboard on top of my door and then slowly closed it to test if it would fall. (it didn’t. ) yesterday i placed that same piece of cardboard on top of my door, before i left for work and i found it on the floor when i got home. i’m now looking into getting a motion sensor camera and hiding it in my apartment. as of right now i have no concrete evidence that it’s him or who it is, but a couple days after i first moved in i was asleep on the couch when i heard keys rattling outside my door and a key being, put in my lock, (no knock) when i yelled “No!” through the door and he stopped. i gave him the benefit of the doubt, because i had just moved in and figured maybe he forgot or didn’t know yet that the apartment was now occupied. i guess i would just like to know what i should do going forward?
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That is gross on many levels. In terms of what you should do next, what is your desired outcome? If you just want to stop and want to stay where you are, I'd ask the maintenance guy to look out for anyone skulking around your apartment, because it sounds crazy but you think someone is breaking in and it needs to stop. Hopefully, he'll get the message and those motion-sensor cameras will check. If you want action taken against him and feel safe, I would wait until you had video proof to do anything and not alert him that you are aware. I'm sorry that you are dealing with this.
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I wouldn't approach the landlord until after I had concrete proof in the way of video that they were entering. Not so much that it would make a difference in them coming in in the future but more so you can see what they are actually doing in there. If he is coming in and cranking down your a/c and hanging out in there watching tv, using your internet, using your toilet paper, your water, or eating your food and it could have a real cost for you. If he is there preforming maintenance then that is a different story and just borderline unacceptable that he is using your restroom. Either way you should be notified of their entry. TL;DR - use video surveillance to see what is happening in your apartment while you are gone before deciding what to do.
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I have reason to believe my landlord’s husband (maintenance guy) has been entering my unit to use my restroom while i’m at work or out of town without permission. there have been several times that i have been away from home and come home to find that someone has been in my unit. i’ve found “brown streaks” in my toilet. i’ve found a small piece of feces that didn’t flush entirely floating in the bowl. i’ve found water on tile shelving in my shower when i hadn’t showered that morning (it looked as if it was condensation from a drink that had been set there.) recently, i carefully placed a small thin piece of cardboard on top of my door and then slowly closed it to test if it would fall. (it didn’t. ) yesterday i placed that same piece of cardboard on top of my door, before i left for work and i found it on the floor when i got home. i’m now looking into getting a motion sensor camera and hiding it in my apartment. as of right now i have no concrete evidence that it’s him or who it is, but a couple days after i first moved in i was asleep on the couch when i heard keys rattling outside my door and a key being, put in my lock, (no knock) when i yelled “No!” through the door and he stopped. i gave him the benefit of the doubt, because i had just moved in and figured maybe he forgot or didn’t know yet that the apartment was now occupied. i guess i would just like to know what i should do going forward?
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Do you live in a complex? Or do you live in a situation where you live on top of their house or something? Either way it makes me greatly uncomfortable, as if the rent payments he is receiving from you weren’t enough to guarantee a sacred space, he’s gotta take advantage of your (honestly probably much cleaner space)? It’s baseline *^#+}+ed up. I’d be livid. Get a motion sensor camera, if you get it on recording take it to the police. Maybe I’m being too radical but he is trespassing. Also, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say that this reminded me of the guy who had a homeless woman living in a nook above his kitchen, he got a camera and found out she was drinking his milk (bare mouthed from the bottle *shudder* ) and pissing in his sink. If you think you may have some vulnerability that a homeless person or creep could be exploiting, again it’d be worth contacting the cops ASAP. Edit: tell your landlord about someone trying to enter your apartment with their own keys the other day. Tell them you want to have your locks changed. If he/she/they know of something going on, I’m sure they’ll *sigh* and open up about it, at which point you can let me know and I’ll express mail this glare to them and let them know they have to cease and desist immediately.
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I wouldn't approach the landlord until after I had concrete proof in the way of video that they were entering. Not so much that it would make a difference in them coming in in the future but more so you can see what they are actually doing in there. If he is coming in and cranking down your a/c and hanging out in there watching tv, using your internet, using your toilet paper, your water, or eating your food and it could have a real cost for you. If he is there preforming maintenance then that is a different story and just borderline unacceptable that he is using your restroom. Either way you should be notified of their entry. TL;DR - use video surveillance to see what is happening in your apartment while you are gone before deciding what to do.
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I have reason to believe my landlord’s husband (maintenance guy) has been entering my unit to use my restroom while i’m at work or out of town without permission. there have been several times that i have been away from home and come home to find that someone has been in my unit. i’ve found “brown streaks” in my toilet. i’ve found a small piece of feces that didn’t flush entirely floating in the bowl. i’ve found water on tile shelving in my shower when i hadn’t showered that morning (it looked as if it was condensation from a drink that had been set there.) recently, i carefully placed a small thin piece of cardboard on top of my door and then slowly closed it to test if it would fall. (it didn’t. ) yesterday i placed that same piece of cardboard on top of my door, before i left for work and i found it on the floor when i got home. i’m now looking into getting a motion sensor camera and hiding it in my apartment. as of right now i have no concrete evidence that it’s him or who it is, but a couple days after i first moved in i was asleep on the couch when i heard keys rattling outside my door and a key being, put in my lock, (no knock) when i yelled “No!” through the door and he stopped. i gave him the benefit of the doubt, because i had just moved in and figured maybe he forgot or didn’t know yet that the apartment was now occupied. i guess i would just like to know what i should do going forward?
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Get some door bars for the doors in the meantime while you are at home to prevent anyone from entering when you are there.
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Ring camera is easy to install and it will notify you of motion and sound outside your door. If the door is opened, the chime will go off and you'll know someone is inside. There are many cordless indoor cameras that are also inexpensive and can be easily installed and I would place one in your living room, bathroom, bedroom. You want to see where he's going, what he's doing, what he's using. You can skip installing the ring doorbell if you want to catch him inside and have proof. Once he sees the ring doorbell he will either leave or will make believe he's there for maintenance. Check your lease, it should say they have to give you 24 hour notice unless it's an emergency. Video cameras are a must and will make you feel safer. Also, Ring had a home security system that is super easy to install and you can arm it when you are inside, when you go to sleep or when you're leaving your house. Do not give them your code. They can call you and you can arm and disarm from your phone before they enter your apartment. Years ago my husband and I were renting in this beautiful apartment complex and one day we found a ring in our bedroom. There were times when I felt someone had been in our place but I could never really prove it. We moved out and into our house a few months later but it still bothers me that someone was entering our space. I'm not endorsing ring in any way just ideas as to what you can do. We have a security system, cameras and video doorbell.
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update] (PA) Just moved in to a new house. Police officers are using (and blocking) my driveway to shoot radar. I asked them politely to move so I could use my driveway. They refused, said they had permission from the landlord. Howdy everyone, I've had lots of interest in an update on my [situation, but to TL;DR the situation first: Moved in to a new place June 1, and a couple days after coming back there was a cop using my driveway as a speed trap, and refused to let me use my driveway. I was peeved, parked somewhere else, and until a couple days later he was parked in my driveway as I needed to leave to go to class, and didn't move when I asked. I missed the class. He said that he had "permission from the landowner" to use the driveway. I had trouble contacting the landlord, etc... I'm happy to report this has a really good and easy ending, although there wasnt a "swift justice" ending to this as there is to a lot of other stories here. I got a security camera, and installed it, but didn't need to use it. On thursday, I went to the police headquarters or whatever it's called and asked to speak to the superior of the officer who's badge number I'd received. I was very nice and didn't make it sound like I had a complaint, and was informed that the person I needed to speak with was not in at the moment, so the person I was speaking with gave me a business card and told me to call the supervisor tomorrow. A little later on thursday my landlady finally got in contact with me and apologized profusely for missing my calls. She played the "little old lady (which she is) who cant use her cellphone" card. i'm not sure how accurate this is but she explained that she had given an officer form our local police department who was friends with her deceased cop husband permission to use the driveway while the house was being renovated (was renovated before i moved in) and there had been a misunderstanding, and she would sort it out. On friday morning (before I had a chance to call the supervisor who's card I had received) the officer in question and landlord showed up at my door to apologize. He was very nice and explained himself. During and after our first interaction he was still under the impression that the house was being renovated (there still is a dumpster on the property) and didn't believe that I lived there. He *had* asked for my ID, and I had been unable to use it as proof that I lived there as I'd just moved in and hadnt done the change of address stuff yet, which is my bad (I have now). So he continued to use the driveway. I should point out that my place has a garage that I park in, so there is never a car in the driveway, it's always hidden. The second time we interacted my car was still in the garage so he couldn't see it and thought the house was still being renovated. he says he watched me go in to my house and after realizing that my landlady must have forgotten to inform him that she was renting the property again, he left. After bring frustrated about missing my class I immedeatly just went back to sleep (i'd had a rough night previously) so If I take him for his word he was only there for a couple minutes after our second interaction. He again apologized and gave me his card saying "if I ever needed anything" to give him a ring. He then asked if he could continue to use the driveway if he moved out of my way, and I respectfully declined, which he seemed understanding of, and that was that. I KNOW: There will be people here who think that I should still go speak with this guys supervisor, and I understand the reasoning, but for right now I am going to take his word for it that he wont be back, because I have no video of him being there from the first two encounters, so it's his word against mine. IF he does come back I'll have video and you bet your ass I'll be right in to his supervisors office with the footage. Although the second part of his explanation does seem a bit fabricated I am not trying to make a big issue out of this because he did very sincerely apologize. My landlady is giving me a month of free rent (I have it in writing) for the trouble and to reimburse me for the parking, missed class, and so on. Hoping I never have to be bothered with something as idiotic as this again but if I do now I have a camera and know what to do. I made a shitty diagram explaining my property layout some because people were wondering why he couldnt be bothered to move or other questions. I have neighbors with fences on either side and my house goes further back (but that is irrelevant), and in the front there is just a sidewalk and then the road.
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cs6tdy4
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cs6tilh
| 1,434,337,597 | 1,434,337,838 | 6 | 34 |
Just let it be, everything is sorted and there is no reason to push it
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You handled the situation correctly. Sometimes reason works.
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39vcka
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update] (PA) Just moved in to a new house. Police officers are using (and blocking) my driveway to shoot radar. I asked them politely to move so I could use my driveway. They refused, said they had permission from the landlord. Howdy everyone, I've had lots of interest in an update on my [situation, but to TL;DR the situation first: Moved in to a new place June 1, and a couple days after coming back there was a cop using my driveway as a speed trap, and refused to let me use my driveway. I was peeved, parked somewhere else, and until a couple days later he was parked in my driveway as I needed to leave to go to class, and didn't move when I asked. I missed the class. He said that he had "permission from the landowner" to use the driveway. I had trouble contacting the landlord, etc... I'm happy to report this has a really good and easy ending, although there wasnt a "swift justice" ending to this as there is to a lot of other stories here. I got a security camera, and installed it, but didn't need to use it. On thursday, I went to the police headquarters or whatever it's called and asked to speak to the superior of the officer who's badge number I'd received. I was very nice and didn't make it sound like I had a complaint, and was informed that the person I needed to speak with was not in at the moment, so the person I was speaking with gave me a business card and told me to call the supervisor tomorrow. A little later on thursday my landlady finally got in contact with me and apologized profusely for missing my calls. She played the "little old lady (which she is) who cant use her cellphone" card. i'm not sure how accurate this is but she explained that she had given an officer form our local police department who was friends with her deceased cop husband permission to use the driveway while the house was being renovated (was renovated before i moved in) and there had been a misunderstanding, and she would sort it out. On friday morning (before I had a chance to call the supervisor who's card I had received) the officer in question and landlord showed up at my door to apologize. He was very nice and explained himself. During and after our first interaction he was still under the impression that the house was being renovated (there still is a dumpster on the property) and didn't believe that I lived there. He *had* asked for my ID, and I had been unable to use it as proof that I lived there as I'd just moved in and hadnt done the change of address stuff yet, which is my bad (I have now). So he continued to use the driveway. I should point out that my place has a garage that I park in, so there is never a car in the driveway, it's always hidden. The second time we interacted my car was still in the garage so he couldn't see it and thought the house was still being renovated. he says he watched me go in to my house and after realizing that my landlady must have forgotten to inform him that she was renting the property again, he left. After bring frustrated about missing my class I immedeatly just went back to sleep (i'd had a rough night previously) so If I take him for his word he was only there for a couple minutes after our second interaction. He again apologized and gave me his card saying "if I ever needed anything" to give him a ring. He then asked if he could continue to use the driveway if he moved out of my way, and I respectfully declined, which he seemed understanding of, and that was that. I KNOW: There will be people here who think that I should still go speak with this guys supervisor, and I understand the reasoning, but for right now I am going to take his word for it that he wont be back, because I have no video of him being there from the first two encounters, so it's his word against mine. IF he does come back I'll have video and you bet your ass I'll be right in to his supervisors office with the footage. Although the second part of his explanation does seem a bit fabricated I am not trying to make a big issue out of this because he did very sincerely apologize. My landlady is giving me a month of free rent (I have it in writing) for the trouble and to reimburse me for the parking, missed class, and so on. Hoping I never have to be bothered with something as idiotic as this again but if I do now I have a camera and know what to do. I made a shitty diagram explaining my property layout some because people were wondering why he couldnt be bothered to move or other questions. I have neighbors with fences on either side and my house goes further back (but that is irrelevant), and in the front there is just a sidewalk and then the road.
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cs6von9
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Once the dumpster is out, (with your landlady's permission, and if you're comfortable with it) I might call him and offer him the driveway again, provided he agrees to move for a minute when you need to get out. He can pull up where the dumpster is now and you can back out and then he can resume his position. It never hurts to have a friendly cop on your side. Glad this worked out so well and thank you for the update!
