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Lemon Law & Dealer Fraud. A Law Firm Launches Two Websites
to Help Consumers Protect Their Rights and Recover Their
Investments.
November 15,
2007
Buying or
leasing a new or used vehicle is the second largest
investment an individual or a family usually makes. As a
consumer you always want that investment to hold its value,
to be a reliable and safe mean of transportation.
Unfortunately, from time to time consumers end up owning a
vehicle that is not what they expected it to be. Two of the
most common causes for that are pre-existing manufacturer’s
defects and intentional dealer fraud.
Many individuals
have heard about the commonly known Lemon Law which was
designed to protect consumers that end up with a new or used
vehicle with significant manufacturer’s defects that
negatively affect the vehicle’s use, value and/or safety.
Most states have aggressive legislature set in place to
protect the consumers’ rights. These laws require the
manufacturer to take the vehicle back, pay the consumer all
his/her monthly payments, down payment, and any other forms
of related expenses, in addition to all applicable
attorney’s and court fees. A Lemon Law Attorney can give
you the advice you need as to what’s the best way to solve
your case. Since many times the dealers and manufacturers
ignore these cases and downplay the extent of the loss,
consulting a Lemon Law Attorney is almost necessary
especially since many Lemon Law Firms do not charge the
consumer for their services.
Consumers who
are victims of intentional dealer fraud have similar rights
and attorneys practicing in the area have many ways to
protect the consumers. A dealer fraud specialist can help
the consumer recover his or her actual losses and even
recover punitive damages of up to 9 times the actual
damages. In many instances buyers are tricked by the
seller, often a large and reputable franchise dealer, to buy
or lease vehicles with rolled back mileage, frame damage,
previously rental cars, limos or even taxis without
providing the appropriate disclosure statements. All such
sales constitute dealer fraud and a skilled attorney can
help the consumer recover his or her financial and punitive
loss plus compensatory damages without spending any money on
attorney’s fees.
In instances of
both dealer fraud and defectively manufactured vehicles, the
consumer ends up with a vehicle that is unsafe to drive,
requires constant repairs and is often worth only 70% to
30% of the amount actually paid by the consumer. The most
common problems include, but are not limited to, engine
problems, transmission problems, frame damage, body damage,
odometer rollback, water leaks, paint defects, electrical
problems, brake problems, steering problems among many other
potential problems.
The Lemon Law
and Dealer Fraud can be also filed for RVs, motor homes,
motorcycles, trucks, boats, and many other “vehicles” that
have motor/drive terrain warranty and safety regulations,
state or federal.
The new websites
www.LemonLawIntel.com and www.DealerFaud.org launched by The
Law Offices of Hovanes Margarian are designed to assist
California consumers with all of their California Lemon Law,
Dealer Fraud and related cases. To deal with the negligence
and abuse of power towards the consumers, the law firm has
vast experience in the automotive industry and has
successfully recovered thousands of dollars lost by
consumers.
Hovanes
Margarian is a USC Law School graduate with extensive
previous experience in the automotive industry as the
founder and co-owner of a nationwide vehicle brokerage
firm. All the cases taken by Mr. Margarian’s law offices
are related to vehicles, vehicle defects, vehicle sales
fraud and DMV issues. For more information about the
offices and the areas of practice you can visit
www.LemonLawIntel.com,
www.DealerFraud.org or call toll free 866-97-LEMON
(1-866-975-3666) for a no cost consultation about your
case. |
