Hello all, I am a resident of California and have recently been forced into unemployment and near-bankruptcy by an injustice in the workplace for which I believe is grounds for a detrimental reliance lawsuit.
What happened was that a new job hiring required I put in my two-week notice at my then-current job. I agreed to this policy, and after the two-weeks notice and that much time later, I had officially quit that previous job. But even well before then, I went further with my new job to complete the W2s and the new-hire forms. I was officially hired after all the contracts and agreements I signed and dated that day. But since the job was for delivering pizza, they still needed my driver’s license, vehicle registration, insurance policy, social security card, and DMV history. However, I had recently lost my wallet which just happened to have my S.S. card in it for the one day, and I told them (at the new job) that I would need to be doing some hunting around for a copy or alternative of some sort to my S.S. card. I suggested that I give them the outstanding paperwork incrementally as I am able to obtain them so as for the S.S. card to not delay the submission of the rest of the documents. However, they told me to wait until I possessed everything and then to bring them all in at once. I agreed, but I could not find a copy of my S.S. card quickly, nor could I find an alternative replacement, and they never gave me a window of time in which to submit the remaining documents.
Then an unfortunate accident happened, and I was hospitalized from being jumped by several assailants, and I needed several stitches as a result. The event left me vomiting blood for the next week, so there seemed to be some internal bleeding. I was unfit to travel and commute for the next week since I was in a lot of pain. By the time I did manage to gather all the documents, my first work day was still several days away, but my injury forced me to call in for the first day of work. But before my second pre-scheduled day of work, I was adequately healed enough to go out, and I went there, to the pizza place, to turn in the rest of the paperwork. I was met with hostility, and they even refused to accept the paperwork at first. After some words, they begrudgingly agreed to keep the documents but left me in the dark about my schedule. When I later called the manager to inquire about the status of my schedule, they informed me that they took me off the schedule and have withdrawn the job availability to me.
I was left without a job after having quit my previous one in fulfilling the requirement of the new employer-party. As a result, I’ve accrued massive amounts of damage in debt, late bills, and penalty fees because of the unjustified and unfounded actions taken by this employer.
A bit of research has led me to promissory estoppels and detrimental reliance cases. Would my case qualify for a claim? What should be my next course of action? Are there public attorneys that handle these sorts of claims?
Thank you for reading, and I appreciate any advice.
What happened was that a new job hiring required I put in my two-week notice at my then-current job. I agreed to this policy, and after the two-weeks notice and that much time later, I had officially quit that previous job. But even well before then, I went further with my new job to complete the W2s and the new-hire forms. I was officially hired after all the contracts and agreements I signed and dated that day. But since the job was for delivering pizza, they still needed my driver’s license, vehicle registration, insurance policy, social security card, and DMV history. However, I had recently lost my wallet which just happened to have my S.S. card in it for the one day, and I told them (at the new job) that I would need to be doing some hunting around for a copy or alternative of some sort to my S.S. card. I suggested that I give them the outstanding paperwork incrementally as I am able to obtain them so as for the S.S. card to not delay the submission of the rest of the documents. However, they told me to wait until I possessed everything and then to bring them all in at once. I agreed, but I could not find a copy of my S.S. card quickly, nor could I find an alternative replacement, and they never gave me a window of time in which to submit the remaining documents.
Then an unfortunate accident happened, and I was hospitalized from being jumped by several assailants, and I needed several stitches as a result. The event left me vomiting blood for the next week, so there seemed to be some internal bleeding. I was unfit to travel and commute for the next week since I was in a lot of pain. By the time I did manage to gather all the documents, my first work day was still several days away, but my injury forced me to call in for the first day of work. But before my second pre-scheduled day of work, I was adequately healed enough to go out, and I went there, to the pizza place, to turn in the rest of the paperwork. I was met with hostility, and they even refused to accept the paperwork at first. After some words, they begrudgingly agreed to keep the documents but left me in the dark about my schedule. When I later called the manager to inquire about the status of my schedule, they informed me that they took me off the schedule and have withdrawn the job availability to me.
I was left without a job after having quit my previous one in fulfilling the requirement of the new employer-party. As a result, I’ve accrued massive amounts of damage in debt, late bills, and penalty fees because of the unjustified and unfounded actions taken by this employer.
A bit of research has led me to promissory estoppels and detrimental reliance cases. Would my case qualify for a claim? What should be my next course of action? Are there public attorneys that handle these sorts of claims?
Thank you for reading, and I appreciate any advice.
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