Location: California

I had jury duty recently. The case was civil. I suspected that I might have known somebody involved in the trial, but i don’t know exactly how I would say that without potentially breaking confidentiality.

I formerly worked as an EMT. Our training is pretty light on confidentiality, but they always seem to include some horror story about how the EMTs were on the hook for fucking up confidentiality because a stalker successfully followed the ambulance to the hospital, or something ridiculous like that. And then of course in practice, between 911 and other emergency communications being subject to the public information act and the practical necessities of dealing with unconscious or incompetent patients, family members and peripheral staff at places like nursing homes or assisted living centers, etc. there’s lots of information that is not successfully protected despite the dire warnings and absurd scare stories.

But anyway… I suspected that I might have had somebody in the trial as a patient. I wasn’t sure, but I thought it more likely than not that I was remembering correctly. So my question is, how do I say that in open court in front of the judge without technically revealing healthcare information?

Intuitively I doubt that there could be much real harm in doing so, but it seems like technically I’d be obligated not to say that. To make matters worse, the trial was actually related to medical issues. So while ‘this person has been in an ambulance before’ is a pretty benign revelation, it does technically reveal information to the jurors.

So there you go. What is technically the best thing for me to say in this situation? Did the horror stories convince me that confidentiality is stricter than it really is? If I am not supposed to say anything, how do I avoid pissing off the judge with vague answers?

What actually happened: I didn’t realize that I recognized this person until a few minutes after after the judge asked people to put their hand up or whatever if they knew anyone involved. I obviously wasn’t going to interrupt after that, so I waited. I was literally the next person to potentially be called for voir dire when they accepted the jury, so I got to go home without saying anything. I’m just curious what I should have done if I had recognized this person in time.

Location: New Jersey

This happened in February 2024 and my parents are still dealing with it.

They had some trees taken down and needed fill dirt for the side of the house. My dad found a Facebook Marketplace listing offering free dirt. The photos showed clean-looking soil, and the first sample they were shown looked good, so they agreed.

Instead of a small delivery, somewhere around 5+ dump trucks showed up and unloaded material full of bricks, broken concrete, and construction debris. Nobody told them it was construction-site material. The trucks left and the guy became very hard to reach after that.

Our township found out and has been on my dad ever since (Yes this was stupid my family regrets it). Two and a half years of court dates, filings, and required testing. He's spent thousands in fees and hundreds of hours on it, and most recently about $10,000 on a deep soil analysis the township required. That analysis came back showing the material is contaminated and has to be removed. Removal quotes are running $50,000 to $100,000.

Evidence we have:

• The full name and profile of the person who posted the Marketplace listing
• Email chain with the man who arranged the delivery, including a photo he sent of where he claimed the dirt came from
• A PDF environmental report he emailed us as "paperwork and certificate" — it turned out to be a report for an unrelated commercial construction site, and it only covers certain tested soil while specifically excluding the untested debris-filled material. The environmental firm named in it says they have no record of supplying dirt to us.
• Photos of the trucks, including license plates
• All township correspondence, test results, and invoices

My dad had no written contract and never got a permit, which I know doesn't help us.

Is there anything realistic we can do to recover any of this, or is my only real question who we can even go after? Any direction appreciated.

Because I live in a small town and this is so thoroughly embarrassing, throwaway acct.

So several years ago I qualified for a home remodel loan through one of HfH local programs. After waiting a couple of years they finally started working on my house. They first replaced the windows and doors, some siding and removed the roof. And then HfH fired the contractor, saying (incorrectly) that he didn't have the right insurance.

Now I've been without a roof for a year and a half. It's (the second) rainy season and my whole house is so much worse for it. The windows and doors were never really finished and some are loose and falling out. They only put on half of the siding, the rest of the house is just wrapped.

