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Yuji posted:She has never received a citation for this. She should just go to the DMV and change her address. I'm assuming she got the summons that was sent to her parents' house in re: the ticket a year ago.
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ODC posted:but $175 is still a lot of money $175 is not a lot of money. The filing fee for any lawsuit anywhere is likely more than that. Forget it and move on. The rest of the responses are law-school hypothetical nonsense.
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Solomon Grundy posted:$175 is not a lot of money. The filing fee for any lawsuit anywhere is likely more than that. Forget it and move on. The rest of the responses are law-school hypothetical nonsense. The lesson I got out of stories of contracting like this is that you need to charge more so people take your seriously. I mean, $175 is like an hour of billed work. More like 30 minutes for you lawyer types.
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Feb 18, 2010 00:45
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Solomon Grundy posted:$175 is not a lot of money. The filing fee for any lawsuit anywhere is likely more than that. Forget it and move on. The rest of the responses are law-school hypothetical nonsense. This. Once you factor in the filing fees and the time you will spend fighting this, $175 hardly seems worth it. Next time, don't use a vendor service that allows take-backs.
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Feb 18, 2010 00:54
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Solomon Grundy posted:$175 is not a lot of money. The filing fee for any lawsuit anywhere is likely more than that. Forget it and move on. The rest of the responses are law-school hypothetical nonsense. Maybe, Mr. Solomon Grundy, ODC wants justice, even if said justice might come at a price to him. Isn't that worth fighting for? BTW I could probably find a lawyer who would work for 33% of the recovery + fees.
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Feb 18, 2010 01:14
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Incredulous Red posted:She should just go to the DMV and change her address. I'm assuming she got the summons that was sent to her parents' house in re: the ticket a year ago. Would the consensus be to just mail the Change of Address form with all the information and leave it at that?
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TheBestDeception posted:Maybe, Mr. Solomon Grundy, ODC wants justice, even if said justice might come at a price to him. Isn't that worth fighting for? But the OP's question was "Do I have any options that don't entail spending more money than the $175 I'm owed?" And unless the filing fees are uncommonly low in the court that would hear the case, the answer is "No."
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Yuji posted:I don't remember if she got anything in the mail from the speeding ticket. She just went to the court house the officer told her about and paid the fine. Just mail the Change of Address form. Basically she'd only have gotten in trouble if she didn't respond to a summons (ticket) sent to her old address. They don't want to disincentivize you from keeping your correct address on file. E: Or she could just DO IT ONLINE Incredulous Red fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Feb 18, 2010 |
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JudicialRestraints posted:For laughs sake, could he get diversity on this? Nope, he's about $74,826 short of diversity jurisdiction. entris posted:And even if she defends in Florida, and he wins, he still has to get his judgment lien attached to some of her assets. Although I guess if she shows up in person, the judge could make her write out a check or something. But who is stupid enough to fly down to Florida to defend a $175 suit? *Not licensed in New Jersey or Florida, but that's what we'd have to do in my state. TheBestDeception posted:BTW I could probably find a lawyer who would work for 33% of the recovery + fees. Hutz: Mr. Simpson, I was just going through your garbage, and I couldn't help overhearing that you need a babysitter. Of course, being a highly-skilled attorney, my fee is $175 an hour. Homer: We pay eight dollars for the night, and you can take two popsicles out of the freezer. Hutz: Three. Homer: Two. Hutz: OK, two. And I get to keep this old bird cage. Homer: Done! Hutz: [proudly] Still got it.
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GamingHyena posted:Hutz: Mr. Simpson, I was just going through your garbage, and I couldn't help overhearing that you need a babysitter. Of course, being a highly-skilled attorney, my fee is $175 an hour. Ainsley. This is Ainsley.
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TheBestDeception posted:Maybe, Mr. Solomon Grundy, ODC wants justice, even if said justice might come at a price to him. Isn't that worth fighting for? No.
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I have a question about some of the medical Marijuana dispensary DEA raids that have been happening: Attorney General Eric Holder stated that medical Marijuana dispensaries would no longer be raided as long as they were compliant with local laws. Over the past few weeks there's been several DEA raids in Colorado. As the AG said that raids would stop, if the dispensaries in question are found to be compliant with local laws, could the owners argue entrapment against the DEA? Thanks.
