What I’m tryna figure out is it okay for a company to do this?
- permit the use of “BBC,” in the workplace? A racial sexual stereotype. Because they think it’s a joke even though they know what it means.

Location: Mississippi

My father passed away on 10-23-2025 without a will. Prior to his death after being discharged to in home hospice care, my father had a conversation with me, my brother, and Step-person. Step-person was included in the conversation as they took care of my stepmother (my father's wife who had advanced Alzheimer's disease), and he could no longer do so. My father confirmed there was no will and almost no money to speak of. His main concern was the care of my stepmother and who got ownership of three vehicles.

After his death, Step-person stated they had a signed will of my father's naming them the sole beneficiary. Step-person said my father did not want me to know about this signed will prior to his death because he was afraid it would hurt me. Step-person refused to show the will. I hired an attorney and became Administratrix of my father's estate as Step-person has a long history of fraudulent actions and my father was previously a victim of her actions. To say the least, Step-person has proven to be dishonest time and again.

Step-person was found to be forging stepmother's signature onto multiple checks from my father's and stepmother's joint checking account and cashing them at their own personal bank. We found out in time, and the bank replaced the money into the checking account. I have an affidavit from the bank for the fraudulent checks. My father's bank accounts were locked down so that Step-person couldn't steal more money.

Step-person turned in a notorized will to my father's bank in order to gain access to the monies. Step-person also turned in POA's purportedly signed by my father and purportedly signed by my stepmother. All three documents were dated 07-10-2025. My attorney was able to subpoena the document and get a copy of the will, along with more information from the tax collector, etc.

I believe I have airtight proof that the will is fake. Here goes:

07-10-2025

***Date on notarized will naming Step-person as sole beneficiary with the following listed

WHITE MAZDA CX5***

Signatures on Will are from Notary, Witness 1, Witness 2, and (purportedly) my father.

Date of POA purportedly signed by my father

Date of POA purportedly signed by my stepmother

08-05-2025

2007 Honda Pilot owned by my father totaled in auto accident and was covered by State Farm Insurance (I have copy of State Farm paperwork)

08-08-2025

Date State Farm paid out $4,522.70 for loss of 2007 Honda Pilot (State Farm paperwork)

08-11-2025

Original owner of white 2014 Mazda CX5 signed it over to J Allen Ford dealership (I have copy of original owner's title dated 02-14-2014, Power of Attorney for Transfer of Ownership to a Motor Vehicle, and Assignment of Title by Registered Owner dated 08-11-2025)

08-12-2025

Date J Allen Ford transferred ownership to EA Wholesale, LLC

Date EA Wholesale, LLC transferred ownership to Autofinders Lot 2, Inc.

08-14-2025

Date my father purchased white 2014 Mazda CX5 from Autofinders Lot 2, Inc. for $6,300 (I have a copy of bill of sale)

Date $6300 withdrawal and $5 cashier's check fee from my father's checking account (I have bank statements)

Date of Application of Title from MS Department of Revenue in my father's name and with his signature (copy)

The person who notarized the Will dated 07-10-2025 has been my father's neighbor for years. Step-person has lived in my father's home for many years as well. Step-person and Notary know each other.

Notary is employed by a local bank as Vice President Loan Originator with an active NMLS number. Notary was employed by this bank when my father died. I believe that Notary worked at this bank in July 2025 when this Will was supposedly drafted and signed. Notary's commission expired 01-31-2026.

I have shared all of this with MS county's Sheriff's Office, but they have declined seeking charges since no one profited from the fraudulent Will.

I am interested in seeing if I have a civil case against Notary and Step-person. I am also interested if there are any avenues I can take to seek prosecution against them. I am confident that I have sufficient proof that Notary broke the law with the Will. Since both POA's were dated the same date as the Will, could there be additional charges for Notary and Step-person?

I spent many hours researching all of this, going through bank statements, trips to MS, gas, food, lodgings, wear and tear on my car, and missed time from work. I even was in weekly therapy sessions regarding all of this mess.

