Am I legally responsible?

MI. Two years ago, a broker sold my 1982 boat for me. The person who bought it paid to have it inspected and took it for a 45 minute test cruise before buying. Nothing is stated either way about a warranty in the contract, and I certainly never verbally offered one. The boat passed the inspection, worked fine on the test cruise, and never gave me any trouble when I had it. Now, two years later, I was sent a letter from the buyer's lawyer stating that soon after the purchase the engine "blew up", and the buyer now wants me to pay them 5,000 for a brand new engine that they had installed. If this is what happened, I truely feel badly about it. However, it worked fine the day they bought it, I never had any trouble with the motor, the motor was seventeen years old at the time they bought it, and I am just hearing about it two years later. Am I right in thinking that this is crazy, or am I somehow responsible to provide a brand new engine for an older boat sold at a used older boat price? Thank you for any information.

[Edited by boboxxx17 on 06-25-2001 at 11:43 PM]