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A free month's rent? Hell yeah op way to go!
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39vcka
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legaladvice_train
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update] (PA) Just moved in to a new house. Police officers are using (and blocking) my driveway to shoot radar. I asked them politely to move so I could use my driveway. They refused, said they had permission from the landlord. Howdy everyone, I've had lots of interest in an update on my [situation, but to TL;DR the situation first: Moved in to a new place June 1, and a couple days after coming back there was a cop using my driveway as a speed trap, and refused to let me use my driveway. I was peeved, parked somewhere else, and until a couple days later he was parked in my driveway as I needed to leave to go to class, and didn't move when I asked. I missed the class. He said that he had "permission from the landowner" to use the driveway. I had trouble contacting the landlord, etc... I'm happy to report this has a really good and easy ending, although there wasnt a "swift justice" ending to this as there is to a lot of other stories here. I got a security camera, and installed it, but didn't need to use it. On thursday, I went to the police headquarters or whatever it's called and asked to speak to the superior of the officer who's badge number I'd received. I was very nice and didn't make it sound like I had a complaint, and was informed that the person I needed to speak with was not in at the moment, so the person I was speaking with gave me a business card and told me to call the supervisor tomorrow. A little later on thursday my landlady finally got in contact with me and apologized profusely for missing my calls. She played the "little old lady (which she is) who cant use her cellphone" card. i'm not sure how accurate this is but she explained that she had given an officer form our local police department who was friends with her deceased cop husband permission to use the driveway while the house was being renovated (was renovated before i moved in) and there had been a misunderstanding, and she would sort it out. On friday morning (before I had a chance to call the supervisor who's card I had received) the officer in question and landlord showed up at my door to apologize. He was very nice and explained himself. During and after our first interaction he was still under the impression that the house was being renovated (there still is a dumpster on the property) and didn't believe that I lived there. He *had* asked for my ID, and I had been unable to use it as proof that I lived there as I'd just moved in and hadnt done the change of address stuff yet, which is my bad (I have now). So he continued to use the driveway. I should point out that my place has a garage that I park in, so there is never a car in the driveway, it's always hidden. The second time we interacted my car was still in the garage so he couldn't see it and thought the house was still being renovated. he says he watched me go in to my house and after realizing that my landlady must have forgotten to inform him that she was renting the property again, he left. After bring frustrated about missing my class I immedeatly just went back to sleep (i'd had a rough night previously) so If I take him for his word he was only there for a couple minutes after our second interaction. He again apologized and gave me his card saying "if I ever needed anything" to give him a ring. He then asked if he could continue to use the driveway if he moved out of my way, and I respectfully declined, which he seemed understanding of, and that was that. I KNOW: There will be people here who think that I should still go speak with this guys supervisor, and I understand the reasoning, but for right now I am going to take his word for it that he wont be back, because I have no video of him being there from the first two encounters, so it's his word against mine. IF he does come back I'll have video and you bet your ass I'll be right in to his supervisors office with the footage. Although the second part of his explanation does seem a bit fabricated I am not trying to make a big issue out of this because he did very sincerely apologize. My landlady is giving me a month of free rent (I have it in writing) for the trouble and to reimburse me for the parking, missed class, and so on. Hoping I never have to be bothered with something as idiotic as this again but if I do now I have a camera and know what to do. I made a shitty diagram explaining my property layout some because people were wondering why he couldnt be bothered to move or other questions. I have neighbors with fences on either side and my house goes further back (but that is irrelevant), and in the front there is just a sidewalk and then the road.
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cs6von9
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cs6tdy4
| 1,434,341,889 | 1,434,337,597 | 32 | 6 |
A free month's rent? Hell yeah op way to go!
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Just let it be, everything is sorted and there is no reason to push it
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39vcka
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legaladvice_train
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update] (PA) Just moved in to a new house. Police officers are using (and blocking) my driveway to shoot radar. I asked them politely to move so I could use my driveway. They refused, said they had permission from the landlord. Howdy everyone, I've had lots of interest in an update on my [situation, but to TL;DR the situation first: Moved in to a new place June 1, and a couple days after coming back there was a cop using my driveway as a speed trap, and refused to let me use my driveway. I was peeved, parked somewhere else, and until a couple days later he was parked in my driveway as I needed to leave to go to class, and didn't move when I asked. I missed the class. He said that he had "permission from the landowner" to use the driveway. I had trouble contacting the landlord, etc... I'm happy to report this has a really good and easy ending, although there wasnt a "swift justice" ending to this as there is to a lot of other stories here. I got a security camera, and installed it, but didn't need to use it. On thursday, I went to the police headquarters or whatever it's called and asked to speak to the superior of the officer who's badge number I'd received. I was very nice and didn't make it sound like I had a complaint, and was informed that the person I needed to speak with was not in at the moment, so the person I was speaking with gave me a business card and told me to call the supervisor tomorrow. A little later on thursday my landlady finally got in contact with me and apologized profusely for missing my calls. She played the "little old lady (which she is) who cant use her cellphone" card. i'm not sure how accurate this is but she explained that she had given an officer form our local police department who was friends with her deceased cop husband permission to use the driveway while the house was being renovated (was renovated before i moved in) and there had been a misunderstanding, and she would sort it out. On friday morning (before I had a chance to call the supervisor who's card I had received) the officer in question and landlord showed up at my door to apologize. He was very nice and explained himself. During and after our first interaction he was still under the impression that the house was being renovated (there still is a dumpster on the property) and didn't believe that I lived there. He *had* asked for my ID, and I had been unable to use it as proof that I lived there as I'd just moved in and hadnt done the change of address stuff yet, which is my bad (I have now). So he continued to use the driveway. I should point out that my place has a garage that I park in, so there is never a car in the driveway, it's always hidden. The second time we interacted my car was still in the garage so he couldn't see it and thought the house was still being renovated. he says he watched me go in to my house and after realizing that my landlady must have forgotten to inform him that she was renting the property again, he left. After bring frustrated about missing my class I immedeatly just went back to sleep (i'd had a rough night previously) so If I take him for his word he was only there for a couple minutes after our second interaction. He again apologized and gave me his card saying "if I ever needed anything" to give him a ring. He then asked if he could continue to use the driveway if he moved out of my way, and I respectfully declined, which he seemed understanding of, and that was that. I KNOW: There will be people here who think that I should still go speak with this guys supervisor, and I understand the reasoning, but for right now I am going to take his word for it that he wont be back, because I have no video of him being there from the first two encounters, so it's his word against mine. IF he does come back I'll have video and you bet your ass I'll be right in to his supervisors office with the footage. Although the second part of his explanation does seem a bit fabricated I am not trying to make a big issue out of this because he did very sincerely apologize. My landlady is giving me a month of free rent (I have it in writing) for the trouble and to reimburse me for the parking, missed class, and so on. Hoping I never have to be bothered with something as idiotic as this again but if I do now I have a camera and know what to do. I made a shitty diagram explaining my property layout some because people were wondering why he couldnt be bothered to move or other questions. I have neighbors with fences on either side and my house goes further back (but that is irrelevant), and in the front there is just a sidewalk and then the road.
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cs6tdy4
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cs6vd6x
| 1,434,337,597 | 1,434,341,232 | 6 | 21 |
Just let it be, everything is sorted and there is no reason to push it
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Once the dumpster is out, (with your landlady's permission, and if you're comfortable with it) I might call him and offer him the driveway again, provided he agrees to move for a minute when you need to get out. He can pull up where the dumpster is now and you can back out and then he can resume his position. It never hurts to have a friendly cop on your side. Glad this worked out so well and thank you for the update!
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39vcka
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legaladvice_train
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update] (PA) Just moved in to a new house. Police officers are using (and blocking) my driveway to shoot radar. I asked them politely to move so I could use my driveway. They refused, said they had permission from the landlord. Howdy everyone, I've had lots of interest in an update on my [situation, but to TL;DR the situation first: Moved in to a new place June 1, and a couple days after coming back there was a cop using my driveway as a speed trap, and refused to let me use my driveway. I was peeved, parked somewhere else, and until a couple days later he was parked in my driveway as I needed to leave to go to class, and didn't move when I asked. I missed the class. He said that he had "permission from the landowner" to use the driveway. I had trouble contacting the landlord, etc... I'm happy to report this has a really good and easy ending, although there wasnt a "swift justice" ending to this as there is to a lot of other stories here. I got a security camera, and installed it, but didn't need to use it. On thursday, I went to the police headquarters or whatever it's called and asked to speak to the superior of the officer who's badge number I'd received. I was very nice and didn't make it sound like I had a complaint, and was informed that the person I needed to speak with was not in at the moment, so the person I was speaking with gave me a business card and told me to call the supervisor tomorrow. A little later on thursday my landlady finally got in contact with me and apologized profusely for missing my calls. She played the "little old lady (which she is) who cant use her cellphone" card. i'm not sure how accurate this is but she explained that she had given an officer form our local police department who was friends with her deceased cop husband permission to use the driveway while the house was being renovated (was renovated before i moved in) and there had been a misunderstanding, and she would sort it out. On friday morning (before I had a chance to call the supervisor who's card I had received) the officer in question and landlord showed up at my door to apologize. He was very nice and explained himself. During and after our first interaction he was still under the impression that the house was being renovated (there still is a dumpster on the property) and didn't believe that I lived there. He *had* asked for my ID, and I had been unable to use it as proof that I lived there as I'd just moved in and hadnt done the change of address stuff yet, which is my bad (I have now). So he continued to use the driveway. I should point out that my place has a garage that I park in, so there is never a car in the driveway, it's always hidden. The second time we interacted my car was still in the garage so he couldn't see it and thought the house was still being renovated. he says he watched me go in to my house and after realizing that my landlady must have forgotten to inform him that she was renting the property again, he left. After bring frustrated about missing my class I immedeatly just went back to sleep (i'd had a rough night previously) so If I take him for his word he was only there for a couple minutes after our second interaction. He again apologized and gave me his card saying "if I ever needed anything" to give him a ring. He then asked if he could continue to use the driveway if he moved out of my way, and I respectfully declined, which he seemed understanding of, and that was that. I KNOW: There will be people here who think that I should still go speak with this guys supervisor, and I understand the reasoning, but for right now I am going to take his word for it that he wont be back, because I have no video of him being there from the first two encounters, so it's his word against mine. IF he does come back I'll have video and you bet your ass I'll be right in to his supervisors office with the footage. Although the second part of his explanation does seem a bit fabricated I am not trying to make a big issue out of this because he did very sincerely apologize. My landlady is giving me a month of free rent (I have it in writing) for the trouble and to reimburse me for the parking, missed class, and so on. Hoping I never have to be bothered with something as idiotic as this again but if I do now I have a camera and know what to do. I made a shitty diagram explaining my property layout some because people were wondering why he couldnt be bothered to move or other questions. I have neighbors with fences on either side and my house goes further back (but that is irrelevant), and in the front there is just a sidewalk and then the road.
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cs6tdy4
| 1,434,352,902 | 1,434,337,597 | 9 | 6 |
> I was very nice and didn't make it sound like I had a complaint, If only more people realised that staying calm and polite, even when you're furious inside, tends to keep you in control of the situation... Good job, thanks for the update!
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Just let it be, everything is sorted and there is no reason to push it
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g7lldp
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legaladvice_train
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My (New Jersey) landlord's father just entered my apartment without prior permission after he has been warned multiple times to stop. What can I do? I live in a duplex, and my landlord's elderly parents live in the unit below us. Today while I was in the living room I heard my door (which was locked!) open when I wasn't expecting anyone to come in. I rushed up to see who it was, and to my surprise it was my landlord's father. To tell me he was going to "vacuum the stairs". He had entered without giving any notice or even knocking, and this is not the first time he has entered our apartment without permission. He has previously walked in to yell at one of my roommates for "closing the door too loud". He was of course told to leave and we threatened to call the police if he came in again. What legal recourse do I have? This is getting extremely frustrating and I don't know how to fix it.
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foi9doc
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foi9lb7
| 1,587,781,477 | 1,587,781,610 | 63 | 239 |
Don't threaten to call the police. Just call them. He has no right whatsoever to be there.
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I would contact your landlord first. He is the one that can confront his father. You have the right to have fair warning before the owner or their representative come in. But I would also tell him that you do not feel safe and will be calling the police for trespassing if it happens again. The father may be getting senile. That means it can get scarier and the son may not know.
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g7lldp
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legaladvice_train
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My (New Jersey) landlord's father just entered my apartment without prior permission after he has been warned multiple times to stop. What can I do? I live in a duplex, and my landlord's elderly parents live in the unit below us. Today while I was in the living room I heard my door (which was locked!) open when I wasn't expecting anyone to come in. I rushed up to see who it was, and to my surprise it was my landlord's father. To tell me he was going to "vacuum the stairs". He had entered without giving any notice or even knocking, and this is not the first time he has entered our apartment without permission. He has previously walked in to yell at one of my roommates for "closing the door too loud". He was of course told to leave and we threatened to call the police if he came in again. What legal recourse do I have? This is getting extremely frustrating and I don't know how to fix it.
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foi8ymn
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foi9lb7
| 1,587,781,214 | 1,587,781,610 | 21 | 239 |
Have you spoken to your actual landlord as well?
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I would contact your landlord first. He is the one that can confront his father. You have the right to have fair warning before the owner or their representative come in. But I would also tell him that you do not feel safe and will be calling the police for trespassing if it happens again. The father may be getting senile. That means it can get scarier and the son may not know.
