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New Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Reduced Range In Chevy Bolt EV
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Fla. Justices Say Warranties Need Not Disclose Arbitration
Law360 (February 18, 2021, 6:42 PM EST) The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission s rule requiring the disclosure of certain product warranty information in a single document to comply with the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act does not require the disclosure of a binding arbitration agreement.
The court s 5-1 decision upheld a ruling from the state s Fifth District rejecting consumer Les Krol s argument that an arbitration agreement in his purchase order of a used truck from Gibson Auto Sales Inc. was not enforceable because it was not disclosed in a single document with other warranty terms. The high court s decision also resolved a certified conflict that.
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Buyers Tell 7th Circ. Best Buy Geek Squad Plan Is A Warranty
Law360 (January 19, 2021, 4:36 PM EST) Two customers who purchased an allegedly defective plasma television from Best Buy urged the Seventh Circuit Tuesday to overturn a lower court s decision that deemed the chain s Geek Squad Protection Plan a service contract instead of a warranty.
To qualify as a warranty under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Geek Squad plan must form the basis of the bargain in the purchase. Customers Tawanna and Anthony Ware told a Seventh Circuit panel this was the case when they were given a discount on their 64-inch Samsung television and bought the plan at the same time.
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Clark v. Westbrae, plaintiff alleged the labeling of Westbrae Natural’s Organic Unsweetened Vanilla Soymilk was misleading because a significant portion of the vanilla flavor came from sources other than the vanilla plant. Based on these allegations, plaintiff brought claims for violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law, Consumer Legal Remedies Act, and False Advertising Law.
Noting that nothing in the word “vanilla,” by itself, suggests the flavor comes exclusively from the vanilla bean, Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Corley of the Northern District of California held plaintiff failed to plausibly allege a reasonable consumer would be misled. In reaching this conclusion, the court noted the packaging did not contain any other words or images to suggest the vanilla flavor came exclusively from the vanilla bean.