Recent Amendment to Federal odometer Law Extends Protections to Older Cars. We wrote several years ago about the Federal Odometer Act Minimum Damages Increased to $10,000. Prior to that, the statute had specified minimum damages as $1500 Act Provisions Now Apply to Older Vehicles Now the Federal Odometer Act has been extended to car older than […]
As auto dealer profits are squeezed through aggressive online price advertising, they are searching for other ways to make money on your car purchase. A huge source of profit for dealers is when they arrange your financing. The dealer finds a creditor willing to give you a 4.9% loan but tell you that you qualify […]
A newly released study by the Center for Auto Safety ranks Georgia’s Lemon Law 13th among the 51 US Lemon Laws. Georgia’s Lemon Law earned a B among US lemon laws, getting high points for its 1) damages allowed; 2) favorable offset for the consumer’s use of the vehicle; and 3) having a fair state run […]
Here at Georgia Consumer Lawyer we are familiar with flood damaged cars being sold without disclosure after Katrina, Sandy and others. Now, we urge you to watch for Florence Flooding cars being sold from the North Carolina without disclosure. It’s been about two weeks since Hurricane Florence lashed the Carolinas with rain measured in feet in some places. […]
A client recently contacted us about her purchase of a 2007 Chevrolet Impala in Fulton County. This vehicle would not pass emissions prior to and after the initial sale. The client was never told this information prior to her purchase of the vehicle. The dealer knew that this vehicle had not and could not pass […]
Georgia Auto Fraud Victory – Emissions A client from Jonesboro, GA contacted our office in regards to her purchase of a 2004 Kia Spectra. The dealer had told our client that nothing was wrong with the vehicle, representing the vehicle as a good running, clean vehicle. Our client was never told prior to her purchase that […]
I got a jury verdict on Wednesday after a three day trial in which a conservative North Atlanta jury awarded treble and punitive damages against a slimy car dealer. The $6999 car sale turned into a $72,000 debacle for the defendant dealer. This is the long version My client is a 30 something single white […]
I tried another slimy car dealer case against a Cobb County used car dealer before Judge Schuster this week. Judge Schuster and his staff were very pleasant to work with and allowed us to try out case. He asked sound and thoughtful questions on the legal issues. My clients were a disabled American veteran (he […]
Georgia Consumer Layer principal attorney T. Michael Flinn was recognized for his lengthy service advocating for children on Saturday March 16. Flinn has advocated on behalf of neglected and abused children for the majority of his 33 year legal practice. He has also been an advocate for battered women. He was presented with the Dan […]
Consumer advocates call it “lemon laundering.” It is the resale without proper disclosure of cars with a history of chronic problems which required the manufacturer to buy it back under the lemon law. This occurs all too frequently in Georgia. We have had success in pursuing Georgia automobile dealers for this conduct. We have handled […]