I was badly burned by my roommate.is my landlord liable?

At the risk of having Avvo take this answer down, I will ask you this: what liability does your butcher have for your roommate burning you? Your...

How can I get a job with felony convictions. The convictions in Ks. are expungable but the convictions in Okla. aren't

I'm sorry you dug yourself a deep, multistate hole. You mention two college degrees. Timing is everything. If you are asked about convictions...

Nolle prosequi means, literally, "we will no longer prosecute" a particular matter. It is not the same as having a judge dismiss the charges. In...

Can a nursing/rehab. home keep a patient and commit that patient for psychiatric reasons, when that patient went there for physi

It takes two physicians to involuntarily commit someone in New York, though it is relatively simple to have a patient placed on a 72 hour psych...

Plaintliff in civil suit against me has numerous DUI convictions . Can this be brought up in the trial against me?

Mr. Groot's scenario is one way it might be admissible, but in that scenario only the conviction/time served relevant to the time he claimed to be...

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Can anyone help me please?

As you see, winning is an amorphous thing. If attorney A settles a case after jury selection and assignment to a judge, for $50,000, and attorney...

What it mean the Conflict of interest? it is apply to this case? this question for attorney Christine McCall.

I'm confused. Are you complaining about Ms. McCall? As Mr. Lebowitz said, Ms. McCall is a fine attorney with the utmost integrity. I don't know...

Law, as with all professions, has its good, bad and indifferent practitioners. Every now and then one will read about a corrupt lawyer trying to...

First, do not talk to anyone from or representing Walgreen's. If you are seriously injured, retain a lawyer. Your lawyer will talk to them. I...

A judge let the perpetrator in an abuse case retrieve the victim. The perpetrator murdered the victim. Can the Judge be sued?

When a judge performs a function that is within her or his subject matter jurisdiction, the judge has absolute immunity. If a judge acts outside...