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Arkhamina posted:Helping my sister with her Disability case (she is in MN). I am fairly sure she is a solid medical qualification*, and we finally got the expected initial rejection for the Social Security administration. Any idea on the 'normal' appeals process time? I found her a lawyer a year ago and it took 7 months after SS received the application packet to reject. The lawyer is taking her full pro Bono, no cut, as she has had no income since March of 2020. Her accident was October of 2020. Re juries, I'm in California and it is routine for legal adults to get called for jury duty once a year. If you call in the night before and aren't needed, that gets you off jury duty for a year. After that year, there'll be another notice in your mail. I don't know why California in particular is so reliable, but I've never gotten so many notices anywhere else I lived. Note that I'm currently living in a very rural area and everybody in my family has gotten letters twice in the two years we've been here.
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No whiskey smash this time, instead: Arkhamina posted:*She broke her damned neck tripping up stairs, and has had two spinal fusion surgeries. I am supposed to be the clumsy one, SHE took ballet! What are her current symptoms? I assume chronic pain? How's she being treated?
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Jan 28, 2023 02:01
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Arkhamina posted:Helping my sister with her Disability case (she is in MN). I am fairly sure she is a solid medical qualification*, and we finally got the expected initial rejection for the Social Security administration. Any idea on the 'normal' appeals process time? I found her a lawyer a year ago and it took 7 months after SS received the application packet to reject. The lawyer is taking her full pro Bono, no cut, as she has had no income since March of 2020. Her accident was October of 2020. Just anecdotally, my roommate (also in Minnesota) just said she thinks it was about 8 months between her initial rejection and final approval.
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Jan 28, 2023 02:42
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bird with big dick posted:Defendant's new attorney is because the old one retired, emphasis on old that mofo was like 80. Debtor filed to have his bankruptcy dismissed and it was granted. We filed to have it un-dismissed because I guess you don't have a guaranteed right to dismissal if your bankruptcy has been converted from another chapter. Still no trial date.
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Jan 28, 2023 03:16
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bird with big dick posted:No whiskey smash this time, instead: She has PT a couple times a week, one in home, another at a nice hospital in the burbs. She spent the last 25 years as a bar cook, and has a GED. I could see her being physically able to do an office job, but she's uh, not mentally well suited. Smart, but no ability to jump through hoops, not speak her piece, or tell someone to go gently caress themselves. Also dealing with a lot of depression as a result of her life exploding, and no real job prospects. I wish I could move her closer, but cost of living is a lot higher where I am, she'd have no friends, the only real perk is I could do daily activity stuff like laundry for her. She's 4.5 hours drive away 
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Jan 28, 2023 03:41
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Arkhamina posted:After the first emergency spinal fusion, she had no followup, no PT, and things got bad (she's on MN-Caid). After a year and a half, she had more spinal cord swelling, and lost feeling in her feet, and a MRI showed 'whitening' of the spinal cord, ie, oops, that doesn't grow back, so she had the 2nd surgery 2 weeks later. At this point, she can walk with 2 leg braces, 2 arm braces, is able to tell when she needs to pee (she was losing that ability, which is what got her triaged to the MRI). She can't tell where her feet are, so her balance is pretty bad, and scores 30/56 on some fall risk thing. She can't lift anything more than about 10lbs, and has a lot of fair bit pain - but she's also very allergic to any opiates so she gets tylenol, some NSAIDs, and at least initially after surgery she had inject-able Torodol, a sort of super NSAID. Her apartment is 14 steps in the front, like 10 in the back, but $600 a month so that's hard to beat. I'm going to try to schmooze the landlord this summer into letting us/community try to get some ramps at least up to the back, but I don't think she can stay there long term. Yowch, that's rough. I had an emergency spinal fusion due to a car accident and I'm definitely not doing the greatest but certainly not as impaired as her. Sounds like she absolutely will get it but seems like they just fight you as much as they can. I'm currently on disability with my employer which seems like it must be a much lower standard of entry.
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Jan 28, 2023 04:43
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Arsenic Lupin posted:When you're having trouble with Social Security, always, always call your Representative's office. They have people on staff trained to help you make it through the bureaucracy. This also applies to military pensions, and in general any way the Federal bureaucracy can refuse to cooperate with you. The staff won't necessarily solve your problem, but they will usually be able to get more information than you can.. having worked in a few federal agencies, including social security (not on the disability side of things), i can tell you that a congressional inquiry definitely puts the fire to people's feet. The ones I saw were just "what's going on with this case?", but spurred the management chain into action
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Jan 28, 2023 05:48
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Say two people have a contract with each other that says neither party can modify it without permission from both. Can a third party come along and dissolve it, or does getting rid of a contract count as modifying it?