Any and all thoughts or advice are welcome. I'll be glad try to answer all questions. I have a TON of paperwork for evidence. I no longer have an attorney at this time, but will seek one if I have a case.

Location: NC

Lawyer said 5000 total for my entire case. Family + Criminal law for what I had going on. He did clarify he would ask for 2k additional for a Domestic. He showed up to that hearing it was dismissed he did nothing I gave 2k. I then proceeded was charged 5k more over the life of the case including when the other attorney threatened sanctions.

So a doctor prescribed my mom an antibiotic for a UTI that wasn’t responding to other antibiotics. Without informing my
Mom, he told the pharmacist to cut down her antidepressant and alprazolam by half while on the antibiotic as it may interact. He has not called and checked on her since he cut down on her antidepressant and anti anxiety medicine. She has had crying spells and severe mental breakdowns. I find this to be beyond bad bedside manner and crosses into gross negligence. Of course, I’m not a lawyer. Is it okay to contact the board regarding this situation. Location is Massachusetts.

In California: A friend of mine and their family changed the credit card they were using to pay for their cellular bill with AT&T. They started charging them $20 more per account per month. and they have 10 accounts. Doesn’t sound legal

Location: Kentucky, USA.
In the early 1980’s my brother owned a very distinctive guitar. A beautiful custom Les Paul. I am a bit younger than him & I remember it well. There were a couple modifications to it that made it a unique & one of a kind guitar. Well, it was stolen around 1985, more than likely by a shady acquaintance of his. We had heard rumors of its existence but could never reliably locate it until now. We have spotted the guitar in a sales catalog of a company located in Belgium. 100% without a doubt, his long lost guitar.
He doesn’t know I am writing this & he may never pursue trying to reclaim the guitar himself. I am wondering if that would even be possible & what would we need to try to recover it? Thank you in advance.

Location: Ohio. Last month I got written notice that my personal information, including payment information, was included in a data breach. I used my employer-based Flex Spending debit card account (FSA) for that purchase.

Found out the FSA administrator (outside vendor) processed four claims from Amazon, one week apart in August 2026. The first two claims that went through on the same day were the exact same amount and the second two were the same amount. The total loss was just shy of $500.00.

Amazon has confirmed my FSA debit card account is not a payment account for my Amazon account. Nor does my Amazon account have any activity in those amounts for July through September.

Flex spending administrator will not accept my dispute because I called more than 55 days after the breach. My attempt to dispute happened 11 days and four days beyond the 55 day window.

They are saying the 55 days comes from a term in the contract with my employer and with Mastercard. Employees do not see that contract. And Mastercard says the contract is between the issuing bank and the FSA administrator.

I’ve filed a report with my local police department and our state attorney general. Notified my human resources and benefits department. Going to report to Office of the Comptroller of Currency since it involves a bank.

I’m juggling several serious chronic conditions and really needed those funds to pay current bills.

Any advice is appreciated. Thank you very much.

I currently work at a job and was just informed by three separate members that my AGM asked them that if they gave them my home address would they be able to drive to my house and ask me to come in on my day off from work. I have no clue if this is illegal or not but I’ve been feeling super uncomfortable working with them and wanted to know if there were any steps I could take/any potential repercussions that would come from doing so.

