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Consumer Protection Law

Mar. 5, 2024

Supreme Court rules for consumer in lemon law case

The dispute concerned how much money FCA US LLC, known historically as Chrysler, should have to pay Lisa Niedermeier in damages for breach of express and implied warranty under the law because the manufacturer refused to take the vehicle back.

A car manufacturer does not get to subtract from damages a trade-in credit that a consumer took when purchasing another vehicle after it refused to accept the return of her defective Jeep, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.

The case concerned how to apply the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, commonly known as California’s lemon law.

The dispute concerned how much money FCA US LLC, known historically as C...

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