Duran v. Leslie Oldsmobile, Inc.

The circuit court of Du Page County granted defendant’s, Leslie Oldsmobile, Inc.’s (dealer’s), motion for summary judgment, which • plaintiff now appeals. Plaintiff’s complaint sought actual and punitive damages and attorney fees and costs based on common-law fraud and statutory fraud under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Consumer Fraud Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 12½, par. 261 et seq.). Specifically, plaintiff alleged that the dealer made four misrepresentations as follows: (1) a 1988 Volkswagen Jetta was a demonstrator (demo) car; (2) an extended warranty on the…