Can Inspector/inspection company be held liable?

[Tyson Hosey]

I have rental properties, but my wife and I just bought a primary residence and of course had an inspection done. The inspector's report was SO far off and incorrect it almost seemed like he was at the wrong house, assuming he was there at all. Unfortunately my wife and I weren't able to be there during the inspection because of work and other things. The inspection report said that there was a dishwasher where there clearly wasn't, the water heater was over 20 years old (although he had pictures in the report of the sticker on the water heater showing it was manufactured in 2006). So basically I don't trust anything he says after seeing the original report.

I asked my agent (who recommended this company) what we should do about it. He reported it back to the inspector and the inspector essentially just changed the "wrong" things to the correct thing (without re-inspecting, of course). I asked if we needed to get a second opinion or inspection and my agent said well lets have the seller fix the things we KNOW are wrong with the property and then when we go do the final walk through we'll inspect the property at that time.

So no additional inspection was done. NOW the first couple of rains since we bought the property and the roof is leaking in several spots near or on the windows. In the inspection report it was noted that there were leaks in the roof, but they had been repaired and were no longer a problem. Again at this point I don't trust ANYTHING from this inspector.

My question is: do I need to take legal action against this inspection company? Am I just SOL?