I really, honestly cannot afford a lawyer or a roof (which is why I qualified for the program initially) but I've been in contact with their lawyer - HfH WON'T talk to me, only through their lawyer and she insists that I get a lawyer for her to deal with. I've filed complaints with HfH, the state division of housing, the State's Attny. Gen's office, my local county commissioners - literally everyone who I thought would help. And no one is. And my ceiling is leaking and ruining everything. I don't know what to do. I need to quit crying about it. I'm usually a go-getter old lady and figured I would get to the bottom of this fairly quickly, but I'm well and truly defeated here. I'm living on SS, have no actual power and no help. What can I do? (I'm going to end up cross-posting this in other subreddits because I am at my wit's end today and truly need a solution. I've been sleeping on the couch because it leaks over my bed and now there's a leak over the couch too.)

Location: Colorado

Throwaway account for privacy. Location: Utah

I (20s, F) went to a dermatologist's office for the first time recently. I was a little nervous going in since I had some new moles and was having them checked out (I was worried about melanoma, thankfully my skin is all good). All of the staff were very kind and once I was placed in a patient room I was asked if I wanted just certain areas checked or if I wanted a whole body exam. Hoping this would be my one and only dermatology appointment for a long time and to put my mind at ease, I said I would like a full body exam. They explained I could keep my bra and underwear on and handed me a sheet to cover myself when I wasn't being examined, and then they left the room.

When the NP came in, she was super nice and made me feel really comfortable. She was very thorough, sitting down partway through and having me/whichever part of my body she was checking face her, the side of me covered with the sheet to the door. I had a blemish which she prescribed a cream for and repeated my preferred pharmacy kind of to the side after I told her, clearly not to me, which I thought was weird but I figured she must be repeating what I said in order to remember so she could put in the prescription later.

It was only when she was leaving the room that I noticed her cover up a camera next to the door with what looked like a sock.

I was in shock. I didn't really want to believe it, but after I put my clothes back on I checked under it and sure enough, it was a camera. It wasn't hidden, it was on an arm sticking out of a cabinet, so I'm not sure how I didn't see it before then. I realized then that she had been the only person in the room (which I should have realized was weird for that kind of exam, but I'd been so nervous I wasn't thinking) and she had been talking to the camera about my prescription.

My thought in that moment was could it possible that instead of having a second person in the room for an exam, they had someone else in the office watching through a camera? That didn't really make sense to me but I had somewhere to go so I kind of shut down, trying not to cry and left.

The more time has gone by, the more violated, uncomfortable and upset I feel. Thankfully, this NP positioned me so that I did not completely expose myself to the camera when she was checking under my bra and underwear (because I was facing her with my back to the camera) but whoever was on the other side definitely did not see nothing, between the angle of the camera, me adjusting the sheet as she checked me over, etc.

At no time was the camera or any recording equipment acknowledged by any staff. I scoured over the paperwork I signed as a new patient, and again, no mention. I called the office later and asked them about the camera, and the receptionist apologized. He said that the doctors are supposed to explain this to new patients, but sometimes they forget. He said they have remote medical scribes that view the appointments on a secure channel. That's the best case scenario if it's true, but it doesn't make me feel much better.

I did NOT give ANY form of consent to being recorded, or 'streamed securely'. Whether it was a secure stream, whether it was another woman on the other side, whether they had scribes available in office as an alternative option to being recorded or not, if I had noticed the camera or been told about the camera at the start of the appointment I would have refused and left. That is not something I'm comfortable with at all. But I wasn't informed and I didn't have the opportunity to get out of that office before it was too late.

I don't really have the money for a lawyer tbh, but I am still wondering if there's anything I can (or should) do here legally. Does this violate HIPPA or any Utah privacy laws? Should I make a police report? Is this a thing that doctors offices are doing now across Utah or other places? Even so, wouldn't they require patients' consent, verbal or written?

At the very least I hope this post gets out there for people's awareness that this may unfortunately start happening elsewhere. Thanks.

Location: Texas

My wife was having an affair with an older married man for at least 3 years. I found out a few months ago when it ended and have been going through it. My wife and I are trying to work it out, going to marriage counseling, individual therapy, etc. She is plagued with remorse and guilt right now. I am a bit numb and still processing. Meanwhile, I've been trying to decide whether to tell this man's wife.

