r/legaladvice

Location: ontario

A company I worked for provided breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The company was also completely aware of my allergy and how severe it is. Occasionally things with peanuts/ nuts would be served so I would double check with the chef what i was able to safely eat. One morning I was double checking a specific food item and asked the chef is there any peanuts/nuts in the protein balls. He assured me there was none in the protein balls and even went further to say everything out is safe for me to eat as nothing contains peanuts/ nuts. I took a bite of a protein ball and immediately felt off so I went to the chef to double check. Again he assured me everything was safe and the half protein ball i had in my hand was peanut free. A coworker overheard me asking and said it tastes a lot like peanut butter which is when the chef changes his mind and says oh there might be peanut butter in it but there shouldn't be and he didnt make them. I ended up having really bad anaphylaxis with 2 of my own epi pens and 3 more higher dose ones in the ambulance. I was so close to dying before the ambulance showed up that my coworker actually thought I did die as I was blue and she couldn't find my pulse. I had also said to my coworker Im not going to make it to the ambulance. It took the ambulance a half hour to get to me and then I was in the ambulance for a half hour before I was stable enough for them to start driving. 1 year later I still have ptsd, can I sue the company for negligence? I thought about suing the chef but he died a couple months after the incident.

I paid for insurance for a Slingshot (3 wheeled motorcycle) that I rented in Birmingham, Alabama. My insurance company does not cover slingshots because they are considered motorcycles. The company failed to renew their tags and I got pulled over. The officer ran the plates and found out there was no insurance coverage and I got ticketed for operating a vehicle without insurance. I told the company about this and they refunded my money and told me they’ll take care of this and sent me their proof of insurance. I called their agent, but she said that the policy expired and so there was no insurance on that day.

So what do I do? Driving without insurance is a misdemeanor in Alabama and I made every effort to be covered but was screwed by the company.

Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Location: Colorado

For reference, I am a 39 year old female with a full-time teaching job and a master’s degree. I am also a homeowner and single but the mother of 2 amazing sons. I have never been convicted of a crime or have any health diagnoses that affect my ability to take care of myself (just anxiety and depression but not severe).

I have been having some financial issues lately that I recently came clean about to my mother. I missed a mortgage payment and was struggling with some bills. I have a second job in catering but recently stopped getting offers to work so I’m looking for something new.

Anyway, I am beyond baffled because my mom just told me that her, my step-dad and my ex-husband want to put me on a conservatorship because of my money troubles. To be clear, this is the first time I have struggled with my finances and I haven’t even asked for help.

Would any judge in the world allow this to happen. I am downright refusing as I believe they are being absurd and I have never even asked them for money. I can’t think straight because I am so upset that my mother would even suggest that.

Any advice is appreciated.

Location: Alabama, USA

Came into work today to find out there has been no running water in the entire facility of over 150 employees (potentially even 200+, I don't know the exact number) for 2 days. No way to get water other than if we had brought our own, and even then we can't refill a bottle anyways.

All of the toilets are down and we have to fill buckets with water from large metal drums and dump them in the reservoir to be able to flush. There is no clean water to wash our hands with afterwards because all of the water drums are being utilized for flushing, they have been contaminated by the buckets. Most of us are just holding it in for our 12 hour shifts til we go home since we have no way to wash our hands after we use the bathroom.

I'm not sure how legal this is but I assume at minimum it has to be some kind of OSHA violation. I am looking for advice on what I should do in this situation? Doesn't sound like the water is going to come back any time soon and most people here are pretty pissed.

Location: Iowa city, Iowa

My son is 5 years old, learning English and Spanish and struggles with speech delay. During December, January, February I did not send him to school many days because he was getting bullied and the kids who speak well always blamed my son. They would throw snow in his clothes, send him home all wet and cold and upset. Kick his legs, kick his privates, push him, shove him, take his lunch. I expressed my concerns to the teacher all she would say is she didn’t notice anything. The situation continued throughout January nearly a month later was when my son confessed everything to me. Until I came rough towards the teacher and mean was until she spoke to My son. The principal would refuse to look at cameras unless he had a date and an exact time. At the truancy meeting I expressed concerns, they would always say they never saw anything weird or course.

Now I’m scared, to go to jail. My citation is on the 16th at 8am. I’m currently 5 months pregnant so I’m scared and terrified, ever since the school fixed the issue my son has only missed 3-4 days of school this whole semester. He goes everyday, I do send him in late as I work all the way in cedar rápids 12 hour shifts and get home very late and I don’t have help or support at the moment to take him on time everyday to school.

