Seth D Wilson

Because of Mr Wilson;s causing me to lose the statute (along with one other lawyer who also thght was 2 years not one) I was unable to proceed despite my fighting on my own to get the case reinstated under a different theory of law, the one Wilson said had 2 yr statute however Pa Supreme Court refuse...d to allow my case against the inspector to go forward.Ultimately I was forced to sell the house at a loss of outright 20,000 (the amount it would have cost to replace the electric to make it safe, and based on comparables in the area up to 50,000$. As a disabled senior (then and now) that loss ended my ability to buy another decent house. | Went to Wilson re issue with home inspector/agents involved with sale of a house.I met with him in June 2011.We discussed complaint against inspector/possibly agents and seller.The case, using 2 inspection and 3 electrician reports, would have easily proven negligence.I did not hire him at the time.He wrote follow up letter, dated June 16, 2011, 6 months still running on the Pa real estate law 1 yr statute against inspectors for negligence. He only stated there was 2 year statute of limitations for consumer fraud. He made no mention of 1 yr statute that was still running. Since 1 yr was still activeat the time and he did not mention it I relied on his statement of 2 years. (The one year ended on Dec 10, 2011.) I ultimately hired him. He was given $4000.00 retainer on 5/25/2012, 5 1/2 months after statute for negligence against inspector had ended. (He never mentioned it, evidently because of his lack of knowledge about the specific and main law under which he had taken my case and money.)He wrote complaint for initiation of the lawsuit; only against the inspector. It contained only 2 counts - breach of contract and Negligence.Pa real estate law specifically states there is a one year statute of limitations against home inspectors for negligence.. Since he included negligence in his complaint, and as he never mentioned it to me when the statute was still running, he was negligent and ignorant (unaware) of the Pa. real estate law.When I sent him email stating he was responsible for losing the 1 yr statute, since I relied on his letter, he told me he absolutely was not at fault. He wrote that a case for fraud would be much harder to pursue, an almost impossible barrier, despite writing in the initial letter only about the statute for fraud. If it was such a hard case why then did he take my retainer when he knew, should have known, he only had the 2 year statute for fraud with which to work, and yet never claimed fraud? He did return retainer, said he would not be my lawyer if I blamed him for loss of statute.The problem was he lost me my one year statute under which it would have been an easy case, based on inspection reports. (The inspector said "romex" wiring not knob and tube. He then wrote in a letter it was "not visible" the day he was there. It was visible. After bought the house 3 electricians told me there was a problem with electric. A second inspection also found electric to be potentially dangerous and hazardous. I sued Mr. Wilson in small claims court. He was able to get it thrown out on a technicality. In the parking lot I told him I thought he would man up/take responsibility for losing the statute.He asked what I wanted then offered me $1500..Sent me release taking responsibility for nothing, In exchange for payment I was not to tell anyone anything including that he had even made an offer and no 'disparagement" of him. (If I did there was penalty against me of $10,000 "per incident")I said would take $ if he admitted he lost statute and I would then sign nondisclosure, nondisparagement release.. I received no response at all to those 2 emails.