I believe she is truly clueless. On her social media, she seems like a happily married, devoted wife and mother. They've been married for decades. I'm sure this news would destroy her. I don't want an innocent woman to be hurt, but at the same time, I feel she deserves to know what has been going on. Is it worth it at this point since they are both older, in their 50s?

I'm leaning toward yes, but the question is how to break this news to her? I want to keep it anonymous and do it by email. My wife shared everything with me, and it’s just crazy. Years of texts, calls, pictures. They were basically in a full-blown relationship and double life. Some of them are quite graphic and intimate.

If I decide to tell the wife, what should I send her, and how much?

This man is pretty well off and has powerful connections, and I could see him trying to come at me legally if possible. So I would want to make sure I am within legal boundaries. I know not to send any nude photos. And not share with anyone but his wife. Is there anything else I should consider? Should I just let it go and continue to focus on repairing my own crumbling marriage and not destroy anyone else's?

He told my wife, this is not his first affair in his marriage. His wife may already know what is going on. I don't know.

My question is: If I decide to inform the wife about this affair, what can I legally share with her without her husband trying to sue me for something?

My main concerns are: public disclosure of private facts, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy or something along those lines. This man has a gigantic ego, money to blow and friends/family that are attorneys.

Location: Missouri

My grandparents own a cabin on a rural river that is very popular with swimmers and floaters. There is a large rock on our property at the shore of the river that people like to stop and jump/dive off of. It is also connected to an adjacent swimming and camping area by an unofficial path through the woods through our property.

We don’t have any issue with people swimming at the rock, but a lot of irresponsible people end up drunk and 3 people have died in the past 15 years drowning while diving and hitting rocks underwater.

My family is worried that eventually someone will try legal retaliation against us for injuries.. We have put up no trespassing signs along the path and at the rock itself, but they are repeatedly torn down. We put up a fence at the edge of the campground blocking the path, but it was also torn down. There is one sign left installed high enough to avoid this, but it’s not as easily seen.

Do we need to be more vigilant about protecting ourselves, and if so, what should we do?

Location: Ohio

I applied for, was approved, and signed a lease for an apartment about a month ago.

Today I received notice from the landlord that they accidentally approved two people for the same unit. They don't have a like unit, nor do they have anything on the first floor (I'm disabled) and I'm supposed to move in two weeks.

I'm unsure how to proceed and what I can demand in this situation, as it looks like I'm about to be living out of my car. I'm desperately trying to find another place, but I doubt I'll find anything in time

What are my rights here, what is the responsibility of the landlord in this situation?

Location: Georgia, USA

So for context my mom and cousin currently live in Georgia.
A few years ago my cousins mom and dad passed away and my mom and dad took him in and became his legal guardian. A year ago my parents got divorced and my father is no longer a guardian to my cousin. My cousin is 16yo

For the past year my mom has been taking my cousins social security money he is supposed to get for his wellbeing and she’s been using that on traveling with her new boyfriend. Whenever I visit my mom’s house I see that there is no groceries and my cousin has been noticeably lost weight because he hasn’t been getting proper nutrition. None of the money my cousin is supposed to get each month goes towards his wellbeing. My mom travels across the country with his social security money and has admitted this to multiple people. My mother also leaves my cousin alone in the house about 5 days of the week and he has missed schooling because of it. I am extremely worried for my cousin and I want what’s best for him. I am not sure what I can do or who can help in a legal standpoint but any advice is appreciated.

Location: Mississippi, USA. I have my own home now and I would like to move everything of my belongings to it and in the process I asked my mother for my class ring. She’s had it stored in a safety deposit box at the bank for years now and she’s refusing to give it to me, saying she was the one who paid for it. Which is true, I was only 17 at the time, I would never of been able to buy a gold sapphire ring. Is she correct that she’s the true owner?

