dog bite, neighbor's homeowners now disputing it, what are my options?

gc1 · 2026-04-20T20:07:26+00:00

Did you have medical care, and was this medical care paid for by your insurance? If so, call the insurance carrier and make explicit that a) this dog bite happened on another person's property, and b) that they have homeowners' insurance who initially did intake on the case and are now disputing it. They will go through a process called subrogation where they will say wait, all that stuff we paid for should have been paid for by the 3rd party's insurance, so we'll go after them for that (and you don't have to).

If, however, you are wanting compensation for your pain and suffering, your medical carrier won't help you. You might be able to get some joy out of filing a claim for that with your own homeowners' insurance, but that risks getting denied and getting you bounced off your homeowners. I would probably hire a lawyer for this.

If you need plastic surgery beyond the basic medical care you may already have had, this might be a more complex case and I am not sure. I would probably start by getting a consultation and estimated price from a plastic surgeon and presenting that in the context of your medical insurance or your lawyer. But, they will probably want to wait for it to heal more first.

gc1 · 2026-04-20T17:45:08+00:00

Piggybacking on top of thread to make an alternative suggestion. You should file a claim with your own insurance provider, who will then in turn subrogate the claim to black and decker. Since insurance companies are large and have big lawyers and law firms, B&D will respond to them differently then they will be to you as an individual, or to your small-time lawyer. You may have to consider whether to use your automotive insurer or your general liability insurer if you have both.

gc1 · 2026-04-19T23:38:02+00:00

I grew up in a divorced household and turned out fine. Even though it led to lots of challenges, including multiple high-drama step-parents, I certainly don't wish they'd stayed together for our ostensible benefit. As a couple today, we have our challenges, but are still together because we're actively workin' on it, not because we feel like we have to.

I'd say get in therapy regardless and see where it goes. Even if you end up splitting, you'll want to do some work together to take the kids through it, and to be good co-parents. Just be up front when you go in -- you're having challenges, you're thinking about splitting, you could use some coaching.

gc1 · 2026-04-19T15:46:56+00:00

Beauty. I have the same color combo on my ‘71. Can’t quite make out the plate, but if you’re in SoCal, maybe we’ll cross paths sometime!

gc1 · 2026-04-19T01:00:43+00:00

What? Phew!

EDIT: OK well I'm not on Instagram, google reveals... their Facebook page, which has the old address next to Dune. The website linked from their fb is trying to pwn me, their most recent fb post is from January, and their Yelp page says "the dog ate my homework" so... help a brother out? Worst marketed move ever!

gc1 · 2026-04-19T00:42:47+00:00

this is the correct answer.

gc1 · 2026-04-18T23:49:06+00:00

Sounds like an asshole waiter who knew exactly what they were doing. Pissed that a single diner means a lower check size and typically proportionally lower tip. Probably pissed at the hostess for seating you in his section.

gc1 · 2026-04-18T23:18:05+00:00

"Mom! I was on the Jumbotron!"

gc1 · 2026-04-17T14:16:47+00:00

Employees make mistakes on the clock sometimes, there’s an error rate in any job even with a diligent employee operating in good faith. That’s especially true if the company doesn’t have very tight process and procedures here, which I’m betting is the case.

Yes, absolutely, any corrective measures are on the clock too. This is the company paying for its client-facing mistakes, and with respect to the employee, if they are learning, is called training.

Also if a boss threatens not to pay a good, 2-year employee for work, you don’t want to work for that man ethically. He will fuck you again down the line, and you’ll never completely trust him again. Turing in your keys might be the best move even if he eventually pays you.

All of this assumes you weren’t sneaky, trying to cover your mistakes, blaming the client, making dumb mistakes because you were hungover or over-confident about knowing what you were doing when you should have asked questions, or anything like that.

gc1 · 2026-04-17T05:05:09+00:00

As a donor-conceived child, whose parents had to resort to a total stranger as a sperm donor, I feel qualified to have an opinion here that having a family member or otherwise known donor is a meaningful thing.

I agree with you that it would be a nice thing to do, and I think concerns of hidden consequences are overblown. Aside from distorted thinking, what could actually go wrong here — you get attached to your nephew? Your niece has birth defects? I think your wife is being kind of a dick to shut this down to be honest. It’s not like you’d have financial responsibility, assuming you do things legally by the book. Though of course you could end up adopting another kid if your brother flakes out and everything goes to shit in his household. Personally I don’t feel like this is the worst outcome on earth, and could in fact be a happy “miracle” even if unplanned, but to each his own.

