Q: I went to a gas station and received gas that had tons of water in it. It caused over $1000 in damages. Can I sue?
I filed an incident report but nobody has gotten back to me. Nobody has responded to voicemails. The dealership took a sample of the gas and it is completely clear.
A:
You could, but it does not look like the type of case that an attorney would accept on a contingency basis. You could face issues in showing the chain of custody of the sample, proper protocols used in taking the sample, tests of the gas station's tanks, your own vehicle's maintenance and repair records, a mechanic who would attest to the water's damage to your engine/fuel pump, and more - those things could easily eat up several hundred dollars, before you're even out of the box. You could speak with a Florida attorney and see what they have to say. Good luck
Tim Akpinar
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