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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...
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:...
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...
We are seeing more and more dealers fail yo deliver the tag and title paperwork they have agreed to deliver as part of the sale. Often the dealer has charged a fee for this service. The reasons dealers fail to deliver are several) they do not have the title because...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Don’t let them fool you. This is basically just a way for the dealer to get a bad car off his hands and try to make a quick buck hoping nobody will notice. I have recently filed four lawsuits against the same car dealer, Loving Care Cars of Atlanta, Georgia for...