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g7lldp
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legaladvice_train
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My (New Jersey) landlord's father just entered my apartment without prior permission after he has been warned multiple times to stop. What can I do? I live in a duplex, and my landlord's elderly parents live in the unit below us. Today while I was in the living room I heard my door (which was locked!) open when I wasn't expecting anyone to come in. I rushed up to see who it was, and to my surprise it was my landlord's father. To tell me he was going to "vacuum the stairs". He had entered without giving any notice or even knocking, and this is not the first time he has entered our apartment without permission. He has previously walked in to yell at one of my roommates for "closing the door too loud". He was of course told to leave and we threatened to call the police if he came in again. What legal recourse do I have? This is getting extremely frustrating and I don't know how to fix it.
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foi9doc
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foi8ymn
| 1,587,781,477 | 1,587,781,214 | 63 | 21 |
Don't threaten to call the police. Just call them. He has no right whatsoever to be there.
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Have you spoken to your actual landlord as well?
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g7lldp
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legaladvice_train
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My (New Jersey) landlord's father just entered my apartment without prior permission after he has been warned multiple times to stop. What can I do? I live in a duplex, and my landlord's elderly parents live in the unit below us. Today while I was in the living room I heard my door (which was locked!) open when I wasn't expecting anyone to come in. I rushed up to see who it was, and to my surprise it was my landlord's father. To tell me he was going to "vacuum the stairs". He had entered without giving any notice or even knocking, and this is not the first time he has entered our apartment without permission. He has previously walked in to yell at one of my roommates for "closing the door too loud". He was of course told to leave and we threatened to call the police if he came in again. What legal recourse do I have? This is getting extremely frustrating and I don't know how to fix it.
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foi8ymn
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foij727
| 1,587,781,214 | 1,587,787,976 | 21 | 59 |
Have you spoken to your actual landlord as well?
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Google “portable travel door lock.” They’re little contraptions that from the inside you place between the door jamb and the latch on the door from the inside to prevent entry even with a key. Meant for frequent travelers, people who stay at bed and breakfasts or AirBnB’s, or for people who have found themselves in a similar situation as you.
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t9seh9
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My landlord said he was going to increase my rent. I told him to send me an updated lease, but he never responded. My old lease has since expired, and I've been quietly paying the old rent this whole time. I live in a New Jersey apartment. My lease started December 1, 2020 and was for a term of one year. Back in November of 2021, my landlord said he was going to increase my rent starting in March 2022 (allowing for the 90 day notice period). I told him I understood, but asked if I could renew the lease for a shorter period of time, e.g. 6 months, and I would look for a new place to live. He didn't want me to leave, so we negotiated the price a little bit. The last time I heard from him was late November 2021, listing two options he was willing to accommodate: a full year lease at a lower price than he originally wanted to raise it to, or a 6 month lease at my current rent. I responded to his email 5 days later, saying I would take the full year lease at the increased rent. I have heard nothing from him since that final email laying out the two options. I sent an additional follow-up email in late December asking him to send me a renewed lease with the higher rent represented. Note that at this point, my old lease had already been expired for almost an entire month. This entire time, I have been paying my old rent to his PayPal, just as I have this whole time. Am I technically squatting because my lease has run out? To be perfectly honest, I haven't tried very hard to contact him beyond my last email in December because paying the old rent is saving me money. Basically I'm asking if I can get in any kind of trouble for failing to be proactive in getting a renewed lease from my landlord. Part of me wonders if I could take this as step further and stop paying rent altogether, but that seems like it could definitely cause some legal problems if my landlord ever does resurface. Sometimes I wonder if he died and no one knew about the property I'm renting. This whole situation is very strange to me. If I were him, I would be pretty on top of this, as he should be making hundreds of more dollars a month for very little effort.
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hzxq65n
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In NJ your landlord is required to give you a copy of "Truth in Renting" (found here) when you begin renting. It basically goes over all of these issues. I'm a landlord in Washington State, and I'm surprised at how few tenants have read these pamphlets. As a tenant you have all kinds of rights and all of these situations are explained as well as how to resolve complaints and conflicts and all kinds of other things that are incredibly useful to know. These pamphlets are prepared by the state and are well written and very much worth your time to read. Here's what it says about lease renewal: "Many written leases contain a clause detailing what needs to be done to renew or extend the current lease term. The lease may, for instance, have a clause that states that unless either the landlord or tenant terminates the lease, it will renew automatically. Most yearly leases require a 60 to 90-day notice to the landlord by the tenant requesting termination of the existing lease. If a tenant fails to give proper written notice or if notice of intent to terminate is not given in time, the lease will renew automatically. A yearly lease that is not renewed automatically becomes a month to month lease when the current lease term ends. A month to month lease will renew automatically for another month unless the landlord or tenant acts to terminate the lease. This rule applies to both oral and written leases."
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It is contingent on the state, but most states have a requirement indicating that the lease agreement must specify what will happen if the tenant does not give notice prior to the lease expiration. Sometimes, the landlord can, by default, renew your lease (even at a higher rate, although there are limits on how much your rent can increase). Usually, if proper notice is not given by the tenant, tenancy defaults to month-to-month. It sounds that your landlord gave notice of an increase in rent. If you have continued to occupy the premises, you are indeed obligated to pay the demanded rent because your occupancy is contingent on the price to which you have by implication agreed. If you pay less and the landlord never notices, then that kind of just is what it is. I would not recommend you just not pay rent. Rental laws are usually in favor of the landlord, and in my experience you are only hurting yourself if you just don't pay anything. If you pay less than what was demanded and they later ask you for the difference, in all states I am familiar with they are entitled to begin eviction proceedings on that basis, beginning with a demand for your unpaid rent. It doesn't matter if you agreed to it in writing or not. They gave notice of increase and you haven't paid it, if they demand it and you don't pay it they *usually* have standing in court for nonpayment of rent; for eviction; and for punitive nonsense that is probably in your original lease (often 2 months rent, sometimes 1 full year if they are a-holes).
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My landlord has sent the new lease agreement and states we have to pay to have a technician to come out for Service Calls Let me just start by saying my landlord is the definition of human garbage and I hate to say that about anyone, my family and I have been here for going on 5 years. We have had our water shut off for nonpayment because of a leak in the driveway (she was responsible for paying for the water until this issue), she has changed banks 5 times and LLC names 5 times. I could go on and on, my thing is in the new lease she has put in it that the tenant is required to pay to imitate a Service call if any repairs need to be done to the residence. Can she actually do that, especially if it's not of fault to the tenants?
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I'm also in Georgia and please know I'm in no way an attorney, but I'm definitely used to the garbage landlords and underhanded tactics attempted by some.. I understand circumstances may not allow you to move..totally understandable for most of us; however, there are legal requirements landlords must adhere to within the verbiage in our written agreements for GA. Usually laws aren't very strict on them but there is a spotlight of emphasis on topics like "do not include verbiage which negates your requirement to perform such required duties as X, X, X and/or places the financial/physical burden on your tenant alone" to broadly summarize. For your situation, IF IT WERE ME, I would ask the landlord to revise the current "pay for technician service calls" verbiage to specify which charges they're referring to as tenant responsibility. For instance, let's say your internet isn't working and you call "X-provider" and they say they'll send a Tech out to check the lines or equipment, but the internet account is under your landlords name...well that costs $100 for a diagnostic visit, basically. But calling for an after-hours electrician to come to your home because a tree limb fell on the power lines outside your home and now a riser rebuild is required? That's in no way shape or form a tenant-caused damage, or responsibility, to cover such Massive costs to ensure you A) have electricity again and B) aren't at risk for electric shock from downed live lines.. Again, these are random examples, but two that show huge differences in costs given by "service call technicians". So some itemized clarification is mandatory on your landlords part to ensure they're complying with the law they have to follow and the laws you're responsible for in that home Check hereGA Legal Aid for some other info too if it's helpful. An excerpt is below *The landlord may not charge you for normal wear and tear, The landlord cannot charge you for repairs for damage that you, your roommates, or your guests did not cause.*
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My landlord has sent the new lease agreement and states we have to pay to have a technician to come out for Service Calls Let me just start by saying my landlord is the definition of human garbage and I hate to say that about anyone, my family and I have been here for going on 5 years. We have had our water shut off for nonpayment because of a leak in the driveway (she was responsible for paying for the water until this issue), she has changed banks 5 times and LLC names 5 times. I could go on and on, my thing is in the new lease she has put in it that the tenant is required to pay to imitate a Service call if any repairs need to be done to the residence. Can she actually do that, especially if it's not of fault to the tenants?
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>I could go on and on, my thing is in the new lease she has put in it that the tenant is required to pay to imitate a Service call if any repairs need to be done to the residence. Can she actually do that, especially if it's not of fault to the tenants? No, that provision is almost certainly illegal and you can disregard it. Repairs are the landlord's responsibility, not yours. She can't lawfully charge you a fee for repair service calls.
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Can an adult force another adult to do a paternity test? To start off I live in Canada. I just had someone message me on Facebook claiming to be my brother and that my father had an affair 29 years ago which led to him. I confronted my dad about this and he swears that it’s a lie and that 29 years ago this woman tried to claim she was pregnant with my dads child when she was 7 months pregnant. My dad DID have a once night stand with her before my parents were together. The woman had a boyfriend at the time who she claimed to be the father until he broke up with her when she was 7 months pregnant and then she decided my dad was the father. In terms of the legal advice, this “brother” of mine is now claiming he’s going to take my dad to court to force him to get a paternity test so he can “ruin my parents marriage and uncover the truth”. Is this possible?
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Yes, a court can order a paternity test, and you can be held in contempt of court if you refuse. We can't know if they will do that in this case.
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There has to be a valid legal reason for a court to order a paternity test (such as for a newborn, or for the settling of an estate). If he can articulate a valid reason (and "ruin my parents marriage and uncover the truth" isn't one) then the court may grant the request. Everyone should block and ignore this person.
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(FL) A former bully is claiming paternity and demanding a test. And sending fake porn to my husband and stepchildren.What can we do? My husband and I have a toddler. I've only never been with my husband and ofcourse our son is his. A man I went to middle school with(he bullied me heavily) is claiming that he's my sons father and is going to court to demand a paternity test. He's also posting all over social media about claiming that I'm keeping his child away and that I'm a whore. His new trick is sending badly photoshopped porn to my husband and my preteen step kids. The ones he sent to my stepdaughter had a return address of the local library and were very graphic. We reported it to the police but they said they can't help since we can't prove its from him. The ones he sent to my husband had his(assholes) actually address on them, but apparently that's not proof enough. What can we do?
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File immediately for a restraining order. Call the library and give them the date and time of the sender and ask if they can provide the policy any video. Most likely they can. Then go back to the police and get them to get the video from the library or even the computer logs.
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At this point, after sending porn to your kids, I'd say enough is enough and go to war and go after him both criminally and civilly. The social media stuff may rise to the level of defamation, the porn to minors could put him away for years, harassment, stalking, using the US mail, etc. Leave no stone unturned. I would fight him in every court possible and take away his freedom and take away all of his possessions. Make him sorry he ever even heard of you. To do all that you are going to need a lawyer. Find the meanest, most unforgiving pit bull attorney you can find and tell him its time for scorched earth. No settlements, no mediation, no plea bargains, no mercy.
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(FL) A former bully is claiming paternity and demanding a test. And sending fake porn to my husband and stepchildren.What can we do? My husband and I have a toddler. I've only never been with my husband and ofcourse our son is his. A man I went to middle school with(he bullied me heavily) is claiming that he's my sons father and is going to court to demand a paternity test. He's also posting all over social media about claiming that I'm keeping his child away and that I'm a whore. His new trick is sending badly photoshopped porn to my husband and my preteen step kids. The ones he sent to my stepdaughter had a return address of the local library and were very graphic. We reported it to the police but they said they can't help since we can't prove its from him. The ones he sent to my husband had his(assholes) actually address on them, but apparently that's not proof enough. What can we do?
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d5u1k41
| 1,469,669,731 | 1,469,680,502 | 89 | 161 |
This was mailed through USPS? That's a federal offense contact your postmaster
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At this point, after sending porn to your kids, I'd say enough is enough and go to war and go after him both criminally and civilly. The social media stuff may rise to the level of defamation, the porn to minors could put him away for years, harassment, stalking, using the US mail, etc. Leave no stone unturned. I would fight him in every court possible and take away his freedom and take away all of his possessions. Make him sorry he ever even heard of you. To do all that you are going to need a lawyer. Find the meanest, most unforgiving pit bull attorney you can find and tell him its time for scorched earth. No settlements, no mediation, no plea bargains, no mercy.
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4uxvcb
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(FL) A former bully is claiming paternity and demanding a test. And sending fake porn to my husband and stepchildren.What can we do? My husband and I have a toddler. I've only never been with my husband and ofcourse our son is his. A man I went to middle school with(he bullied me heavily) is claiming that he's my sons father and is going to court to demand a paternity test. He's also posting all over social media about claiming that I'm keeping his child away and that I'm a whore. His new trick is sending badly photoshopped porn to my husband and my preteen step kids. The ones he sent to my stepdaughter had a return address of the local library and were very graphic. We reported it to the police but they said they can't help since we can't prove its from him. The ones he sent to my husband had his(assholes) actually address on them, but apparently that's not proof enough. What can we do?
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d5u1k41
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Contact the NCMEC regarding the porn going to the preteens. They don't fuck around
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At this point, after sending porn to your kids, I'd say enough is enough and go to war and go after him both criminally and civilly. The social media stuff may rise to the level of defamation, the porn to minors could put him away for years, harassment, stalking, using the US mail, etc. Leave no stone unturned. I would fight him in every court possible and take away his freedom and take away all of his possessions. Make him sorry he ever even heard of you. To do all that you are going to need a lawyer. Find the meanest, most unforgiving pit bull attorney you can find and tell him its time for scorched earth. No settlements, no mediation, no plea bargains, no mercy.