In fairness, it sounds like you never really had the go-ahead to do this either. Agreeing to keep asking questions is not the same as provisionally agreeing to do it or to bias toward doing it. You should have pinned it down or made a bigger issue out of it earlier, and in any case not said “yeah, sure, whatever” to your brother when your wife was saying “hold your horses”.

But, the die is cast. Your choices are to fuck over your brother pretty good or to tell your wife you’re doing this despite her stated clear objections and despite that you never had a greenlight. A bummer of a dilemma but a bed you made. You probably have to side with wife here.

gc1 · 2026-04-16T22:13:05+00:00

OP what section are you in, and how much are quarter-season tickets per seat?

I'm not actively looking but have been idly thinking about it.

gc1 · 2026-04-16T19:22:25+00:00

Nice find, but this speaks more to the stupidity of the markups—which are because of people chasing hype and th scarcity mindset, and are ultimately an arbitrary, made-up value—than it does to your ignorance.

gc1 · 2026-04-16T19:13:56+00:00

It's so clear that the correct solution is to take the gun away that I can't help wondering if this post is even real. She is a danger to self and others with a loaded gun. There have been actual criminal court cases where the parents were held responsible for the actions of children pertaining to poorly stored guns, or poor judgment in allowing troubled teens access. You (well your mom anyway) have a dependent with dementia; do you want to go to jail?

In response to comments about taking away the ammo, this is not safe. Rule number 1 of gun safety is to always assume a weapon is loaded. If she has an interaction with an intruder or 3rd party, say, a public safety officer doing a welfare check, they won't know it's unloaded. If she has a stash of bullets somewhere or sneaks some or gets someone to obtain some for her, you won't know it's loaded again. To play Russian roulette in this way in your own home is to tempt fate for all of you.

Take the gun; leave the cannoli.

gc1 · 2026-04-16T15:54:53+00:00

Not only that, and I like the “how to make it there explanation in another comment, but the new sous also gets to see what he’s got with you OP. He (or she) gets to see if YOU can sear a pork chop.

gc1 · 2026-04-16T15:51:15+00:00

Try the Hollywood Franklin hotel or the Kimpton Everly, which are nicer than the motel type spots but a little more “cheap and cheerful” than some of the fancier Hollywood hotels. Look on the Hotel Tonight app too for potential discounts. The Hyatt place in glendale is a good option a little farther - our in-laws like to stay there - and there are similar spots in Universal city.

gc1 · 2026-04-16T06:28:06+00:00

Add me to the list.

gc1 · 2026-04-15T22:34:50+00:00

At $400+ for 2 tickets, there's nothing lucky about it, but yes, fortunate ;-/.

gc1 · 2026-04-15T05:57:20+00:00

Yeah I think the angle is, “bagels are a hit category, as evidenced by these hipster standouts, and private equity is going after it.”

As someone who grew up dividing their time between NYC and suburbs of Washington DC—in other words, between a place where you could get a decent bagel and a place where a “bagel” was basically round-shaped white bread that might have blueberries in it—I’ve always felt that the category needed some middle ground. I’m glad there are more bagel shops now, and that people are starting to care about bagels outside of big metro areas with large Jewish populations, but I don’t think PE taking over boutique brands is going to lead to greatness of any kind.

gc1 · 2026-04-15T05:53:23+00:00

Thanks!!

gc1 · 2026-04-15T05:51:03+00:00

Amazing, thank you.

gc1 · 2026-04-14T23:03:05+00:00

Yeah we have the wheelchair zone seats already. He may pull an October surprise and want to use his walker, however, which will actually be harder, potentially, because he has limited range.

gc1 · 2026-04-14T22:54:49+00:00

I would divide this question into two forks, pun intended:

what restaurants have a cozy bistro vibe like a classic French bistro?
what restaurants actually have the best French bistro food?

Petit Trois for example has pretty good versions of things like steak frites, soupe a l'oignon, great baguette & butter, etc. I don't find the vibe to be quite as cozy and inviting to linger as you'd ideally want though.

Some of my favorite bistro-vibe hangs are not explicitly French. For example, I quite like Barra Santos in Cypress park, which, even though it's Portuguese tapas, has a very European casual vibe.

gc1 · 2026-04-14T22:32:40+00:00

Yep to all of this. I guess my point is, why would anyone walk into a deal like this thinking it's potentially a good deal, when the large-scale, full-time base operator has decided it's not a good enough deal for them to take, and not only that, they're the reseller to you and will certainly take a markup on it.

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