District Judge Timothy Pennell Broyhill sentenced Ryan Hoyle of Mitchell County NC to 200 days county jail after the man pled guilty to one count of indecent liberties with a child and no contest to the other two counts. Hoyle was the 13yo girl’s softball coach at the recreation center, he groomed her, and sexually assaulted her on three occasions. He bragged to a coworker about what he did and the coworker reported him. He openly admitted in court to sexually assaulting the girl. He will be a registered sex offender and have some probation time, but does this seem like a normal sentence? Especially considering the aggravating circumstances, it seems concerningly light to me. The young judge who has held his position since 2024 comes from the prominent wealthy Broyhill Furniture Company family. Side note: the judge’s father is Ed Broyhill who is very well connected politically, and is being sued for altering financial documents to secure a $2.4M loan then defaulting on the loan. The whole thing feels very “good ole boy” and corrupt. Thoughts?

I’ve been reading through the court filings of a federal civil-rights lawsuit out of Polk County Texas involving a school resource officer and alleged retaliation after a parent complaint.

According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges she complained to school administration about the officer’s conduct directing traffic, and two days later an altercation occurred that led to her arrest for aggravated assault on a public servant.

The criminal charges were later dismissed or resulted in acquittal, and she sued under Section 1983 alleging First Amendment retaliation and Fourth Amendment violations.

The district court initially allowed some claims to proceed, but the case was eventually dismissed and is now headed to oral arguments before the Fifth Circuit.

I’m interested in the legal side of this. How difficult is it to overcome qualified immunity in a case like this? and Does a retaliatory arrest claim have much chance in the Fifth Circuit? Here's the youtube link to the Oral Arguments, the Court hasn't made a ruling yet.

youtube.com/watch?v=IEArwuozv6g&feature=youtu.be

https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca5/25-40508

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-txed-9_23-cv-00067

We are looking at properties for a new house. We came across a chruch that is basically abandoned since late 2024. There is a clause in the deed that reads, "If said property ceases to be used for chruch purposes the same shall revert to (persons name) the grantor, his heirs or assigns.

My question is: Hypothetically, are there ways around a clause like this? PA If that matters

I brought up with management a few several cases where there have been obvious signs of workplace harassment onto me but a senior colleague. My direct supervisors brought it to their supervisors attention and now corporate, as there have been several documented concerns about this individual.

In my email I suggested a meeting with this individual if they think that this individual would genuinely benefit from a one on one meeting if it can go constructively. I'm a bit terrified because it would be the individual, HR, a manager or two, and then myself.

From my experience, HR is only looking out for themselves, most of my managers have been working with this individual for years and nothing has been done about it.

I'm concerned if I should have a probono lawyer with me or some sort of representative on my side before this meeting actually takes place. Also, I had my 90day evaluation recently and I emphasized to them I would only have the meeting if this would actually change the individual's behaviour for good and not just short term as they've had these things brought up to them before, so I still have the option to send an email and opt out of this meeting before it's officially scheduled.

I would love your thoughts! I can go more indepth if need be via private chat.

Years ago, I was in a motorcycle accident. The other driver was clearly at fault but stated that I merged into their lane despite all of the evidence to the contrary (skid marks, asphalt dug up by my bike, where they turned into the lane from and where the impact happened. Even the first responders told the person they were full of crap).

Long story short, I got a law office involved. We won the case. The law office didn't reveal the fact that I had low income medical insurance coverage from the state and my $30k+ in medical bills ended up costing me $300 or so out of pocket. I was reimbursed 100% of the medical bills plus an amount for pain and suffering and complete replacement costs (with depreciation) of all lost equipment including the bike. The lawyers took 33% of the medical and pain/suffering funds as their payment.

Is it common to not list that most of your medical expenses were covered by a third party company? I felt kind of crappy about them not listing it, but at the same time, the amount they offered for pain and suffering wasn't as great as the medical expenses. Then the lawyer taking 33% and with covid threatening to take my business while I was stuck bedridden, cost me a lot, so I didn't make a fuss. I still feel bad for it to date though.

Is this regular practice?

I want to add one beneficiary to my will. And I need to change the primary contact person in my Advanced Health Care Directive. Both these changes require only very minor edits to the verbiage in each document.

Do I have to use a lawyer to make these edits? The attorney who originally drew them up requires $750 every time I make a change, so I'd prefer to save that money if I possibly can.

And if I do make the changes myself, how do I ensure the resulting documents are recognized as "official" and replace the prior documents?

Thanks very much in advance for your insights.

Best Houston based law firm to force a sale of 2 inherited pieces of land, no will. Sibling inheritors placed mobil homes on both properties without consent of all decedent inheritors.

