What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Utah.
My dad is a private lender and was given gold coins as his commission for a loan her did. He needed money more than the gold so he took the coins to a gold place and changed it for cash. About a year later, he gets called to court, with the plaintiff saying that the gold was stolen while he was in the hospital. His granddaughter claims that he told her where to find the gold and invest it, which she did. She paid her boyfriend with some of the coins, who then paid with coins to the guy my dad the loan for, so there were at least three other people who handled the gold before my dad. My dad couldn't afford a lawyer at the time, and quite frankly thought it was ridiculous that he would even be sued in the first place, so he assumed the judge would just dismiss the case. The plaintiffs lawyer talked to the judge, and the judge wouldn't even listen to my dad, and then ruled in favor of the plaintiff claiming that my dad knowingly changed the stolen gold for cash, so he determined my dad would have to pay for the total gold at the highest price per oz. plus interest. My dad never received anything from the judge or lawyer after that so he assumed they dropped the case after all. A year after that, the lawyer contacts my dad demanding he give a list of all assets and pay up, and now the price has doubled, and they are also going after my grandpa for $125,000.00, who never even had any gold coins. He says if my dad doesn't pay they will take away his inheritance. There is no proof that my dad ever even handled stolen gold coins, or that the coins were stolen to begin with. There is no evidence that he had anything to do with it, or knew they were stolen. My mom is worried my grandpa will have a heart attack from all the stress and my dad is sick because of it. Is this even legal? Can anyone just point a finger and get away with whatever they want?
My dad is a private lender and was given gold coins as his commission for a loan her did. He needed money more than the gold so he took the coins to a gold place and changed it for cash. About a year later, he gets called to court, with the plaintiff saying that the gold was stolen while he was in the hospital. His granddaughter claims that he told her where to find the gold and invest it, which she did. She paid her boyfriend with some of the coins, who then paid with coins to the guy my dad the loan for, so there were at least three other people who handled the gold before my dad. My dad couldn't afford a lawyer at the time, and quite frankly thought it was ridiculous that he would even be sued in the first place, so he assumed the judge would just dismiss the case. The plaintiffs lawyer talked to the judge, and the judge wouldn't even listen to my dad, and then ruled in favor of the plaintiff claiming that my dad knowingly changed the stolen gold for cash, so he determined my dad would have to pay for the total gold at the highest price per oz. plus interest. My dad never received anything from the judge or lawyer after that so he assumed they dropped the case after all. A year after that, the lawyer contacts my dad demanding he give a list of all assets and pay up, and now the price has doubled, and they are also going after my grandpa for $125,000.00, who never even had any gold coins. He says if my dad doesn't pay they will take away his inheritance. There is no proof that my dad ever even handled stolen gold coins, or that the coins were stolen to begin with. There is no evidence that he had anything to do with it, or knew they were stolen. My mom is worried my grandpa will have a heart attack from all the stress and my dad is sick because of it. Is this even legal? Can anyone just point a finger and get away with whatever they want?
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