Thompson v. Main Street Auto Sales & Service, Inc.

This is an action for the defendant’s breach of contract and violations of G.L.c. 93A and G.L.c. 231, §85J in intentionally failing to disclose that a used vehicle sold to the plaintiff was a former rental car. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed pursuant to Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A., Rule 8C.

The record indicates that on May 4, 1994, plaintiff Donna Thompson viewed a used 1993 Ford Mustang at the defendant’s place of business, Main Street Auto Sales & Service in Waltham. The salesman, who was also a friend of the plaintiff’s, informed her that the car had…