Miller v. J & Q Automotive, Inc.

On November 18, 2007, plaintiff Jacqueline M. Miller (“Miller”) purchased a motor vehicle from the defendant, J and Q Automotive, Inc., d/b/a Sullivan Bros. Toyota (“Sullivan Bros.”), to be used by her son, plaintiff Mathieu T. Miller (“Mathieu"). She paid $3,525.00 for the vehicle, a 1999 Toyota Corolla with 150,337 miles on the odometer. The salesman told Miller that “[w]e know the vehicle,” that it was “a good car, with a nice, clean engine,” and that she “shouldn’t worry about the car.” When Miller asked to have a third-party service person examine the car, she was told that Sullivan…