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Cat died while being groomed. Negligence?

Location: Florida, US looking for advice on whether this situation is worth pursuing or if I’m overreacting. My 10 year old indoor cat had chronic IBD (managed with steroids for years) and mild art...

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Is "elder abuse" relevant within a married couple?

Location: Kentucky. My father and stepmother have been married for 40+ years. My dad has recently been asking me to dig in to his fiinancials. I have no legal right to do so other than his verbal r...

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Our Lawyer missed a critical filing date and we lost our case so very badly...

After 4 years of working with a Lawyer, they missed a critical deadline and we lost so very badly. Location: Salt Lake City, Utah My mother was the plaintiff in a civil lawsuit in Salt Lake City, U...

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Facebook Marketplace buyer returned a different laptop and payment app sided with them

Location: Georgia I sold a used Lenovo laptop on Facebook Marketplace about 3 weeks ago for $650. It was in good working condition. I took photos of the serial number, the small dent on the left co...

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A city vehicle hit my car, can I keep the money?

Location: Texas, USA Back in February my vehicle was hit by a city vehicle while it was parked in front of my house. It was a whole situation of the the city vehicle pulling in front of mine and th...

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Hertz charged me $3k+ for a car I returned for three days, sent it to collections, and now I'm planning a hostage negotiation phone call between them and the debt collectors. Send help.

Hi Reddit, So last summer I rented a car from Hertz. Normal person stuff. Returned it on time, went home, forgot about it, as you do. Then, about a month later, Hertz attempts to charge me 3k+. I r...

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Sister refuses to get a birth certificate for her newborn, is there anything family can do?

Location: Kentucky My sister is due next month and has recently started saying she does not want to get a birth certificate or social security number for the baby. She says she does not want the go...

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Mislead by Vet and paid $5K

Location: NYC My 3 yr old cat was taken to the ER in December. She had appeared perfectly healthy, but routine bloodwork showed she was severely anemic and had other concerning levels. On the night...

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Got a call about my dad’s credit card debt today

Location: Colorado, US I’m 19 years old, turning 20 in June. My dad and my mom got divorced about 10 years ago, it was messy and my dad’s proven to be a really horrible sport about it. He moved awa...

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[WA] Divorce: community debt, separate debt?

Location: Spokane, WA, USA. My ex and I went to the court house together and I filed for an uncontested divorce at the beginning of the year. We have a prenup that basically says anything we brough...

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(Virginia) Ive unknowingly been overpaid for 6 years. Employer is trying to recoup overpayments.

Location: Virginia, U.S.A. My employer offers special pay rates for employees who hold a degree with a STEM major. When I was first offered a job, I qualified for the special pay rate because of my...

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Surprise court and mistaken identity

Location: Illinois TL;DR I found a subpoena in my bushes for court in another state tomorrow morning regarding a child's protective custody. It looks like they picked me because of a similar name t...

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Worried rear-end accident will ruin my life

Location: Florida. I rear-ended someone yesterday who is already disabled and has tons of medical issues and surgeries already from a major crash 6 years ago for which I can see she sued for, so sh...

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[US] Flagged Birth Certificate

Last time I tried (or well. my parents tried) to order my birth certificate for me it was flagged (i assume now for fraud). It was claimed in the letter that there was someone else with a very simi...

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My previous employer’s stock options are still vesting despite leaving months ago. Do I need to tell them?

I left a job at a startup in October, where part of my compensation was in stock options. At the time of my departure, I had exercised 25% of my options, which was most of what had vested at the ti...

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Contractor Ordered to Pay but Supposedly Closed Business

Location: Iowa We hired a contractor to do concrete work at our house which resulted in poor workmanship and damage to our neighbors property. You can read more of the details below, but the small ...

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Landlord (illegally?) witholding pet deposit

Hi everyone- wanted to get some thoughts on an issue we're having with a landlord in New Jersey. We rented a townhouse for six months while we waited for our new home to be built. We have kids and ...

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Employer is telling me to work remotely, but won't grant remote work accommodation

Location: NYC I work for a large corp based out of Boston (3 years, hired as remote). They did an RTO order and I requested a remote work accommodation for a spinal injury that causes extreme nerve...

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Family trying to claim ownership of land Florida

Location: Florida So my mother has an ongoing legal case regarding a piece of property that she bought from her father back in 2008. The property was originally bought in 2001 and listed as Grandfa...

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15 year old with IEP brutally assaulted by 3 students at school - what legal steps should I take?

Location: Texas Hello everyone, I’m looking for guidance on what legal steps I should take next after my 15 year old was seriously assaulted at school. My 15 year old (has an IEP and is borderline...

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Buyers of my recently sold home threatening legal action

Location: Kansas I sold my property on 3/21. Everything with the transaction was normal start to finish. Then today, my realtor called to inform me that the buyers are extremely upset. There was lo...

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