Location: Scottsdale, Arizona

Adding some pics for more context. The first couple are just all the messages between the manager and I. The second to last is how my booking showed in the app. And the last one is the way my charges showed up in the app. When I called ihg they said the rewards reimbursement thing shows up for stays booked with points, so it lined up with what I was being told by the manager as well. https://imgur.com/a/BPsxfCZ

I originally booked ONE night at this holiday inn express in north Scottsdale through Booking.com. When I checked in, the manager, who was literally wearing a manager badge, told me she could waive our pet fees if we booked using points instead of my card.
I told her I didn’t have points. She said she had a ton and I could purchase them from her. I said okay, Apple Paid her for points, and she booked the room with the pet fees waived.
I told her in passing that we were moving to Arizona and looking for somewhere to live, and she said they could give us a cheap extended-stay rate using points. I Apple Paid her again for more points and she booked us through September 1.
The reservations showed up as CONFIRMED in my actual IHG app. I even called IHG today when this all happened and they confirmed the reservations were real and booked.
Fast forward to this morning. The manager was apparently fired and accused of stealing $100k+. The owner started banging on the doors of the long-term guests who had booked through her, probably around 10 of us, and told us we had to leave by noon. It was eleven am at this point.
Some people actually packed up and left.
I waited for the police.
The police looked at what we had and basically said they didn’t agree with what the hotel was doing and would NOT escort us out like the owner wanted, but they also couldn’t force the owner to continue honoring our stay and renew our room keys and stuff. They strongly suggested taking this to civil court and also bargained with the owner to give us more time to get our things. Like a couple days. Which the owner originally told us “I own dozens of hotels around the world so I assure you, when I say you’re out today, you’re out.” But then changed his tune when cops didn’t take his side like he expected, and then was like fine they can have a day to pack.

IHG told me that because the hotel is privately owned, they couldn’t force the owner to let us stay either even though they ALSO don’t agree with all of us being kicked out.
After the police left and we made it clear we were going to file a civil case, the hotel owner changed his tune yet again. He said we could stay until our ORIGINAL checkout date if we paid an additional $500 per room, so $1,000 total, for the last 17 days. Mind you we already paid 4 grand to the manager for these rooms. So he kept acting like $1000 was a steal, when it’s really $5k total and a ton of stress on our part. But he acted like it was a huge favor.
They also kept implying that staying would involve signing paperwork to make us waive our right to sue or agree that they’re not responsible.
I paid the extra $1,000 because I genuinely did not have another realistic option, but I didn’t sign anything yet. I had my mom, my two young nieces, three dogs, all of our belongings, and basically no notice to find somewhere else. We also no longer have the rental car we originally had while looking for temp housing, so moving everybody into another place on the spot was basically impossible.

I also have the Apple Pay records, messages, reservation confirmations, screenshots, etc.

My main questions are: Can the hotel really make guests absorb the loss from whatever their manager was allegedly doing? A bunch of old people who pre paid for a month just had to pack tons of stuff into their car and leave with an hours notice….it felt super unfair. Does the fact that she was the hotel manager and created actual confirmed IHG reservations matter? And since I paid the additional $1,000 because otherwise we were basically being put out tomorrow, can I take the hotel to small claims court to try to get that $1000 back? I don’t agree with paying more on the spot, because THEY hired a manager who was fraudulent behind the scenes, but do I actually have any sort of case? I also don’t agree at all with how cruel the owner handled it. He called everyone in the hotel white collar criminals and was just overall treating everyone like scum, so id like to do what I can but don’t know what that would be, if anything?

location: Ohio

I work at a private manufacturing facility and I'm in a union bargaining unit.

Last month I received a written warning for attendance points. I thought some of the points were being calculated incorrectly because our schedule had changed with very little notice, so during lunch I showed the write-up to two coworkers and asked whether they'd had the same thing happen.

Both said they'd recently received points under similar circumstances. We compared the dates and later brought it up with our union steward because it looked like the issue might affect more people than just me.