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Jan 28, 2023 19:02
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What third party? That idea is mostly incoherent (meaning, obviously no) as you've presented it
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Jan 28, 2023 19:05
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Isn't the whole point of a contract to memorialize an agreement that cannot be changed? Isn't that baked into the entire principal?
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Jan 28, 2023 19:11
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Whether when and how it can be changed is often written as part of it. So not quite what you are saying but your mostly on the right track as it relates to the question
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Jan 28, 2023 19:17
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Did this third party legally dissolve a contractually bound company? Was the contract invalid due to the third party's lien or other preceding arrangement?
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Jan 28, 2023 19:19
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E-flat posted:Say two people have a contract with each other that says neither party can modify it without permission from both. Can a third party come along and dissolve it, or does getting rid of a contract count as modifying it? why would a third party be able to dissolve a contract they aren't a part of regardless of what the contract says? besides specifically giving them the right to for some reason.
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Jan 28, 2023 19:22
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My 1st year contract law exam answer would be a) a state could legislate in a way to make the contract unenforceable, b) the contract could have an automatic termination clause if performance is reliant on a third party to the contract and the third party innocently frustrates it.
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Jan 28, 2023 19:30
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Yeah, who's the "third party"? Their wife who has a spousal interest? The State of Delaware? The IRS? A Somali pirate?
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It’s this. Nah, it’s a ttrpg thing. One character has a contract with a demon and we’re trying to figure out how to get them out of it. A genie’s wish spell could do it, but other players are arguing that magically annulling the contract would count as modifying it, and thus would require the demon’s permission. I was interested if there was any legal basis for that argument. Like, if annulling a contract is de jure modifying it. 
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Jan 28, 2023 20:41
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E-flat posted:It’s this. Is the demon more powerful than the genie? Did they both roll magic checks? Who won?
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Jan 28, 2023 20:51
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Please refer to Homer Simpson v. The Devil
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Jan 28, 2023 21:01
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Atticus_1354 posted:Is the demon more powerful than the genie? Did they both roll magic checks? Who won? It hasn’t happened yet! How powerful the genie will be is completely unknown. All it needs to be more powerful than is an infernal contract though…
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Jan 28, 2023 21:12
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E-flat posted:It’s this. The standard ways to get out of a demon's contract is to come up with a scheme funny/interesting enough the DM allows it. Suggestions: -Find someone with a juicier soul, like finding a new tenant to get out of a lease -Kill the demon -Get someone else to kill the demon -Break into the demonic hall of records, steal and destroy the physical contract -If the contract ends on death, kill the character, then pay to have them resurrected -Enter into a conflicting contract with a more powerful entity. What's the current master gonna do, sue Asmodeus? Bonus points if the answer to that question is "yes." Blue Footed Booby fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Jan 28, 2023 |
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Jan 28, 2023 21:25
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E-flat posted:It’s this.   A Wish might work, but I wouldn't use it; the problem is that it could have nasty side effects, such as unwinding time to before the contract was ever signed, etc.
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Jan 28, 2023 21:31
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the entire fields of demon and genie contract law are based on undermining the spirit of the contract through overly literal interpretation. if the contract explicitly states "neither the demon nor the player can modify this contract without the consent of both" then that necessarily implies that someone who is neither the demon nor the player is not subject to this constraint, and there is no reason that a genie would need consent to modify the contract frankly at this point you should not be communicating with the demon at all except through your genie
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Fellatio del Toro posted:the entire fields of demon and genie contract law are based on undermining the spirit of the contract through overly literal interpretation. if the contract explicitly states "neither the demon nor the player can modify this contract without the consent of both" then that necessarily implies that someone who is neither the demon nor the player is not subject to this constraint, and there is no reason that a genie would need consent to modify the contract Ask/Tell > Legal Questions: Do not communicate with the demon at all except through your genie
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:A Wish might work, but I wouldn't use it; the problem is that it could have nasty side effects, such as unwinding time to before the contract was ever signed, etc. That is going to be the troublesome thing, coming up with the correct wording. Honestly I think we could wish for the contract to be annulled, to amend the contract for the character to be able to unilaterally terminate it without delivering the five souls he owes the demon, or to replace the pact wholesale with another from another powerful magical creature—ie, substitute the name in the contract with someone else. Whatever’s easier. I’m not a clever thinker, so coming up with schemes is a little out of the question for me. ninja edit: haha holy poo poo. I feel honored
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Just deliver the five souls man, why you trying to welch on a deal?
