Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Tennessee

Re: Can lawfirm be held responsible for typographical error?

Was it your law firm or the seller's law firm that made the error on the document? There are two possible outcomes here. The first is that the law firm will be held liable for their own negligence and typo error. That cause of action will lie with the party that retained the law firm. A less painful outcome for the law firm would be that you advise them that they are catching you by unfair surprise, that you relied on the amount written on the contract, and no longer have $2,000 to give them. Under these circumstances, the law firm better give you a various generous repayment schedule that causes you little inconvenience. You mentioned that you already spent the $2,000 on other things. Did you know $2,000 more was owed but just took advantage of the typo to reduce your immediate debt? That could affect who is at fault and how quickly you have to repay the missing $2,000, if at all.