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Does your company have more than 15 employees in all offices that they work out of? If that is the case, then you would have grounds to bring an EEOC action and then get a right to sue letter and then file a lawsuit against the company. You should have a consultation with an attorney here in Florida about Contingency fee representation, which means you pay nothing unless you win.     ... Read Answer

Unfortunately, leases generally don't work that way. Your "change in circumstances" does not allow a landlord to breach a lease and remove a tenant from the property prior to the expiration of the lease. You will need to find other lodging until the lease expires and make sure that you comply with the lease and Chap. 83 as far as informing the tenant that you will not be renewing the rental. You will need to retain a landlord lawyer to address whether there are some exceptions or other circumstrances to consider. ... Read Answer

You get a pice of paper called a judgment declaring your entitlement to recover the money. THEN its up to you to use the court authority to try to collect it. If they don't have the money or enough assets you can get to, then you collect nothing. This is the concept of being judgment proof.... Read Answer

Unless you are willing to spend a lot more money than the case is worth "to make a point", I don't see a viable claim here. There are no real damages, and any issue with the restaurant should easily be cleared up by getting the bank to confirm it was thier fault and to transmit the monies owed to the restaurant owner. Bear in mind - if you sue the bank over such an issue - its also likely they will ban you from future transactions as a customer and cancel your account. In some businesses this is a significant issue that needs to be considered. ... Read Answer

OK, so if you get married in Ghana, and that is a legal marriage under that country's law, then you cannot pursue a case for a fiancé visa. A case for a fiancé visa is only permitted when the parties are not legally married. Uscis immigration will recognize a marriage as valid if that marriage where performed is valid. So if you get legally married in Ghana, then you would have to pursue a spousal visa case. If you do not get legally married in Ghana, then you would pursue a fiancé visa case. In order to pursue a fiancé visa case, you need to have physically met within two years of filing the K visa application. Once the foreign national enters the country on a fiancé visa, the couple has to get married within 90 days, and then you can sponsor him for a green card.  Statistically, the fiancé Visa cases process a  little faster than the spousal visa cases. ... Read Answer

Book value or ACV is all you are entitled to. That value is in fact the value you can replace with a like and kind car. It is NOT what you owed on the car for financing, nor what you paid for it,  nor the value of the car "to you". The time and expense of finding a new car in a unfortunate inconvenience in life. You can try to see if they will provid a short term of rental or compensate for "loss of use." ... Read Answer

It all depends on the issues. There are "tickets" that are for criminal cases denoted as a "notice to appear." By example criminal reckless driving might result in a "notice to appear" ticket rather than arrest at the scene by the officer. You may have to retain a criminal defense lawyer to sort this out. " ... Read Answer

Possibly. The problem with such cases is those "scammers" are usually dirtbags or junkies that spend the money as fast as they scam it from thier victims, so expectations of "getting money back" are slim. That said, this is an issue you should report to law enforcement to address from a "holding them accountable" aspect. ... Read Answer

If you want to remarry your spouse after a divorce, that is perfectly OK. Then you would have to re-file a marriage based green card case, and those issues that you raised regarding Fraud would then be reviewed. Due to the complications involved in this case, it would be advisable for you to retain an immigration lawyer to handle the Re-filing of your case.... Read Answer

First you will need to find out where the dog is and then go from there. If the dog was chipped then in theory therw would be record of that with BHS. The notion of "believing" without evidence or documentation is useless. Otherwise, you may want to retain a lawyer, unfortunately at some significant expense, to contact BHS and see if that gets a response as to your ownership of the animal and go from there. ... Read Answer

Not sure what the question here is. Its unlikely that an oil change would affect your steering but if there is oil dripping from the oil pan, this may or may not have been something caused by Jiffy Lube. You need to bring your car to a dealer for the make and model of the car and have them inspect it to see if there is something Jiffy Lube did to damage it and go from there. ... Read Answer

That you lived there or cared for your brother is of no consequence. Upon his death, its no longer your brothers home, it is either the estates or the person identified in the LBD if its valid. Because there is an LBD and no will you will need to retain a probate lawyer to address this is immediately. ... Read Answer

Not unless the lease provides for such. You likely have the right to refuse any cosmetic upgrades until the end of the lease, where you leave. THis interefers with the warranty of habitability and reasonable use. If there are habitability repairs made, such as hurricane issues,  if they cannot be done inside of 7 days, you will need to retain a lawyer to send a "7 day letter" and then terminate the tenancy on the 8th day if the repairs are not completed. ... Read Answer

This is typically only an issue for people who have illegal pets and are purposefully attempting to avoid geting caught and held accountable. Hence the "notice" issues  - because offending tenants will hide the animals elsewhere for the same reason drug raids do not make an appointment with drug dealers. Your sister could confront the LL over the issue - but to what end and at what expense? Unless she intends to spend thousands of dollars in legal fees challenging the management over the issue, its not a fight to pick. That said, she may want to retain a tenant lawyer to intervene if there is an issue where the LL won't tell them whether they have checked her place yet. In the meantime, she would be well served to geta wireless security video system in her apartment to document any entry when she is not home. ... Read Answer

There is no way to assess this absent hiring a lawyer to review the details. That stated, HOA boards are essentially political organizations and typically carry a higher standard for "defamation" of "actual malice." There are also privilege issues associated with discussions within the board about the activities of other members or improprieties claimed. As to reputation issues, these revolve around the actual statements made,  to whom and how. By example, its possible that the facebook comments may be a problem for the offending board members if they are made outside of official channels, etc. You will likely need to retain a lawyer to review these issues and possibly start with a cease and desist demand, possibly board sanctions if the rules were violated, or litigation if the case circumstances support same. ... Read Answer