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State Supreme Court makes lemon law a little bit sweeter.

The owner of a lemon can collect money from an automaker even after selling the vehicle, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The decision in the case, which started in Appleton, will have an impact on others across the state, according to Scott Cohen, the Chicago attorney who represented the plaintiff, Jessica Mayberry. A unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Justice Jon P. Wilcox, said Mayberry might be entitled to damages based on the difference between what

Lemon law extends to leases

he ruling marked the second time in 10 months that the state's high court ruled in favor of consumers in lemon law disputes. In a case involving the state statute, the court ruled in July that a Hartland woman who had repeated problems with a new Mazda Tribute did not lose her rights under the lemon law because of a failure to use specific technical language on paperwork. In Friday's ruling, the Supreme Court rejected Volkswagen's contention that people who lease rather than buy cars are not consumers and are not entitled to protection under the federal law. The decision marks

Court reinstates lemon law case against Mazda.(Legal File)

A consumer who claims to have bought a lemon doesn't need to use any "magic words'' in asking the manufacturer to replace the defective vehicle, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. As a result, the court unanimously reinstated a lawsuit against Mazda North American Operations and the selling dealership by...

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...

Justices probe lemon-law disagreement

he Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a woman who failed to get a Mazda dealership to replace her car within 30 days of her request under the state's lemon law. At the heart of the case, which could affect car buyers across the state, is a letter that Adele Garcia of Hartland wrote to Mazda in February 2001 after having her new car fixed repeatedly. She wrote that it was her understanding that the state's lemon law entitled her to a comparable replacement vehicle after a reasonable number of unsuccessful attempts by Mazda to repair her car. The