Q: Home inspection company billed for services that weren't provided and falsified reports. Can we sue them?
We paid the home inspection company additional fees to do a well flow test which needed to be done to obtain our FHA loan. They passed our house. After we purchased, we experienced issues with the well. The plumber/well driller we called failed our house for the well flow test and stated he worked for the previous owners as well and the house failed a well flow test for them and he recommended they re-dig the well. He stated the house should not have passed inspection. We went back to our home inspection company and now they are saying they did not do a well inspection and we must have been charged for it in administrative error. Can we sue them for charging for a service they didn't provide, and lying about the house passing during the home buying process?
We are now facing $5,000+ to have new well dug.
The sellers did not disclose the well issue even though they did know about it. The plumber stated he would testify and has previous invoices if we wanted to pursue legal action.
A: Yes you should be able to bring an action against the inspection company and the sellers.
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