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Nomex posted:I have a question about some of the medical Marijuana dispensary DEA raids that have been happening: No. Entrapment involves the police doing something to induce you to do something you otherwise would not do.
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Yeah, justice sounds nice and all. For me its more about financial feasibility. Will the amount I potentially collect be more than the amount spent attempting to collect it. What I'm hearing is that the number isn't necessarily $175, but the fair market value of the work I performed. That number is probably closer to ~$1500.
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ODC posted:Yeah, justice sounds nice and all. For me its more about financial feasibility. Will the amount I potentially collect be more than the amount spent attempting to collect it. If you had a contract for $175, I wouldn't count on collecting $1500
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Incredulous Red posted:If you had a contract for $175, I wouldn't count on collecting $1500 E: although you will be able to recover for more, you will be required to prove the actual value of your work (this may get expensive). The defendant will enter into evidence the initial value of the contract as a counter to your claim of $1500, it will be up to the fact finder to determine the actual value. JudicialRestraints fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Feb 18, 2010 |
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JudicialRestraints posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_meruit In my state, if there is an express contract, all quasi-contract theories are barred, so don't get all excited about quantum meruit until you check local laws. Solomon Grundy fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Feb 18, 2010 |
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Feb 18, 2010 21:19
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Perhaps the better question is why you were doing work for an 88% discount. Seems kind of silly to me.
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Solomon Grundy posted:In my state, if there is an express contract, all quasi-contract theories are barred, so don't get all excited about quantum meruit until you check local laws. He should definitely check his local laws, Quantum Meruit in Wisconsin only comes into play with an express contract when the party that is getting discounted work breaks the contract. Basically, it's worth looking into but I know nothing about the law in Florida.
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JudicialRestraints posted:He should definitely check his local laws, Quantum Meruit in Wisconsin only comes into play with an express contract when the party that is getting discounted work breaks the contract. I just did some casual searching, it looks like an express agreement is a defense to a claim for quantum meruit in Florida.
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I am designing a (basic) website for a local animal shelter. I would like to use some of their sponsors' logos to thank them for their support and link to each sponsors' site. Do I need written permission from each sponsor to do this, or since they already partner with the organization is it allowed without approval? Also, the shelter is registered as a 501(c)3 exempt company, so they're legit. I just want to make sure I'm not subjecting them to any legal issues in the future. Edit: the shelter is in Ohio (in case there are any state laws that apply). Stupid Dick fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Feb 19, 2010 |
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Feb 19, 2010 19:32
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As a general rule with charitable organizations, making your donors happy is a good idea, so it doesn't hurt to get permission.
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I own a small web design business and I'm starting to get some bigger name clients. Is it worth the money to hire someone to draft me a simple contract or will a canned one written for companies like mine work just fine?
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dawiyo posted:I own a small web design business and I'm starting to get some bigger name clients. Is it worth the money to hire someone to draft me a simple contract or will a canned one written for companies like mine work just fine? Given how lovely the legal market is right now, lawyers are starving for work. I'm sure you could find a competent attorney for a reasonable fee, who could help you out with your contracts.
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entris posted:Given how lovely the legal market is right now, lawyers are starving for work. I'm sure you could find a competent attorney for a reasonable fee, who could help you out with your contracts. You could probably even find a lawyer to review your contract in exchange for web design services. What state are you in?
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Solomon Grundy posted:You could probably even find a lawyer to review your contract in exchange for web design services. What state are you in? That's an excellent point.
