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...
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Dealers Profit on Your Credit
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...
Georgia’s Lemon Law Ranked 13th in US
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...
Emissions Fraud Victory in Georgia
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....
AutoFraud Jury Verdict for Disabled American Vet and Partner
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...
Dealer Doesn’t Deliver Title
Time and time again, used car dealers across the state of Georgia do detrimental things to consumers. Can a dealership sell a car without a title? I had a client come in who had just bought a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pick up truck. My client began to make...
Judge Finds Emissions Violation Awards Damages
One of the easiest ways for used car dealers to make profit is to purchase cheap used vehicles that have not and can not pass emissions and sell them to people as normal “clean” cars without a valid passing emissions certificate. Recently, one of our clients bought a...
Recent Georgia Fair Business Practices Act Violation Trial
Recently, I had a client come in about Land Rover he had recently purchased online from Class Auto Company, LLC. My client testified that the responded to an advertisement for the sale of this car by defendant which represented the car as having “a clean carfax,...
Emissions Victory vs. Chair of GIADA
In a recent case T. Michael Flinn represented a consumer in a claim against the dealership owned by chairman of the Georgia Independent Automobile Dealer’s Association. The consumer visited the lot and located a car and contracted to buy same. While she waited for...
No Surprise that ‘Auto Complaints’ Tops List of Consumer Complaints
Georgia Office of Consumer Protection Administrator John Sours sent this article listing the most complained of consumer complaints. The article was based upon surveys conducted by the Consumer Federation and surveyed general-purpose consumer protection agencies at...