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Chevy store whittles claims in finance dispute
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 15, 2013
A federal judge has thrown out most of a lawsuit, including Truth in Lending and racketeering claims, against a Maryland dealership in a dispute based on the financing of a new Chevrolet Equinox.... Read More » Comments [0] | Recommendations [0]
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Dealership group and its owner, sued by state, ordered to pay off trade-ins on time
12:01 am U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
A Pacific Northwest auto dealership group and its principal have been ordered to pay off vehicles traded in at four of its stores in a timely manner after being sued by the state of Washington.... Read More »| Related topics: | Retail | Marketing | Dealer Issues | Finance & Insurance | NADA | Vehicle Sales | U.S. Monthly Sales | Automakers and Suppliers | Auto Shows | Future Product | Vehicle Design | Vehicle Technology | Manufacturing | New Product | Video |
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Ex-Suzuki dealer who ran sales scam loses punitive damages fight
12:01 am U.S. ET | April 10, 2013
A former Kansas City Suzuki dealer who ran a too-good-to-be-true sales promotion has lost a bid to overturn a jury’s $500,000 punitive damage award to two customers.... Read More »LEGAL FILE
Store that gave wrong expiration dates on service contracts faces class action
12:01 am U.S. ET | March 13, 2013
A Maryland dealership that offered a customer full reimbursement of damages in a service contract dispute is still subject to class-action claims by the customer and other consumers, the state's highest court has ruled.... Read More »LEGAL FILE
Calif. appeals panel affirms arbitration in dealership-customer dispute
12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 20, 2013
A California Court of Appeal panel has ordered the buyer of a 2006 Toyota Sequoia to arbitrate her claims in her finance dispute with the dealership.... Read More »Store loses arbitration bid in suit over fees
12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 23, 2013
A California dealership cannot force a customer to arbitrate his individual and class-action allegations of illegal fee collection and other claims, a state appellate panel has ruled.... Read More »Store faces $100,000 in punitive damages
12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 16, 2013
Lithia Toyota in Medford, Ore.... Read More »LEGAL FILE
Nissan store prevails in suit over financing
12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 9, 2013
The South Carolina Court of Appeals has tossed out a $19,963 judgment against a Nissan store, finding no bad-faith violations of the state dealer law in the financing and repossession of a used car. Dick Smith Nissan in Columbia, S.C.... Read More »LEGAL FILE
Ex-Mitsubishi dealer plans to fight inclusion in suit charging loan discrimination
12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 28, 2012
A pretrial conference is scheduled Dec. 17 in a Justice Department discrimination suit accusing a Los Angeles Mitsubishi dealership, now closed, of illegally giving less favorable loan terms to non-Asian borrowers. Earlier this year, the Ninth U.S.... Read More »LEGAL FILE
Dealer ordered to pay customers for finance fraud
12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 7, 2012
A Brooklyn, N.Y., dealer and four of his dealerships must pay $510,000 in penalties and restitution to customers for fraudulent and illegal financing and sales practices that were “extensive and unsettling,” a judge has ruled.... Read More »LEGAL FILE
S.C. Chevrolet store loses indemnity bid in suit over fees
12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 24, 2012
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Stores ordered to pay Capital One for 'non-genuine, invalid' loans
12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 17, 2012
Two Chicago-area dealerships with common ownership must pay Capital One Auto Finance $722,624 for failing to repurchase contracts for loans that had been approved based on falsified information or information obtained from identity theft, a federal...... Read More »Chrysler and Eagle Auto Mall may head to court
3:22 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 8, 2012
Attorneys for Eagle Auto Mall, Terry Morris Chrysler-Jeep and Chrysler Group are scheduled to meet Thursday in a final pre-trial conference to hammer out a settlement or set a court date in a lawsuit that stems from when the dealerships were...... Read More »LEGAL FILE
Ex-Suzuki dealer arraigned on charges of illegal credit practices
12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 3, 2012
A former South Carolina dealer has been arraigned on charges he conspired with two finance managers and other employees to defraud customers, lenders and American Suzuki Motor Corp. through long-running illegal credit and marketing practices.... Read More »LEGAL FILE
Lawyer must pay VW store for 'frivolous' suit
12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 19, 2012
A plaintiff's lawyer in Texas must pay sanctions to a Garland dealership for pursuing a baseless lawsuit that accused the store of illegally financing a buyer's negative equity as part of the purchase price of a new vehicle.... Read More »LEGAL FILE
Dealership's doc fee was legal, court says
12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 5, 2012
Ohio dealerships may legally charge document fees of up to $250 that can be added to a vehicle's base price and be subject to sales tax, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.... Read More »LEGAL FILE
Store avoids lawsuit in credit life dispute
12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 29, 2012
A Rock Hill, S.C., dealership that didn’t obtain the credit life insurance policy lease customers paid for was subject only to arbitration, not a lawsuit, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.... Read More »
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