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Jan 28, 2023 22:05
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We’re not murderhobos.  Also, the souls have to be from our home continent. We don’t want to introduce the demon to our home.
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E-flat posted:It’s this. INAL, but if this is D&D 5th edition, you could argue that if the pact is magically enforced, it's essentially the same as a mutually binding Geas. Since one of the terms of the Geas spell is that a wish spell cancels it, the fact that the contract can ended by a wish spell is part of the underlying framework of the pact. So any wish should be able to end the contract. However, since the wish ends the contract (rather than nullifying it), any language about what happens when the pact ends would apply. That said, neither the player nor the demon can cast the wish or request that someone cast it without the other's approval without violating the contract. 3rd parties aren't bound by the contract and can cast wish to end the pact. They should be aware that this may constitute wrongful interference in the jurisdiction governing the pact and give the demon grounds to seek compensation according to the laws (or lack thereof) of that jurisdiction.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:-Enter into a conflicting contract with a more powerful entity. What's the current master gonna do, sue Asmodeus? Bonus points if the answer to that question is "yes." Given our DM, this would be the most likely, including the Bonus. One of the issues is that Hell is the guarantor (? I don't know the legal words) of the contract, and will enforce the terms. I don't know if that makes them a third party. Alchenar posted:Just deliver the five souls man, why you trying to welch on a deal? I personally think the 5 souls are what the demon needs to establish a beachhead on a world where hell doesn't exist yet. Also the person who signed the deal is an NPC.
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bpACH posted:3rd parties aren't bound by the contract and can cast wish to end the pact. They should be aware that this may constitute wrongful interference in the jurisdiction governing the pact and give the demon grounds to seek compensation according to the laws (or lack thereof) of that jurisdiction. Okay, I see that inference is “wrongful conduct that prevents or disturbs another in the performance of his usual activities, or in the conduct of his business or contractual relations.” Hm. In this situation, the demon is actually trying to overthrow the ruler of Hell, but she’s not without her supporters. So this may be a problem if Hell’s legal department is under her influence. E: oh no the posting is coming from inside the thread Beachcomber posted:Also the person who signed the deal is an NPC. E-flat fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Jan 28, 2023 |
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E-flat posted:It’s this. An annulment is literally not a modification.
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In D&D at least all living creatures have souls. Give him 5 mice or something. Edit: Beachcomber posted:Also the person who signed the deal is an NPC.
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We really need a text precise copy of this contract to do this properly
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Create a situation (using wish or whatever) that renders the demon's performance impossible, then sue them for breach of contract.
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Harold Fjord posted:We really need a text precise copy of this contract to do this properly I know, right? Of course, we don’t have one, because the DM doesn’t want to go through the trouble. Our DM doesn’t like to plan things and just goes with the flow of what he wants to do for the story. If any of y’all feel so inspired to draft one hit me up lol
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E-flat posted:I know, right? Of course, we don’t have one, because the DM doesn’t want to go through the trouble. Our DM doesn’t like to plan things and just goes with the flow of what he wants to do for the story. The correct answer here is "hey GM, can we brainstorm some fun ways to resolve this story arc without us feeding anyone to Hell," because sometimes collaborative storytelling is easier if you just talk about it, but I'd love to see this thread crowdsource a demon contract
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Well is it a demon or a devil because that's pretty important in the 'does this contract matter?' stakes.
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Alchenar posted:Well is it a demon or a devil because that's pretty important in the 'does this contract matter?' stakes. Ascended succubus, so technically a demon, but the contract was facilitated by a contract devil.
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NAL, but you might be able to find a way to argue that the NPC was not actually able to agree to the contract when it was signed. Where contracts are intended to be a "meeting of the minds," if your NPC was busy drunkenly pitching a tent in his pants instead of understanding what was signed, you might find a way out there. ... Actually, what's the penalty for non compliance? Just that NPC's soul? E-flat posted:We’re not murderhobos. It sounds like your party is going to have to get very cool with some things very fast, actually. That's the fastest way out of having to collect 5 souls and introduce hell to another place.
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