Law & Ethics - August 2007

On Jan 7th i moved out of my apartment to a new complex. Upon moving out we had already given a forwarding address twice. We failed to do a walk through due to only 1 person working in the office (Yes our mistake). Our debit card was used to pull our money out on the due date so figured we would be charged for our remaining bills upon leaving. We happened to show up the next day because we forgot something and they had already started painting (an employee that worked there was painting)

On April 25th we were then contacted by a collection agency. They stated that we owed charges for:

Rent Due: 255.73 (Prorated 8 days)
Late fee: 100
Sewer and h20: 17.24 and 18.73
Cleaning: 250.00
Painting: 220.00
Carpet: 980.00

My first question is:

Is 900sqfeet apartment with the kitchen and bathroom being tiled cost 980 for carpet?

Does it cost 233 and 220 to clean 2 rooms? (kitchen and bathroom since they replaced carpet)

They never sent us a bill until the collection agency did.

2007-08-07 11:44:51 · 4 answers · asked by lovehelp12372 1

Does the non-custodial parent still have to pay when the child gets in trouble and sent away while in the custody of the other parent. The non-custodial parent is willing to take custody, but it may be too late now, with all the trouble the kids are in. This is in the state of Iowa, if that helps at all.

2007-08-07 11:41:17 · 5 answers · asked by agreenwolf75 1

I work in a grocery store as a cashier. My manager recently started dating one of the other cashiers. Him and the other cashier have all of a sudden turned on another cashier and I. I have been employed with the company for 5 years and have and ok record. As in no major complaints or anything. The manager is now taking a personnal interest in who the other cashier and I are talking to and what we are doing. It was never an issue until he started dating this woman. She is making comments like "the **** is going to hit the fan" and heads are going to roll. We can't go to the owner of the store because he thinks that the manager walks on water and could never do any wrong. Does anyone know what else we could do. The manager won't even let us talk to each other. Or certain other employees while we are on company time. HELP!!!!

2007-08-07 11:36:33 · 6 answers · asked by budgie 2

i know it sounds stupid but someone told my mom that and shes teaching me to drive so i figured id look into it because i cant think of any logical reasons that it wouldnt be....

2007-08-07 11:29:31 · 11 answers · asked by smartree16 2

While I think that the government had an idea of what might happen, and certainly could've taken more precuations pre-9/11, it's all hindsight and I really can't believe that many American people working for the governing would knowingly kill three thousand civilians. Is there any real convincing evidence? I'm not a huge fan of our government, I know they do illegal things all the time, but I think to say 9/11 was caused by Americans is a pretty low blow.

2007-08-07 11:25:10 · 9 answers · asked by David 4

I am thinking of doing law at university but i dont like the thought of having to defend a guilty person. Are there different types of lawyers? If so, then could someone please tell me. Thanks!

2007-08-07 11:23:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do i talk to a free lawyer online live?

2007-08-07 10:59:34 · 3 answers · asked by akeemmoore 1

"state the 5 categories of criminal law and give one example for each" these examples cannot include arson or burglary.

Cheers

2007-08-07 10:53:10 · 3 answers · asked by Tyson P 1

2007-08-07 10:49:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Violations would include: Denial of Due Process, Denial of Equal Protection, Denial of Free Speech, and other civil rights violations. Also would any statute of limitation be changed or extended if felonious/ criminal activities were involved in this denial of rights (such as fraud and conspiricay)? While I have been told that the statute of limitation on most all discimination claims and clauses in various laws is 6 months, I can not get a clear and accurate answer if this applies to Constitutional/ Bill of Rights violations also. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

2007-08-07 10:31:48 · 3 answers · asked by HP 4

2007-08-07 10:27:54 · 3 answers · asked by rusty 3

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070807/wr_nm/simpson_videogame_dc

This proves the justice system is flawed and downright unjust. I know there are many people who still say he did it but you have no proof to back it up. Innocent until proven guilty unless you get a civil court jury full of incompetents.

2007-08-07 10:27:40 · 11 answers · asked by MyMysteryId 3

I was looking for a job in the paper and came across an ad to work for the USPS. I called and it sounded like a great oppertunity so I registered for the test. They said I would be charged a refundable $99 and a non- refundable fee of $23 for shipping and handling and cost of the study materials. Please tell me this sounds right!

2007-08-07 10:22:21 · 16 answers · asked by *Amanda* 5

I was listening to a talk show on the radio. Yhey were dicussing a woman who kept driving even though she had EIGHT convictions for DWI. She was driving drunk, got into an accident, and killed some people.

I called into the show and said that I felt the first conviction for DWI should be loss of your car and a year in jail. Second conviction should mean you are in jail for the rest of your life.

The man running the talk show said I was crazy, that that was way too much. What do you think?

2007-08-07 09:59:25 · 12 answers · asked by Amy W 6

At age 14 you are expected to pay adult prices on our busses.
at age 16: you pay full adult fares on our railways,
pay income tax,
pay national insurance,
get a job,
Can legaly have hetrosexual sex,
smoke/buy cigarettes.
At 17 you can hold a driving licence.
At 18 you can drink alcohol in a pub..
See what i mean its all very confusing......................

