Questions tagged [civil]
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Is a suit against a University Dorm for changing policies on a whim likely to succeed (USA)?
I'm going to be changing some identifying details here.
Alice attends Omega University. OU has a policy which restricts guests’ access to dorms to only certain hours on certain days. The day in question is from 3 pm until midnight.
Alice arrives…
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Do police have a civil duty to do their job?
If someone steals my car and the police refuse to respond, and in fact prevent me from taking action to recover the car.
Can police be sued for not doing their job? I.e., if I spend millions of dollars on a breach of trust case, will I win?
user31975
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Under what circumstances would a change to the case name occur when no changes were made to the parties involved?
Given that when a Plaintiff files an unlimited civil lawsuit with a US Superior Court, the name of the Plaintiff and the name of the first named defendant in the complaint are used to form the case name. [Edit: Thank you to @ohwilleke for…
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Can a landlord ever claim court fee costs from a difficult tenant associated with judicial proceedings related to seeking eviction orders?
Suppose Theodore the statutory periodic assured tenant is served with a Notice under s.21, Housing Act 1988 by Larry his landlord and then stays until Larry applies to a court for a possession order by posting a £300+ fee.
Then Theodore stays again…
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How far does legal gymnastics go to remove liability?
Suppose a self storage company has a terms of service contract that goes to great lengths with its legalese to nullify any possibility of being held liable for anything, in other words reserve all rights but disclaim all liabilities toward the…
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How may expectation damages be calculated?
Bob wins an auction for an uncommon item for £100. The seller fails to take payment or deliver the goods. There weren't that many other equivalent items available online at the moment.
Bob's purchase was used, but very lightly and in nearly new…
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Third party defendant in civil case in Florida
I am watching a civil case for a friend and was looking at the online docket. My friend is a third party defendant in counterclaim (was not part of the original lawsuit list of parties). Seems like the plaintiff in the original claim has filed for a…
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Gaslighting on verbal agreements... who is legally "right"?
Gaslighting on verbal agreements... who is legally "right"?
Suppose that a party A agrees to hire party B for a job, and at the moment party B seems like the most viable candidate available, so they meet and discuss the job, and party B expresses…
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What are a debtor's risks in a small claims action
Suppose that several people share an apartment in Massachusetts. Suppose that the utility bills for that appartment were in the name of one resident, A, and A collected shares of the amounts due from otehr residents. Suppose further that A spent a…
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Can a waiver of court cost include printing costs or fees?
Information Sheet on Fee Waiver of Superior Court Fees and Costs states that “If you ... want to sue someone ... and cannot afford to pay court fees and costs, you may not have to pay them in order to go them court” and it enumerates what fees may…
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What happens if service is not clear?
Suppose that I have issued a civil claim against a defendant under the UK's Civil Procedure Rules [CPR] §8, which is a simplified procedure often used if no material disputes of fact are involved. The court has served the notice of issue of my claim…
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What would someone be charged with if they did this as the patient before surgery?
In 2000 I had surgery. I had three wisdom teeth out in hospital. Two weeks before it I saw the surgeon. He handed me a form to fill out. It had about 50 checkboxes. Did I have AIDS, hepatitis or heamophilia? Was I a drug user? Had I ever had cancer?…
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Metropolitan District vs HOA in Colorado?
I am looking at purchasing new property in Colorado that is not part of a HOA but is part of a "metropolitan district". I had never heard of these before and tried to do research but they appear to be kind of new so it's hard to get an…
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What kind of liability might prevent property managers from helping blind people fill out housing paperwork?
I'm asking this question in hopes that it'll help other blind people in the future, not just me, so I hope that this question is on topic.
I, being blind, have frequently been faced by denials from property managers in helping me complete…
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Driver's License shredded, is this legal?
Is it legal for a business owner to to shred a government issued ID card such as a driver's license that has been forgotten and left in their establishment? If so, is there a minimum time they should hold onto it before shredding? Or are they…
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