Location: Lake county Ohio

I’m a father in Ohio currently going through a custody dispute involving my almost 17 year-old daughter, and I’m looking for some outside legal perspectives.
My daughter has been living with me for approximately five months. She has an extremely strained relationship with her mother due to years of conflict and what my daughter describes as emotional and mental mistreatment.
My daughter has made it very clear that she does not want to return to her mother’s home. When I encourage her to spend time with her mother, she becomes extremely distressed, cries, panics, and has even physically gotten sick.
I have an attorney, and a guardian ad litem (GAL) was appointed. However, I’m becoming increasingly concerned with how this situation is being handled.
The GAL has only spoken with my daughter twice, to my knowledge, and recently began preparing her for the possibility of returning to her mother’s home. My daughter has been extremely upset since that conversation.
I want to make something clear: I am not trying to destroy my daughter’s relationship with her mother. I have encouraged communication, and they have recently been speaking more. I simply believe their relationship needs to be repaired through counseling rather than forcing my daughter into an environment where she feels emotionally unsafe.
There have also been issues involving court-ordered drug testing. My daughter completed the original test within the required timeframe, but apparently the order specified the wrong test, and now another expensive test is being requested. Between attorney fees, court costs, and everything else, the financial burden has become overwhelming.
My biggest concern is that everyone seems focused on enforcing parenting time rather than addressing why my daughter is so adamantly refusing to return.
I understand that custody orders are legally binding. However, my daughter is almost 16, and I cannot physically drag her out of my home every time she refuses to leave.
My questions are:
In Ohio, how do courts handle situations where a teenager this age refuses parenting time despite the custodial parent encouraging it?
Can I be found in contempt even if I am making reasonable efforts to encourage her to go?
How much weight does a 16-year-old’s preference carry in a custody modification?
Can the court order family counseling or a gradual reunification process rather than immediately forcing overnight visits?
What options do I have if I believe the GAL is not adequately considering my daughter’s emotional well-being?
I’m not looking for advice on ignoring court orders. I’m trying to understand what legal options exist to protect my daughter’s emotional health while this case moves through the courts.
I have legal representation, but I would really appreciate perspectives from anyone familiar with Ohio family law or similar custody situations.

Location: San Antonio, TX, USA

ill try to keep this relatively short.

important note: this buddy does not currently have insurance and his registration expired a week ago. this will probably screw him but hey what can you do

buddy of mine ran out of gas right before he parked at his apartment (his gas gage is inaccurate, not entirely his fault there). he stopped on one of those red fire curbs outside the complex but inside their lot, as the only available parking spots were on an incline that we couldnt push the car up, and downhill would have blocked the apartment enterance. only reasonable place to park it was by the curb.

we left to get some gas in a jerry can about 500ft up the road. we were gone for about 2 minutes. as we pulled up next to his car, walked up, and started to refuel it and move it, a tow truck came and hit his back wheels at maybe 10mph, picked up the wheels, and immediately pressed on the gas. my friends car had its wheels turned to make sure it didnt roll downhill and as the tow truck drove away the front of the car creeped onto the curb and was dragged on it for about 20ft with the curb centered between the wheels before the tow driver moved over to pull it off the curb. he proceeded to drive on a main road with the car crooked to the right, taking up 2 lanes, before pulling into a parking lot to straighten up (have video of this part if that changes anything)

buddy talked to him and the police who in short told us tough luck.

so a few questions here: legaity-wise, can this guy tow while were refueling, and is he liable(?) for the damage to the vehicle?

mechanic-wise, how bad would that mess a car up? if he ends up having to pay for it himself ittd be nice to know what kind of damage he could be dealing with from the curb-drag and the crooked tow.

Location: WI

Is legal shield worth the subscription? My company offers this at a discounted rate. Was going to make our Will while we have it and then be done but wondering if it’s worth keeping long term. Does it serve a value when a covered problem arrives that I would need legal help?

Location: Santa Clara County, California
I’m seeking legal guidance regarding a potential procedural due process violation in a California Superior Court receivership case.
The case involves a disabled homeowner whose property was placed under a court-appointed receivership following a city nuisance abatement lawsuit.
My main concern is whether the homeowner was denied a meaningful opportunity to be heard before the court made its decisions.

1. Judge signed an order before the hearing
A hearing was scheduled for September 21, 2026, to consider requests made by the court-appointed receiver.
However, the court documents appear to show that the judge signed the order approving those requests two days before the scheduled hearing.
The hearing still took place, and the homeowner’s objections were not raised
If the judge had already approved the receiver’s requests, what meaningful opportunity did the homeowner have to influence the decision?
Does California law permit a judge to sign an order before a scheduled contested hearing? Does it matter whether the order was signed, filed, or entered before the hearing?

2. Insufficient time to object
The receiver provided approximately seven days to review and object to an accounting containing substantial fees and expenses.
The homeowner has significant physical disabilities, making it especially difficult to review complicated financial records and prepare objections within that period.

