I (a retired teacher living on social security with no pension) was given a contract to sign with a tutoring company AFTER I'd been working for it as an independently contracted tutor for 2 months with no contract.
It has a non-competitive clause that prohibits me from being employed as a tutor or in a related capacity by any similar company for FIVE years within 15 miles of the company (also my house as it is nearby).
This seems overly restrictive and perhaps illegal, given the independent nature of tutoring. Is it?
Thank you for your reply.
These are quite routinely enforced and the 15 mile range does not seem too restrictive.
These are quite routinely enforced and the 15 mile range does not seem too restrictive.
just wondering how much of a chance you think i have if i take someone to small claims court for the following: my daughter and 3 of her friends went on a road trip over spring break. they took my daughters car (against my better judgement) because it was new and in the best condition. the others girls said their cars were crappy and wouldn't get them very far. 3 of them took turns driving on the hwys. my daughter just happened to be driving at night when she ran over something. none of the girls saw anything in the road. when they returned home we had the car looked at from several repair shops. they all said the cost to fix the car would be about $1100.00. I feel that in all fairness the bill should be split between the 3 who were driving on the hwys, but we decided we would pay half if the other 2 or 3 would split the remainder of the bill between them. the "other" girls don't think they should have to pay any of the bill since they weren't the ones driving at the time. they seem to forget that if they didn't take my daughters car, there wouldn't even have been a vacation to be taken. So I guess that is my dilema. what should or shouldn't I do in this circumstance?
thank you so very much for listening. hope to hear from you VERY soon!
p.s. unfortunately i had no idea which "law" to choose from your drop down list for this question. I hope this makes it to the proper persons who can advise me;
Q: My wife and I built a home two years ago, and my brother-in-law assigned himself the general contractor. We each of 1/3 ownership in the property, and the original mortgage was for $177,000.00. Two weeks after my wife and I moved into the house, my brother-in-law presented us with a bank note for $21,000.00 for "building cost." Would my brother-in-law have to notify the mortgage lender of the $21,000.00 bank note because he is representing the value of the property as $197,000.00, but we only make mortgage payments for the $177,000.00, and if he did not would that void the note?
We currently have the property for sale because the mortgage payment became 51% of our debt to income and we currently can no longer make the payments. Since my brother-in-law is 1/3 owner, if the property sells, would we have to repay the note of $21,000.00? Help in Maine.
Abandonment of non- Us resident
I was recently threatened by someone from Australia, that was staying at my house that if I had him removed by police I would get in trouble by the Australian embassy for abandonment of his person. I did have him removed from my house by the police, for my families safety. I want to know if there is any truth to this statement. I don't need any surprises. He didn't come to the U.S. to visit me but a business opp. that fell thru in Maine.
How do I pay an apartment judgment if I can't find the owner.
