Florida Litigation Legal Questions

Not gonna happen in any time soon to be candid. You made a foolish decision placing such a valuable item on consignment without better vetting and protecting yourself. You will likely need to hire a lawyer to sue the person, get a judgment if you win and try to get a replevin for return of the stole or money damages to try to collect. You will likely spend a good deal of money in such an effort due to the circumstances. You can also try to make a home owners claim if the stole is covered. ... Read More

The husband paid for some repairs on the wife's car, thus paying consideration for the assignment of the property damage claim.  Unless Florida has some required formalities for assignments that were not met (e.g. perhaps they have to be in writing, perhsps witnessed and/or notarized), it seems like a valid assignment to me.... Read More

Hate to tell you but 99% of lawyers will not take family squabbles in a probate case on a contingent fee. This is most likely some family member that is target of such allegations, and forgery cases are very difficult to blame on the banks as opposed to the criminal doing the forging. If this is something the estate needs to pursue, then the estate will likely have to hire a lawyer at some out of pocket expense to pursue such claims. ... Read More

There is no simple solution here as the facts you provide simply aren't believable. Your son is simply there too often, your neighbors have no idea of what REALLY is going on so they are of little use, and EVERY HOA will have restrictions on visitor frequency, unapproved "move ins" and allowing convicted felons on the property. If that seems harsh, its simply because you are sympathetic to your adult child and others are not. You can imgaine if a convicted serial rapist, home robber and murderer (pedofile if you had kids) visited next door everyday - that is somone's child too - but you would be rightfully terrifiied. If your son needs food and laundry - and you REALLY claim he is not living with you......then the remedy is simple, you go to HIS place and cook and do laundry to help him and problem solved. If the answer is you cant or wont do that - THEN its obvious you are not being truthful about your son's staying with you. ... Read More

You agreed to settle your claim against the hotel in exchange for a refund of the amount you paid for your stay.  The question is whether that agreement is enforceable.  Normally, even where a contract is required to be in writing (most contracts are valid and enforceable even if only oral), all that is necessary is the signature of the party against whom the contract is sought to be enforced, or its agent.  Here, you have the signature of the hotel general manager, which would normally be sufficient.  However, some jurisdictions have stricter rules for settlement agreements, requiring, for example, notarization.  I don't know whether Florida has these requirements.  If it does, your contract may be unenforceable, but this could be a good thing, since, if the settlement agreeent is unenforceable, you would still have your claim against the hotel for the bed bug bites you suffered, which I would think is worth more than one free night's lodging. There could theoretically be a quesiton about whether the general manager was authorized to make this agreement on behelf of the hotel, but a person in that position would almost certainly have implied authority and/or apparent authority to do so, even if he/she didn't have actual authority (I won't get into the differences between actual, apparent, and implied authority; suffice it to say that it should be a non-issue.... Read More

UM.....no? You are asking lawyers to go do free legal work for you simply because .....well......you woiuld like it. You would not tell plumbers Hey! go design and make a list of the pipes I need to re-do my bathroom and e-mail it to me so I can DIY the project myself and expect that anyone would do that would you? NO. If you want or need such research or information, you will either hire a lawyer or some legal research entity at some expense to provide this information to you. Bear in mind the more expansive and detailed such a search would be - the more expensive it will also be.... Read More

Not sure what the question or the issues are. Being autistic does not inherently render one legally incompetent and your factual statements seem some what incredulous. Presumably your sibling or thier legal guardian will need to hire counsel, and unless thats you, you, you have no say in the issue. You can assist them if you want by usuing the find a lawyer feature on this site. ... Read More