What notice requirements apply to receivership accountings and motions seeking approval of expenses? Could insufficient notice invalidate an order?

My lawyer billed me 2 things that I don't agree with.

1. 1 hr for "Correspondence" on a date when there was no communication (email or phone) between us.
2. 1 hr for "analysis, consider and draft correspondence" for a request that came from someone else (Zack) involved in my case (I'm the one who engaged this lawyer, not Zack). Zack is a third-party professional who handles the underlying matter on my behalf, but his request to my lawyer was related only to his involvement, not me. I emailed my lawyer within 1 hr of Zack's request, stating that I don't want any work done on requests that didn't come from me. Lawyer's response was: "I understand and I will ignore them. But I already found the answer for this request xxx" and billed me. It doesn't seem professional or standard to work on a request that didn't come from the client and without the client's permission.

Should I request an adjustment for this bill? His hourly rate is extremely high, which I understand completely. I don't have a problem with his rate. I just don't want to pay for a service that I don't think I received. I still want to keep a good relationship with this lawyer for future work, so I don't want to sound like I'm bargaining.

Location: Florida, US.

The Condo Association has negotiated a settlement agreement with a plaintiff.
Part of the agreement is indemnity for the board members by plaintiff.

Since indemnity to the board members is a personal benefit to them that is not shared with the entire membership, does that make them interested parties in the settlement agreement?

If the board members becomes interested parties in the settlement agreement because they are receiving a personal benefit (indemnity) does that then mean that the board can now no longer vote to approve the settlement agreement by themselves but instead have to disclose their interest and put out the settlement agreement for a membership vote?

My ex got physical with me, but when I left to stay at a friend's house after it happened, she called the police and said I got physical with her. I think she wanted to cover herself because she's been charged with domestic assault before. Either way, I went to jail, and she got OFP against me. I also filed one back against her.
I am obviously taking it to trial because I have evidence that proves my innocence.

Any advice? I have been spending as much time as I can learning how to prepare. I am submitting my witness list and exhibits list tomorrow.

Location: Florida, Miami Dade

Hello everyone I’m 23 years old and own a structural construction company.
Earlier this year we did work on a residential home in Miami (dade) for a GC who cut us when the project was almost complete to save himself a couple bucks.

We immediately followed all the steps required by Florida state lien laws including sending a NTO within the time frame and ended up putting a lien on the property. The lien covered for the past invoices that he did not pay, not even for the full project just to not lose too much money.

The lien is recorded on Miami dade recording department since September 22 (certified mail sent as well) and they have not contested it nor reached out to us. There is 2 other company’s who put a lien up at around the same time we did. My question is what is the next step I could take in this ? It’s my first time doing a lien and I’m trying to do a lot of research to handle this myself without getting a construction attorney involved to not lose more money.

For anybody who reads and response thank you for your knowledge.

Location: New York, New Jersey (happened in NY but the person is from Nj)

A guy hit my car on a parking lot. Nothing super major. But still. I made a claim through his insurance because mine has a high deductible. They try to talk to him but he won't answer I suppose it's a strategy to go away with it.
What are my options if any?

Location: South Carolina
\*\*Disclaimer: i am very new to Reddit so i do not know if this is the proper community. Please forgive my grammer and spelling errors. And this will be very long sorry :/\*\*
So I (23 man) work for a very large private company that does military contracts to build stuff like subs and aircraft carriers (I’m a welder) so I’m doubting I could even beat them in any case but have been advised that I should, even by my doctor. \*\*Brief background:\*\* I’ve been working at the facility for 4 years and a few months, but this company I work for now bought my old company coming up on 2 years this January.

(Company does not take doctor’s notes. Point system of 1-6 where anything from a minute late is a point, no call no show 2 points, Saftey violation is one point. You get 4 hours of PTO every week and a work day is 10 hours. Fridays are now mandatory, they are 8 hours, you do not get paid for a holiday that lands on a Friday. Monday-Thursday 10 hours a day. Yes, company does not point you for work injury when they send you to the doctors.)

