Law & Ethics - June 2007

My Grandmother purchased a home with her long time partner but he has passed away. I wanted to know if his brothers and sisters have any rights to the home after the death of her long time partner in puerto rico.

2007-06-05 07:46:28 · 11 answers · asked by Damary C 1

My husband has a written contract with a company. In it they state that they will provide me, his wife, with a 40 hours per week job in their office for the summer. I am not getting anywhere near the 40 hours that were promised to me. We talked to them about it and they told us that I could get a job somewhere else if I wanted more hours. We brought up the contract and they said so.

Is this a breach of contract? If so, what can I do about it? Can I sue them for the amount of money i would have received had I been working the 40 hours? Does that make the rest of the contract void? Is my Husband legally responsible to hold up his end of the contract?

2007-06-05 07:46:12 · 8 answers · asked by jenleebrandt 2

2007-06-05 07:45:48 · 2 answers · asked by Heather :) 1

Where can you go to find out which lawyers have expertise in a special area of law and look up the cases they won?

2007-06-05 07:44:55 · 2 answers · asked by Pascha 7

I have to relate Jamestown to tobacco somehow with out using definitions

2007-06-05 07:43:38 · 4 answers · asked by Faithfull_music 1

Also how can you find out enough about a lawyer to know if you want him/her to handle the case -- eg. experience in that kind of case, percent of cases won, list of cases you can look up to see how competent, etc.
I want to avoid wasting time and money interviewing lawyers who are not appropriate or not interested in the case.

2007-06-05 07:25:10 · 7 answers · asked by Pascha 7

I do..... well at least from my standpoint.

2007-06-05 07:18:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

My family owns several rental properties and some of them are vacant. We often find that people have broken into them and vandalized the property or have been sleeping in them. At one of the properties there are motion detecting flood lights in the front of the house and someone has taken or broken the bulbs out of them a couple of times. I have put up no trespassing/private property signs. I have also told the police to keep an eye on the property too, it has been a while maybe a year or so since i talked to the police so i think that they have slacked up a little on checking the property out. I am tired of people taking advantage, and i am ready to put a stop to it.

2007-06-05 07:16:47 · 18 answers · asked by raymond b 1

Does anyone know if it is a civil rights violation for a doctor to deny an adult woman sterilization (tubes tied) in the US based on age, marital status, etc? If so, where can I find information on the related laws on the internet?
(if laws vary state to state, I'm asking from TX)

2007-06-05 07:15:42 · 10 answers · asked by smokeyinksmudge 1

if you dont do it through an agency, but independantly instead?

what about in the state of pennsylvania?

2007-06-05 07:11:25 · 12 answers · asked by he makes her world go round 1

litigation and defamation

2007-06-05 07:03:03 · 2 answers · asked by sonyasonyamash 1

2007-06-05 06:54:43 · 4 answers · asked by Gerard G 1

2007-06-05 06:51:25 · 1 answers · asked by Megsy 1

How do i get the document to prove i've never been married?
A lawyer said i should send for a copy of a new birth certificate and it should also state that i have not been married, is this correct?
If so who do i call/write to?

2007-06-05 06:49:28 · 5 answers · asked by Carla Vermelha 3

2007-06-05 06:44:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know a young boy the age of 15. He stayed the night with some friends and the adult left all the underage kids there by themselves for several hours. They got into the adults alchohol stash and got drunk. The 15 year old boy ended up having sex with a 12 year old girl.The girls mother wants to press charges against the 15 year old boy. Can he get in trouble for this, seeing that they were left by themselves with alchohol and no adult supervision? The boy is not of age, so he couldn't be charged with statitory rape...could he??

2007-06-05 06:43:51 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2

Any legal citations to back up answers would be much appreciated.

2007-06-05 06:35:58 · 17 answers · asked by mrfunny 1

I know this is determined by States but the Fed said any state that did not set at 21 would get $0 in Fed funds..so they bullied the States to do it.

Now I know the obvious reason is that people need to be mature to drink responsibly....but since the majority of drunk drivers are 21+ years old what makes 21 better than 18?

18 gives you right to vote, be drafted, sign up for armed services, marry, go to maximum security prison, be executed, buy+smoke cigerettes....but not drink...isn't that odd?
Now if they reduced the age yes there would be an increase in drinking deaths but only in short term. But pro or anti reasons aside here is my question:

My question is why 21? What makes 21 better than 18? Why not 25? Why not 42? What is supposed to have happened in the 3 years that makes you able to drink legally now?

2007-06-05 06:32:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My teacher said if forming a contact. However, I just found 6 element, which are:
1/ Offer
2/ Acceptance
3/ Consideration
4/ Intention to create legal relationship
5/ Genuine Consent
6/ Legality of object

I don't know the 7th of the elements. Pls kindly advise and explain the elements. Thanks!

