Good afternoon, the settlement agreement requires the car be technically drivable, not legally drivable. Here’s why.

Because the settlement agreement lists a number of title conditions that would place a vehicle outside the agreement, no other disqualifying title conditions would be read into it. If the parties had wanted to include the condition you mention, they would have. A court will not add a term that the parties have not…

As for the theory that stripping the car may constitute “fraud,” you’re unlikely to convince any court that a consumer acting in accord with the letter of a settlement agreement or even an erroneous interpretation of a settlement agreement constitutes fraud. Fraud is a common law concept requiring deceit and, usually,…