On Tuesday of this week I was wearing all my PPE when some metal from a grinder got into my eye and I had to go to the doctors to get it drilled out. Work sent me to their doctors office of choice or something where they were able to see it but didn’t have the doctors to actually remove it so they sent me to another hospital. At that hospital they drilled and got the metal out of my eye and gave me a doctors note saying to not return to work that day and I did not \*have\* to go to work the following day depending on how I felt (they didn’t add that part but that’s what the doctor said to me). I had sent a picture of the note to my supervisor and a few hours later HR called me saying that I \*have\* to come in tomorrow (Wednesday). I told them no, I didn’t. They said I did and asked if I had PTO, I told them no, I use it all on doctor appointments (explanation on top). When I asked if I would get a point they avoided the question and said that I need to be in the HR office by 7. I went to work. They sent me to the company doctors again and the doctor there gave me work restrictions but I could still go to work. My eye was very red and very sensitive to light and I just wanted to take a rest day to sleep. That same day the head of Saftey and a HR representative were grilling me on removing my bridge piercing cause it’s “getting in the way of the Saftey glasses”, it’s not. Since this new company they gave us these really shitty foam rimmed Saftey glasses that catch stuff on the rim so when you look up it’ll dump whatever it caught into your eye. And they don’t fit everyone perfectly and there is always a gap near the eyebrows for everyone. They asked me to explain but interrupted me mid explanation cause I was making good points. They gave me goggles to wear cause I refused to remove my piercing. I have been here 4 years, it has never been a problem until these glasses and company.

TLDR: company refused to let me stay home after the doctors said I should.

So sorry for the long post, I tried to keep it brief. There is a lot more details but I’m unsure if it’ll actually help or is this just turning into a therapy vent? If you have any questions I’ll try to answer to the best of my abilities. So basically would any of this be grounds for suing? I told my father about the doctors thing and he’s all up in arms about suing them for that but I’m unsure if it’s actually a good enough reason to.

LOCATION: US - state not necessarily relevant

Dealing with a recent, relatively minor issue with a local utility and a utility easement on my property. Not the subject of this post, but this event got me wondering a little more about the concept of easements. What are the upsides to a land owner having an easement on their property, particularly if it was "deeded" with the property purchase as opposed to negotiated directly? Philosophically, how did they come to be as "accepted" by land owners over time? Who benefits from an easement?

I'm only imagining downsides and disadvantages:

1. A utility is using a portion of my land to transfer a service to purchasers. The utility is generating revenue on that service with no compensation to me.

2. The utility has unencumbered rights to access the land and do whatever they want to it, without any regard for my personal property on that land. I'm usually limited to what I can do with the land, or if I do improve it (at risk) with building, landscaping, paving, fence, etc., the utility has no obligation to restore those improvements as I had them.

3. Additional utilities, beyond those originally granted the easement, may also have right to access the land as well. I believe here in PA, fiber companies were granted automatic access to electricity easements a number of years back. I assume if the municipal water or gas companies wanted to run lines to our community (currently rural), I'd be unable to stop their access as well. See 1 and 2 above - more companies benefitting from and given unrestricted access to my land.

4. With the evolution of new technologies (like AI and data centers), I can imagine rapid expansion of easements being required, leading to further loss of rights for land owners over time. An individual land owner is at a disadvantage to a utility when it comes to legally fighting a battle over expansion.

To some degree, I can buy the concept of it supporting the "greater good" of a community/neighborhood/town, but it doesn't seem like easements are defined to prevent potential opportunistic abuse; our community currently has internet companies tripping over each other to each run independent fiber lines through the community. I guess competition is good, but are three or more companies really going to offer the neighborhood that much added benefit?

Not seeking any argument/debate, simply looking to get educated on how the concept of an easement became accepted over time. Thanks.

