In Part 1 of this series, we compared the “reasonable allowance for use” provisions of Indiana’s Motor Vehicle Protection Act (Indiana’s “lemon law”) against Indiana’s neighboring states’ lemon laws and found that Indiana’s lemon law was the least favorable for consumers. In Part 2 of this series, I’d like to…
Here’s another way to avoid buying a lemon vehicle. Don’t buy a car. Heck, don’t even own a car. On a recent flight back to Indiana, I picked up one of those in-flight magazines. In it was an article about Zipcar.com. Zipcar is a car sharing company. What is car…
Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter has issued a press release applauding the passage by the Indiana House and Senate of a measure that would make the Homeowner Protection Unit a permanent part of the Attorney General’s Office. The Homeowner Protection Unit was created as an experimental unit two years ago.…
DATELINE: Billings, Montana, Wednesday, March 14, 2007 County Attorney Dennis Paxinos apologizes to the court, the public and to local DUI defendant Phillip Holliday. Why was he making this public apology? The day before, a deputy prosecutor employed by Mr. Paxinos’ office told a local judge an eyebrow-raising story: When…
In Part 1a, we looked at how Indiana law handles the “reasonable allowance for use” calculation and how it encourages manufacturers to delay the resolution of claims. Let’s take a look at how some of our neighbor states handle reasonable allowance for use: Illinois The Illinois statutory provision reads: “A…
I recently read an article about the Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs’ lemon law website. Apparently that website had incorrect information about Tennessee’s lemon law up for about four years! Tennessee’s lemon law was amended in 2003 to require three instead of four repair attempts and 15 instead of 30…
CarFax is the nation’s most popular way to research the history of used cars, and not just by consumers. Whether you live in Lebanon, Indianapolis, or West Lafayette, or anywhere else for that matter, chances are your local dealership has an account. More than 29,000 car dealers in the United…
I attended the Indiana Lemon Law continuing legal education seminar last week. The seminar was put on by two attorneys of the Law Offices of Connie J. Postelli, Connie Postelli and Rebecca Letourneaux, and a mediator Ms. Postelli uses a lot named Paul Petticrew. Ms. Postelli’s firm represents General Motors…
I recently received an e-mail notice of the pending resolution of a class-action lawsuit against Experian, one of the big three credit reporting agencies. Experian had been sued “because of the way [they] advertised their credit scores and credit-monitoring products and because of certain information about credit that was contained…
Attorneys who practice lemon law in Indiana may want to attend a seminar on the subject on February 22, 2007. The continuing legal education seminar is put on by ICLEF and will be held at ICLEF’s Conference Facility located at 230 E. Ohio St. in Indianapolis. The faculty of the…