2007-06-05 06:28:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

On January 5, Amy wrote a letter to Benny offering to sell her van for $160,000. Amy stated in the letter that Benny had to reply by January 15 or she might sell to someone else. On receiving the letter in Jan 8, Benny immediately sent a letter to Amy asking whether she would accept payment by installment over six months. Benny received no reply from Amy and then posted another letter to Amy accepting her offer on Jan 14. As Amy thought that Benny did not accept her offer, she sold her van to Cat on January 16. Amy finally received Benny’s letter of acceptance on January 17. Advise Amy.
Pls answer in paragraph or by point form in details. Thanks!

2007-06-05 06:22:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

until I get on my feet. Is there some kind of temporary care provider form I can use without having to go through the CA court system. this is a temporary situation and she needs to get her enrolled in school etc. durng my absence?

2007-06-05 06:20:56 · 13 answers · asked by bitch4shur 1

Yesterday my neighbor came to my house with his phone and told me I had a call. It turned out to be a debt collector looking for my mother-in-law (who has never lived with us but gave out our address and number instead of hers.) The collector said that since no one answered the phone at our house, (I didn't get the phone in time) they were calling the neighbors to try to get ahold of her.

Now, I'm furious with my mil for dragging us into this. And if I knew where she lived, believe me, I wouldn't have hesitated to give that debt collector her address and number. (My husband and I have had to deal with our own debt collectors when she used his SSN and ran up credit cards to the tune of $15K.)

But as I got to thinking about it a little more, is it legal or even ethical for debt collectors to harass a person's neighbors while trying to find them? Seems kind of shady to me, but then again, lots of shady things seem to be legal these days.

2007-06-05 06:18:24 · 18 answers · asked by Avie 7

If you say that should not be a mandatory course in american school then tell me why you say it. I agree

2007-06-05 06:09:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

resignation? can someone tell me why? they have him on video accepting a $100,000 bribe and then TRACED THE MONEY TO HIS FREEZER? what is wrong with the democrats here, or the media, are they insane or what? why dont they admit that he is a criminal and kick him out of office? a republican in his shoes would have been executed by now! the double standard is just sickening!!!

2007-06-05 05:50:14 · 14 answers · asked by Mustardseed 6

i recently moved out of my moms house and i forgot my purse wich had my birthcertificate and ss card and when i went back to get it it was gone and she sayes she cant find it no where but i have feelinng shes liyn so just wounddrn if there is a job out there that dont require idintification

2007-06-05 05:44:37 · 11 answers · asked by Shi 2

moving out if your under 18?? I can support myself and have a place to live? they cant come get me can they?


do you think they'll miss me or just ground me for life?

2007-06-05 05:38:59 · 4 answers · asked by No Name 1

Ok so I went on Craigslist and saw that a women was paying $5 an hour for a 50 hr week job....

Its a public forum...so i emailed her and told her that how can she possibly expect someone to work 50 hrs a week as BELOW miniumum wage in our state.....
anyway she emailed me nastty back saying "oh well its gonna be some illegal immigrant anyway,moron, so it doesnt matter how much I pays..leave me alone"

i emailed back saying "that it was horrible ,what kind of person was she to do that, its illegal, and that how can that be the quality care she is looking for for her kids, goodbye"

i put a post up on craigslist warning people this women was looking to hire an illegal immigrant to take advantage of them

so this womens find out my name and contacts my school ( it was (my email adrress@my school.com) and emails them and tells them i am harrassing her. she also said she contacted "local authorities" for abuse and harrassment?

who is right her or me??? can i get in trouble ??

2007-06-05 05:37:04 · 15 answers · asked by asd a 1

If a defendant resides and does business in Michigan, gets sued in Kentucky, can the defendant be compelled to travel to Kentucky for deposition, or can he insist that plaintiff attorney take deposition in state of residence?

(A cite would be helpful)

2007-06-05 05:36:03 · 3 answers · asked by robert_dod 6

I think if you do such things you should be held accountable. They risk the lives of others when they are irresponsible. Is it so hard to not drive or not drink if you know you have to drive home? I think we need to be stiffer on the penalties for these types of people.

A few years ago in my town, a mother and daughter were killed by a drunk driver. This drunk driver happened to be an illegal, but that's besides the point. He is in jail for a long time now, but does it really have to end badly for people to get penalized for their actions. How about our government make an example out of these people before they kill. The one's who do it are almost always repeat offenders.

And please, if you are a drunk driver don't even answer. I don't want to hear your pathetic excuses for why it's okay to put lives in danger. It's usually always the drunk driver that walks away after taking a few lives.

2007-06-05 05:28:10 · 6 answers · asked by Veritas et Aequitas () 7

I am an independent truck driver who works for a small company.I pay for my own health insurance thru my employer.The day my truck broke down he immediately canceled my health insurance.Can he do that?

2007-06-05 05:18:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous