Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: Car Transport Responsibility

If your agreement called for the first company to deliver your car in two weeks, then they have breached and you are entitled to collect any damages you have suffered (e.g. rental costs). The fact that the contract was assigned to some other company may not be a problem unless you had some specific reason why you wanted the first company to do the job AND you said so to the company at the outset. Then again, if the second company has no track record, the first company may have been negligent in assigning the contract to them instead of to a more established firm.

If it turns out that your car has been damaged or used excessively, you can sue for conversion. If you think the company intentionally misled you about the time involved, you might have a cause of action for fraud, although the damages associated with a mere delay -- as opposed to damage or loss of the car -- probably don't warrant anything more than a small claims action.

It does seem suspicious that no one will discuss the car's whereabouts and that their estimates keep changing. Contact the companies in writing and demand an immediate explanation. Hopefully this will at least get you more information.