Tricky question and hard to give a good answer. How does the elevator work normally? It requires your landlord's key or authorization? I suppose...

No, probably not. Unless there's some other statute on point I'm not aware of, you're only entitled to the bargained-for contract, i.e. the...

Your employer has to pay you for time worked. If you worked 2/5 to 2/15, then you should be paid for that work. If you didn't work, no pay (unless...

This happens all the time. Please, please tell me you have a copy/picture of the notice you put in. That is your best defense. If they missed it,...

You are looking for nuisance law. It may not be a crime to shoot guns, but it can still be unreasonable and disrupt your peace and quiet. You would...

Not really clear on the ledger balances, but if you owe him an amount from the time you did owe him, then use the overpayment funds to pay the...

If you can prove everything you say, you have a case. But proving it will be very difficult. You'll need to reach out to personal injury lawyers.

Yes, you can sue if the work is less than minimum wage. You can also complain to various government agencies. Start with MD DLLR (Dept of Labor),...

Yes. I'm a little confused as to all the actors -- who is the owner of the property, why you were living rent-free, how your boyfriend kicked you...

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No specific kind of lawyer would do that. Promissory estoppel is a quasi-contractual theory of law that is almost never successful. Those chances...