Location: Austin TX

I have a 14 month old daughter. I am an immigrant on h1b work visa and my husband is GC holder. What are my options. I don’t know what to do. I live in Austin TX . My daughter is a US citizen. I don’t have visible marks on my body. I have been preparing for a divorce but I’m nowhere ready. The fight happened because he refused to sponsor GC for me and also something about me not doing dishes last night. It was all verbal but he lost control and hit me in front of my daughter. This is not the environment I want to raise a girl. I don’t want to model this kind of a marriage.

What are my options I don’t want to press charges. But my lawyer told me keeping the police informed or some way to record the incident would help me later in securing child custody , immigration etc.

This is the not the first time he has hit me. This is the 3rd time. I did not press charges before this. I do not have proof of visible marks. I can’t believe am typing this. But when I consulted a law office before she told me to always record incidents and have proof for this

Someone suggested VAWA. That means I have to file a police report for proof. I can do that but that mean he might get deported. Which means he just won’t be a part of the child’s future. He is a good father. Terrible husband but good father. I don’t know if I want to do that. Also if he is out of the country it means I can’t get child support as well. .

Location: California

Age: 17

Status: Foster youth

Hi. Before I get into what happened, here's some context. For the past two to three years I've dressed in a certain manner. A little revealing, but nothing crazy. Just crop tops, teen stuff. Never once have I been dress-coded, nobody has ever said they're uncomfortable with the way I dressed, anything like that aside from strangers calling me names.

Three months ago I was placed into the system at almost freshly 17. In these past three months I've continued to dress as I please. This was not an issue for my foster parent, my new school, or anyone in my life until Tuesday this week. A worker from the agency wanted to talk to me and my brother about things at home, a routine check-in. But when I came inside from my walk she told me not to dress that way when at the park as it is "dangerous" (We live in very safe suburbs by the way). I told her I could handle myself but that I'd change for her sake.

Fast forward maybe two days, I get the following text message from my social worker.

"I received an email from the FFA social workers regarding your clothing attire being too revealing and almost exposing your breasts.

It is appropriate to dress like that when others aren't present. For example when you sleep. However, it is not okay to Be out in public where others can see you almost naked. It's not socially acceptable because Ppl don't want to see others half naked. You're violating their rights by exposing them to that. And since your a minor [misspelling of foster moms name] will get in trouble.

Once you're 18 if you wish to dress that way, it's your call. Just keep in mind, that it only takes one call to the police complaining about "indecent exposure " and the cops take you to jail."

I have a few concerns with this message of course!

1. How am I violating people's rights by expressing my own right to wear clothing on my body that is comfortable?

2. The spelling.

3. I've grown up surrounded by cops who know how I dress and never once has their been an issue with my attire in any way. I don't think they can arrest me over a crop top, and I'm too old to be fooled by the "if you misbehave the cops will take you to jail" tactic.

4. I see the people at the agency very rarely. If they have such a big issue with the way I dress, they can simply ask me to wear a baggy shirt at the office (as a t shirt in my size is still revealing), instead of trying to intimidate me with threats of my foster mother getting in trouble and me going to jail.

Is this appropriate to say to a teenager? Or for a social worker and FFA agency to try to dictate the way I dress when I'm not breaking any rules, and try to intimidate me with legal action?

What do I do?

I have a 2 bedroom apartment i share with my husband and kids. My best friend came to stay a few months back and never left. She ultimately started dating a guy who got kicked out of his home he came to stay here too. They broke up yesterday beyond repair he was cheating! Do I have to get an eviction notice for him or do I have to let him stay and crash on my couch? She asked him to leave and he agreed but now hes telling me he has no money and no where to go what do I legally have to do here. Neither are on the lease. It was a short term verbal agreement that they were here supposed to be moving this month. What can I do here Location: ky

My landlord gave me my mail today and I noticed she opened one of my financial statements and she wrote “sorry” on the envelope.

Every year she’s always hounding me about increasing the rent and one year she said “ you can increase it to whatever you want. Just take a look at how much everybody else is paying in the area.” which would’ve been a few hundred dollars, which is illegal as I am in British Columbia Canada.

During COVID-19, she increased the rent by $100 when we had a rent freeze.

She’s been hounding me every single year to increase to rent illegally and she even did that last year! Suddenly, the Wi-Fi that had always been included in my rental agreement was not included anymore and I had to pay an extra $98 for that

Keep in mind no letter was presented. No official notice. No nothing.

