Lemon Law

At a trial which concluded only two days ago, September 26, 2011, a Los Angeles jury awarded plaintiff Albert Ataian a full buyback for $118,000.00 plus a civil penalty of $10,000 for Mercedes’ willful conduct. Ataian v. Mercedes-Benz USA LLC,READ MORE

Hello Readers, I have said this in previous blog posts, but it’s worth repeating for emphasis. The simplest and best way to preserve the evidence of defect in your lemon vehicle, and thus better ensure a successful outcome for yourREAD MORE

Hello Readers, My friend Ron Buerge of Ohio prepared this short article about the hazards and perils of buying cars through online auctions. I think it’s excellent so I’m reprinting it here. Hope this helps. Here’s his article: We’ve seenREAD MORE

I had a bad experience with ‘Fleetwood’ where my Prowler trailer was leaking excessively. The leak started in the 11th month I had it. I had bought the trailer brand new at a local dealer. After going through months ofREAD MORE

Hello Readers, Quite some time ago, manufacturers discovered that they can derail lemon law cases by slight twists of language on the repair orders. It works like this: vehicle owner is having transmission problems, and brings it in first timeREAD MORE

Hollywood produced a movie a few years ago, “Fools Don’t Rush In,” in which a guy fell in love with Selma Hayek but played it cool and coy, and ultimately won her heart. The movie’s title is my theme forREAD MORE

Hello again. When I started doing consumer protection law, the only dealerships which would sell used cars “as-is” were the smaller dealerships, never the major franchise dealerships. Now we’re seeing more and more major franchise dealerships selling used cars “as-is”,READ MORE

Slide-outs, or slide rooms, are the rule, rather than the exception, in later-model motorhomes. For those of you who do not know that a “slide-out” is, it’s a portion of the coach which actually moves out when the coach isREAD MORE

Hello, all. Good news from Orange County Superior Court, where the judge in my trial against Bentley just ruled that Bentley must completely repurchase my client’s defective 2001 Bentley Arnage. Given how hard Bentley fought this trial, this is quiteREAD MORE

There’s a disturbing trend among credit card companies these days. They’re specifically targeting people just coming out of bankruptcy and using fraud and trickery to get them to “reaffirm” debts they’ve previously discharged in the bankruptcy proceedings. It works likeREAD MORE