Sadat v. American Motors Corp.

Plaintiff is the typical consumer the Magnuson-Moss Act was designed to protect. She paid over $6,700 for an American Motors’ car that came with the manufacturer’s full 12-month/12,000-mile new-car written warranty, and she got a “lemon.” Although she returned the car to the dealer’s service shop seven times during the 17 months following its purchase, its defects were so numerous and serious that the car could not be satisfactorily repaired. American Motors does not dispute this. Its position is simply that the plaintiff went about asserting her rights under the Magnuson-Moss Act in the…