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Michael Nicholas Lygnos
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Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Maritime Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
Additional Practice Area
- Car Accidents
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Connecticut
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- Florida
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- Indiana
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- New York
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Languages
- Greek: Spoken
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9 Questions Answered
- Q. Can a person evict me in fl living in his house if I don't have a lease agreement
- A: Assuming you are not a youngster referring to your parents, or you do not own the residence or have a life estate therin, then yes, a person without a lease can be evicted. Do you think you can live somewhere forever for free? The way it is properly done depends on some things, like if you are a tenant, or a sub-tenant; paying rent or not; if you are a week to week, a month to month, year to year tenant; if the eviction is for not paying rent or another reason.
- Q. If a person acts in self defense but gets arrested can anything happen to the person who started it?
- A: Is the initial aggressor in a fight solely responsible?
Not always. Did you have an opportunity to retreat? Did you escalate the fight or continue when it could have been ended? In Florida, we have the stand your ground rule, a no duty to retreat law, but that will not always help. Who is the aggressor is a fact question. Sometimes those facts do not get sorted out until a jury decides.
Is a person acting in self-defense also subject to arrest?
Fighting is actually against the law. It is called "affray" and if it appears that persons are fighting by choice, it is a minor crime. Assuming you were voluntarily fighting and the other person "started it" you might not be ... Read More
- Q. What if I was rear ended and was found not at fault.
- A: You write too well for a person who is apparently clueless about how releases work. If you sign a release, you give up all future rights. I do not know if your herniated and bulging discs were caused by the rear end accident or if you are a professional wrestler with pre-existing or post accident injuries. A $10,000 settlement is not much settlement for all that injury.
Maybe there is more insurance or other assets available. A professional would check on it. Do not trust insurance adjusters.
Do you have a UM policy? Were you a passenger in someone else's car, or was it your car? There are dozens of questions that a professional would ask. Thereafter, you would have good information. ... Read More
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