2011 Subaru Outback and 2010 Subaru Outback A review of the New Jersey Lemon Law unit reveals that there is a large number of buybacks for this make and model: 2010 OUTBACK 2011 OUTBACK Recall Recall #1 Issued: 2010 07 20 This 2011 SUBARU OUTBACK recall affects the POWER TRAIN:MANUAL…
US Supreme Court Decision on Arbitration Recently, the US Supreme Court decided a significant arbitration case. The issue is whether or not the Federal Arbitration Act permitted the waiver of class action claims in a consumer contract. At the state level under the state laws, the states were divided as…
Originally, I filed a law suit against the new Chrysler Corporation with regard to a vehicle which was purchased by a current client of mine. The client experienced numerous issues with this vehicle including transmission, brakes and electrical problems. My client is alleging that there were numerous repairs on the…
ANTI-CONSUMER LEGISLATION IS COMING SOON TO YOU HERE IN NEW JERSEY The New Jersey Assembly and the Senate have introduced bills that would permanently and prohibitively make New Jersey an anti-consumer forum and roll back years of consumer protection laws which have accumulated benefits for thousands, if not millions, of…
Although I do a significant amount of auto fraud litigation, the concept does not change with regard to the sale of any goods such as houses or any other consumer goods. Again, if you know the purchaser of the good would make a different decision and you fail to disclose…
Can you commit fraud by maintaining silence? The simple answer to this is yes. Under New Jersey law, you can commit fraud or consumer fraud when there is a fact which a seller of a good knows will be relevant to the purchaser’s decision, and as a material fact to…
This is a list of questions that a jury might have to answer at the end of a trial: 1. Do you find by a preponderance of the evidence that the Defendant committed any unconscionable commercial practice, deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise or misrepresentation as I have defined in…
The fees associated with the National Arbitration Forum are excessive and would effectively prohibit the plaintiff from pursuing her statutory and common law claims. The United States Supreme Court in Green Tree Financial v. Larketta Randolph 531 U.S. (2000) held that excessive arbitration costs form a basis to challenge the…
The plaintiff has made numerous claims pursuant to Federal and State statutory law as well as New Jersey Common Law. The plaintiff has also made a demand for punitive damages for the statutory and common law violations alleged. New Jersey Law permits the plaintiff to recover up to $350,000 in…