Lemon Laws in New York State

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This paper examines the lemon law in New York State. It discusses the history and development of the laws in California and the reasons for their need. The paper then presents a case study of a situation in the writer's family that required knowledge of the lemon laws. It discusses the process with the auto dealership and the final outcome of the scenario.

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"A current situation in my own family would have benefited from knowing a little more about the laws, but in essence this is one of those instances where the circumstance circumvented that actual use of the Lemon Laws. In 1995 my cousin bought a brand new Jeep Cherokee, Country directly from the dealer ship. One of the reasons he bought it was to take it cross-country in the summer of the following year, which he did. It preformed admirably on the trip and after bringing it back to the dealer for service he was informed that the seal in the rear transfer case had broken and he lost transmission fluid. Hearing that he had traveled cross-country and off road the mechanics wanted to blame his handling of the vehicle for the problem. After going around with the dealership they replace and repaired the problem at no charge."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Annual Report. (2005). New york's new car lemon law arbitration program. Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York. Retrieved on 4/8/08 from http://www.oag.state.ny.us/consumer/cars/usedcar_lemonreport05.pdf
• Bigda, Carolyn & Chatzky, Jean. (2004) Make Lemonade From Your Lemon. Money 33 (11), p. 216
• Browne, J. Zamgba. (2003) Lemon Law expanded to motorcycles. New York Amsterdam News 94 (38), p. 28
• Court supports lemon law protections. (2006) Long Island Business News: New York 12/22/2006, Vol. 53 Issue 60, p15A-15A
• Lemon Law Articles (2006) Lemon-law articles.com Retreived on 4/7/08 from http://www.lemon-law-articles.com/

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