Legal Question in Business Law in California

I just sold my car via craiglist for $3600 and 2 days later received a call that the car had been in an accident and needed repair worth over $2000. The car had a clean title and to my knowledge had no major problems.

When we sold the car the new owner had taken it for a small drive and was happy with the performance.

Now we received a letter from a lawyer threatening us with the 'magnusson moss warranty' and 'lemon law' to either pay for those estimated repair costs or buy back the car.

Could you please let me know if they have any grounds to file a lawsuit?

Thank you


Asked on 2/07/11, 9:09 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

It sounds like you are leaving something out of the story. No attorney in their right mind would claim a warranty or lemon law applies for damage caused by the buyer getting in an accident. Did something in the car fail, causing the accident? I can't imagine any other way warranty and lemon law could even possibly be involved in the situation.

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Answered on 2/07/11, 10:30 am


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