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A good friend of mine is currently going through some legal trouble. Him and his attorney have finally come to a conclusion with the prosecutors on something they can agree with. A deferred judgment with a condition of two months in jail. Even though he trusts his lawyer, he has some questions for me and wants a second opinion: 1) The DJ is supposed to be a one year period, where after that period is done and my friend has not been convicted of any crimes, his record is wiped clean. However, according to this site (http://criminal.lawyers.com/Criminal-Law--Procedure-FAQ.html) it says, "While the defendant is free to say he's never been convicted of a crime, the guilty plea could have possible future ramifications. For example, deferred judgments are counted in computing a defendant's criminal history score under the federal sentencing guidelines." What does that mean? 2) If someone does search his record within that year, what will show up? According to him, he says that on his record it will say that these felony charges will be pending, and upon completion of his jail time and a year of being clean, everything will be wiped clean. Is that the case? 3) What are the terms of traveling while you have a deferred judgment? 4) Within that one year period, and if my friend is filing an application where it asks him, "Have you ever been convicted of any crime," will he have to say Yes? Thank you.
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Busy Bee posted:1) The DJ is supposed to be a one year period, where after that period is done and my friend has not been convicted of any crimes, his record is wiped clean. However, according to this site (http://criminal.lawyers.com/Criminal-Law--Procedure-FAQ.html) it says, "While the defendant is free to say he's never been convicted of a crime, the guilty plea could have possible future ramifications. For example, deferred judgments are counted in computing a defendant's criminal history score under the federal sentencing guidelines." What does that mean? 1) The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are a system that recommends an increase or decrease of a sentence for a federal crime based on many factors. Prior history is one of them. The CJ is apparently another. 2, 3 & 4) State law issue I think. Have him ask whoever has to supervise him about these.
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Hey law goons, was wondering if you could come and check this out in D & D about the goongress? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3270653&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post372909935
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Solomon Grundy posted:You could probably even find a lawyer to review your contract in exchange for web design services. What state are you in? So yes, help them, you may even find a niche market, I hope.
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How much do traffic attorneys cost these days? I saw in the AI thread that it was $50-150, but that post was from 2007, and in Texas. I'm in Ohio, I have two other citations in the last 12 months, and a couple of weeks ago, I was driving to work in some snow/slush, lost control as I went down a hill, and ended up in a ditch. I didn't involve anyone else or anyone else's property, and it didn't look like there was much damage to my car, even, so I flagged down a car that came by right after, met them at the bottom of the hill, and borrowed their cell phone to call work and a tow truck. I had a coworker email my wife, because our phone line was down, but our internet wasn't. Since I didn't have a cell phone, and it was cold, I decided to try walking back towards home, mainly to keep warm. I left a note in my window saying where I'd gone. I ended up being offered a ride, met my wife, headed back to meet the tow truck, and a highway patrolman was there with the tow truck. He asked me if I was the driver (yes), and if I wanted a report (no), and why I didn't call 911, which threw me, since I didn't see my situation as an emergency, and wasn't sure if there was any real damage beyond losing my right-side mirror at that point. The highway patrolman stuck around and started taking pictures, so I asked him if he wanted a statement, gave it to him, and he cited me under ORC 4511.202 - failure to maintain reasonable control. The thing is, I don't know what else I could have done. I had already gone some 10 miles with no problems, the roads were in relatively good shape, and I had seen evidence in the past that the hill I was approaching was always heavily treated, not to mention there was no snow or slush at the top - it was just wet. When I started down, I put my car in first gear so I wouldn't have to brake much, and this has worked on hills in the past. As far as I've read, this is everything you're supposed to do in the snow. Admittedly, though, I'm from California and I've only been in Ohio for about 3.5 years, and this is only the second winter I've needed to drive to any significant degree. On the report I downloaded, I see that he asked me how fast I was going when I lost control, and I remember thinking about it, since I wasn't exactly looking at my speedometer at the time, and I said 20 mph, tops. But that was when I was already rolling down, and arguably I had already lost control at that point, if my guess was even accurate. Was that why he cited me? I just don't understand what "reasonable control" means in the context. From my point of view, I had exercised caution and done everything my limited experience and my reading had told me to do, and aside from just turning around and taking a different route - which I had no reason to think I should do - I don't know what else I could have done to prevent it. Can someone explain this to me? I don't even think it's fair that I should get cited for loving up my own car and damaging nothing else.
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Sizzler Manager posted:Can someone explain this to me? I don't even think it's fair that I should get cited for loving up my own car and damaging nothing else. You didn't get a ticket for damaging your car, you got a ticket for running off the road. You were unable to control your car under the circumstances, and got a ticket for it.