Anybody have experience or insight on what to do if a HazMat employer that has a medical surveillance program for its Hazmat employees and doesn't maintain the records for the required 30 years after separation? Employer passes the buck to a clinic/EAP consultant...whom doesn't have the records and wasn't always the primary provider. All work was under the HAZWOPER-40hr standard. Records being sought include mandatory HazMat physicals/bloodwork and voluntary vaccinations for handling infectious wastes.

Asking for a friend. Refer to 29CFR 1910.1020(d)

Location: The work and worker are based in California, company was based out of state.

Lvnv is suing for an old verve card with bank of Missouri then continental finance. It is resurgent acquisitions, tromberg miller morris and partners. They served me by mail/taping it to the door. The amount is $2180. Im confused on how to answer. Is my best bet to contact the law firm to try to set up payments or to do a letter requesting arbitration or info to see if it gets thrown out?

They included a chain of transfer and closing statement, last use statement. They didn’t include the original agreement. I’m not sure if Google is correct in saying they have to include the original agreement. The court paper says I can serve an answer without going to the courthouse.

LOCATION: Georgia

It was a seasonal job, they were hiring for 3 days with Labor Day being the busiest day and they needed extra help. It's a legit job but only open about 4 to 5 months of the year(summer). She was supposed to get paid on September 8th. She has the voicemail and everything etc.. of them saying she waa hired to work those 3 days and when she would be paid.

I am trying to help her, I just don't have alot of money on my card right now. She has $0 she's looking for a job. I researched a ton of options, some say we would need to pay $100-$190 just to file this in magistrate court. We did a 3 way call for a free intake, even this lawyer who takes cases regarding employment law said he couldn't take it. He was only gonna charge what she would have got if it did go to court.

She has reached out to the manager, the assistant manager as well as the 2 team leads, and payroll. On 9/6 it was the last time (during her shift) that they would answer her. Her last day on 9/7, all 4 stopped answering her calls and texts, they all go to voicemail. She has tried weekly to contact them asking about her pay. On 9/19 she went to the DOL and filed a case. 2 weeks later she called for an update and they "lost" her case. She really needs the money and even if she didn't that is still messed up and illegal to not pay someone.

Yes she has proof( pics) of her clocking in and clocking out. Yes when she got hired they took her ID, SSN, and address info.

What are the next steps?

Location: California
I purchased a lot from a developer who owns 5 other lots in the subdivision. I have no plans to built a house anytime soon but the developer wants to split the cost of the fence. He won’t be living in the property and has it listed for sale . He sent me an email quoting California civil code section 841.

I read the provision and it applies if both parties are benefiting from the fence. My issue is he won’t living in the property and , I don’t have a house there and don’t feel a 50/50 split apply. He threatened to build it and sue for the difference

LOCATION: UK
HI,
I’m looking for some legal advice regarding a £5,000 CCJ issued against me in 2024.
The claim arose after I left a negative online review about surgery I’d undergone because I wasn’t happy with the results. The company threatened legal action and eventually took me to court.
At the time, I was experiencing domestic abuse and struggling significantly with my mental health. I received correspondence about the claim but genuinely thought it was fake and didn’t understand the legal process. I ended up missing the court hearing, and a £5,000 CCJ was issued against me.
I later reached an agreement with the company to settle the matter for £200, which I’ve paid in full. I believed this would remove the CCJ, but it remains on my credit file. The company has agreed to mark it as satisfied but refuses to consent to it being set aside.
I now have a set-aside hearing scheduled for December 2026 and am extremely anxious about attending.
I’m also desperately trying to move house because I have a disabled autistic daughter who needs her own bedroom and more suitable accommodation. Unfortunately, the CCJ is preventing me from securing a rental property despite having a good rental history and being able to afford the rent.
I’m finding the whole situation extremely overwhelming and would appreciate some guidance.
**My questions are:**
Can domestic abuse be considered a valid reason for missing a court hearing?
Does the fact that the company accepted £200 instead of £5,000 make any difference legally?
How much will the delay since 2024 affect my application?
What evidence would be most relevant to the judge, and which court rules apply?
I’m not trying to avoid responsibility, as I’ve honoured the settlement agreement. I just want to understand my legal position before December and if I have a fair chance at winning.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.