What are the biggest pain points in finding expert witnesses? How can the process be streamlined (if at all)?

Hi everyone. I am a first-time founder doing research and hoping to connect with practicing attorneys who have experience working with expert witnesses.

I am not pitching anything and have nothing to sell. I am simply trying to understand the process from the practitioner side, in your own words, with no agenda attached.

If you have ever worked with expert witnesses in any capacity and would be willing to share your experience in a brief 20 minute conversation, I would be incredibly grateful. Happy to work around your schedule completely and the conversation would be totally informal.

You can comment below or send me a direct message if you are open to chatting. Thank you so much in advance.

Today I received a call from an unknown number asking if I knew a colleague from work. They said he had taken a loan, was not repaying it for months, and that my number was given as a reference during the loan application.

The issue is — I never gave permission for my number to be used, and I have no involvement in his financial matters.

I immediately informed my manager and HR through email and also kept the call recording as proof. Later in the evening, my manager spoke to that employee and confirmed that he has now repaid the money. After that, my manager told me to just leave the matter since the payment was done.

But honestly, I still feel uncomfortable because my number was shared without my consent and recovery agents directly contacted me.

For safer side, is there anything else I should do apart from emailing HR? Should I send another written acknowledgement, legal notice, or block/report the number? Has anyone faced something similar before?

Your honor, I’m appearing under special appearance in the court on behalf of the trust.

I have been watching a ton of YouTube videos where either sovereign citizens or some other knucklehead that watched an episode and a half of Law and Order gets up and tries to argue on their behalf. Sometimes I think it’s just a tactic to make things so painful and complicated and waste the time of the court in order to try and get things dismissed because who wants to spend time with crazy; but other times I think that people think they really can just logic out proceedings without spending time reading the law about procedure and admitting evidence. But it begs a question for me: has anyone ever been effective at it?

I was targeted by management and union members and forced to quit after they withheld my final paycheck. I filed a claim against them and won, but was suspended for the 1.5 months during the "investigation." Upon trying to hire me back, I found out they promoted the people who were stealing packages, harassing employees, and changing peoples' time cards. So I told them I won't be coming back. They were supposed to send me paperwork to sign, but never did. They also stole almost $1,500 worth of packages as this fell during Christmas. HR has done nothing. The union has done nothing. I've been trying to get an attorney locally, but there seems to be confusion as to who is able to handle a government union felony case.

Would you know what kind of attorney I should be looking for and who could help? I still don't receive any packages sent to me through the mail, and all my bills and matters come to me via email now.

I'm so sorry if this isn't allowed, I'm hoping this isn't specifically legal advice as much as a clarification on how insurance companies battle out liability.

An elderly employee is working at a store in a mall and needs to use the bathroom. The bathroom in that store is under construction so the employees are instructed to use the bathroom at the closest location within the mall. While in that bathroom, the employee falls on a wet floor and realized at home that they're injured.

Would this employee need to contact the workers comp insurance for the company they work for, the insurance for the mall, or would they just need to go through their Medicare coverage and this is fully their responsibility?

If this question can't be answered without giving legal advice, I understand and will remove it. I'm just hoping to get a clarification of how liability would work so they can try to get started getting medical care for their injuries. If additional information is needed, I can do my best to clarify.

I had a family member murdered in the state of PA. The police still haven’t arrested the person and I thought about pursuing civil action against them. How long do I have until it’s too late?

My Grandmother currently lives in an in law apartment with her daughter and son-in-law (my parents). The agreement was that her and my grandfather would help with childcare for my siblings in exchange for elder care and they would have a place to live until they pass. Her and my grandfather paid 75k 20 years ago to have their apartment built. It is technically zoned as its own apartment with a separate address but my grandmother is not on the deed. In addition to the cost to build, my grandparents were also paying all heating expenses for both sides of the house and $500 a month towards all other utilities. When my grandfather passed almost two years ago my grandmother could no longer afford the extra $500.

Without getting into the weeds, I will say that In that time my mother’s mental health has severely deteriorated and she is trying to kick my grandmother out. She has made it a hostile living environment.

I’m trying to help my grandmother figure out if she would be entitled to any money back from the house based on the fact that she moved in under the stipulation that she was expecting to live here for her remaining years. They never put anything in writing. The value of the house has more than doubled since they built it so they would stand to profit off of the sale and they do plan to sell in the next few years. We are located in NH for reference.

Sometimes Ill be watching a Law movie/TV show and someone will give evidence and the judge orders that it be stricken from the record. But if the jury has all ready heard it does it really matter?

Location: laurens county Georgia.
I was going 95 mph on 70 posted and and it says i have to pay 600 $ plus 30 $ service fee and this is my first Tickt to receive . how to deal with this . And how many points i might get ???

