Tallahassee, FL. April 8, 2009-Krohn and Moss Attorney Jeffrey Spiegel just convinced a unanimous jury in Tallahassee, Florida that General Motors Corporation violated Florida Lemon Law and that, Plaintiff, Shamair Coward was entitled to a refund for her 2007 Saturn Ion. (Court Case No. 08-CA-1105)

Shamair Coward testified that, when the vehicle was traveling at speeds of approximately 30 miles per hour, the engine would drag, lose power, the RPM’s would go up and the front made a rattle sound. Ms. Coward was forced to put the vehicle into fourth gear to prevent the vehicle from losing power and to lower the RPM’s.

According to court documentation Ms. Coward brought the Saturn Ion into the Manufacturers authorized dealer for repair. Ms. Coward averred in her Complaint filed with the Court that the Ion has been subject to repair on at least three (3) occasions for the same defect, and that the defect remains uncorrected. The jury agreed.

In an effort resolve her case without filing a lawsuit, Ms. Coward first presented her case to the Better Business Bureau and then at Florida’s mandatory arbitration program administered by the Attorney General where she lost before prevailing in front of a jury of her peers on April 6, 2009. Along the way, Ms. Coward was forced to trial due to General Motors refusal to settle her claim by offering only $500 including attorneys’ fees.

At trial the jury’s verdict awarded the plaintiff in a full repurchase of the Saturn Ion which will also require that General Motors pay all of the attorneys’ fees incurred by Ms. Coward’s lawyers

Victorville, CA. April 3, 2009

Krohn and Moss attorney Darin Shaw pulled through an 8 day long Lemon Law trial over Chrysler, LLC Automotive. Shaw successfully won over the jury who returned a verdict in favor of the Plaintiff, Mr. Bill Clark in Victorville, CA. on March 26th, 2009. A full refund was awarded to Mr. Clark of $47,000. Chrysler will also be responsible for paying all attorney fees to Krohn and Moss, Ltd.

Bill Clark purchased the 2006 Dodge Ram in November 2005 for $47,000.The Plaintiff complained about a transmission slippage which involved the vehicle being put in reverse and failing to engage for upwards of 3 seconds. Bill opened the Lemon Law case against Chrysler after the third repair attempt. Every single repair order was documented by Chrysler as “Could not duplicate” or “No problem found.” This happened early in the life of the vehicle—from 2,000 miles to present (55,000 miles). The dealership personnel never actually verified this concern. One salesperson, named Mr. Juan Lopez, actually did and was sent a certified letter noting that he had indeed felt the slippage.

At trial, the jury felt the dealerships had not done enough to attempt to find the problem of the transmission. They never actually tested it in any way other than a few test drives. More so, the Defendant’s expert, Mr. Dick Schmitt, never noted this issue and in fact failed to attempt to duplicate it. He did not follow the vehicle in another vehicle and view it from behind in order to note such problem with the vehicle.