Elias v. Mr. Yamaha, Inc.

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

Mark Elias (Elias) filed suit against Mr. Yamaha, Inc., d/b/a Team Mr. Honda, Yamaha (Mr. Yamaha) for violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), breach of contract, fraud, and conversion arising out of Elias’s attempted purchase of a jet ski. Following a bench trial, the court found that Mr. Yamaha committed fraud, had breached its contract to sell a jet ski to Elias, and had converted the jet ski offered by Elias as a trade-in on the purchase of a new jet ski. The court awarded actual damages in the total amount of $1,738, attorneys’…