Car had accident buy clean car fax report.
I recently (2 weeks ago) sold a 2004 Honda Accord for $10k that had a small low impact rear-end accident requiring a new trunk lid and tail light. I told the guy it has a clean car fax (which it does, he even saw it, the accident is not on there). He never asked if it had been in an accident or had it inspected. (He never really looked at it all for any cosmetic damages). He bought the car as is- no warranty implied. Now I guess the tail light isn’t working and 2 engine lights have come on. The tail lights were working the day he drove it off my driveway after signing the bill of sale and the engine lights came on a few days later. Now he’s threatening to have an attorney to sue me for the ‘damages’. I don’t think I did anything wrong- he never asked if it had been in an accident and those lights weren’t on when he bought it- it had been over 3 days when they came on. He called me the next day to tell me ‘the tail light doesn’t seem to be working’. Am I held legally responsible for these things? He didn’t think to check the tail lights when he bought it, so isn’t it his fault? He also never asked about an accident, therefore I never thought to mention it. What is going to happen?? Thank you!
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I have a question regarding potential fiduciary conflict of interest.
I have a question regarding potential fiduciary conflict of interest. An older friend of ours has been recently declared mentally incompetent. The lawyer who set up his living trust is successor trustee and executor of his estate, plus has durable power of attorney for his finance and health. His home will need to be sold so that he can have funds for a decent assisted living arrangement (and not have to go to a state nursing home facility).
The lawyer is also a licensed real estate broker/agent. Would there be a fiduciary conflict of interest if he were to sell our friend’s home? Thank you so much.