Jones v. General Motors Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
10 district · 16 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 2301 (Magnuson-Moss Warranty—Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act)
Relies on State Ex Rel. Helman v. Gallegos · Gonzales v. Surgidev Corp. · Hale v. Basin Motor Co. · 197 Wis. 2d 973 - Hughes v. Chrysler Motors Corp. · Smith v. FDC Corp.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court [below] erred in linking recovery under the UPA to proof of actual damages. Section 57-12-10(B) authorizes the recovery of "actual damages or the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is great-er.” In Page & Wirtz Construction Co. v. Solomon, 110 N.M. 206, 212 , 794 P.2d 349, 355 (1990) (citing § 57-12-10(B)), the Supreme Court held that if a plaintiff produces no evidence showing loss of money or property, "recovery is limited to one hundred dollars, which may be trebled by the court when the party willfully has engaged in the unfair or deceptive practice.” Thus, Plaintiff was only required to put on evidence of his actual losses as it pertained to recovery of actual damages. In the absence of actual losses, Plaintiff is still entitled under UPA to recover the statutory damages of one hundred dollars.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“not nominal[, but] should reflect the full amount of fees fairly and reasonably incurred by [the p]laintiff in securing an award under the UPA.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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