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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Auto Repair Shops Not Entitled to Payment for Unauthorized Work

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals recently held that auto repair shops are not entitled to compensation for jobs which are unauthorized by the customer, even if the repairs fix whatever is wrong with the car.

The case was original brought by a man who was charged $5,000 for work on his pick-up truck that he had not authorized. When the man brought the truck into the shop, both he and the shop assumed that the truck was still under warranty. When it was discovered, after the work was complete, that the truck was not under warranty, the shop billed the man the full price.

The plaintiff argued that it is a violation of Wisconsin’s consumer protection laws to do work which is not authorized by the client. The Court of Appeals agreed.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Costco Settles Lawsuit Over "Hot Gas"

Costco has tentatively reached a settlement with a consumer watchdog group in a lawsuit over so-called “fair fuel.” Consumer Watchdog filed the lawsuit alleging that Costco was selling gasoline, the temperature of which exceeded sixty degrees.

According to the lawsuit, for every 15 degree increase in temperature, 1 percent of the fuel sold to the consumer is lost due to expansion. In other words, because of the elevated temperature, consumers were paying for gas they were not driving away from the pump with.

Costco is the first gasoline retailer to settle a lawsuit of this sort, although there are a number of other companies named.

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Federal Court Approves $350 Million Settlement

A federal court in Massachusetts approved a $350 million settlement. The case alleged a drug wholesaler of inflating drug prices.

Consumers brought the lawsuit against McKesson and FirstDataBank to recover some of their money back.

FirstData is a publisher of drug pricing information. The sole drug manufacturer the FirstData surveyed was McKesson. The two marked up the average price of certain drugs from 20 to 25 percent.

The suit alleged that McKesson and FirstData violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”). The complaint alleged that the companies used interstate mail to fraudulently raise the average price of McKesson’s drugs.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

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