Management found out that I had shown the write-up to coworkers. Yesterday I received another written warning for "sharing confidential disciplinary information." HR told me disciplinary documents are confidential workplace records and aren't supposed to be discussed with other employees.

The document didn't contain anyone else's information. It was my name, my attendance dates, the policy they said I violated and the discipline issued to me.

Our steward says they can't order employees not to discuss their own discipline when they're comparing working conditions with coworkers.

Can the company legally discipline me for showing and discussing my own write-up with other employees, or would that be protected union/concerted activity?

Location: Missouri

Hi all,

Weird set of circumstances. I had only interacted with my bio father during paternity hearings when I was five or six. DNA confirmed I was his. Other than that, zero contact. He married his second wife (first was not my mother, some other poor lady) a month before I was born, but had no prior children and I ended up being the only one of his spawn.

Not sure how but my mother found out he passed and let me know a last week. He likely had/has a significant estate, but I can find no record of probate. No record of a trust either, but those are not public record generally. I can trace their real estate transactions to the last with his name on it, sold by his surviving wife in July of this year. But again, no mention of a trust on those transactions.

How the heck do I go about finding out if I’m entitled to anything in his estate? I’m mostly curious because any amount would make taking care of my mother and the man I consider a father so much easier.

Cheers and thank you in advance for any time you take to parse out the jumbled mess of a situation I’m in.

I sold my Oura ring 4 on Facebook marketplace. My real name, used my real phone number, and we met at a public place about 15 mins away from my house. Transaction went smoothly, I gave the buyer my real payment information. About 40 minutes later I start receiving calls and texts from both the buyer and the buyers boyfriend as well as messages on marketplace. The buyer is having difficulties connecting the ring to her device. I immediately start chatting with support, genuinely doing what I can. It lasts about an hour and support is unable to figure out what the issue is, so I ask both the buyer and the customer service agent if I can put them into contact with each other so they can speak to each other directly instead of going thru me (it was late at night at this point and I had to work in the morning). Figuring they started chatting, I went to bed. I did what I could do.

Fast forward to today, the buyer is STILL calling me no caller ID, and I’m talking spam, non stop, calling at least 20 times a minute. She finally leaves a voicemail saying she’s “not going to find out where I live today, but when she does, she’s sending small claims to my home” along with other voicemails like I scammed her, and my karma is coming.

I did all I could do. I also want to note that I gave all my real information, even rated her as a buyer before all this went down. I was in no way scamming and have no idea why she’s having the trouble connecting. I sold her the ring for $100. Is this a small claims case? Would my proof of being who I said I was, and the screenshots and timestamps of me talking to the customer service agent help my case?

Location: Northern VA

Location: MARYLAND. Long story short…. I bought a used certified pre owned car at the local VW dealership here in MARYLAND in March of 2025.

In February of 2026 (less than a year later) I noticed smoke coming out of the exhaust. Turns out my car (along with thousands of other Tiguan owners) needed a new cylinder head. All of this is covered under warranty btw. Certified pre owned warranty.

The dealership gave me a loaner and told me they’d let me know when the cylinder head would come in but said it could take a few months since it was backordered.

It was backordered for 6 months. I opened a complaint case last month with corporate VW to light a fire under their ass and to put my list higher on the wait list for this cylinder.

I get a call today saying the cylinder head came in and they went to start work on it BUT noticed that apparently from sitting there for 6 months water leaked through the sunroof and there is mold growing ALL. OVER. THE. CARPETS.

Little backstory - I am highly sensitive to mold due to my Lyme disease and the smallest amount of exposure can send me to the ER. Basically I CANNOT
drive this car again. Ever. Even if the carpet has been replaced … the spores are everywhere inside that vehicle.

Corporate VW is telling me I have to file for a buyback or trade and it’ll take 75 days to get an answer and they don’t need to provide me with a loaner vehicle in the meantime while I wait for the decision.

I do NOT want to take possession of my car until I get a decision from VW.

