New York General Practice Legal Questions

This may be a land grab- you should review your lease agreement and the coop bylaws. You should also ask management for where this 'policy' is written or memorialized. The answer here will depend on what a review of these documents shows. From this writer's vantage point, it is unclear how a NY driver's license would prove entitlement to a parking space. Additionally, if you have been using this space for years, it would be difficult for the coop to arbitrarily change the policy. You should consider consulting with counsel. Gerry Wendrovsky, Esq.- Upper West Side Lawyer www.upperwestsidelawyer.com... Read More

Yes you can sue, but there a lot of questions you don't answer which may be relevant to who to sue and for what.  Did you eat the fishsticks?  Did anyone get sick from them?  How long ago did this occur? Did you buy the fishsticks in a grocery, order them at a restaurant, eat them at a friend's house? Do you know what brand of fishsticks they were?  Had you stored the fishsticks in your refrigerator for a long period of time?  Did you buy them but then not refrigerate them for some time?  Was there a power outage while you were storing the fishsticks?  The bottom line is that if no one was injured by eating the fishsticks, the most you are likely to recover is the cost of the fishsticks.  If you complain to the store or restaurant where you bought them, they are likely to refund your money voluntarily.  The manufacturer, too, might be willing to compensate you.  However, if nobody got sick, it is probably not worth the expense or hassle of a lawsuit.... Read More

Not without a court order.  All your mother's former employer knows is that your mother's legal spouse is going to lose benefits which he maintained even after the legal separation.  Before it takes away those rights, it wants to make sure that he has consented.  It doesn't want to be sued by him.... Read More

If you loaned the furniture to your friend, she has to return it.  The fact that there was no writing does not mean that it was not a loan, it just affects your ability to prove it.  In other words, your friend might claim that it was not a loan, but a gift, or even that you sold it to her and she paid you.  Since there is no writing, and I assume no other evidence (such as a witness), it would be her word against yours, and it is possible that the judge and/or jury will believe her.... Read More

No.  If there is a fee dispute, an attorney must hold the funds in escrow, and does not have to give it back to you until a grievance is resolved.  However, an attorney may not take the money, or pay it somewhere else.  File an ethics grievance with the grievance committee in your county.... Read More

Clearly, as the same claim was dismissed, the prior dismissal will be considered 'res judicata' and preclude him, in any further case involving the same parties and the same claims. As for getting the money, it is likely that you will have to pursue 'collection' proceedings. the small claims clerk can assist you in getting the correct forms. Gerry Wendrovsky, Esq.- Upper West Side Lawyerwww.upperwestsidelawyer.com    ... Read More