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Lemon law specialist lands record $385,000 verdict.

A Wisconsin judge recently ordered DaimlerChrysler to pay $385,000 in what is believed to be the biggest lemon law award in the state and one of the largest in the nation. The verdict was also striking because the owners admitted to driving the car extremely hard, accelerating to 50 mph in first gear while putting it through its paces at a drag strip. "The [company] argued that my clients were being abusive in their shifting, but the jury just didn't buy that," said Vince Megna, who represented the Dodge Viper's co-owners. "They weren't abusing the car. There was something wrong

Lemon-law specialist lands record $385,000 verdict.

The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication. BOSTON - A Wisconsin judge recently ordered DaimlerChrysler to pay $385,000 in what is believed to be the biggest lemon-law award in the state and one of the largest in the nation. The verdict was also striking because the owners admitted to driving the car extremely hard, accelerating to 50 mph in first gear while putting it through its paces at a drag strip. "The [company] argued that my clients were being abusive in their shifting, but the jury just didn't buy that," said Vince Megna, who

Wis. court lets lemon-law suit proceed.

Can a lemon law apply to a vehicle damaged at a dealership? In Wisconsin it can, the state Supreme Court has ruled in a suit involving a 1996 Dodge Ram with unsatisfactorily repaired paint scratches. The court also said Wisconsin's lemon law applies even in cases in which consumers are aware of the defects when they take delivery. According to the court, Kerry Dieter and Donna Hermes...

Sellers of `laundered lemons’ forced to come clean.

A California jury's $10 million punitive damages award against Ford Motor Co. for failing to disclose mechanical problems on a car it had taken back from its previous owner is good news for unwitting "lemon" buyers nationwide, consumer advocates say. (Johnson v. Ford Motor Co., No. 647076-9 (Cal., Fresno County Super. Ct. Dec. 18, 2001).) Ford's motion for a new trial was denied, and it plans to appeal the verdict, said Fresno attorney William Krieg, who represents plaintiffs Greg and Joann Johnson. But he said that the verdict is significant even if it is...

No ‘Lemon Law’ for leasers, court says

People who lease new cars instead of buying them are not entitled to the same protections of federal consumer protection statutes as well as Arizona’s “Lemon Law,’’ the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The justices unanimously rejected arguments by a man who had leased a problemplagued 2000 Jeep Cherokee from a Scottsdale dealership that he was entitled to sue DaimlerChrysler Corp. after he said the vehicle was never properly repaired. That is a right that vehicle buyers have under both federal law as well as state statutes. But Justice Michael D. Ryan said an examination of both of those laws shows