The point is that he’s not on the lease and should be treated as an occupant roommate. Following the court-provided process will further help ensure a smooth transition out for the roommate. It would be an entirely different story if the outgoing roommate was named on the lease. Read more

Clarified this in another comment and revised the column. On its face, the statute would only allow multiple tenant leases to have an occupant if one of the named tenants was absent. However, many courts have refused to enforce this as being to strict, so it would be more dependent if the landlord went to enforce the… Read more

Interesting question. This has been interpreted by housing courts in New York as too restrictive, and other courts as enforceable. If it were something that went beyond a housing court in New York, I’d expect the court to decide that you can’t have an “occupant” in a multi-tenant apartment unless one of those tenants… Read more

Get off my lawn. Read more

Sounds like, in this case, there was a 50% failure rate in transporting a mattress and box spring in a single trip. Read more

Check out the answer to this in the last lightning round edition of Ask a Lawyer: http://adequateman.deadspin.com/dont-do-that-a… Read more

I’d be more concerned about Paul tracking you down to collect his head, which turns out to be a powerful talisman that enables him to take his final form. Read more

Interesting point. The law you’re talking about - 39 U.S.C. § 3009 - was designed to prevent unscrupulous merchants from intentionally sending a “free” item to someone and then sending a bill for that item afterwards, which is a deceptive trade practice. Read more

You’re good. Totally. Read more

This is correct. Thanks for pointing it out. Revising. Read more

I regrets the error. Read more

If you no longer have your car, it’s likely not going to impact you. If you bought a used one, well there’s a lawsuit for everything: http://www.commercialappeal.com/business/Class… Read more

Highly unlikely. That said, I’m sure some attorney somewhere is filing suit against VW for this very thing. Never go in against a plaintiff’s attorney when cash is on the line. Read more

Approximately 42 per day. Most of these are my own questions that I ask myself, though, so there’s some solace for you. Read more

Didn’t realize that my current shit worth is zero or in the negative, and that canned haggis, global thermonuclear war, and daylight saving time are all better ideas than “Ask a Lawyer.” Thanks for this moment of self-realization. Going up to the cabin for few weeks to fix this for you. Read more

Citation of any form is for risk averse hacks. Read more

That’s too bad - block quotes are the best quotes. Read more

Invoking Internet Rule 384(b): The use of the phrase “grammar nazi” shall not be used in a thread in which “pedant” or “pedantry” has already been used. Punishable by being forced to read YouTube comments for 3 hours. Read more

Of course anyone can be sued for anything by some random guy somewhere. Read more