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Schitzo posted:Perhaps the better question is why you were doing work for an 88% discount. Seems kind of silly to me. Her previous contract programmer had joined the military and got deployed. She was unable to contact him and had to start from scratch but only had $350 left in her budget. She also had five more contracts on standby. I told her I would could do the first one at that rate if she would renegotiate the rate on the other five. Basically, I was taking a hit upfront because of the promise of more lucrative contracts immediately following the first. I made a gamble and lost.
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Back in October I was involved in an auto accident that is indisputably the other guy's fault. Police cited him and not me, and when his insurance adjuster called me the first thing out of her mouth was "We've already accepted responsibility." My car was totaled and I've already gotten my settlement for that and bought a new car, so I don't need help with that, but I was hurt. My shoulder got pretty messed up when I hit my airbag so for the last 3.5 months I've had to go to the doctor, go on pain meds / muscle relaxers, had a CAT scan done and just got done with a month of physical therapy, it's about at the point where it's as good as it's going to get. I also have what may be a permanent scar on my chest from the seatbelt. I haven't consulted a lawyer yet because I've really been hoping that I can settle this whole thing without dragging it out, but I still want to make sure I get treated fairly now that it's time to start really dealing with insurance. I've kept good records on what I've spent, I have all my medical records available and followed all my doctor's advice to the letter. I've kept in touch with the adjuster and we seem to have gotten along fine this whole time. Any general advice anyone can give me about what I need to do at this point? I've gone through a lot of pain and taken a lot of time out my life to deal with all this and I don't want to get rich off what happened to me, but what can I do at this point to make sure I'm compensated fairly? Even just pointing me in the right direction to other websites would help. Thanks! 
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Annakie posted:Back in October I was involved in an auto accident that is indisputably the other guy's fault. Police cited him and not me, and when his insurance adjuster called me the first thing out of her mouth was "We've already accepted responsibility." My car was totaled and I've already gotten my settlement for that and bought a new car, so I don't need help with that, but I was hurt. When you accepted the settlement money for your car, did you have to sign any paperwork? I am specifically wondering whether you signed away your right to sue for additional compensation when you accepted that money? It sounds like you didn't agree to anything like that, but it's important to know.
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entris posted:When you accepted the settlement money for your car, did you have to sign any paperwork? I am specifically wondering whether you signed away your right to sue for additional compensation when you accepted that money? It sounds like you didn't agree to anything like that, but it's important to know. I did do a quick read through of everything I signed, and I'm sure I didn't sign anything like that.
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Annakie posted:Back in October I was involved in an auto accident that is indisputably the other guy's fault. Police cited him and not me, and when his insurance adjuster called me the first thing out of her mouth was "We've already accepted responsibility." My car was totaled and I've already gotten my settlement for that and bought a new car, so I don't need help with that, but I was hurt. Talk to a lawyer. It might actually expedite the process for you.
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I think that I will second Incredulous Red here. I think that you could negotiate a settlement for your medical injuries without an attorney, but there are many ways for you to screw it up. The insurance people have more experience negotiating these things than you, and they will try to slant the deal in their favor. You need to make sure that the settlement covers all of your past medical costs, and also appropriately deals with the risk of future costs. I think your best bet is to get an experienced attorney to do this work for you. I'm mainly concerned about the possibility of future costs - you don't want to accept a certain sum now and then find out that your settlement doesn't cover some unforeseen complication. I think a lawyer is probably better at planning for this risk than you will be. You may want to ask your doctors about the probability of future complications. If it's anything above 20% probability, you want a lawyer. If they tell you that "Oh everything is fixed, you won't experience any complications" then maybe you don't need a lawyer. (Doctors never say this, of course, because medicine is never this certain about anything.) Edit: In essence, I am suggesting that you pay a little now for more security later, if an unforeseen complication should arise. entris fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Feb 23, 2010 |
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You are both right, thanks. I went ahead and contacted the local bar association and got a referral. $20 for a consultation is well worth my peace of mind.
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Annakie posted:You are both right, thanks. They're charging you for a consult?
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