Lemon Law Attorney
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Savvy Consumer Column.
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My readers’ column this month includes questions and comments from a number of people who wrote or called me in October. – Lemon law applies to all: One reader of my Texas lemon-law story asked if he had to go back to the original dealer to get repairs before applying for protection under the state law. The answer, according to officials at the Texas Department of Transportation, is no. Consumers can go to any dealer they choose and still have protection under the law, and more than 17,000 Texans have done so since the law was enacted in 1988…. |
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Savvy Consumer Column.
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Make "lemon law” lemonade.(Brief Article)
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Lemon Law designed to protect car buyers
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