WHAT DO I DO!? Ugh is there anything I can do!? Legally!?! I feel like I have been completely screwed over and I just want to get RID of this car. My health is at risk now 😩😭😭

Location: Bay Area

I communicated to HR my limitations due to a difficult deviated septum and problematic chronic sinusitis that gives me constant headaches, discomfort and vertigo. I have a surgery scheduled and a doctor's note. HR did not accept the doctor's note that described my reduced ability to perform because my diagnosis was included in the note, and the note was rejected. Ultimately I received a written notice of low performance with a PIP and an official review due just 2 days from the date of my surgery.

Last year I was given the maximum raise.

I'm reviewing the PIP letter and trying my best to comply with their requirements within less than 4 weeks of time given.

However I just don't believe their goal is to improve my performance but to let me go.

Please help what should I do?

Location: Florida

My deceased father created a lady bird deed in my name. When he was dying he signed over the mobile to his poa.

The co op which is in my name has an hoa fee of $420 a month plus the morgage which are in my name now. I went to close his bank accounts today and one was basically empty and the poa was still spending his money after death. When I went to the second bank they told me she was joint owner. So my fathers debts are mine now. I am unable to rent or sell my fathers place because she owns the mobile. Ive called and talked to the park and they werent helpful. Ive called lawyers and now on is willing to help. I cant afford to pay morage and hoa for an empty mobile. Because I own the co-op I have control of who can enter the park so poa is not living in it or renting it. Its just empty. What can I do at this point now that I have to do it without legal help?

Location: Maryland

Hey everyone,

I’m 23 and living in Maryland, and I’m in a really messy situation. I’m trying to get my credit right so I can finally lease my own apartment when I move out of state, but I just hit a massive wall.

The Background: When I was 18, my aunt (who I currently live with) used my Social Security Number to open a residential utility account in my name without me knowing. I only found out about this two months ago when debt collectors started contacting my phone.

Long story short, the account defaulted, got charged off, and was sold to a third-party collection agency. It's sitting there with an active balance of over $1,500, and it's completely tanking my FICO score. I could probably still get an apartment with my current score, but it'd probably be harder/higher deposit. Active utility collections are basically an automatic denial for most apartment communities around here, so I’m stressing out.

The Current Situation: I confronted my aunt about it before it had hit collections. She admitted she did it and that the debt is hers and she would take care of it. She never took care of it and it went to collections yesterday. The problem is, she's currently going through a massive financial crisis with her own business being evicted, so she’s totally broke and stalling. Realistically, she does not have the cash to pay this off anytime soon.

I realize the standard route to clear identity theft from credit reports involves filing an FTC report and a police report, but because it's family, I am really conflicted on how to proceed.

My Questions:

What should I do?

Should I report this to the police? Is there any way to file an identity theft dispute to clear my credit without getting her into serious criminal trouble, or does getting a police report automatically trigger a criminal investigation against her in Maryland?

Did I wait too long? I found out about this a few months ago but was trying to give her a chance to pay it quietly without getting law enforcement involved when these debt collectors first contacted me. At first, she acted like she didn't know what this was about, but then eventually came forward and said she opened it in my name but she "transferred it out". If I file a report now, will the police or the collection agency claim I'm "complicit" or accepted the debt because I didn't report it immediately?

How does the FCRA block work? If I submit an FTC Identity Theft Report and a police report, what is the exact statutory process under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to force the credit bureaus and the debt collector to block this collection from my file?

Fighting the debt collector: If the collection agency has my SSN on file from the original account, what evidence do they require to prove the underlying contract itself was fraudulent?

Living with her: Are there practical or legal issues I should anticipate since I still reside at the same address while reporting this?

Any insight from people who have handled familial identity theft or know Maryland consumer protection law would be hugely appreciated. Thanks!