I abided by it because I work from home and I didn’t have time to even consider setting that up myself. I was also afraid to lose my place during COVID-19 as I had just lost my mother and I wasn’t in the right mental space to make decisions or vouch for myself in any way. To be honest, I think she just took advantage of me and my mental state at that time as I was grieving for my mother and I didn’t want to be homeless obviously.

Backstory… I’ve been here for 13 maybe 14 years and my rent is definitely amazing! I know I shouldn’t complain. I should just abide but now you’re opening my statements… Why? You don’t even bank there? I pay my rent by checks and I can confirm that she does not bank where I bank at all.

I’m not sure what to do. I really don’t want to go through all the drama of this if I report this to the rental board, but I know something needs to be done as this is going way too far and now my sin number is compromise, cause God only knows what they can do with it.

Location: British Columbia Canada

I’m located in WA, my ex is in Texas. Location: Washington

Recently, my ex was in possession of a car that I own, in my name. My ex

‘S name is not on the car anywhere.

My ex has been concealing the location of the car from me, hiding it out of state, and refusing my requests to return, or even tell me its location so I can properly insure it, and comply with the terms of my loan.

My ex sought a restraining order, I’m not sure on what grounds as I have not said or done anything even mildly aggressive, rude, etc.

they did allege that I damaged their property and stole a gun from them. I have not seen them in over 7 months. These claims are baseless and cannot be proven.

Recently, I was able to find the location of the car and I had a tow pick it up. My ex of course called me. I explained where the car was located and how they could retrieve their possessions inside.

They then told me they had gotten a restraining order against me. I immediately hung up the phone.

They have been literally blowing up my phone and texting now.

I need to know if there is an order against me, this could affect my professional license as I am a mental health professional licensed by the state.

It’s not very bright of me but I do want to take her calls and try to ease some of her worries.

My question is, how do I find if this order exists? Or even in what jurisdiction? I have tried to search my state court website, the only thing that comes up is our divorce.

I actually thought to get an order against her a few months ago due to her escalating behavior and baseless threats, and accusations, but I felt bad.

Any insight would be very appreciated.

Location: Florida, USA.

I work at a fast food chain, I typically am asked to clock in a few minutes early and leave a few minutes late everyday (I usually have to wait for a manager to log me out of the register). A few days ago I asked a coworker to check my hours because i didn't want to do the math to calculate my hours, As we were doing this I noticed one of my shifts clock out times was 3:00pm which i found odd because it's usually got a minute or two after. looking at the day shows it was edited to three, and the reason being listed as "No punch out".

When you clock out at my work it automatically prints a receipt with your name, clock in and out times, the date, and the total hours, minutes, and seconds that shift. My receipt for that day is listed as 4:08pm.

On that day, I was supposed to clock out at 3:00PM, however I usually work until 4:00pm so I didn't think to check the schedule. I worked until four and clocked out like usual without any manager saying a thing, however the next day I found out some managers were angry I stayed that long

I added up all the hours and calculated that my total hours for the week is short if you go off of my clock out receipt time.

TLDR: I accidentally stayed an hour extra at work. They changed my hours to the time I was supposed to leave and the reason was listed as "No punch out" Even though I have the clock out slip and worked the hour.

Am I entitled to that pay? I thought it was illegal but I don't want to say anything if its not?

Location: Oklahoma. Married 3 years. I’m the sole income earner at roughly $120k a year, work remotely from home, and pay all rent on our house.

Today my wife came to the house with her parents and told me she wants a separation. Before coming over, she and her parents spoke with a lawyer friend, and based on that advice, her father began recording the conversation as soon as they sat down. I was told it was being recorded but was not asked for consent.

She asked me to leave the house so she and our two-month-old son could stay in what she called a stable environment. I refused. I told her I didn’t want to leave, I didn’t want her to leave, and I wanted to work on our marriage through counseling. She refused counseling and said “this is happening, this is not your decision.”

After I refused to leave, she packed up her personal belongings with her parents’ help, took our son, took our only vehicle which is in her name, and left to stay at her parents’ house. I’m now sitting in the house with no car and no access to my son. He’s two months old and breastfeeding.

