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Life Advice / Re: Third party liability?
« on: July 07, 2018, 12:11:57 pm »
Please do not quote
Just to note it again, I do not take cases online, this is not a client relationship, but rather a referral to a bar association.
You require an attorney, who is not me, and who is licensed in your area. You should call your local bar association for a referral.
When the person at the bar answers the phone or reads a message, it will help them to know the basics. That way they may give you to the proper type of attorney who is licensed in your geographic area and subject matter (type of problem you have).
1.) Will depend where you are located. Clearly. In the United States, bar associations are often at the county level, in addition to state.
2.) Politely summarize your story to give to the legal secretary answering the phone, etc.
3.) Applicable rules.
This one is a major issue and believe me, is incredibly complicated, and depends on multiple national, state, academic legal, and perhaps company policy matters. Negotiable instruments was actually a separate section on the bar exam. Simply, it isn't simple.
Money orders are complicated "negotiable instruments," governed legally, administratively, and regulatorily at the state level, with odd academic things called "restatements" by law professors that aren't the law, but may be used in creating and interpreting the law (they aren't enforceable but legislatures may or may not rely on them or parts of them when drafting law that is). That doesn't even get into case law precedent....
You may want to explain to the bar association when and where you got the money order (i.e. ABC supermarket), if they used an outside service (i.e. Western Union Moneygram, etc), and how things occurred. It is possible though not guaranteed, that some lawyers may give you a short consultation period to discuss the matter. I recommend coming prepared with some notes, and any document copies you may have. Furthermore, it is unfortunate and I would say unfair, that this may or may not be economically in your best interest to pursue, based upon possible recoverable damages, and legal considerations. This is often as frustrating to the attorney as to any given client, if not moreso. Further, you may ask if there is a regulatory agency that deals with these matters. For example, the State Attorney General, Department of Commerce, or, though it is currently undergoing several issues, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is a question for the attorney the bar association refers you to though, not me.
Again, not taking any cases or dispensing advice, but rather a referral to the bar association. No client relationship has been created.
I hope this referral may have been of assistance. Have a nice day.
Please do not quote, if there's any shred of decency left and you don't want people taken advantage of
Just to note it again, I do not take cases online, this is not a client relationship, but rather a referral to a bar association.
You require an attorney, who is not me, and who is licensed in your area. You should call your local bar association for a referral.
When the person at the bar answers the phone or reads a message, it will help them to know the basics. That way they may give you to the proper type of attorney who is licensed in your geographic area and subject matter (type of problem you have).
1.) Will depend where you are located. Clearly. In the United States, bar associations are often at the county level, in addition to state.
2.) Politely summarize your story to give to the legal secretary answering the phone, etc.
3.) Applicable rules.
This one is a major issue and believe me, is incredibly complicated, and depends on multiple national, state, academic legal, and perhaps company policy matters. Negotiable instruments was actually a separate section on the bar exam. Simply, it isn't simple.
Money orders are complicated "negotiable instruments," governed legally, administratively, and regulatorily at the state level, with odd academic things called "restatements" by law professors that aren't the law, but may be used in creating and interpreting the law (they aren't enforceable but legislatures may or may not rely on them or parts of them when drafting law that is). That doesn't even get into case law precedent....
You may want to explain to the bar association when and where you got the money order (i.e. ABC supermarket), if they used an outside service (i.e. Western Union Moneygram, etc), and how things occurred. It is possible though not guaranteed, that some lawyers may give you a short consultation period to discuss the matter. I recommend coming prepared with some notes, and any document copies you may have. Furthermore, it is unfortunate and I would say unfair, that this may or may not be economically in your best interest to pursue, based upon possible recoverable damages, and legal considerations. This is often as frustrating to the attorney as to any given client, if not moreso. Further, you may ask if there is a regulatory agency that deals with these matters. For example, the State Attorney General, Department of Commerce, or, though it is currently undergoing several issues, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is a question for the attorney the bar association refers you to though, not me.
Again, not taking any cases or dispensing advice, but rather a referral to the bar association. No client relationship has been created.
I hope this referral may have been of assistance. Have a nice day.
Please do not quote, if there's any shred of decency left and you don't want people taken advantage of
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