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  • Apr 29, 2013, 04:52 AM
    afaulkenburg000
    Shared lease with physically abusive person
    My room mate has medical issues, and when he comes home from the doctors he sometimes slams me into walls and always screams at me what should I do ?
  • Apr 29, 2013, 05:03 AM
    AK lawyer
    Is this a trick question? Get rid of the roommate.
  • Apr 29, 2013, 05:06 AM
    afaulkenburg000
    I'm not sure how we are on a shared lease
  • Apr 29, 2013, 05:47 AM
    J_9
    Calling the police comes to mind.
  • Apr 29, 2013, 06:41 AM
    joypulv
    Please clear up the mystery of what 'medical issues' cause a person to slam a roommate into the wall upon returning from a doctor visit?
  • Apr 30, 2013, 05:38 PM
    AK lawyer
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by afaulkenburg000 View Post
    I'm not sure how we are on a shared lease

    That does make it more complicated. Unless the landlord will allow you out of the lease, you are bound by the lease. What state or country are you in?

    Or, you could perhaps get a domestic violence restraining order against the room-mate requiring him to go away. That would require you to pay the full rent, however, or find another room-mate.

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