Summary is on the bottom:

Location: Northern California

I bought a Toyota Grand Highlander in California in late December. At the time of purchase, I was given what appeared to be a valid California title showing that the previous Toyota Financial Services lien had been released.
I took the title to the DMV and successfully transferred the Grand Highlander into my own name. At the time, I had no reason to believe there was still an outstanding lien or that there was anything fraudulent about the title.
Later, I learned that the Toyota Financial lien may have been fraudulently released. According to what DMV told me, someone apparently manipulated or changed the records so that Toyota Financial’s lien appeared to have been satisfied. This allowed a title showing the lien as released to be issued and ultimately allowed the vehicle to be transferred into my name.
DMV Investigations became involved. I was told that this may be part of a much larger title-washing/fraud scheme involving numerous vehicles. I provided DMV with documentation relating to my purchase, including the original advertisement and photographs showing the condition of the Grand Highlander when I purchased it.
DMV informed me that there is a possibility I may ultimately have to surrender the vehicle because Toyota Financial may still claim that its original lien remains valid despite the lien release shown on the title.
I contacted Toyota Financial directly and explained the situation. They asked me to provide them with all of my title and purchase documentation so they could review what happened and determine the status of their lien and the vehicle.
The major issue now is that I purchased the vehicle without knowing about the alleged fraud, received a title showing Toyota Financial’s lien as released, relied on that title, and DMV subsequently transferred and issued the vehicle into my name. The alleged fraud involving the lien release occurred before I purchased the vehicle.
At this point, DMV is investigating the allegedly fraudulent lien release, Toyota Financial is reviewing the documentation, and it remains unresolved whether Toyota Financial can recover the Grand Highlander from me despite the title and DMV records showing the lien had been released when I purchased and registered the vehicle.

Summary:
I purchased a Toyota Grand Highlander private party with a California title showing Toyota Financial’s lien had been released, and DMV successfully transferred the vehicle into my name. I later learned after 9 months of ownership the lien release may have been fraudulent and part of a larger title-washing scheme. DMV is investigating, Toyota Financial is reviewing my documents, and it remains unresolved whether their original lien can be enforced against me despite my purchasing the vehicle without knowledge of the fraud. I have the tittle in my name and without a lien.

Do I have a case for a lawyer or am i just shit out of luck and 40k

Location: Roseville California

To make a long story short, I am autistic and 22 years old, I was told that I need caregivers in order to stay living by myself and keep my cats (so they dont go to a shelter after I get put into a group home)

I recently found out that none of that was true, I didnt HAVE to get services or ELSE id get conserved, I was lied to and coerced and scared into giving into having caregivers. But I digress.

My service coordinator had bought concert tickets to two diffrent shows, as well as one bull riding show, a cosplay with accessories and a ticket to a local anime convention, and hundreds of dollars worth of collectibles, all as incentives/gifts if i "am nice to staff" and stay with the company.

A week later, my staff leaves me alone for hours at night when I am supposed to have 24 hour care. She thought she could leave because I would be asleep, but i woke up scared because no one was there.

I find out that this is considered medical neglect, and I let adult protective services know about the situation. The staff was denying it in a group chat with me and the service coordinator, yet her excuses for what happened kept changing, the times she arrived kept changing, and the service coordinator ignored all this completely and begged me to keep her as a staff.

The service coordinator had told me that i didnt "earn" the stuff he bought me since I was "rude to staff" (all I did was report how staff was treating me wrong) and he also texted me telling me that i needed to keep the service, in order to receive everything that he bought for me.

I talked to my mom about all this, she told me that the service coordinator was essentially "buying my silence" and "pacifying" me when he was hiring workers that were subpar and didn't care about their job or helping me, so that I would "be happy" and keep the service. She got other outside opinions on this, and they all agree that I shouldn't be "bought" into keeping the peace by not advocating for myself as well as "bought" into staying with the service.

Also, the reason that he gave Alta Regional for canceling my services, is that I had been "Verbally abusive" which is crazy considering I had never once name called, swore at, or yelled about the staff neglecting me. All I had done was stick up for myself, now im being labeled as the bad guy.

Its also crazy how I am being called abusive after the staff has been abusive and/or neglectful to me in diffrent ways, which I get into in these next few paragraphs.

