Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. v. Palasack

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellants, the Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., and others (hereinafter referred to collectively as Asbury Automotive), appeal from the circuit court’s certification of the appellees’ class-action lawsuit. On December 1, 1999, Charles and Carol Palasack purchased a Ford F-150 truck from appellant North Point Ford, Inc. On December 31, 2002, the Palasacks filed a class-action lawsuit to contest a $99.85 documentary fee charged by North Point Ford. The Palasacks asserted in their complaint that the charge of that documentary fee was a violation of the Arkansas Deceptive…