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4uxvcb
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(FL) A former bully is claiming paternity and demanding a test. And sending fake porn to my husband and stepchildren.What can we do? My husband and I have a toddler. I've only never been with my husband and ofcourse our son is his. A man I went to middle school with(he bullied me heavily) is claiming that he's my sons father and is going to court to demand a paternity test. He's also posting all over social media about claiming that I'm keeping his child away and that I'm a whore. His new trick is sending badly photoshopped porn to my husband and my preteen step kids. The ones he sent to my stepdaughter had a return address of the local library and were very graphic. We reported it to the police but they said they can't help since we can't prove its from him. The ones he sent to my husband had his(assholes) actually address on them, but apparently that's not proof enough. What can we do?
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d5twntb
| 1,469,669,731 | 1,469,672,643 | 89 | 113 |
This was mailed through USPS? That's a federal offense contact your postmaster
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File immediately for a restraining order. Call the library and give them the date and time of the sender and ask if they can provide the policy any video. Most likely they can. Then go back to the police and get them to get the video from the library or even the computer logs.
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4uxvcb
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(FL) A former bully is claiming paternity and demanding a test. And sending fake porn to my husband and stepchildren.What can we do? My husband and I have a toddler. I've only never been with my husband and ofcourse our son is his. A man I went to middle school with(he bullied me heavily) is claiming that he's my sons father and is going to court to demand a paternity test. He's also posting all over social media about claiming that I'm keeping his child away and that I'm a whore. His new trick is sending badly photoshopped porn to my husband and my preteen step kids. The ones he sent to my stepdaughter had a return address of the local library and were very graphic. We reported it to the police but they said they can't help since we can't prove its from him. The ones he sent to my husband had his(assholes) actually address on them, but apparently that's not proof enough. What can we do?
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Contact the NCMEC regarding the porn going to the preteens. They don't fuck around
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>18 U.S. Code § 1470 - Transfer of obscene material to minors >Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly transfers obscene matter to another individual who has not attained the age of 16 years, knowing that such other individual has not attained the age of 16 years, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. If your local police won't do anything about it, call the postal inspection service (The mail cops. Yes that's a thing.). I don't know how hard it is to get them to investigate, but I think it's worth a try. This guy sounds like a real creep and I hope he gets put away. I don't know what the hell is wrong with your local cops, but this guy verifiably harassing you on the internet and with paternity tests, combined with porn showing up at your house from his return address (and probably with his fingerprints on it) sounds like enough to prosecute to me.
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(FL) A former bully is claiming paternity and demanding a test. And sending fake porn to my husband and stepchildren.What can we do? My husband and I have a toddler. I've only never been with my husband and ofcourse our son is his. A man I went to middle school with(he bullied me heavily) is claiming that he's my sons father and is going to court to demand a paternity test. He's also posting all over social media about claiming that I'm keeping his child away and that I'm a whore. His new trick is sending badly photoshopped porn to my husband and my preteen step kids. The ones he sent to my stepdaughter had a return address of the local library and were very graphic. We reported it to the police but they said they can't help since we can't prove its from him. The ones he sent to my husband had his(assholes) actually address on them, but apparently that's not proof enough. What can we do?
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op, second sentence. you have quite a funny oops in there. Other than that, i second the pit bull attorney scorched earth way. This man needs to know that middle school is OVER and you are not the weakling you were then. And he just fucked up his life by even trying to bully you again.
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By send do you mean in the mail mail , with a stamp, or electronic?
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4uxvcb
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(FL) A former bully is claiming paternity and demanding a test. And sending fake porn to my husband and stepchildren.What can we do? My husband and I have a toddler. I've only never been with my husband and ofcourse our son is his. A man I went to middle school with(he bullied me heavily) is claiming that he's my sons father and is going to court to demand a paternity test. He's also posting all over social media about claiming that I'm keeping his child away and that I'm a whore. His new trick is sending badly photoshopped porn to my husband and my preteen step kids. The ones he sent to my stepdaughter had a return address of the local library and were very graphic. We reported it to the police but they said they can't help since we can't prove its from him. The ones he sent to my husband had his(assholes) actually address on them, but apparently that's not proof enough. What can we do?
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Sending porn to minors is very very very serious, get the police involved.
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By send do you mean in the mail mail , with a stamp, or electronic?
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4uxvcb
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(FL) A former bully is claiming paternity and demanding a test. And sending fake porn to my husband and stepchildren.What can we do? My husband and I have a toddler. I've only never been with my husband and ofcourse our son is his. A man I went to middle school with(he bullied me heavily) is claiming that he's my sons father and is going to court to demand a paternity test. He's also posting all over social media about claiming that I'm keeping his child away and that I'm a whore. His new trick is sending badly photoshopped porn to my husband and my preteen step kids. The ones he sent to my stepdaughter had a return address of the local library and were very graphic. We reported it to the police but they said they can't help since we can't prove its from him. The ones he sent to my husband had his(assholes) actually address on them, but apparently that's not proof enough. What can we do?
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Sending porn to your minor children? It's Florida, can't you just shoot him nearby some alligators and call it a day?
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OP, please update when you can, this is interesting
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(FL) A former bully is claiming paternity and demanding a test. And sending fake porn to my husband and stepchildren.What can we do? My husband and I have a toddler. I've only never been with my husband and ofcourse our son is his. A man I went to middle school with(he bullied me heavily) is claiming that he's my sons father and is going to court to demand a paternity test. He's also posting all over social media about claiming that I'm keeping his child away and that I'm a whore. His new trick is sending badly photoshopped porn to my husband and my preteen step kids. The ones he sent to my stepdaughter had a return address of the local library and were very graphic. We reported it to the police but they said they can't help since we can't prove its from him. The ones he sent to my husband had his(assholes) actually address on them, but apparently that's not proof enough. What can we do?
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Sending porn to your minor children? It's Florida, can't you just shoot him nearby some alligators and call it a day?
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Have fingerprints taken from inside the envelope. Keep all the evidence. Never speak to him. There are also stalking laws that this might fit under. Let him dig his own grave. Be careful, he could be physically dangerous.
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Will I be in trouble from a potential lawsuit from my sister? I sold my 2nd house after my father died recently and he lived there for 20 years already. One of my sisters wanted some money from me but I refused. This house was originally gifted to me by my brother. My name was on the deed. Will I be in trouble from a potential lawsuit of my sister?
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How was your father connected to this house?
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No. You own the house. That's the end. She might actually file a lawsuit, in which case you need to respond, don't ignore it. But she will almost certainly lose.
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Will I be in trouble from a potential lawsuit from my sister? I sold my 2nd house after my father died recently and he lived there for 20 years already. One of my sisters wanted some money from me but I refused. This house was originally gifted to me by my brother. My name was on the deed. Will I be in trouble from a potential lawsuit of my sister?
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The fact she wants money out of it likely points to her not being able to afford to sue you for it, so you are most likely fine. Absolutely don't ignore it if she sues, but I wouldn't expect it.
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How was your father connected to this house?
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Will I be in trouble from a potential lawsuit from my sister? I sold my 2nd house after my father died recently and he lived there for 20 years already. One of my sisters wanted some money from me but I refused. This house was originally gifted to me by my brother. My name was on the deed. Will I be in trouble from a potential lawsuit of my sister?
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If her name wasn’t on the deed it doesn’t matter. She isn’t owned a dime.
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What your sister received is what's known as a gift "causa mortis", or in contemplation of death. Most states don't honor them, and a person is free to dispose of their property as they wish in life at any rate. As an example, if a will devises a piece of property to someone but the person making the will sells it during their life, that bequest just becomes void. That's your sister's position, only worse because all she had was a promise, presumably not in writing, and without consideration, to receive real property that the decedent disposed of during his lifetime. That scenario breaks 3 rules: the rule that transfers of property must be in writing, the rule that gifts causa mortis aren't valid in any state that I'm aware of, and the rule that transfers of property during the life of a decedent trump future bequests of that property. In other words, with the facts laid out here, she has no case whatsoever. No attorney will take it. If, somehow, you do get sued, regardless of the case's validity you need to get an attorney. Messing up on the procedural rules, no matter how dubious the case is, could be disastrous for you.
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My employer is "requiring" I let them make a digital copy of my personal phone because the company is under preservation notice. The company was issued a preservation notice by the DOJ under a Civil Investigative Demand. I have never received any reimbursement for personal cell phone use at work. They are saying they will need to do a full digital copy of my personal phone including all my personal data. The legal firm will contact me soon with a tech who will take few hours to perform the digital copy while compensating me $100 for this inconvenience. 1) Can I require them to reimburse me the standard rate for every month I have already worked? 2) Any recommendations? -yes, I used my personal phone for work related purposes (slack, email, concur, text) -I am based in California
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As a practical matter, employees in this situation often do one of three things: (1) hand it over to the company's lawyers as requested. Frequently in this scenario there is some advance discussion and agreement with the employee about the exact process for screening the messages including who is going to look at the phone, and what types of data they will look at. For example the company lawyers may say "we'll preserve everything but we are only going to run keyword searches against your sms, imessage and whatsapp data," i.e. not look at your photos. Companies often recognize that there can be sensitive data that they don't want or need to see, and are willing to work cooperatively with the employee. If, for example you have private health information or privileged communications with your own lawyer on the phone, a process should be discussed to screen those out. (2) employees hire their own attorney (paid for by themselves or the company) to do the imaging and initial screening - - this gives an extra layer of privacy protection (3) refuse, but you will likely be fired. DOJ could theoretically still issue a subpoena to you personally to compel you to turn over your phone, and if you had work data that was relevant to the original CID and deleted it, it could expose you to serious penalties. If you are uncomfortable letting the company see everything on your phone, it would not be unreasonable to say so, and discuss alternatives to give them whatever is actually responsive while preserving your privacy. E.g.,you can ask what exact information DOJ is seeking. If you are certain you have nothing relevant, then you could, eg propose that you sit down and let a company lawyer visually flip through your messages to confirm that (without imaging the phone) or if you just have a couple relevant messages, offer to screenshot those and send it to the lawyer. They may or may not agree.
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If you use your phone for work related purposes the government can compel you to provide it. If you refuse to do so, you may expose yourself and the company to risk. I’m sure you can limit the imaging of your phone. Get an attorney and have them walk you through it. Stop using your personal phone for work related matters.
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My employer is "requiring" I let them make a digital copy of my personal phone because the company is under preservation notice. The company was issued a preservation notice by the DOJ under a Civil Investigative Demand. I have never received any reimbursement for personal cell phone use at work. They are saying they will need to do a full digital copy of my personal phone including all my personal data. The legal firm will contact me soon with a tech who will take few hours to perform the digital copy while compensating me $100 for this inconvenience. 1) Can I require them to reimburse me the standard rate for every month I have already worked? 2) Any recommendations? -yes, I used my personal phone for work related purposes (slack, email, concur, text) -I am based in California
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As a practical matter, employees in this situation often do one of three things: (1) hand it over to the company's lawyers as requested. Frequently in this scenario there is some advance discussion and agreement with the employee about the exact process for screening the messages including who is going to look at the phone, and what types of data they will look at. For example the company lawyers may say "we'll preserve everything but we are only going to run keyword searches against your sms, imessage and whatsapp data," i.e. not look at your photos. Companies often recognize that there can be sensitive data that they don't want or need to see, and are willing to work cooperatively with the employee. If, for example you have private health information or privileged communications with your own lawyer on the phone, a process should be discussed to screen those out. (2) employees hire their own attorney (paid for by themselves or the company) to do the imaging and initial screening - - this gives an extra layer of privacy protection (3) refuse, but you will likely be fired. DOJ could theoretically still issue a subpoena to you personally to compel you to turn over your phone, and if you had work data that was relevant to the original CID and deleted it, it could expose you to serious penalties. If you are uncomfortable letting the company see everything on your phone, it would not be unreasonable to say so, and discuss alternatives to give them whatever is actually responsive while preserving your privacy. E.g.,you can ask what exact information DOJ is seeking. If you are certain you have nothing relevant, then you could, eg propose that you sit down and let a company lawyer visually flip through your messages to confirm that (without imaging the phone) or if you just have a couple relevant messages, offer to screenshot those and send it to the lawyer. They may or may not agree.
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You might be able to negotiate a reimbursement for using your personal cell phone for work purposes. It depends if they actually require you to check in on work stuff when not on the office. I doubt they would pay for every month you already worked. Usually this type of stuff is outlined in your employment contract or offer letter.
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My employer is "requiring" I let them make a digital copy of my personal phone because the company is under preservation notice. The company was issued a preservation notice by the DOJ under a Civil Investigative Demand. I have never received any reimbursement for personal cell phone use at work. They are saying they will need to do a full digital copy of my personal phone including all my personal data. The legal firm will contact me soon with a tech who will take few hours to perform the digital copy while compensating me $100 for this inconvenience. 1) Can I require them to reimburse me the standard rate for every month I have already worked? 2) Any recommendations? -yes, I used my personal phone for work related purposes (slack, email, concur, text) -I am based in California
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You might be able to negotiate a reimbursement for using your personal cell phone for work purposes. It depends if they actually require you to check in on work stuff when not on the office. I doubt they would pay for every month you already worked. Usually this type of stuff is outlined in your employment contract or offer letter.
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Not a lawyer First do nothing with your phone, get another phone and ask them to provide you with a work phone. If they are telling you that there is a court order to preserve all data, you do not want to destroy it at all, but keep it safe. To destroy it, can and will get you in a load of trouble. As this is your personal phone, you will need to contact an attorney for your area and get good sound legal advice. You are going to need a lawyer who specializes in federal law, as that is the level of government that is demanding these actions. You may want to take notes and listen to your attorney and find out what your rights are ASAP in this case.
