Florida Civil Litigation Legal Questions

Strong and amazing parents or being an amazing teacher is simply not the standard here. Anytime you expect to sue an governmental entity to make them do "thier job" and hold to them to a self aggrandzied standard of "amazing", you can expect there to be a great deal of dissention and controversy. All this translating into an exhorbitant amount of money spent on legal fees and expenses committed to that fight. If you have the resources to spend tens of thousands of dollars in such an endeavor then you simply need to retain counsel and get to it, knowing however, that such cases are extremely high risk and very expensive.  Otherwise, you will have to pick and choose your fights or find other means of dispute resolution on such issues. ... Read More

A civil lawyer that handles defamation/tortious interference lawsuits. We handle them, typically for the Plaintiff but sometimes the defense (if its a consumer), however these are all hourly rate retainer cases. I can tell you that hiring a lawyer to address the issue early, even before a lawsuit is filed, is often by far cheaper as it helps o de-escalate such cases if possible in the early phases or to prepare to defend them otherwise. ... Read More

"Do we have any rights to let the school know that we feel they were negligent in not following up and helping our daughter."...YOU are her parents, NOT the school. Schools are there to educate your child,  why would you expect the school be obligated to parent and care for your child on such an issue? You can ask if they have some programs or accomodations that she may be eligible for if she has a medical/phych condition, but I see no negligence on the part of the school under the facts described. That stated, I would encourage BOTH you and your child secure appropriate counseling as your question suggests that some guidance on proper parenting not freinding, accepting and implementing parental responsibiity and dealing with children and thier use and interaction on the internet would be helpful in addition to helping your child deal with the life lessons of dealing with mean people and developing coping skills and self confidence to ignore them. ... Read More

This question simply makes no sense, especially in regard to your checks being overdrawn, as it is CLEARLY not the shops fault that has occurred. You might want to hire a lawyer to deal with this but you will likely spend more thanyou have on the engine replacement. Unfortunately, this is what you have to plan for when you go to a shadetree mechanic looking for work on the cheap. This time the attempt tosave money may simply have backfired. ... Read More

It won't really matter what the SOL is now regardless of the "cause of action" or criminal violation as too much time has passed at this point. Absent a video taped theft or enforceable confession actually proving such an event 3 years later is likely a gigantic waste of time and money since you didn't take action when you shoud have. You may need to purse a TRO or some form of injuective relief at this point, though it will be at some legal expense. This sounds like a "hatfieds and mccoys" type of case and they can be very expensive. ... Read More

The lawyer is not being super responsive because you are likely not paying him at a value for that and it sounds like the legal defense you havepaid for is simply to buy time due to the presence of the lawyer not his actual legal work effort. Obviously, if you are unhappy with the lawyers work effort you can always hire a new one an do what you think needs to be done, as long you can support the expense. ... Read More

We can certainly help you on this issue as a consumer trial lawyers. However, as you already likely know, this is NOT a contigent fee case and you will need to retain a lawyer on an hourly rate/retainer basis. Depending on the amount lent, this may or may not be practical and you need to get on this ASAP as you may well have a statute of limitations problem to contend with soon if not already. ... Read More

Sadly, other than legal aid, its not likely to happen as to contingent fee lawyer (no means to get paid for work) or pro-bono as there are likely other people with far more pressing issues for the limited pro-bono work lawyers provide. Absent some other change you will need to follow the most recent or the "effective" ruling and go from there. If you cannot abide the court ruling for some reason, then you should find the means to hire a bankruptcy lawyer or a consumer lawyer to address the issues.... Read More

Its already out of hand. Unfortunately, this was horrible handled by you and you will likely needto spend more money out of pocket to address this. It is unlikely this is a "fraud" case as it would be slowest worst fraud scheme I have ever seen where you allow this to go on for 3 years and do nothing about it. ... Read More

"I would like to know if I have a case to counter sue for deformation of my child character"  No, simply disagreeing with a set of facts does NOT give rise to a lawsuit for defamation, nor any other legal remedy. In similar fashion your son's version of facts vs. the other childs does little as does hers in reverse. If there is legitimate expecation of criminal charges being filed there are clearly added facts missing that have to be addressed. You probably need to retain a criminal lawyer at this point to intervene to address this issue. Unfortunately, this is the by product of the indoctrination goin on in the education system,where everyone is trained to be a professional victim, from all angles, and you just have to handle it from that perspective as frustrating as that may be. ... Read More

The problem here is the financial issues. While this may run afoul of things like FLa. Stat. 501.976, the expense of such litigation over a $2,500.00 vehicle is simply not cost effective. You can try making a complaint with the Florida DMV, or the Attorney General, but as a rule, they will view this as an individual contract issue and tell you to hire a civil lawyer. In the future, you need to be more discriminating about what you spend your money on and if the only car you can afford is a $2,500.00 car, that you cant afford to fix on your own, unfortunately, you really need to rethink your ability to afford a car in the first place and redirect your finances and living circumstances around that fact. ... Read More