2007-08-07 09:52:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The people who will end up getting the raw end of the deal with this bridge collapse are the people of Minnesota. The injured will sue for a large amount of money and the tax payers will have to dish the money out. There taxes were supposed to be going to make sure that this didnt happen. A prison term for the mayor would hold him accountable for not making sure that the money from the tax payers went to help the roads. Now there are at least 4 dead tax payers.

2007-08-07 09:49:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, if your arm was amputated and you cooked and ate your own meat. The arm is yours, and you didn't remove it specifically to eat it, who's to say you can't?

2007-08-07 09:41:29 · 8 answers · asked by Marshall 2

If you have booked a holiday and then something happens and you get a doctors note to be off work for longer than your holiday but it also covers some of the days you were on holiday can you then re-claim those days back as holiday? If anyone knows any websites with more information on this it would be a great help to have that as back up!

2007-08-07 09:28:16 · 7 answers · asked by x-Kaiekay-Kitten-x 1

My mother is being accused of sexual harassment by a fellow employees mother he is 29 and quit his job and claims it is because my mother harassed him. They are bringing out papers for her to sign and telling her it may cost her her job. she has always gotten along with this man but not with his mother or the woman he is seeing who also both work with her. She thinks the mother is saying this to try and hurt her because they have never gotten along. What can she do to defend herself from this since it isnt true.

2007-08-07 09:25:28 · 6 answers · asked by suga_lova2003 2

how can u be found not guilty in a criminal murder case but then found liable in a cival case for said murder? isnt that an oxy-moron? if thats the case everyone found not guilty in a criminal case can be retried for same crime and found guilty? makes no sense. explain please. thanks

2007-08-07 09:20:02 · 5 answers · asked by ABC 3

After my child is born in Jan of 2008, about 2-3 months after I want to get my child baptized as a catholic under their God parents, and I know that a baptized isnt a legal document. So I wanted to make the God parents legal if something were to happen to me and my husband, so I figured legal guardianship. So I was wondering how to I establish it? How do I make it legal? I know to go to the court house, but what to ask for? I live in the State of Maryland. I just want to make sure everything is perfect, and my child will have a place to go if anything were to happen, so I do want to make it legal, and not have something that the grandparents have to fight for...

2007-08-07 09:13:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

what would you do if you knew some-one who works at the same place as you, was helping themselves to stock, without paying, have reported to the manager already but this person still gets away with it, and now found out that certain customers are getting things for free too. I have confronted the person before but with no joy,
the person does not work the same shifts as me but i don't want to be a suspect for stock loss.
serious answers only please

2007-08-07 09:11:48 · 24 answers · asked by suenic40 3

Thank you!

2007-08-07 09:08:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-07 08:30:38 · 22 answers · asked by Ray M 1

2007-08-07 08:28:51 · 3 answers · asked by manu1 1

RAF mechanic Kenneth Ecott was acquitted of raping a girl on the grounds that he has 'sexsomnia', a pseudo-sounding condition, which meant that he involuntarily carries out sexual actions in his sleep. What research has been done into this condition? Is it just the word of those who claim to have it that has deemed that is it a real condition? His girlfriend's testimony that he had fondled her is not proof that it, or this incident, was actually involuntary.

2007-08-07 08:13:55 · 10 answers · asked by _Picnic 3

I know a reversal is where an appellate court reverses a lower court when the appellate court changes the outcome of the case.

2007-08-07 08:12:22 · 3 answers · asked by *Mina Stina* 2

My sons dad's gf has someone call and tell me that my ex's gf can't meet me In Muncie so i can see my son. I tell this girl that they should have no excuse not to beable to meet in Muncie instead of ALbany, In. I live in Indpls, In after making arrangements to meet in muncie. Then my ex's gf emails me and says i cussed this other girl out when i didn't. What can i do about this? Can i take him back to court with emails showing that my ex is cursing me out in emails when i never did it to him while trying to see about seeing my son without an attorney.

2007-08-07 08:03:34 · 6 answers · asked by stefanie b 1

I recently purchased a mh. although, under agreement my mom co-signed on title unitl i can pay her back. they won't turn on gas because my mom has a bill. my mom isn't even living there. I have no gas for my water heater, stove, or furnance...is it against the law to deny me?

2007-08-07 08:01:03 · 4 answers · asked by shortie 1

I'm going to some this up and avoid the excuses on why i did it ext.

I'm 17 years old and my girlfriends parents were buying a house. The land-lord gave them the leese contract. My girlfriends mother signed it and moved to another part of the house, and the father not exactly wanting to commit, convinced me to sign a totally randomized signature because since im 17 theres no way i could get in trouble. The mother found out and now she thinks she might loose the 4000 she put down on the house. I need to know if i can get in any kind of trouble if i was breaking the law. Whats the worst that could happen to me if the mother takes the father to court or something like this?

2007-08-07 07:57:17 · 3 answers · asked by Alex Savager 1