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My employer is "requiring" I let them make a digital copy of my personal phone because the company is under preservation notice. The company was issued a preservation notice by the DOJ under a Civil Investigative Demand. I have never received any reimbursement for personal cell phone use at work. They are saying they will need to do a full digital copy of my personal phone including all my personal data. The legal firm will contact me soon with a tech who will take few hours to perform the digital copy while compensating me $100 for this inconvenience. 1) Can I require them to reimburse me the standard rate for every month I have already worked? 2) Any recommendations? -yes, I used my personal phone for work related purposes (slack, email, concur, text) -I am based in California
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advise for next time. never ever use your personal equipments for work. and never ever use your work equipments for personal stuff.
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Digital forensic examiner here. We rarely want the entire phone- just the key apps/data and those can be specifically selected during the imaging process. A copy of the entire phone? <looks at the text funny> are we in 2007? Ain't nobody got time for that.
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My employer is "requiring" I let them make a digital copy of my personal phone because the company is under preservation notice. The company was issued a preservation notice by the DOJ under a Civil Investigative Demand. I have never received any reimbursement for personal cell phone use at work. They are saying they will need to do a full digital copy of my personal phone including all my personal data. The legal firm will contact me soon with a tech who will take few hours to perform the digital copy while compensating me $100 for this inconvenience. 1) Can I require them to reimburse me the standard rate for every month I have already worked? 2) Any recommendations? -yes, I used my personal phone for work related purposes (slack, email, concur, text) -I am based in California
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You might be able to negotiate a reimbursement for using your personal cell phone for work purposes. It depends if they actually require you to check in on work stuff when not on the office. I doubt they would pay for every month you already worked. Usually this type of stuff is outlined in your employment contract or offer letter.
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Digital forensic examiner here. We rarely want the entire phone- just the key apps/data and those can be specifically selected during the imaging process. A copy of the entire phone? <looks at the text funny> are we in 2007? Ain't nobody got time for that.
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My employer is "requiring" I let them make a digital copy of my personal phone because the company is under preservation notice. The company was issued a preservation notice by the DOJ under a Civil Investigative Demand. I have never received any reimbursement for personal cell phone use at work. They are saying they will need to do a full digital copy of my personal phone including all my personal data. The legal firm will contact me soon with a tech who will take few hours to perform the digital copy while compensating me $100 for this inconvenience. 1) Can I require them to reimburse me the standard rate for every month I have already worked? 2) Any recommendations? -yes, I used my personal phone for work related purposes (slack, email, concur, text) -I am based in California
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You might be able to negotiate a reimbursement for using your personal cell phone for work purposes. It depends if they actually require you to check in on work stuff when not on the office. I doubt they would pay for every month you already worked. Usually this type of stuff is outlined in your employment contract or offer letter.
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advise for next time. never ever use your personal equipments for work. and never ever use your work equipments for personal stuff.
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I made an arrangement with a friend, he put me on his phone plan through Sprint and i got a phone with the deal, every month i now pay my phone bill and for a 1/24th of the phone until the phone is paid for. I've never missed a payment over 6 months, now he's demanding i pay him for the phone In full. I still owe about 600 on the phone, a Samsung Galaxy s8, and I can't afford that. It should be noted that I never even asked for this phone, I need a phone for work and he offered to put me on his family plan but I hadn't a phone, so I have him a 100 dollar bill and told him to get me a cheap phone, and he came back with the most expensive item I've ever owned. I was extremely annoyed but I liked the phone so much I decided to roll with it. Now he's constantly using the phone as leverage on disagreements and such. He just texted me telling me I have to pay him in full this month because he's leaving the country. What are my options here? I can't afford to pay him without extreme cuts to my life and I don't think it's fair at all. Edit: this is in Washington however I just moved to Oregon to start roofing 2 weeks ago
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> In full. I still owe about 600 on the phone, a Samsung Galaxy s8, and I can't afford that. It should be noted that I never even asked for this phone, I need a phone for work and he offered to put me on his family plan but I hadn't a phone, so I have him a 100 dollar bill and told him to get me a cheap phone, and he came back with the most expensive item I've ever owned. I was extremely annoyed but I liked the phone so much I decided to roll with it. Now he's constantly using the phone as leverage on disagreements and such. He just texted me telling me I have to pay him in full this month because he's leaving the country. > > What are my options here? I can't afford to pay him without extreme cuts to my life and I don't think it's fair at all.
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If you had a payment plan as part of the agreement, tell him he cannot unilaterally alter the agreement and you'll pay the same amount you've always done.
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I made an arrangement with a friend, he put me on his phone plan through Sprint and i got a phone with the deal, every month i now pay my phone bill and for a 1/24th of the phone until the phone is paid for. I've never missed a payment over 6 months, now he's demanding i pay him for the phone In full. I still owe about 600 on the phone, a Samsung Galaxy s8, and I can't afford that. It should be noted that I never even asked for this phone, I need a phone for work and he offered to put me on his family plan but I hadn't a phone, so I have him a 100 dollar bill and told him to get me a cheap phone, and he came back with the most expensive item I've ever owned. I was extremely annoyed but I liked the phone so much I decided to roll with it. Now he's constantly using the phone as leverage on disagreements and such. He just texted me telling me I have to pay him in full this month because he's leaving the country. What are my options here? I can't afford to pay him without extreme cuts to my life and I don't think it's fair at all. Edit: this is in Washington however I just moved to Oregon to start roofing 2 weeks ago
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> In full. I still owe about 600 on the phone, a Samsung Galaxy s8, and I can't afford that. It should be noted that I never even asked for this phone, I need a phone for work and he offered to put me on his family plan but I hadn't a phone, so I have him a 100 dollar bill and told him to get me a cheap phone, and he came back with the most expensive item I've ever owned. I was extremely annoyed but I liked the phone so much I decided to roll with it. Now he's constantly using the phone as leverage on disagreements and such. He just texted me telling me I have to pay him in full this month because he's leaving the country. > > What are my options here? I can't afford to pay him without extreme cuts to my life and I don't think it's fair at all.
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If he's leaving the country, what happens to the family plan? I suspect it's going away. That's why he wants the $600 now. That's step A. Step B is for him to cancel the family plan and send the $600 to Sprint. You'll have a fully paid-off phone, but won't have a phone plan to use it on.
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Life insurance company is demanding a Letters Testamentary before they will give us any information on two life insurance policies that were part of my MIL's estate. The lawyer that wrote up MIL's will is asking $4000 to provide the letters. Both policies together may not be worth $4000. We currently reside in Texas. We moved here to care for my wife's mother? Several months ago, my mother-in-law passed away. My wife is the executor of her estate and has found two life insurance policies written in the 1990s that her father had taken out on her mother, listing himself as the beneficiary. Apparently my MIL did not know or had forgotten about the policies. My wife's father preceded her mother in death 16 years ago. My wife send his death certificate to the life insurance company to get the beneficiary changed to her mom's estate. We were then told that both policies do contain funds that can be distributed but that because the children were not initially listed as beneficiaries they can not tell us anything about them including the value of the policies. They are demanding a Letters Testamentary in order to proceed in any way. The elder care lawyer that helped with power of attorneys and her last will and testament is asking for $4000 to move forward on getting letters testamentary. * We don't know how much the policies are for and have no guarantees that they will even cover the $4000 fee. Is there a cheaper option, is our lawyer over charging us? * This involves taking it to probate court and mom didn't do her income taxes once dad died 16 years ago. As far as we know, she never actually made enough money to have to actually pay taxes. Is it likely that the IRS will try to claim any possible proceeds of the policies? * Is there any way to get the insurance company to disclose the amount of the policies so my wife knows if this is even worth pursuing? Thank you
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You need to file the will to probate to get letters testamentary in Texas.
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> My wife is the executor Has she gone to court to be approved by the court as the executor, to be authorized? If not, she's not the executor. > This involves taking it to probate court and mom didn't do her income taxes This is complicated, these are separate but related issues. Before anyone can inherit, she needs to be squared away with the IRS. > she never actually made enough money to have to actually pay taxes But did she file tax returns? That's how you "tell" the IRS that you didn't make enough money to actually pay taxes. I'd talk to a probate attorney instead, or at least for a second opinion and maybe a more targeted approach.
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(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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> my driveways fault Hahahahahahahahaha. This guy sounds like a total clown. Don't pay him a single dime. If he wants to sue you, contact your house insurer. They will retain a lawyer for you and they will pay for everything including the lawsuit and a(n unlikely) settlement. It actually might be a good idea to call your insurer now just to file a report (not a claim) to explain what happened. My old firm used to *love* getting retained by one particular insurance company to defend claims like this (the way you've explained it) because they had an unwritten rule that they would take every bullshit claim to trial and give the plaintiff nothing.
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> What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? Almost none. > I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. Almost none, at least not at this point. You have no particular damage to your property, right? And it's not strictly illegal to make wild demands. You can certainly report this to the police. If he contacts you again, you have three options: 1. Give him your homeowner's insurance information and let them handle it. 2. Give him your lawyer's information and let him handle it. 3. Ignore him until or unless you receive a lawsuit.
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(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwdux0b
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cwdw6dt
| 1,445,895,976 | 1,445,897,943 | 58 | 323 |
If he actually sues you, then call your lawyer. It is *very* important that you not ignore a suit, regardless of how meritless it is. Otherwise, ignore him. You could also make a complaint to the police about him. He assaulted you and he committed the crime of public mischief (making a false report of an offence to the police).
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> my driveways fault Hahahahahahahahaha. This guy sounds like a total clown. Don't pay him a single dime. If he wants to sue you, contact your house insurer. They will retain a lawyer for you and they will pay for everything including the lawsuit and a(n unlikely) settlement. It actually might be a good idea to call your insurer now just to file a report (not a claim) to explain what happened. My old firm used to *love* getting retained by one particular insurance company to defend claims like this (the way you've explained it) because they had an unwritten rule that they would take every bullshit claim to trial and give the plaintiff nothing.
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe0ob9
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cwdux0b
| 1,445,905,209 | 1,445,895,976 | 60 | 58 |
Take the Facebook messages into the police and ask that they be added to the record of the file. That way if he makes a further assistance out if himself you will have it all on record from the start. You can also ask for an extra patrol or two, given the circumstances. Also if you have pets do not leave them outside unattended.
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If he actually sues you, then call your lawyer. It is *very* important that you not ignore a suit, regardless of how meritless it is. Otherwise, ignore him. You could also make a complaint to the police about him. He assaulted you and he committed the crime of public mischief (making a false report of an offence to the police).
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe0ob9
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cwdxizh
| 1,445,905,209 | 1,445,900,085 | 60 | 10 |
Take the Facebook messages into the police and ask that they be added to the record of the file. That way if he makes a further assistance out if himself you will have it all on record from the start. You can also ask for an extra patrol or two, given the circumstances. Also if you have pets do not leave them outside unattended.
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Contact your homeowner's insurer with this information including the written threat to sue; I expect they'll be in contact with this fool in short order.
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe8fw8
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cwe76m5
| 1,445,917,838 | 1,445,915,602 | 47 | 25 |
It's pretty clear from your story that this turd is trying to extort money out of you. This is a serious crime. Call the cops, tell them everything you stated here. Get them to ask what he was doing on your street. Make sure you mention the insurance thing and the facebook message. From your description, your driveway is perfectly safe. And even if it wasn't, it makes no sense that a normal person would drive their car off the way your MS Paint shows. Let's say by some miracle of stupidity a judge did rule it was your fault. He can only sue for the value of his car. The cap in Canada for pain and suffering is $100,000. Since he is already on disability, he can't sue for lost income. Can't sue for emotional damage because of a car accident. The girlfriend can sue as well, but not on behalf of the unborn child, since that child is not considered a person until birth. You have complete immunity for a good faith call to the cops. Also, if a lawsuit was in order, it would be covered by your homeowner's insurance. It's quite clear that someone told this asshole you had money and are young, and he thought you would be an easy mark.
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Tell him to suck my dick. Not yours...mine.
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe26a3
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cwe8fw8
| 1,445,907,576 | 1,445,917,838 | 24 | 47 |
I would be interested to know how *he* knows that your grandfather is giving you a lot of money.
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It's pretty clear from your story that this turd is trying to extort money out of you. This is a serious crime. Call the cops, tell them everything you stated here. Get them to ask what he was doing on your street. Make sure you mention the insurance thing and the facebook message. From your description, your driveway is perfectly safe. And even if it wasn't, it makes no sense that a normal person would drive their car off the way your MS Paint shows. Let's say by some miracle of stupidity a judge did rule it was your fault. He can only sue for the value of his car. The cap in Canada for pain and suffering is $100,000. Since he is already on disability, he can't sue for lost income. Can't sue for emotional damage because of a car accident. The girlfriend can sue as well, but not on behalf of the unborn child, since that child is not considered a person until birth. You have complete immunity for a good faith call to the cops. Also, if a lawsuit was in order, it would be covered by your homeowner's insurance. It's quite clear that someone told this asshole you had money and are young, and he thought you would be an easy mark.
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
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(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe78rb
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cwe8fw8
| 1,445,915,702 | 1,445,917,838 | 15 | 47 |
What I'm wondering is why he wasn't arrested for driving without insurance
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It's pretty clear from your story that this turd is trying to extort money out of you. This is a serious crime. Call the cops, tell them everything you stated here. Get them to ask what he was doing on your street. Make sure you mention the insurance thing and the facebook message. From your description, your driveway is perfectly safe. And even if it wasn't, it makes no sense that a normal person would drive their car off the way your MS Paint shows. Let's say by some miracle of stupidity a judge did rule it was your fault. He can only sue for the value of his car. The cap in Canada for pain and suffering is $100,000. Since he is already on disability, he can't sue for lost income. Can't sue for emotional damage because of a car accident. The girlfriend can sue as well, but not on behalf of the unborn child, since that child is not considered a person until birth. You have complete immunity for a good faith call to the cops. Also, if a lawsuit was in order, it would be covered by your homeowner's insurance. It's quite clear that someone told this asshole you had money and are young, and he thought you would be an easy mark.
