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Suing Seller And Saw Our Lawyer Having Lunch With Our Seller

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Hello all,

We recently purchased a house that the seller lied about in the disclosures (mold, entirely damaged roofs, fake septic, fake permits with the county, fake HVAC, 70 tons of trash hidden in the property, did not disclose fires during closing, no insulation in the walls, etc...). We also later found out that its his 5th lawsuit in 10 years...

We hired a lawyer 6 months ago and paid about $22k so far in legal fees.

I assumed everything was fine and progressing as they claimed that its a complex case and it needs a lot of research.

In the meantime we have spent nearly $200k fixing each problem of the house one at time and we were slowly hoping to get some justice from our lawyers at some point in time.

However, today we were out at lunch at a restaurant and our lawyer was having lunch with the seller of the house and it seemed very friendly / not work related.

My wife didn't want to confront him and I am not sure what to make out of it or whether I should call out my lawyer.

Am I overthinking this scenario and can I trust him to continue the process fairly? Would a lawyer meet someone they are suing at a fairly expensive restaurant?

I would appreciate some feedback, suggestions, if possible.

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