Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Texas
acused of making flase statement
traded in a car to a small used car dealer with over
one hundred thousand miles on it.the dealer never put the car into the dealership name, four months later he
sold the car at an auction with the title i had signed
still in my name with only seventy three thousand miles on he car. he had the odometer rolled back. he admitted this to me.the car that i traded for i was told i had a warrenty of 12,000 miles on when my tras
mission needed work i contacted him. found that he never sent in the warrenty. he then agreed to have the car fixed after it was taken to a shop he refused to fix it. then became angry because i told his partner about the deal and a family. i received a letter from his attorney stating that " not as a threat"but advisement that if i told anyone else about this i would have a litigation filed seeking actual damages and punitive Can this happen when the truth is being said no false statements have been made?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: acused of making flase statement
The truth is a complete defense to an action for libel [written] or slander [spoken]. Proving the truth is not always easy.
Good luck.