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe8fw8
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cwe4h63
| 1,445,917,838 | 1,445,911,214 | 47 | 15 |
It's pretty clear from your story that this turd is trying to extort money out of you. This is a serious crime. Call the cops, tell them everything you stated here. Get them to ask what he was doing on your street. Make sure you mention the insurance thing and the facebook message. From your description, your driveway is perfectly safe. And even if it wasn't, it makes no sense that a normal person would drive their car off the way your MS Paint shows. Let's say by some miracle of stupidity a judge did rule it was your fault. He can only sue for the value of his car. The cap in Canada for pain and suffering is $100,000. Since he is already on disability, he can't sue for lost income. Can't sue for emotional damage because of a car accident. The girlfriend can sue as well, but not on behalf of the unborn child, since that child is not considered a person until birth. You have complete immunity for a good faith call to the cops. Also, if a lawsuit was in order, it would be covered by your homeowner's insurance. It's quite clear that someone told this asshole you had money and are young, and he thought you would be an easy mark.
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Sounds like he has a beef with the city over THEIR ditch since I assume it is on the right of way. Tell him to kick rocks.
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
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(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe7i3w
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cwe8fw8
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It's pretty clear from your story that this turd is trying to extort money out of you. This is a serious crime. Call the cops, tell them everything you stated here. Get them to ask what he was doing on your street. Make sure you mention the insurance thing and the facebook message. From your description, your driveway is perfectly safe. And even if it wasn't, it makes no sense that a normal person would drive their car off the way your MS Paint shows. Let's say by some miracle of stupidity a judge did rule it was your fault. He can only sue for the value of his car. The cap in Canada for pain and suffering is $100,000. Since he is already on disability, he can't sue for lost income. Can't sue for emotional damage because of a car accident. The girlfriend can sue as well, but not on behalf of the unborn child, since that child is not considered a person until birth. You have complete immunity for a good faith call to the cops. Also, if a lawsuit was in order, it would be covered by your homeowner's insurance. It's quite clear that someone told this asshole you had money and are young, and he thought you would be an easy mark.
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3qc2pf
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(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwdxizh
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cwe8fw8
| 1,445,900,085 | 1,445,917,838 | 10 | 47 |
Contact your homeowner's insurer with this information including the written threat to sue; I expect they'll be in contact with this fool in short order.
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It's pretty clear from your story that this turd is trying to extort money out of you. This is a serious crime. Call the cops, tell them everything you stated here. Get them to ask what he was doing on your street. Make sure you mention the insurance thing and the facebook message. From your description, your driveway is perfectly safe. And even if it wasn't, it makes no sense that a normal person would drive their car off the way your MS Paint shows. Let's say by some miracle of stupidity a judge did rule it was your fault. He can only sue for the value of his car. The cap in Canada for pain and suffering is $100,000. Since he is already on disability, he can't sue for lost income. Can't sue for emotional damage because of a car accident. The girlfriend can sue as well, but not on behalf of the unborn child, since that child is not considered a person until birth. You have complete immunity for a good faith call to the cops. Also, if a lawsuit was in order, it would be covered by your homeowner's insurance. It's quite clear that someone told this asshole you had money and are young, and he thought you would be an easy mark.
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3qc2pf
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(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe66se
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cwe8fw8
| 1,445,913,972 | 1,445,917,838 | 7 | 47 |
Isn't the drainage ditch and part of the driveway (the part over the ditch) owned by the city?
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It's pretty clear from your story that this turd is trying to extort money out of you. This is a serious crime. Call the cops, tell them everything you stated here. Get them to ask what he was doing on your street. Make sure you mention the insurance thing and the facebook message. From your description, your driveway is perfectly safe. And even if it wasn't, it makes no sense that a normal person would drive their car off the way your MS Paint shows. Let's say by some miracle of stupidity a judge did rule it was your fault. He can only sue for the value of his car. The cap in Canada for pain and suffering is $100,000. Since he is already on disability, he can't sue for lost income. Can't sue for emotional damage because of a car accident. The girlfriend can sue as well, but not on behalf of the unborn child, since that child is not considered a person until birth. You have complete immunity for a good faith call to the cops. Also, if a lawsuit was in order, it would be covered by your homeowner's insurance. It's quite clear that someone told this asshole you had money and are young, and he thought you would be an easy mark.
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3qc2pf
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(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe76m5
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cwe26a3
| 1,445,915,602 | 1,445,907,576 | 25 | 24 |
Tell him to suck my dick. Not yours...mine.
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I would be interested to know how *he* knows that your grandfather is giving you a lot of money.
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe4h63
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cwe76m5
| 1,445,911,214 | 1,445,915,602 | 15 | 25 |
Sounds like he has a beef with the city over THEIR ditch since I assume it is on the right of way. Tell him to kick rocks.
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Tell him to suck my dick. Not yours...mine.
| 0 | 4,388 | 1.666667 |
3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwdxizh
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cwe76m5
| 1,445,900,085 | 1,445,915,602 | 10 | 25 |
Contact your homeowner's insurer with this information including the written threat to sue; I expect they'll be in contact with this fool in short order.
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Tell him to suck my dick. Not yours...mine.
| 0 | 15,517 | 2.5 |
3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe66se
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cwe76m5
| 1,445,913,972 | 1,445,915,602 | 7 | 25 |
Isn't the drainage ditch and part of the driveway (the part over the ditch) owned by the city?
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Tell him to suck my dick. Not yours...mine.
| 0 | 1,630 | 3.571429 |
3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwdxizh
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cwe26a3
| 1,445,900,085 | 1,445,907,576 | 10 | 24 |
Contact your homeowner's insurer with this information including the written threat to sue; I expect they'll be in contact with this fool in short order.
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I would be interested to know how *he* knows that your grandfather is giving you a lot of money.
| 0 | 7,491 | 2.4 |
3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwdxizh
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cwe78rb
| 1,445,900,085 | 1,445,915,702 | 10 | 15 |
Contact your homeowner's insurer with this information including the written threat to sue; I expect they'll be in contact with this fool in short order.
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What I'm wondering is why he wasn't arrested for driving without insurance
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
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(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe66se
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cwe78rb
| 1,445,913,972 | 1,445,915,702 | 7 | 15 |
Isn't the drainage ditch and part of the driveway (the part over the ditch) owned by the city?
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What I'm wondering is why he wasn't arrested for driving without insurance
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
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(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe4h63
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cwdxizh
| 1,445,911,214 | 1,445,900,085 | 15 | 10 |
Sounds like he has a beef with the city over THEIR ditch since I assume it is on the right of way. Tell him to kick rocks.
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Contact your homeowner's insurer with this information including the written threat to sue; I expect they'll be in contact with this fool in short order.
| 1 | 11,129 | 1.5 |
3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe7i3w
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cwed3qz
| 1,445,916,139 | 1,445,930,620 | 11 | 13 |
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I feel bad for the pregnant girl with the black eye working together with this idiot, and the unborn child. That is a wild game to play while pregnant.
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3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwed3qz
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cwdxizh
| 1,445,930,620 | 1,445,900,085 | 13 | 10 |
I feel bad for the pregnant girl with the black eye working together with this idiot, and the unborn child. That is a wild game to play while pregnant.
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Contact your homeowner's insurer with this information including the written threat to sue; I expect they'll be in contact with this fool in short order.
| 1 | 30,535 | 1.3 |
3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwed3qz
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cwe66se
| 1,445,930,620 | 1,445,913,972 | 13 | 7 |
I feel bad for the pregnant girl with the black eye working together with this idiot, and the unborn child. That is a wild game to play while pregnant.
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Isn't the drainage ditch and part of the driveway (the part over the ditch) owned by the city?
| 1 | 16,648 | 1.857143 |
3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe7i3w
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cwdxizh
| 1,445,916,139 | 1,445,900,085 | 11 | 10 |
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Contact your homeowner's insurer with this information including the written threat to sue; I expect they'll be in contact with this fool in short order.
| 1 | 16,054 | 1.1 |
3qc2pf
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(Canada, Ontario) Former high school classmate "crashed" in my driveway, is demanding outrageous sums of money for damages. So this happened yesterday afternoon and I think that it has everything to do with the fact that my grandfather is giving me a lot of money. I just need to know how worried I should be about this guys claims and if I really am negligent in anything here. I'll apologize ahead of time for the length of this. Yesterday afternoon I was at home raking the yard with my girlfriend when we hear a fairly loud crash. I look and see that a car has crashed at the end of my driveway. I tell my girlfriend to call 911, duck inside to grab my first aid kit and rush out to see if the occupants were okay. Now I live pretty far out in the country and all the houses are pretty far back from the road. Basically it takes me a bit of time to run to the car (30 seconds or so). As I'm running it doesn't make sense to me how the car crashed. It's like it purposefully ran off the road and I worry that someone had an brain aneurysm or something while driving. I get there and there are two people in the car. A male driver, and a female passenger in the front. The driver is bleeding from his forehead but conscious and seemingly alert. It looks like he smashed it off the steering wheel since the airbags didn't deploy. The female passenger has a black eye for some reason but seems to be fine otherwise. I open the drivers door and ask them both if they are okay and tell the driver not to move his head in case he has a spinal injury. I probably should of said that to the passenger too but the blood made me focus entirely on the driver. As I'm saying this the driver fucking flips on me. He starts going off on how this is all my fault and how my driveway is unsafe and how he is going to sue me for this. The guy is goddamn livid and even though I told him to not move he tries to get out of the car. Now there is some background I should tell you about my driveway. Where I am there are large drainage ditches dug alongside of the country road (They are about 3 feet deep and 12 feet wide). All the houses have a sort of bridge that you have to cross to get to their driveways. I've always been worried about driving off of it so I always stick neon orange reflective poles on the sides of this little bridge-like thing in autumn so I can tell where the driveway is on really snowy days in winter. There had been 4 up at the time of the crash (2 right by the road, and 2 closer to my house). To make it easier understand I drew it out in paint. Even though I'm pleading with the guy to not move he removes his seat-belt and gets out of the car. He is calling me every name in the book and going on about how he was trying to turn around and my unsafe driveway caused him to crash. He's going on about how his car doesn't have insurance (which by law you need in Ontario) and how he needs the car for work and how now I need to buy him a new car. This car in question was a rusty old cavalier, probably a 1995. I'm completely taken aback by this, I went out trying to help someone and now this guy is demanding I pay for everything under the sun. I tell him to calm down and that he really shouldn't move because of the accident. I tell him that we already called 911 and that help was on the way. "Did you fucking call the cops!?" He got red in the face and I thought for sure he was going to attack me. He completely flipped out and pushed me hard a couple times and we started yelling at each other. I didn't touch him at all though. With all the yelling and him acting aggressively, which involved him stepping up to me and asking me if I want to fight while holding his neck because I assume it hurts I didn't notice the cop coming down the road but he did. He drops down and starts wailing about how much it hurts and how I attacked him for crashing his car. He is begging and pleading for help which the cop hears and takes to mean I had just been attacking him. Blood + guy on the ground crying for help while I'm standing above him doesn't look good for me. My face gets intimate with the gravel and I get cuffed. Long story short what happened next was the cop is talking to the guy and trying to give first aid. The fire department and an ambulance get there and the female passenger breaks into hysterics about how she was pregnant and my unsafe driveway might have killed her baby. Seriously, she was calm but conscious before more people showed up (though she told the cop later she was unconscious). My girlfriend is freaking out because I'm cuffed. some neighbors come over to say he guy was faking it, and generally there is a lot of yelling. It got pretty confusing but there was one thing I noticed. The general theme those two were going on about was how it was my driveways fault. Anyone who was there got told about it by either the driver or the passenger. The guy and the girl get taken to hospital and I narrowly avoid being arrested. Thankfully my neighbors across the street came out when they heard the noise, saw the guy menacing me, and were able to convince the police officers that I never laid a hand on the guy. In fact they made a point of mentioning the guys theatrics and how he was only "injured" when he saw the cruiser coming down the road. Today I get a Facebook message from the guy who was the driver of the car and he is demanding what adds up to millions from me. He goes on about how my property was unsafe and how the accident was entirely my fault because I didn't maintain the property. Seriously, Facebook, no lawyer was involved on his part so far. He also says that if I don't pay up "there will be consequences" and then he will sue me into oblivion (Yes, that exact order). His demands are so completely insane that I compiled a list; - New car of his choice (not replacement, brand new) ($?????) - Pain and suffering ($250,000) - He claims that he is going to miss work and I owe him for that ($1.7 million) - He also says that he can't work anymore because his neck hurts to I'll owe him for that too ($2.5 million) - Emotional trauma ($150,000 each for him and his girlfriend) - Apparently his passenger is his girlfriend and she is pregnant so I owe her a million for her and for the child - $100,000 for "causing trouble with the cops" Here is the thing, I never told him my name. I was cuffed by the cop and he was taken away by ambulance before I identified myself to the police officer. Plus we have 6 mutual friends, all from high school. I sent him the "I never told you my name" and he deleted his Facebook or blocked me (I did screenshot the message with his name and his profile before that so it's all there saved). I asked one of the mutual friends I'm pretty close with about the guy and he said that he was living in another major city about 2 hours away from me and had tried to shake him down for money in the past. Apparently he's been doing that with a few people and is even on disability for an injury at someplace he worked before. My Lawyer is on vacation until Wednesday so I figured I would get everyone's opinion here. What I want to ask is how at risk am I for being sued? I know he is being insane with his demands and that no judge in his right mind would give him as much as he was asking but from what I've said is my property unsafe? They redid the drainage ditch about 5 years ago (before I moved in) and there isn't a single pothole in my driveway. Did I do anything wrong by trying to help the guy? I opened the door because I wanted to make sure he was still breathing but should I have just waited for the ambulance? He moved himself but I'm worried that he might try to claim I moved him because we were sort of obscured by the ditch. I also would like to know what recourse I have against this guy. I don't need money but if he has been doing this to people for a while now what information can I give to the police that would help them to charge him? I'm 99% sure that the results of the investigation will clear me but should I try and contact the other people he allegedly did this sort of thing to and let them know about my situation so they could come forward? Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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cwe66se
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cwe7i3w
| 1,445,913,972 | 1,445,916,139 | 7 | 11 |
Isn't the drainage ditch and part of the driveway (the part over the ditch) owned by the city?
