Legal Question in Disability Law in California
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I used to own a restaurant, and sold it to the current owner 5 years ago. Yesterday the current owner received a lawsuit paper filed by a disable person. This disable person is suing the current owner and the landlord because the restaurant has no appropriate access for the disable person. The complaint about the access for disable person was sent to the current owner several months ago, but no change has been undertaken. My question is: is there anything to do with me, as ex-owner, about this lawsuit? Please let me know. Thank you.
2 Answers from Attorneys
I would think that if you retained an attorney, and your attorney provided documentation to the plaintiff's attorney of the sale many years ago, you shouldn't remain in the lawsuit. Nevertheless, it's probably something you will not be able to handle by yourself. If the plaintiff's lawyer doesn't budge, then your attorney will have to proceed with figuring out ways to extricate you from the lawsuit and, perhaps, to obtain reimbursement for your expenses from the present owner.
If you are named in this lawsuit, or in a cross-complaint by the current owner, you'll have to defend regardless of your opinion or mine about the suit.. If that happens, feel free to contact me to discuss your rights and remedies. It may be possible to reason with the plaintiff's attorney and get you dropped, if the facts justify a defense.
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