Bolt v Yamaha
N/AOUTCOME: Consumer won trial and appeal
a “lemon” boat case interpreting difference in implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for particular purpose and fitness for use
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Ronald Lee Burdge's Legal Cases (36)
Dayton, OH
Lemon law Lawyer at Dayton, OH
Practice Areas: Lemon Law, Consumer Protection
Arnold v Volkswagen of America Inc.
N/AOUTCOME: Consumer won
case of first impression requiring Indiana car dealer engaged in internet transactions with Ohio residents to be licensed under Ohio’s Motor Vehicle Dealer Licensing statute and holding the failure to ... violate the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act
Searles v Germain Ford of Columbus LLC
N/AOUTCOME: Consumer Won Appeal, Case later settled
Case of first impression determining that a consumer can bring both individual claims and a class action claim in the same case under Ohio’s Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices statute
Williams v Spitzer Autoworld Canton LLC
N/AOUTCOME: Ohio Supreme Court upheld statute & Evidence Rule
Was asked to draft and file Amicus brief on behalf of National Association of Consumer Advocates and Ohio Association for Justice; allowing Parole Evidence Rule to take effect in claims under the Consu ... mer Sales Practices Act
Whitaker v MT Automotive, Inc.
N/AOUTCOME: Consumer Won Appeal
Car dealer auto sales fraud case; Amicus (friend of the court) brief filed on behalf of National Association of Consumer Advocates in support of Consumer's legal position on the law; case of first impr ... ession for Ohio Supreme Court; arguing for allowing recovery of tripled noneconomic damages under the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act in addition to actual damages. Supreme Court agreed and reversed lower appeals court opinion.
Klimaszewski v Ganley, Inc.
N/AOUTCOME: Won appeal
Issue was enforceability of car dealer's arbitration clause that dealer tried to use to keep consumer from being able to pursue their legal rights in court. The trial court upheld the binding arbitrati ... on clause. Consumer appealed to the Court of Appeals. The appeals court reversed trial court’s decision to enforce arbitration clause in the sales contract, sending the case back to the trial court for litigation. Plaintiff consumers won on the merits.