Recent content by orangenerd

Thanks Gail, I also posted this to ask for the forum readers opinions...

It depends on what you are fired for...FMLA Protects only against ABSENCE related firings. It isn't really a catch all safenet. You can be fired for other reasons though. Sorry couldn't think of any reasons you can't be fired...here are two reasons you CAN be let go for. The position is...

My apllication to college (Public) is being held for further review because I did not fill out the parental information section. Admissions state they need this information to determine state residency status (for tuition). "It's their policy." The issue I have is that I have been married for...

The cleanliness of the carpet is not in question. My apologies on being vague, allow me to clarify the question at hand Charging the tenant for routine carpet cleaning in Wisconsin is illegal. Since the landlord cleaned the carpet prior to their checkout inspection for damage, would that...

Just curious, I have never heard of carpet cleaners going into an apartment and NOT cleaning because the apartment wasn't dirty. I am wondering HOW a carpet cleaner's "Expert" testimony is considered credible in court. Meaning, Cleaning companies exist to make money. Therefore, isn't it in...

In Wisconsin, the statutes state that the LL cannot deduct from the security deposit for ROUTINE carpet cleaning or "normal wear and tear" I have a friend who's landlord setup an appointment for cleaning the carpets BEFORE my friend moved. He moved out a few days early so he could clean the...

There is a law in most states that says LL must give notice before entering apt. In WI the notice is 12hrs. I am wondering the usefulness of this law...I mean what can you do if you are away, the landlord enters snoops around but doesn't damage anything, and you find out about it (you have...

Scenario Tenant moves out, give verbal notice of giving out, but later the LL claims they don't remember. So the LL writes to the tenant about not notifying of the moveout. The tenant replies with a dated letter that they had already informed the LL before. The LL then replies, thus...

Wisconsin law states that a LL has 21 days to return the sec deposit OR provide an itemized list for any deductions taken from the sec deposit. If a person damaged a property, but the LL for some reason did not return the Sec. Deposit OR give an itemized list for deductions within 21 days of the...

THANK YOU JHARRIS, If you can honestly tell me that as legal advice, I will gladly pay you.

How does not knowing all the inner workings of a house equal negligence? I am not an idiot who plugs the toilet, leaves the stove on, but I profess to "Honestly" not knowing (prior to this)that turning off the heat would freeze pipes, and to assume that "I should have known" is what I am...

Sorry, read my post on freeadvice.com to see why i'm not a fan of Gail. I was only posting the definition to reiterate that it should not be so quickly assume without explanation that I had been negligent, as Gail has done.

Thank you Jharris for the "Due care" argument. I am asking though if "Legally" age and experience would be taken into account. I think you give us wisconsin folks too much credit in that we all know that pipes in an unheated apartment will freeze. First off, I am a college student who has never...

Gail, you keep saying my negligence, but WHAT negligence? Again my reasoning, lease does not say I have to heat house, I did not turn on heat in the first place, pipes freeze which is a maintenance issue. "In order to establish negligence as a Cause of Action under the law of torts, a...