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Academic_Actuary_971 t1_j81eld3 wrote

Petrarca Law. We didn’t actually end up using him because it would’ve cost more than the value of our claim, based off his own free advice. We called first and spoke to the secretary and then sent a detailed email of our claim. He responded pretty much right away. https://petrarcalaw.com/legal-services/motor-vehicle-property-damage/

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Jeremys17 t1_j81cn39 wrote

One cold day and every is all "oh what happened to global warming? them stupid scientists had to change it to 'climate change' because they were wrong!"

But when its 66 degrees in February the same people are no where to be found

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Sparkleshart t1_j81c2n9 wrote

Woonsocket and North Providence are wildly different. NP is very much a suburb of providence, whereas Woonsocket is…Woonsocket. If you have/want children, the NP school system is ranked significantly higher. It’s also in great proximity to PVD and everything you’d want to do in the city - I’ve rarely paid more than $10 for an Uber on the weekend.

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snowmand0 t1_j814mf6 wrote

The "days in billing cycle" have been really off too. For me, November had 38 days for me, December had 33, and January had 29. It's like they can't keep up with meter reads.

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fishythepete t1_j811xw8 wrote

Small claims it is then. The economic reality is an attorney wouldn’t be able to charge more than a 30-40% contingency fee. So on a $5,000 DV claim, they’re looking at a max of 10 hours worth of pay, and a pretty significant chance of nothing at all, and they’re probably going to spend well over 10 hours to get there.

Because there isn’t a statutory framework for determining DV, every case has to be negotiated or tried on its merits - that’s expensive. It’s one thing to say my brand new $30,000 car has a DV of $3,000 from an accident - but if you keep it for 7-8 years the actual DV loss is closer to $300, and the value of $300 in 7 years is less than $300 today and much less than $3,000 today. So what should you get? The present value of $300? Or $3,000? Unless you routinely sell your cars when they’re a year or two old, $3,000 more than makes you whole, and that’s the remedy you’re owed. To be made whole - no more, no less.

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vegemouse t1_j80xpcu wrote

“Perez has gained a reputation in law enforcement and in the city for compassion and discipline.”

The article doesn’t say how or how he gained that reputation. I also don’t see how his experience as a boxer has anything to do with being a police chief (other than maybe the 40% statistic). This is just blatant copaganda running an ad for a cop.

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noungning t1_j80x064 wrote

Because the sun really hits my house, it's reading 80 degrees inside my house. I, too, thought back to last week and how I was freezing under my blanket because my heat couldn't catch up.

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