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I had ordered a college essay from an online website. When it was emailed to me.I checked for the references that the writer had used.He had put wrong authors name. Before ordering I had called their cust service and was told how high standards they use - review/ quality check before sending to... View More 
answered on Dec 5, 2017
So you want to sue because you wanted to submit someone else's work as yours to a college--this is called plagiarism--and you don't think the author of the work did a good job. First, if the citation was proper but someone made an error in the author's name it's a tad sloppy but... View More
The water company has told us we can't open a new account until the delinquent bill is paid, even though it is not in our name. We have tried telling them it's not our responsibility, but this is the answer we got. The property manager is also quite shady. We explained the issue to him,... View More
The paperwork was already done and I have possession of my car. After a week of having it the dealership said the bank saw I drive for lyft on my facebook and they are dropping my financing. Is this legal? It didn't even say I was using my new car to drive for lyft.
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answered on Nov 4, 2017
Yes as long as it is about NJ law the clients residence state is irrelevant.
Refusal to issue me a state ID card due to assumptions on the part of a call center supervisor.
answered on Oct 25, 2017
Not under the circumstances as you describe them.Were you able to get the ID?
answered on Oct 25, 2017
An owner of a business can let you on their property but set the conditions.
Phila.-based electrician's union,
IBEW-98. I alleged that the union
failed to admit me into an apprentice program due to my age of 60, despite very high
written test scores.I reached an out-of-court settlement with the
union for the nominal sum of... View More
answered on Oct 25, 2017
No. They should help you by retracting the document. But it's not misrepresntation.
I bought a car brand new 4 weeks ago. 2 weeks ago it would not start. It only has 400 miles on it and they stated it was from rodents chewing the wire. I have had multiple cars in my driveway for years and this never happened. Regardless they are covering this under the warranty although this... View More
answered on Oct 25, 2017
Call the manufacturer and ask why parts take such a long time. The word should go back down and that may get your car fixed. You have rights under the Lemon Law that should protect you.
All information in the medical treatment and billing has also been given to lien resolution company
answered on Oct 25, 2017
The attorneys handling the case should tell you. Any tort case the payment can take 3-5 weeks.
I was received a bill for a time-barred medical bill from collections agency. The agency never reported this to the credit agencies which is good. This is a 6 year old medical bill. As I was on the phone I said this is past the statute of limitations and then agent asked if I received care from... View More
answered on Sep 19, 2017
Not as long as you never agreed to pay. A part payment will perhaps keep the statute from tolling. Keep it simple--tell anyone that calls it is a disuputed bill due to age.
My daughter took the kitten to the emergency Vet 2 days after she had her home and 5 times after that. They paid $5000 in Vet fees and the kitten died yesterday from a fatal virus that I assume she had from birth. She was less than 4 months old. Does my daughter have any recourse?
answered on Sep 12, 2017
If it's just a member of the public, not a merchant, I don't see it. She can ask but the person can say no and I don't see a small claims case as she'd have to prove in fact the person knew of the defect at time of sale.
The property is jointly owned by us and we purchased it after we got married. I was unaware of the lien as my spouse hid it from me. I looked up one of the records and it showed that the case had expired in 2016. Does that lien still exist? Also, spouse just passed away recently and according... View More
answered on Sep 12, 2017
They shouldn't have. May be an unfair debt collection. Contact a consumer attorney--either attorney Bernard Ruub in Sewickley if you are in the west, or a member of naca in the east.
of me as I was going 35-40 mph. there was no airbag deployment I called Chrysler they sent someone to the shop it was in and said there was no problem I traded the vehicle off after the damage was repaired due to being afraid to put my family in it with no airbags today two years later I received a... View More
answered on Aug 31, 2017
If there had been air bag deployment your vehicle may have been totaled anyway--have to add to the damages cost of replacing the airbag(s). Your fear of that didn't make it unusable. Also, if the hit was not dead center or within 7 degrees of top dead center, the airbag may not deploy. So... View More
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answered on Aug 22, 2017
Your questions is so clearly worded about this situation that it is clear that you are trying to misrepresent facts, to save money.
Unless the children are separately insured and own and drive different vehicles, then YES.
The policy is a contract. One of the requirements of any... View More
Last year I traded a car for a motorcycle. I had full plans on just selling it so the guy that owned it before signed the title over, at the notery, but I did not put it in my name because I was just going to sell it and didn't want to waste the money. Well I didn't sell it last year.... View More
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answered on Aug 13, 2017
Possibly take a small claims court case, for whether the costs are to verify your ownership, and get a replacement title. This is a big pain in the ass, but you set yourself up for it, by circumventing the law that the document needed to be completely filled out. Plus, you should have taken... View More
Gave Ever Dry a deposit of 1000.00 on a job costing 13,000.00 Since I would not take out two different loans from this company someone else called me and would do the loan but a lien would be put on my home said NO! Was told by there finance person that my deposit would come back to me Tharp was... View More
answered on Jul 16, 2017
It is sad to say that often it requires a letter from an attorney to get a quick resolution to a matter. It may be as simple as having a business attorney draft a letter to the company, however, without seeing the documents that were signed, it is not possible to say that your situation can be... View More
I already paid taxes on this, because zeekler was a ponzi scheme, so we were told, it went into receivership and could never prove amount to irs. Now i am being told inowe back money i made... although amount is incorrect. They said they sent me an email in april about disputing amount that i did... View More
answered on Jul 6, 2017
You need to at least get a consult from a consumer rights attorney. Go to www.naca.net for ones in your area. Ultimately you can file for bankruptcy. However you may have other remedies. Sounds like the receiver is overreaching--and a petition in court to replace him might work.
I own a house that my son lives in. On June 13th a branch took out the power lines. My neighbors n I called and a couple hours later it was back on. My son never told me they left the line in the yard. Went down today with my boyfriend and saw the line. Instead of removing the branch and lifting... View More
answered on Jul 7, 2017
If fortunately nothing happened, and they have put it right no. You can only make a claim for what happened, not what could have happened.
I never refused to pay however every here and there money from work is short and they just never satisfied. I'm due to 60 a week however I had to skip 2 weeks and today I made a $80 payment I know is not a lot but I'm not refusing my responsibilities. I was a sucka and now I have to pay... View More
answered on Jul 7, 2017
Why are you paying? If spouse used your name but signed for it, that's something they must have known. Problem is if your payments are considered to be adoption by you of the debt. Suggest you contact the Attorney General office of Consumer Affairs in Harrisburg for starters. Send them a note... View More
How can this stop or can bankruptcy be declared
answered on Jun 14, 2017
Most student loans are not dischargeable so filing the bankruptcy will not assist.
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