My main concerns are whether her father recording that conversation was legal in Oklahoma and whether it could be used against me, and whether I was right to refuse to leave the house or if that could hurt me. I’m calling a family law attorney first thing tomorrow.

location: Illinois

hello, my ex (30 m) and me (28 f) have 3 kids together. he has his parenting time on the weekend starting Friday at 5 pm and ending Sunday at 8 pm. I am required to take them and pick them up.

we are currently going through a divorce and he lawyered up. we got sent to mediation, and now once everything was gonna get finalized, he wants to change the parenting plan to every other weekend, giving me no time to work. his lawyer sent me the parenting plan and I have refused to sign it because I need to work too.

he also went as far as to put a restraining order on my current boyfriend to keep him from taking them. I just don't understand cause it all came out of nowhere. we already went to mediation and he was adamant on taking them on the weekend. now it's a problem and he doesn't want to take them anymore unless it's every other weekend. which saddens me for our kids. now we have a pre-trial and a trial this summer...

has anyone else been in this situation? I don't have a lawyer and I'm documenting everything. it just feels like an uphill battle. thank you for reading if you made it this far

Location: Sacramento

I quit drinking soda and energy drinks a few months ago. I havent had alcohol in years. I replaced my old habit with drinking sparkling apple cider that comes in small glass bottles. The bottles look similar to beer bottles which I think is what caused this whole situation.

This morning I was walking to my car from my apartment holding one of these bottles. My neighbors came up behind me. One of them started punching and kicking me while yelling about how I had the nerve to drink and drive. The other one was blocking me from getting away.

My bottle shattered and cut my hand. My phone screen is destroyed. I think my nose might be fractured. The whole time they kept saying they were protecting the community and doing their duty.

When I finally got them to stop and explained it was apple juice not beer they didnt apologize. They just said they stand by what they did because they thought they were doing the right thing.

I called the cops and theyre on the way. Several neighbors came outside and are giving witness statements.

I want to know what my legal options are. Can I press charges for assault. Can I sue for my medical bills and damaged property. They didnt even check what I was drinking before attacking me.

Any advice appreciated.

Location: Utah, Salt Lake County

Hi everyone, my mom passed away on Monday.

She fought issues with drugs and alcohol. She has no assets, money in the bank, etc.

My siblings and I would like to go in her apartment and gather some of her things to keep, but we do not want to take on responsibility of the apartment.

The complex is asking us to sign an Indemnification Agreement, which I believe would make us liable for damages, cleaning and removing her items/trash, this months missed rent, and anything else they can charge us for. They’re also asking for documents proving power of attorney, but we never did anything like this with my mom.

Does anyone know what my options are or if we must sign this to just go in and grab a few items? I’ve tried looking online, but I’m finding conflicting information.

Thanks in advance.

I’ll try to keep this short but I lived there from 2019-2025. Location: Kentucky, USA

Pertinent info:

My wife and I moved out of an apartment 8 months ago to buy a house. We left a forwarding address. We are just now hearing back from the company that we owe them $3k. They are communicating this via text message AI and automated calls. All attempts to contact the company are met with voicemail.

From what I understand, they had 30 days to give us an itemized list of deductions and fees, which they did not do. We have proof via email that we left a forwarding address. They clearly have our phone numbers. What can I do moving forward? I don’t know what we would owe besides maybe back rent, but that wouldn’t be $3k. When we told them we were moving, there was a surprise inspection (illegal) and suddenly we were served a fix or quit for our cat’s litter box that had never been an issue previously. It was blatant retaliation.

Longer info:

My wife and I are a lesbian couple and the manager was (in my opinion) homophobic and would constantly find ways to be negligent in their dealings with us.

For example: our neighbor flooded our apartment in 2023. Our apartment was uninhabitable. It took several calls with corporate and our apartment insurance and three weeks to get us into a new unit despite the flooding not being our fault. Our neighbor’s child left the faucet on all day. This neighbor also apparently had roaches and they flooded our apartment also when the ceiling collapsed. We accidentally brought them with us to the new unit and we had to fight with them to get any pest control.

Example two: a neighbor’s boyfriend became belligerently drunk and threatened us for being “queers”. He threatened to kill us. It took a police report and multiple calls to corporate for any action to be taken, even a slap on the wrist for the neighbor.

I’m pretty sure that this is just another example of them trying to retaliate against us for asking them for proper living conditions.

Again, my questions are: how do I contact them if all I can get are chat bots or voicemails and they don’t respond to my emails? Legally, what are my obligations? Legally, what are their obligations? Is there anything I can do to be proactive? Thanks

Not sure if this is a good place to ask, but here’s what happened:

I’m a courier. A customer ordered a parcel and it was delivered to the wrong locked mailbox at their complex by one of our other couriers yesterday.

