The Person who bought my car got tickets. It has damaged my credit and cause a lot of stress. Can I sue?

I sold my car in September 06. The man who bought it got three tickets that came to me, before he registered it. I requested a copy of the Release of Liability with the DMV three times, all of which we ignored. I have called them and they do have the Release on file. I have now filed a complaint with the DMV and I'm hoping this will get me the copy of the Release. That is the only way to prove that I didn't get these tickets myself.

Even if/when I finaly get the Release to prove I didn't cause these tickets this is an ongoing pain in the neck. While I've been waiting to get the Release the tickets went to collections which is damaging my credit. That will be another big mess to clean up.

Can I sue this guy for the time and stress this has caused? It was defenetly willful on his part - one of the tickets was for crossing the bridge w/o paying the toll - about 10 min. after I sold it to him.

If it helps I'm in Oakland CA and this guy probably lives in San Fransico.

You can, but you can't win against him. All he did was park the car. You're probably stuck because the state would have immunity for publishing erroneous information regarding the collection, however, you might have a cause for liable if the state sends these things to a private collection agency who continues to publish that you are indebted, and that information causes you some actual damage, such as the denial of credit.

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