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zm8xwd
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legaladvice_train
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[GA] landlord not fixing plumbing. Rented a house for 2500 after 6 months now there is a large amount of sewage drainage every large rain, if I use the shower and flush the toilet sewage backs up my whole house smells. I can’t do laundry or sewage backs up. He doesn’t want to fix it because it will be at least 5500 and wants me to move out so he can raise the rent. What are my options?
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j0a7e77
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j09p0bl
| 1,671,077,726 | 1,671,069,234 | 22 | 2 |
I would encourage you to begin your search by reading the GA landlord tenant handbook. It is created by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs ( GA DCA) as a good primer for the rights and obligations of both landlords and tenants. https://www.dca.ga.gov/node/2945 You should then consult with a local tenants rights group. You will probably also want to have the county inspector come out and inspect the situation.
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I gave my intent to not return next year at the private school I currently work at. The director is demanding that I pay her back for $2000+ of training I received In August, I began working at a small, private Montessori school in Georgia. I was misled in the hiring process and ended up being a head teacher instead of an assistant teacher. I am paid minimum wage hourly for a full time position, but our school is only in session 3 weeks every month on average, which means I go one week every month without work. Financially, this has been extremely difficult on me for multiple personal reasons. When I was hired, I was told that I could shadow the school director for the school year, as I am not a Montessori certified teacher. A month into the school year, my shadowing had dropped off as the school director stopped teaching me how to teach Montessori lessons. She soon would be leaving for a 2-month leave due to a surgery, so I asked her what I should do, because I didn't have any experience with Montessori materials. I suggested that I receive schooling on Montessori certification so that my students could be learning something from me for the 2 months she would be gone. She agreed and I began a Montessori certification course immediately. As I have learned to teach specific lessons, I have begun to teach my students those students, but unfortunately, I know my students are not where they are suppose to be academically. I have asked for help repeatedly, but have received little to none. (Another reason why I am leaving.) I have tried my hardest to help my students academically by writing and teaching my own lessons and materials, which are not strictly Montessori based, but I feel it is better than nothing at all. The students shouldn't be suffering due to the director's unproffessionalism. On Friday, I gave my director my intent to not return for the next school year due to my financial needs and stated that I had another job lined up. She did not say much in response, but she did say that she would draw up a contract for me to pay her back for the $2000+ of training I have received. Firstly, I'm nowhere near being able to start paying for that. Secondly, I don't believe I should have to pay that back since it was necessary to complete the school year. If I hadn't begun the training, I would've just been babysitting my students. I need advice on what my response should be to her and what I need to do. None of my parents know what has happened this school year, but I can't afford to tell them that their children are not be taught the way they've been paying tuition for, because I know I'll lose my job, and the director will ruin my teaching reputation as well.
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ej9oygy
| 1,553,439,555 | 1,553,439,484 | 75 | 59 |
If you don't have a signed contract indicating you will repay the tuition, it's too late for her to force something retroactive. Check the employee policy book and see if there's anything in there that blanket covers tuition and reimbursement.
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First find the copy of any contracts you signed before beginning work or before beginning your Montessori training and read carefully. Do not sign ANYTHING else. She can draw up anything she likes, that doesn't mean you owe her anything
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b4x00f
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I gave my intent to not return next year at the private school I currently work at. The director is demanding that I pay her back for $2000+ of training I received In August, I began working at a small, private Montessori school in Georgia. I was misled in the hiring process and ended up being a head teacher instead of an assistant teacher. I am paid minimum wage hourly for a full time position, but our school is only in session 3 weeks every month on average, which means I go one week every month without work. Financially, this has been extremely difficult on me for multiple personal reasons. When I was hired, I was told that I could shadow the school director for the school year, as I am not a Montessori certified teacher. A month into the school year, my shadowing had dropped off as the school director stopped teaching me how to teach Montessori lessons. She soon would be leaving for a 2-month leave due to a surgery, so I asked her what I should do, because I didn't have any experience with Montessori materials. I suggested that I receive schooling on Montessori certification so that my students could be learning something from me for the 2 months she would be gone. She agreed and I began a Montessori certification course immediately. As I have learned to teach specific lessons, I have begun to teach my students those students, but unfortunately, I know my students are not where they are suppose to be academically. I have asked for help repeatedly, but have received little to none. (Another reason why I am leaving.) I have tried my hardest to help my students academically by writing and teaching my own lessons and materials, which are not strictly Montessori based, but I feel it is better than nothing at all. The students shouldn't be suffering due to the director's unproffessionalism. On Friday, I gave my director my intent to not return for the next school year due to my financial needs and stated that I had another job lined up. She did not say much in response, but she did say that she would draw up a contract for me to pay her back for the $2000+ of training I have received. Firstly, I'm nowhere near being able to start paying for that. Secondly, I don't believe I should have to pay that back since it was necessary to complete the school year. If I hadn't begun the training, I would've just been babysitting my students. I need advice on what my response should be to her and what I need to do. None of my parents know what has happened this school year, but I can't afford to tell them that their children are not be taught the way they've been paying tuition for, because I know I'll lose my job, and the director will ruin my teaching reputation as well.
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ej9p1v3
| 1,553,439,482 | 1,553,439,555 | 25 | 75 |
If their was no prior agreement for you to be responsible for training costs in casw of you leaving, you can likely tell them to pound sand. You don't have to sign anything they present to you.
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If you don't have a signed contract indicating you will repay the tuition, it's too late for her to force something retroactive. Check the employee policy book and see if there's anything in there that blanket covers tuition and reimbursement.
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b4x00f
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legaladvice_train
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I gave my intent to not return next year at the private school I currently work at. The director is demanding that I pay her back for $2000+ of training I received In August, I began working at a small, private Montessori school in Georgia. I was misled in the hiring process and ended up being a head teacher instead of an assistant teacher. I am paid minimum wage hourly for a full time position, but our school is only in session 3 weeks every month on average, which means I go one week every month without work. Financially, this has been extremely difficult on me for multiple personal reasons. When I was hired, I was told that I could shadow the school director for the school year, as I am not a Montessori certified teacher. A month into the school year, my shadowing had dropped off as the school director stopped teaching me how to teach Montessori lessons. She soon would be leaving for a 2-month leave due to a surgery, so I asked her what I should do, because I didn't have any experience with Montessori materials. I suggested that I receive schooling on Montessori certification so that my students could be learning something from me for the 2 months she would be gone. She agreed and I began a Montessori certification course immediately. As I have learned to teach specific lessons, I have begun to teach my students those students, but unfortunately, I know my students are not where they are suppose to be academically. I have asked for help repeatedly, but have received little to none. (Another reason why I am leaving.) I have tried my hardest to help my students academically by writing and teaching my own lessons and materials, which are not strictly Montessori based, but I feel it is better than nothing at all. The students shouldn't be suffering due to the director's unproffessionalism. On Friday, I gave my director my intent to not return for the next school year due to my financial needs and stated that I had another job lined up. She did not say much in response, but she did say that she would draw up a contract for me to pay her back for the $2000+ of training I have received. Firstly, I'm nowhere near being able to start paying for that. Secondly, I don't believe I should have to pay that back since it was necessary to complete the school year. If I hadn't begun the training, I would've just been babysitting my students. I need advice on what my response should be to her and what I need to do. None of my parents know what has happened this school year, but I can't afford to tell them that their children are not be taught the way they've been paying tuition for, because I know I'll lose my job, and the director will ruin my teaching reputation as well.
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ej9oyea
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ej9oygy
| 1,553,439,482 | 1,553,439,484 | 25 | 59 |
If their was no prior agreement for you to be responsible for training costs in casw of you leaving, you can likely tell them to pound sand. You don't have to sign anything they present to you.
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First find the copy of any contracts you signed before beginning work or before beginning your Montessori training and read carefully. Do not sign ANYTHING else. She can draw up anything she likes, that doesn't mean you owe her anything
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I got in a car crash and now my loan company for my car is demanding the remaining balance on the loan. They sent me 2 letters, 1 saying I don't owe any money and one saying I owe ~$4000. Are they allowed to demand the balance due and cancel the payment plan? This is the contract I signed. https://www.ouc.com/docs/rebates/ev\_example\_retail\_installment\_sale\_contract.pdf?sfvrsn=825363cc\_2 Can they unilaterally cancel the payment plan and demand the amount due? Is the letter they sent me saying I don't owe them any money binding?
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iilcvs6
| 1,659,417,954 | 1,659,407,357 | 59 | 18 |
Yeah that's how it works. Sorry it sucks but you owed more then the car was worth. This is what GAP insurance is for. It's particularly useful for purchasing an older vehicle or when you have a long loan term. What you can do though is petition the insurance company to pay out more. They probably won't add an extra $4k but they might add something. Especially with this dumb market. When they paid the claim out they sent you (or its available online) a list of comparable vehicles forsale near you. What they pay out is partially based on that list of comps. Look it over. Sometimes the comps won't have the same features or trim level. You need to convince them that the amount paid out was not enough to make you whole. Be nice but firm with the adjuster. Being a dick won't get you anywhere.
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Did insurance cover the damages to the vehicle? Is the vehicle drive-able/repair-able, or is it totaled?
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wdzkzl
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legaladvice_train
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I got in a car crash and now my loan company for my car is demanding the remaining balance on the loan. They sent me 2 letters, 1 saying I don't owe any money and one saying I owe ~$4000. Are they allowed to demand the balance due and cancel the payment plan? This is the contract I signed. https://www.ouc.com/docs/rebates/ev\_example\_retail\_installment\_sale\_contract.pdf?sfvrsn=825363cc\_2 Can they unilaterally cancel the payment plan and demand the amount due? Is the letter they sent me saying I don't owe them any money binding?
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iinrdfb
| 1,659,473,105 | 1,659,456,850 | 9 | 8 |
I cannot stress this enough, always, always ALWAYS put GAP on your car incase this happens. Without it, you have to pay the lump sum of what it still owed on the vehicle. You may be able to call them and redo a repayment plan, or talk to a local bank and secure a loan that you can then make payments on that way.
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Unfortunatly that's how it works. You can try and work with the bank or a credit union to role the remaining balance into a new loan. My brother had to do this once after his car was stolen and later found totaled in a chop shop. He got a personal loan for a new vehicle and rolled the remaining balance from the other car loan into it. It took forever to pay off, but he didn't have $6000 laying around so it was the best he could do.
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wdzkzl
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legaladvice_train
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I got in a car crash and now my loan company for my car is demanding the remaining balance on the loan. They sent me 2 letters, 1 saying I don't owe any money and one saying I owe ~$4000. Are they allowed to demand the balance due and cancel the payment plan? This is the contract I signed. https://www.ouc.com/docs/rebates/ev\_example\_retail\_installment\_sale\_contract.pdf?sfvrsn=825363cc\_2 Can they unilaterally cancel the payment plan and demand the amount due? Is the letter they sent me saying I don't owe them any money binding?
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iioypr0
| 1,659,418,193 | 1,659,473,105 | 7 | 9 |
You were upside down on the loan and if you did not have GAP insurance you owe the balance, There is nothing you can do here but pay the money
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I cannot stress this enough, always, always ALWAYS put GAP on your car incase this happens. Without it, you have to pay the lump sum of what it still owed on the vehicle. You may be able to call them and redo a repayment plan, or talk to a local bank and secure a loan that you can then make payments on that way.
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wdzkzl
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legaladvice_train
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I got in a car crash and now my loan company for my car is demanding the remaining balance on the loan. They sent me 2 letters, 1 saying I don't owe any money and one saying I owe ~$4000. Are they allowed to demand the balance due and cancel the payment plan? This is the contract I signed. https://www.ouc.com/docs/rebates/ev\_example\_retail\_installment\_sale\_contract.pdf?sfvrsn=825363cc\_2 Can they unilaterally cancel the payment plan and demand the amount due? Is the letter they sent me saying I don't owe them any money binding?
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iinrdfb
| 1,659,459,101 | 1,659,456,850 | 9 | 8 |
You owe it no question. The only thing that may help is if you took the loan out through a bank or credit union they may allow you to turn that amount into a personal loan if you qualify. You'll have a higher interest rate because there's no longer collateral securing the loan. But you won't have to pay it all today. If its with a dealership etc if you qualify you can also try and take out a personal loan at your bank to cover it and pay it off over a year or two as opposed to today if you don't have it. If you don't qualify then I'm afraid you owe it all now or they'll begin collections against you. Next vehicle loan you get PLEASE get GAP insurance. Its usually a few hundred rolled into your loan and it takes care of exactly this situation. Had you had it they'd have paid off the extra $$ at no cost to you. Source: Loan officer at a credit union for over a decade
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Unfortunatly that's how it works. You can try and work with the bank or a credit union to role the remaining balance into a new loan. My brother had to do this once after his car was stolen and later found totaled in a chop shop. He got a personal loan for a new vehicle and rolled the remaining balance from the other car loan into it. It took forever to pay off, but he didn't have $6000 laying around so it was the best he could do.
