We at Rosner, Law & Mansfield are devoted to protecting individuals, families, and consumer organizations from unfair and dishonest business practices. If you think you also may have been taken advantage of, please call us toll-free at (800) 466-5366 for a FREE CONSULTATION. We are California licensed attorneys and are paid from the amount we recover for you.
Below are just a few of the settlements and court awards we obtained for people who were taken advantage of when they bought a motor home / RV, car, truck, or other vehicle: *
1. Jury award of $305,000 including repurchase and $100,000 penalty
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chassis and motorhome manufacturer liability for defective
RV
Rosner, Law & Mansfield obtained its most
recent motorhome jury verdict in April 2004 in McClanahan v. Fleetwood
& Freightliner. After the chassis company and motorhome manufacturer
only offered $5,000.00 each to settle, the case went to trial. The clients
had a motorhome where the temperature gauge would go close to the red and
cause the buzzer to go off. While never technically overheating by boiling
over, the coolant was getting too hot. The defendants blamed hot weather,
mountain roads and even the clients. The jury disagreed, giving a full repurchase
and a $100,000 penalty, for a total award value of $305,000.
2. Jury award of $200,000 - coach and chassis manufacturer
both had responsibilities for defective RV
Rosner, Law & Mansfield obtained a decision
from the California Court of Appeal in National R.V., Inc. v. Foreman
(2003) 34 Cal.App.4th 1072 that civil penalties for motor home defects can
be obtained from the coach manufacturer as well as the chassis manufacturer.
In that case, our client was awarded $96,000 in compensation PLUS $115,200
in penalties.*
3. Court award of triple damages, punitive and senior penalties -
dealer's bad financing & service contracts
Rosner, Law & Mansfield obtained a court award of over
$120,000 in compensation PLUS over $300,000 in penalties and punitive damages
for our client in the case of Thompson v. 10,000 RV Sales, San Diego
Superior Court No. GIE 01120. The court found that our client, a 72 year old
widow, had been harmed by the RV dealer's illegal financing practices and
invalid service contracts. The court also ordered the RV dealer to refund
money to members of the public who had paid more in sales and license fees
because the RV dealer had illegally increased their motor home prices to cover
an "overallowance" on their trade ins.*
4. Settlement - dealer repurchased defective motor home
and paid $25,000 penalty
A California dealership sold our clients a motor
home and delivered it to them out of state. The motor home turned out to have
a bent frame and was in for repairs for the bent frame and related problems,
such as alignment and wear and tear, for 299 days in an 18 month period. Rosner,
Law & Mansfield obtained the dealer's agreement to repurchase the motor
home for the full price paid, and to pay a $25,000 penalty.*
5. Settlement - dealer refused to repair defective car
The defendant manufacturer settled during a trial,
agreeing to repay Rosner, Law & Mansfield's client the full amount he
had paid for his vehicle, PLUS a penalty. In addition, the manufacturer's
expert had to apologize to the jury for being “wrong.” Our client,
a young man with a physical impairment, repeatedly took the vehicle for repairs
and Ford repeatedly denied his rights by failing to repair the vehicle or
offer repurchase.*
6. Settlement with 2,000 customers - dealer hid charges for
paint/fabric protection and car alarms
A California dealership was automatically including paint
and fabric protection and/or car alarms in lease contracts. The customers
did not know they were being paying for these items. The dealer settled the
lawsuit filed by Rosner, Law & Mansfield by agreeing to refund the unfair
charges to up to 2,000 customers.*
7. Settlement with 240 customers - dealer sold cars without disclosing
cars had been used as rentals
A California dealership sold cars without telling
the customers that the cars had been used as rentals. The client we represented
discovered this when he found a rental sticker inside his car door. The dealer
settled the lawsuit filed by Rosner, Law & Mansfield by agreeing to make
payments to 240 people who had been sold rentals without their knowing.*
8. Settlement of five times cost of car -- dealer sold used car as
new
A California dealership sold our client a "new"
car that the client later discovered was actually used. The dealer settled
the lawsuit filed by Rosner, Law & Mansfield by agreeing to pay our client
FIVE TIMES the cost of his car.*
9. Repurchase of car, payment of penalty by dealer who cheated
Spanish-speaking customer
A California dealership sold our client, a Spanish-speaking
truck driver, a used car that our client later discovered had been a rental.
The dealer had also added many unwanted accessories into the price. The dealer
settled the lawsuit filed by Rosner, Law & Mansfield by agreeing to return
our client's money and pay a large penalty. The dealer also agreed to adopt
new procedures and forms that help Spanish speaking customers understand the
dealer's car-selling process.*
10. $100,000 + settlement by dealer paid to
Spanish-speaking customer for overvalued trade-in
A California dealership paid Rosner, Law &
Mansfield's client, a Spanish-speaking driver for the elderly and disabled,
a settlement of over $100,000. The dealership had over-valued the client's
trade-in vehicle and then added that amount to the purchase price, so that
the client had to pay more taxes, insurance, registration, etc. the dealership
agreed to stop doing this. The auto manufacturer also agreed to buy back the
new vehicle as a “lemon.”*
11. Payment of car's price plus penalty by dealer who illegally back-dated
contract
A California dealership paid Rosner, Law
& Mansfield's client the entire price of his car, plus a penalty, plus
agreed to let our client keep the car. Our client had signed a purchase contract,
but the dealer couldn't finance it. The dealer should have told our client
he could cancel the deal, but instead it made him sign a second contract,
illegally backdated by the dealer. The also dealer agreed not to backdate
contracts in the future.*
12. Settlement - defective motorhome - manufacturer pays
customer 400% of home's purchase price
The manufacturer of our client's motohome
concealed a defect in the bolts used in building the motor home. After Rosner,
Law & Mansfield filed suit, the manufacturer settled with our client for
400% of the motor home's price.*
In addition to the above awards, Rosner, Law & Mansfiled have obtained court awards and settlements in previous years for fraud and defects in vehicles. We estimate that the total of the awards we've obtained for our clients over the years approaches $20,000,000. *
Remember, if you think you also may have been taken advantage of by a vehicle dealer, please call us toll-free at (800) 466-5366 for a FREE CONSULTATION. We are California licensed attorneys and are paid only if we recover for you.
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* Each case is different, and the result depends on the facts and law that apply to that case. California Rule of Professional Conduct 1-400 requires us to tell you that the results listed above are not a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.
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