Kohl v. Silver Lake Motors, Inc.

This case presents further questions arising under G.L. c. 93A, the consumer protection act. See York v. Sullivan, ante, 157 (1975), where our earlier opinions are collected. Here we consider the consequences, under G. L. c. 93A, § 9 (3), of a written tender of settlement made and filed by Stiver Lake Motors, Inc. (Silver Lake), which sold a 1973 Dodge Dart automobile to the plaintiff (buyer).

In his appeal, the buyer challenges the judge’s conclusion that Silver Lake’s tender of settlement was “reasonable in relation to the injury actually suffered” by the buyer and that, as a result, the…