Payne v. Parks Chevrolet, Inc.

JOHNSON, Judge.

Plaintiff commenced the following action on 27'May 1992 alleging that in December 1990, defendant sold him a used truck without disclosing that the truck “had been involved in a collision to the extent that the cost of repair exceeded twenty-five percent (25%) of its fair market value,” in violation of North Carolina General Statutes §§ 20-71.4(a) (1993) and 20-348(a) (1993). Defendant filed an answer on 27 October 1992, denying plaintiffs principal allegations.

The action was tried before Judge Chester C. Davis and a jury from 22 January to 24 January 1994. The jury answered…