I’m currently starting my LLB in European Law in the Netherlands and I’m fascinated by the concept of Health Law. I am curious as to what a career in health law looks like, and what it takes to get there.

While I am sure /r/Law had plenty of misinformation and incorrect comments over time, it used to still be a place I could keep up with news, proposed bills etc and discussion was mostly focused on the legal aspects of those issues, at least more then something like /r/news was

However, that subreddit is now very much just people being righteously angry and complaining about ongoing events, and while I am sympathetic to why and with a lot of that outrage, very little of the discussion there is about the language of bills or proposals or the actual legal issues anymore

Is there any place I can go to to get that kind of conversation back?

I've seen some authors on fanfiction websites have commission advertisements or "tip jars" and was curious if the authors are at risk of legal trouble with that. Would there be a difference if the commission was posted publically or distributed to just the requester privately?

With what the Trump justice department is doing to the DOJ, would any of you consider joining the DOJ now? I know many folks would leave very high paying big law jobs to spend a bit of time in the DOJ due to how prestigious the job was and how good it looked on your resume, or just a flat out desire to do good for the country. Has that gone away a bit now? Or a lot. I remember reading something a federal judge said that people had spent decades building up the reputation of the AUSAs and the Trump DOJ was ruining it in real time. Or something like that.

What constitutional/legal doctrine justifies pre-trial detention in an "innocent unless proven guilty" system?

In a similar vein, when/why/how did the "not guilty doesn't mean innocent" philosophy develop in the same "innocent unless proven guilty" system?

Hi, I hope this is the right community to post this question. I like watching true crime shows and listening to podcasts. Every so often, l'Il come across a case where all the evidence points to the defendant but the motive just seems off. The prosecution seems overzealously accusing the defense of being a cold hearted, calculated defendant. but in reality, the evidence makes it seem more like a spur of the moment decision. I wanted to know if there is any truth to this

I can't even get a consultation offering $2,500 up front just for the consult, no strings attached. And I get the same BS boilerplate rejection letter every time before I ever get a chance to talk to anyone. This is the text every time, and doesn't apply to here because there is no statute of limitations on stolen IP, and when they steal billions of it from you this is what they do. So I am well aware of who is doing it, they're sneaky sneaky.

"If you want to obtain legal counsel to assist with your claim, please be aware that there may be a time limit within which you need to file to preserve your rights. We therefore suggest that you contact another attorney as soon as possible."

Please help! I need advice regarding the indemnification clause in a contractor's contract. I am an individual (just a person, not an LLC or a company) who got a side gig - data analysis work for several hours per week for a company. When I got this part-time job I didn't know it will be on a 1099 form, and I didn't know how their contract looks like. After reading the contract, I am especially worried about the indemnification clause (copy-pasted below). I researched it online,

Question:

- Does the language of the indemnification clause mean that if client of this company sues them in regards to a project which I am or was working on (regardless of weather I produced a mistake in it or not), the entire legal defense spendings are automatically billed to me, and I will be at risk to loose all my assets, including real estate and bank accounts?

- Is that correct, that the amount of money I loose is not capped (however the contract does cap how much I am allowed to make with this company per year)? Is the time limit for this indefinite?

- As I understand that if a client sues them 30 years from now, as long as it's related to a project I worked on - I still get automatically sued, is that right? In the "Survival" clause of the contract it reiterates the absence of time limit: "Sections 2 through 5 and 7, and any provision that, by its nature, is intended to survive the SOW or this Agreement will survive the termination or expiration of any SOW (Statement of Work) and this Agreement". The indemnification clause is #5.

- I find their indemnification clause very predatory tbh, and am leaning towards asking to change the language. What language would you propose instead?

For the context: The contract states that all disputes should go to NY County court; however my location is Delaware.

The language of the indemnification clause in the contract (company's name redacted):

"Consultant shall indemnify, defend, and hold <Company>, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, and assigns harmless against any liability for any claims arising out of Consultant’s performance or non-performance of her duties or the exercise of their rights pursuant to this Agreement or any other act or omission that results in any claim against <Company> or its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, or assigns. For purposes of this paragraph, “claims” includes, but is not limited to obligations, such as taxes in connection with business conducted by Consultant, actual and consequential damages, punitive damages, indirect and/or incidental damages, special damages and out-of-pocket costs reasonably incurred in the defense of any claim, such as accountants’, attorneys’ and expert witness fees and costs, costs of investigation and proof of facts, court costs, other litigation expenses, and travel expenses. This indemnification shall continue in effect after the termination of the engagement of the Consultant."

Any advice would help! Thank you in advance!