7 results for 'cat:"Vehicle" AND cat:"Consumer Law"'.
J. Kelsey finds the lower court improperly granted judgment to the vehicle repair shop. A New Jersey man brought his vintage Mustang to a Virginia repair shop. A friend of the New Jersey man, who lives in Virginia, found the repair work unsatisfactory, and the New Jersey man demanded the repair shop to continue work and delay his retrieval of the car until it was satisfactory. The repair shop, dissatisfied with the amount of complaints, sought to sell the car under the Virginia Abandoned Vehicle Act. The repair shop notified the New Jersey man, as required by the Act, via a letter to his parent's home in Michigan despite having only ever communicated with the customer with telecommunications to sell the car to a third party before the New Jersey man noticed. Reversed.
Court: Virginia Supreme Court, Judge: Kelsey, Filed On: February 15, 2024, Case #: 230115, Categories: Property, vehicle, consumer Law
J. Payne denies the car company's motion to transfer the venue from Virginia to Massachusetts. The car owners claim Ford knowingly sold their vehicles with defective transmissions, violating Virginia consumer protection laws. The car company hoped to consolidate the case with a parallel case in Massachusetts that had been filed first, but the Virginia car owners' complaints came from conduct in Virginia.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Virginia, Judge: Payne, Filed On: December 13, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv512, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: vehicle, consumer Law, Venue
J. Griggsby grants a lender its motion to dismiss allegations of debt collection laws brought by a car buyer for its requirement and acceptance of a cash down payment. The buyer argues she shouldn’t have paid cash based on the law and that the lender later sent her loan charges she did not recognize. However, the lender is not a debt collector as defined under said law and the buyer fails to sufficiently claim that cash should not be involved in this consumer credit transaction. Also, the lender did charge her correctly and repossessed the car due to non-payment.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Griggsby, Filed On: August 3, 2023, Case #: 8:22cv1938, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: Debt Collection, vehicle, consumer Law
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J. Bennett grants a vehicle financing agency its motion to compel non-class arbitration after a car buyer alleged state and federal consumer protections violations when the agency repossessed her car for failure to pay. The buyer argues that the agency wrongly charged her a deficiency of over $15,000 still owed on the car. This issue will be decided in arbitration because the buyer signed an agreement to arbitrate should a dispute arise.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Bennett, Filed On: June 15, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv134, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: Arbitration, vehicle, consumer Law