If you buy a car that is financed through the dealership, the dealer CAN cancel the contract, but only if it notifies you within 10 days of the date on the purchase contract. It is based on the language of the purchase contract. Look at your purchase contract. That’s the …
Read moreOn May 8, 2012, the Honorable Steven A. Brick denied Fremont Toyota’s Petition to Compel Arbitration in Burton v. Fremont Automobile Dealership, LLC, Alemeda County Case No. HG12618098, allowing the class action to proceed in court. The first class identified in Ms. Burton’s lawsuit is consumers who purchased vehicles …
Read morehttp://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/01/business/la-fi-lazarus-20120501 Highlights:
The Dodd-Frank Act gives the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau explicit authority to study use of arbitration clauses related to financial products and services.”
A 2007 report by Public Citizen found that, over a four-year period, arbitrators sided with credit card companies 94% of the time in disputes with California consumers.
Consumer …
Auto Fraud Legal Center’s Auto Fraud Legal Center is pleased to announce San Diego County Superior Court Judge Luis Vargas approved a $94,500 cy pres award to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The award comes from the case of Macias v. Acura of Escondido, in which it was alleged Acura of …
Read moreAuto Fraud Legal Center’s Auto Fraud Legal Center is pleased to announce the California Supreme Court has refused to review a trial court decision holding actions for rescission under the Automobile Sales Finance Act are subject to a four-year statute of limitations. The Supreme Court issued its order denying …
Read moreAuto Fraud Legal Center has filed a class action lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court on behalf of Jose Mondragon and three classes of auto purchasers against Ron Baker Chevrolet and Capital One Auto Finance. The first class identified in Mr. Mondragon’s lawsuit is consumers who purchased vehicles from …
Read moreRecently, there was an article on msnbc.com discussing the latest deceptive practice used by car dealers. You’ve probably seen or heard the advertisements “We’ll pay off your trade-in — no matter what you owe.” Well, the FTC is cracking down on these advertisements:
http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/23/10815449-car-dealers-latest-deceptive-sales-tactic What a lot of people do not …
Auto Fraud Legal Center has filed a class action lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of Aurelio Deniz and two classes of auto purchasers against Maurice J. Sopp & Son and Chase Auto Finance. The first class identified in Mr. Deniz’s lawsuit is consumers who purchased vehicles …
Read moreAuto Fraud Legal Center has filed a class action lawsuit in Riverside County Superior Court on behalf of Jamiel and Martha Gutierrez and a class of auto purchasers against Pedder Nissan in Hemet. The proposed class identified in the lawsuit is consumers who purchased vehicles from Pedder Nissan in Hemet …
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