Used online car retailer Carvana has had its fair share of controversy over the years, including being accused of accounting manipulation and unstable loans. But a new wrongful death lawsuit could be the biggest smear on its reputation yet, with the plaintiff alleging that the retailer must take at least partial responsibility for selling a car that caused the carbon monoxide poisoning and death of 21-year-old student Allwyn Thompson Jr. Morgan & Morgan is the legal firm filing the lawsuit, which alleges Thompson was sold a 2015 Kia Forte with a lethal exhaust leak.
Numerous Inspection and Repair Companies Named in New Lawsuit
The lawsuit alleges that Carvana sold the Forte with an exhaust leak to a dealership in West Palm Beach, CaRite of Oakland Park, and this dealer sold the car to Thompson Jr. The lawsuit goes on to claim that several inspection and repair companies, including Midas, either failed to detect the exhaust leak or to inform Thompson of the issue…..