Q: I bought a truck from my friend we kept it in his name until it was paid off after it was paid off we went and got the
Title put into my name but it was only notorized. Well June 17th 2021 the Morrow County Sheriff's Office came to my residence and told me that my buddy's babys mom got power of attorney since he was arrested and she reported the truck as stolen knowing full well that I paid that truck off and just hadn't gotten time to get the title full in my name. So the impounded my truck and she kept it for 2 weeks. I called everybody up there the officer in charge and all to no avail . My buddy took away her power of attorney and gave it to his sister and told the officer that the truck was indeed my truck and not stolen . I lost work due to no transportation and having to find out about my truck. My question is can I sue the sheriff's office and her for false report? And for removing my truck and releasing it to her?
A:
No, you cannot sue the sheriff’s department because it has immunity.
Yes, you can sue your friend’s mother for falsely reporting the truck stolen. She could plead a failure to mitigate your damages to limit any recovery to two weeks’ cost for a rental car to take you to work.
You will need to decide whether two weeks’ wages or two weeks’ of the cost of a rental car will be worth the time and effort to you to bring a small claims lawsuit.
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