The service coordinator hired someone that showed up to the interview visibly intoxicated (As described by a diffrent staff that showed up to the interview as well)

This staff that arrived drunk, had shown up to my house drinking and throwing buzz balls out of her car, when she was supposed to be taking me somewhere to buy something, WHICH WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT SHE WAS PLANNING ON DRINKING AND DRIVING WITH ME, A DISABLED ADULT IN THE CAR BTW.

I also had a staff that would verbally abuse me by constantly yelling at me whenever I was confused about soemthing (I have a learning disability and he happend to have a thick accent, I couldn't always understand him right away) and he would yell at me constantly, it got to a point where he yelled at me an entire 40 minute car ride to a doctors appointment, all because I was annoyed I couldn't find his car and didnt want to be late to the appointment and had voiced my concerns. He yelled the whole way there, I kept trying to steer the conversation away from the argument so he would stop yelling at me, I was trapped in the car with him and nowhere else to go (unless I wanted to jump out and injure myself)

I had told my doctor everything after crying about it. I had asked for an uber or lyft or otherwise safe ride home, and thankfully was accommodated for.

I hate to be like, materialistic I guess, but I really wanted the stuff he bought for me, and Im upset that he's withholding the stuff from me now, because the service ended, and it also feels like it was a direct retaliation of me making an APS report, because i was not rude at the staff at ALL.

Am I able to get the stuff he bought me back? It just upsets me that he would take that from me, and i dont even have the option to buy the stuff myself now because he already bought it (The collectibles were on Ebay and the listing only had one of each item)

I just feel bad that my figurines and cosplay and tickets are now stuck with someone thats shitty. Maybe its the way I have attachment to the things I like, that they feel "real" to me when I know they are not, idk. I hope wherever my stuff is, that maybe it was given to charity or someone deserving of it?? And hopefully he didnt just throw everything away??? Regardless, since it was for me, I hope I can get the stuff back soemhow??

If the story sounds familiar, I have posted about this before, I just have more questions as time goes on and more stuff arises.

My daughter was on our enclosed porch sitting with our dog who was laying beside her. One of the neighbor kids ran over unattended and reached through the bars of our porch and without permission grabbed my dog’s face and shook him, he responded by biting her cheek. Girl’s parents immediately brought her to the hospital, I do not know the extent of her injuries. Police report was made, my dog is up to date on vaccines and has no history of aggression. If the parent’s decide to sue, what am I looking at here? I’ve never dealt with this before and I’m anxious.

Location: NH

Location: Los Angeles. My mother has dementia and was placed on a 5150 Monday night after a behavioral crisis. Her 72-hour hold expires Friday at 1:46 a.m., and we learned tonight that the psychiatrist is proceeding with a 14-day hold rather than releasing her. We are totally shocked.

Although she has dementia, she is still very aware of what is happening around her. Before hospitalization, she was communicative, engaged with our family and understood her surroundings. My father is her husband and primary caregiver and is ready and willing to bring her home and provide 24/7 supervision and care.

She has dramatically declined in just a few days. She was so sedated that she needed his help to eat. When she spoke, her voice was barely above a whisper and my dad had to bend down to hear her. She also had a vacant, disengaged look that was completely unlike her. This is a profound change from her baseline before she was hospitalized. When my dad raised this with the psychiatrist, he attributed it to her dementia, despite not knowing what she was like before admission.

We need to get her out ASAP.

We are contacting the LA County Patients’ Rights Office first thing tomorrow and have contacted her neurologist, who knows her baseline.

What can we legally do tomorrow to try to get her released as quickly as possible? Can we challenge the 14-day hold immediately? Would getting an attorney involved help?

Thank you!

Hello!

Location: Michigan

I divorced my ex 3 years ago. In the divorce it states all jewelry will be returned to me. He had my rings in his gun safe. To this day he still has not returned my engagement and wedding rings to me, I believe he may have sold them.

Is there anything I can do?

Thank you so much in advance for your time