Rightfully, the customer was mad, but called the office 5 times to confirm that the parcel would be moved to the correct box. We were short staffed. I worked a double to cover the shift that would have dealt with the issue after completing my own work.

I moved the parcel to the correct box, and carried on with my day. Our supervisor informed the customer the package was moved.

Fast forward 2 hours, and I am arriving back at the office in my work truck. There’s a car I don’t recognize in the lot, and it is now after hours, so just me and them. I assumed it was the cleaners, as they come around the time I arrived back.

I open my truck door and the guy says “where’s my package”. I instantly know who he is now. I explain everything. That this isn’t my area, but I’m covering for a sick colleague, that the parcel was moved, etc etc. he tells me that I’m going to drive back with him get the parcel. Honestly, if he wasn’t being so agro, I probably would have. But he was being a dick, it’s was 7pm the day before Easter weekend, so I said I’m sorry, I can’t do that. I’ve already been working 12 hours and he can call the head office to file a complaint.

Dude LOSES it. Calls me every name you can think of, but mostly homophobic stuff. I tell him I’m not going to speak with him anymore, and he comes back with “oh yeah, you want me to beat the shit out of you?” And walks towards me, forcing me into a tiny space between my truck and the office wall. There’s a fence behind me so I can’t run. I hold my hand up and say “calm down” now mentally ready to fight back if I need to. He turns around and says “you’re fuckin following me to get that parcel you fucking faggot”. I took the chance to jump over to the building door and slide in since the door auto locks. This doesn’t sound that crazy maybe, but it was a super tense few moments. I was vibrating.

I hear him peel out in his truck.

Am I right to go to the police and put something on record? I think pressing charges is too much, but I want him trespassed from my workplace and ideally something that will keep him the fuck away. Is a restraining order a realistic option.

I’m also going to lose out on money as I won’t be able to do his route now without being nervous I’ll have to deal with this shit. What’s the best course of action?! TIA for any advice.

Location: Ontario

Location: In Utah.

I M32 and my wife F30 separated a few weeks ago. She was a SAHM and relied completely on me. Before we separated she got her own bank account. She is living with family and I still relies on me to send her money. One of the issues that we have is her spending. I found out today she is using our joint account without consulting me. Can I remove her without any repercussions if we end up divorced? I will still send her money but I’m trying to limit how bad of a position she puts us in.

Location: Sacramento California

I was hit pretty good while riding my electric scooter. the woman pulled out without looking both ways and smacked me. I have a road rash on my elbow, hip, and a gash on my lower back. My scooter was also damaged in the accident. the woman stopped to see if I was ok. she willingly gave me her info, but her insurance expired 2 years ago. What am I supposed to do in this situation? I don't have health insurance at the moment. Everyone is telling me to go to the hospital and file a report. what good will that do?

Location: Iowa, USA

Hi all,

Just wanted to gauge your opinion on this issue. I tried contacting some law firms locally to me who handle employment law, but none have gotten back to me regarding this case.

I recently received a job offer for a company in the agricultural equipment sector. When I first moved to Iowa in 2022 I was fresh out of college and was just starting my professional career. This first company for whom I signed the non-compete for is a contractor for another large ag equipment company that is in competition with the one I have the job offer from. When I first started, I had signed the paperwork including a non-compete agreement in duration of 3 YEARS and a location of “WORLDWIDE”. I had since resigned that company in August of 2024, it’s been about a year and a half since the end of my employment with that contractor and I have worked in a few other jobs, unrelated to the ag equipment sector whatsoever.

However, in my recent job search, I was successful in getting an offer for a new job with a different agricultural equipment company, and I would be working in Iowa still. This company is a competitor to my old one, however my work would, as far as I know, be in a completely different part of the business and with a different category of vehicle this company sells. I had completely forgotten I had signed the non-compete, I was 23 and should’ve reviewed it with a lawyer before I signed it…but alas. I know I was stupid. But my work was for a very low level position at the time, and it sounds like someone at this new company worked for my old one as well.

In my research regarding non-competes, it seems that this duration and location scope for “3 years” and “worldwide” is unreasonable and is unenforceable. Am I correct with this understanding here in Iowa? I have been struggling to find work in other unrelated industries, and this opportunity would be the best one I’ve ever had. And I really don’t want to mess this up. I was never at the executive level, I’ve never had any management position.

TL;DR: forgot I signed a non-compete with a 3 year duration and a “worldwide” location scope for my old company. New company has offered me a job but it is in competition with this old one. It has been a year and a half since leaving that old company. Would this be enforceable within the state of Iowa?