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wdzkzl
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legaladvice_train
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I got in a car crash and now my loan company for my car is demanding the remaining balance on the loan. They sent me 2 letters, 1 saying I don't owe any money and one saying I owe ~$4000. Are they allowed to demand the balance due and cancel the payment plan? This is the contract I signed. https://www.ouc.com/docs/rebates/ev\_example\_retail\_installment\_sale\_contract.pdf?sfvrsn=825363cc\_2 Can they unilaterally cancel the payment plan and demand the amount due? Is the letter they sent me saying I don't owe them any money binding?
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iinrdfb
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iilwoxq
| 1,659,456,850 | 1,659,418,193 | 8 | 7 |
Unfortunatly that's how it works. You can try and work with the bank or a credit union to role the remaining balance into a new loan. My brother had to do this once after his car was stolen and later found totaled in a chop shop. He got a personal loan for a new vehicle and rolled the remaining balance from the other car loan into it. It took forever to pay off, but he didn't have $6000 laying around so it was the best he could do.
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You were upside down on the loan and if you did not have GAP insurance you owe the balance, There is nothing you can do here but pay the money
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wdzkzl
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legaladvice_train
| 0.95 |
I got in a car crash and now my loan company for my car is demanding the remaining balance on the loan. They sent me 2 letters, 1 saying I don't owe any money and one saying I owe ~$4000. Are they allowed to demand the balance due and cancel the payment plan? This is the contract I signed. https://www.ouc.com/docs/rebates/ev\_example\_retail\_installment\_sale\_contract.pdf?sfvrsn=825363cc\_2 Can they unilaterally cancel the payment plan and demand the amount due? Is the letter they sent me saying I don't owe them any money binding?
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iilwoxq
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iinxl2j
| 1,659,418,193 | 1,659,459,101 | 7 | 9 |
You were upside down on the loan and if you did not have GAP insurance you owe the balance, There is nothing you can do here but pay the money
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You owe it no question. The only thing that may help is if you took the loan out through a bank or credit union they may allow you to turn that amount into a personal loan if you qualify. You'll have a higher interest rate because there's no longer collateral securing the loan. But you won't have to pay it all today. If its with a dealership etc if you qualify you can also try and take out a personal loan at your bank to cover it and pay it off over a year or two as opposed to today if you don't have it. If you don't qualify then I'm afraid you owe it all now or they'll begin collections against you. Next vehicle loan you get PLEASE get GAP insurance. Its usually a few hundred rolled into your loan and it takes care of exactly this situation. Had you had it they'd have paid off the extra $$ at no cost to you. Source: Loan officer at a credit union for over a decade
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(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0abdto
| 1,647,036,078 | 1,647,030,932 | 310 | 220 |
Not a lawyer I wouldn’t sue but I would get in writing that management offered to reimburse you along with the deletion of footage in the time frame. Then I would see if there is anyone you could report the whole hotel too. I have a gut feeling that this isn’t the first time this has happened considering on how management reacted, and the missing security footage.
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I'd take the hotel's offer, frankly, because they don't owe you anything. If you were to sue anyone, you'd sue the person who actually wronged you, which is the front desk clerk, not the hotel. You might ask them to cover any overdraft fees, but they may say no to that.
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(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0atssf
| 1,647,037,192 | 1,647,038,558 | 6 | 163 |
To Sue, you'd have to have much more serious damages like your card was cut off and it specifically ended up costing you a bunch of money for some reason. If that was a case you would probably be better off just asking them to compensate you for it which they would be smart to do . If it were a huge amount and it really messed things up for you you probably could sue for emotional distress, but just a little bit of stress is probably not enough. I would probably want to have my cost of the hotel refunded as well as the charge taken off my card. I wouldn't even turn down another weekend stay at one of their hotels or something like that. They can give away stuff like that because it doesn't cost them much but you can benefit a lot so maybe try to see what you can get
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You have been reimbursed by your bank, and the hotel is offering you additional compensation. Take it. I imagine you could probably get a few free nights good at that hotel chain if you pushed. Other than that though, no, there’s no realistic lawsuit here.
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tbzbvj
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legaladvice_train
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(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0b8kyb
| 1,647,049,283 | 1,647,045,392 | 23 | 14 |
I've worked in the hotel industry for 5+ years in Guest services/front desk. If it seems like the manager didn't seem to care very much, go up the ladder and report them to corporate if the hotel is part of a major chain (Don't ask them for their corporate number, just look it up yourself) and report what happened. It's not going to be easy to find out on the customer facing side, but you can also check to see if the hotel is of the brand or if it is franchised. If it's a franchise, you get the benefit of making a report to the management company as well as corporate. Hotel employees are privy to sensitive information like card information all the time and it is a fireable offense to steal a guest's card information and misuse it.
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Did you make sure to get a new card and account number?
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tbzbvj
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legaladvice_train
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(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0bgev5
| 1,647,046,570 | 1,647,049,283 | 12 | 23 |
As another person said, make sure your bank invalidates your current card and issues you a new one. Aside from the fact that this person committed a crime and made an online purchase via what amounts to identity theft, there is zero reason any person at the front desk should have your actual card number these days. When they swipe your card at check-in, your card is tokenized in their billing system, and any payments that are charged to it are processed via a payments provider using that token. The fact that this person had your actual card info means that they probably took a picture of it when you weren't looking. If that's not the case, then it means the hotel itself has a policy of retaining your actual card info, which is then accessible by the staff, and that's not a place you should ever be doing business with.
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I've worked in the hotel industry for 5+ years in Guest services/front desk. If it seems like the manager didn't seem to care very much, go up the ladder and report them to corporate if the hotel is part of a major chain (Don't ask them for their corporate number, just look it up yourself) and report what happened. It's not going to be easy to find out on the customer facing side, but you can also check to see if the hotel is of the brand or if it is franchised. If it's a franchise, you get the benefit of making a report to the management company as well as corporate. Hotel employees are privy to sensitive information like card information all the time and it is a fireable offense to steal a guest's card information and misuse it.
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tbzbvj
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(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0b118u
| 1,647,049,283 | 1,647,041,799 | 23 | 9 |
I've worked in the hotel industry for 5+ years in Guest services/front desk. If it seems like the manager didn't seem to care very much, go up the ladder and report them to corporate if the hotel is part of a major chain (Don't ask them for their corporate number, just look it up yourself) and report what happened. It's not going to be easy to find out on the customer facing side, but you can also check to see if the hotel is of the brand or if it is franchised. If it's a franchise, you get the benefit of making a report to the management company as well as corporate. Hotel employees are privy to sensitive information like card information all the time and it is a fireable offense to steal a guest's card information and misuse it.
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Glad that the card issuer is handling this. In the future, never ever ever ever ever pay for anything using your primary debit card. Only ever use it for ATMs. Make sure you have a credit card or a separate bank account for regular purchases.
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tbzbvj
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(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0aqngi
| 1,647,049,283 | 1,647,037,192 | 23 | 6 |
I've worked in the hotel industry for 5+ years in Guest services/front desk. If it seems like the manager didn't seem to care very much, go up the ladder and report them to corporate if the hotel is part of a major chain (Don't ask them for their corporate number, just look it up yourself) and report what happened. It's not going to be easy to find out on the customer facing side, but you can also check to see if the hotel is of the brand or if it is franchised. If it's a franchise, you get the benefit of making a report to the management company as well as corporate. Hotel employees are privy to sensitive information like card information all the time and it is a fireable offense to steal a guest's card information and misuse it.
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To Sue, you'd have to have much more serious damages like your card was cut off and it specifically ended up costing you a bunch of money for some reason. If that was a case you would probably be better off just asking them to compensate you for it which they would be smart to do . If it were a huge amount and it really messed things up for you you probably could sue for emotional distress, but just a little bit of stress is probably not enough. I would probably want to have my cost of the hotel refunded as well as the charge taken off my card. I wouldn't even turn down another weekend stay at one of their hotels or something like that. They can give away stuff like that because it doesn't cost them much but you can benefit a lot so maybe try to see what you can get
| 1 | 12,091 | 3.833333 |
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legaladvice_train
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(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0b8kyb
| 1,647,041,799 | 1,647,045,392 | 9 | 14 |
Glad that the card issuer is handling this. In the future, never ever ever ever ever pay for anything using your primary debit card. Only ever use it for ATMs. Make sure you have a credit card or a separate bank account for regular purchases.
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Did you make sure to get a new card and account number?
| 0 | 3,593 | 1.555556 |
tbzbvj
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0b8kyb
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i0aqngi
| 1,647,045,392 | 1,647,037,192 | 14 | 6 |
Did you make sure to get a new card and account number?
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To Sue, you'd have to have much more serious damages like your card was cut off and it specifically ended up costing you a bunch of money for some reason. If that was a case you would probably be better off just asking them to compensate you for it which they would be smart to do . If it were a huge amount and it really messed things up for you you probably could sue for emotional distress, but just a little bit of stress is probably not enough. I would probably want to have my cost of the hotel refunded as well as the charge taken off my card. I wouldn't even turn down another weekend stay at one of their hotels or something like that. They can give away stuff like that because it doesn't cost them much but you can benefit a lot so maybe try to see what you can get
| 1 | 8,200 | 2.333333 |
tbzbvj
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0bayon
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i0b118u
| 1,647,046,570 | 1,647,041,799 | 12 | 9 |
As another person said, make sure your bank invalidates your current card and issues you a new one. Aside from the fact that this person committed a crime and made an online purchase via what amounts to identity theft, there is zero reason any person at the front desk should have your actual card number these days. When they swipe your card at check-in, your card is tokenized in their billing system, and any payments that are charged to it are processed via a payments provider using that token. The fact that this person had your actual card info means that they probably took a picture of it when you weren't looking. If that's not the case, then it means the hotel itself has a policy of retaining your actual card info, which is then accessible by the staff, and that's not a place you should ever be doing business with.
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Glad that the card issuer is handling this. In the future, never ever ever ever ever pay for anything using your primary debit card. Only ever use it for ATMs. Make sure you have a credit card or a separate bank account for regular purchases.
| 1 | 4,771 | 1.333333 |
tbzbvj
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0aqngi
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i0bayon
| 1,647,037,192 | 1,647,046,570 | 6 | 12 |
To Sue, you'd have to have much more serious damages like your card was cut off and it specifically ended up costing you a bunch of money for some reason. If that was a case you would probably be better off just asking them to compensate you for it which they would be smart to do . If it were a huge amount and it really messed things up for you you probably could sue for emotional distress, but just a little bit of stress is probably not enough. I would probably want to have my cost of the hotel refunded as well as the charge taken off my card. I wouldn't even turn down another weekend stay at one of their hotels or something like that. They can give away stuff like that because it doesn't cost them much but you can benefit a lot so maybe try to see what you can get
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As another person said, make sure your bank invalidates your current card and issues you a new one. Aside from the fact that this person committed a crime and made an online purchase via what amounts to identity theft, there is zero reason any person at the front desk should have your actual card number these days. When they swipe your card at check-in, your card is tokenized in their billing system, and any payments that are charged to it are processed via a payments provider using that token. The fact that this person had your actual card info means that they probably took a picture of it when you weren't looking. If that's not the case, then it means the hotel itself has a policy of retaining your actual card info, which is then accessible by the staff, and that's not a place you should ever be doing business with.
| 0 | 9,378 | 2 |
tbzbvj
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0aqngi
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i0b118u
| 1,647,037,192 | 1,647,041,799 | 6 | 9 |
To Sue, you'd have to have much more serious damages like your card was cut off and it specifically ended up costing you a bunch of money for some reason. If that was a case you would probably be better off just asking them to compensate you for it which they would be smart to do . If it were a huge amount and it really messed things up for you you probably could sue for emotional distress, but just a little bit of stress is probably not enough. I would probably want to have my cost of the hotel refunded as well as the charge taken off my card. I wouldn't even turn down another weekend stay at one of their hotels or something like that. They can give away stuff like that because it doesn't cost them much but you can benefit a lot so maybe try to see what you can get
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Glad that the card issuer is handling this. In the future, never ever ever ever ever pay for anything using your primary debit card. Only ever use it for ATMs. Make sure you have a credit card or a separate bank account for regular purchases.
| 0 | 4,607 | 1.5 |
tbzbvj
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legaladvice_train
| 0.97 |
(SC)Hotel check-in clerk used my debit card to order $132 from door dash. Checked into a hotel in South Carolina and the guy at the front desk stole my card information and purchased $132 worth of door dash. Proof it was him, the restaurant was a local mom and pop restaurant, police questioned and the footage was deleted from only that time frame, he admitted he door dashed from that restaurant but with his “own card” but couldn’t find the receipt. The police are subpoenaing DD to receive the transaction information for complete confirmation but we both agreed it was obviously him. I already filed a police report against the clerk, but no arrest was made yet. Can I sue him or the hotel for this? I traveled 500+ miles from home to attend a military graduation and this resulted in me overdrawing my account and my card getting shut off. Also, I checked in at 4pm and the order was placed at 5pm with me still in the hotel. The guy denied that he did it the whole time. I spoke to the manager and he offered to reimburse me for the food but didn’t seem to care much.
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i0aqngi
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i0bme5a
| 1,647,037,192 | 1,647,052,316 | 6 | 7 |
To Sue, you'd have to have much more serious damages like your card was cut off and it specifically ended up costing you a bunch of money for some reason. If that was a case you would probably be better off just asking them to compensate you for it which they would be smart to do . If it were a huge amount and it really messed things up for you you probably could sue for emotional distress, but just a little bit of stress is probably not enough. I would probably want to have my cost of the hotel refunded as well as the charge taken off my card. I wouldn't even turn down another weekend stay at one of their hotels or something like that. They can give away stuff like that because it doesn't cost them much but you can benefit a lot so maybe try to see what you can get
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I would recommend only using a credit card. Lot more protections than debit card and they can’t wipe out your checking account.
| 0 | 15,124 | 1.166667 |
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