Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Colonial Motor Sales, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 12, 1981PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
State 2 and Federal 3 statutes establish civil liability for tampering with the odometer of a car. Upon the Commonwealth’s motion for summary judgment, Colonial Motor Sales, Inc. (Colonial), and its principal officer, Bruce Milton, were held liable for setting back, or dispensing false information about, the mileage readings on nineteen cars sold by Colonial. In consequence, judgment entered ordering injunctive relief and assessing $28,500 in damages. 4
The motion judge made his summary judgment decision on the basis of a supporting affidavit by an investigator for the Consumer Protection…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- My Bread Baking Co. v. Cumberland Farms, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Warren Jobson v. Frank R. Henne, Edward D. Stevenson, Murray Bergman and Michael SemchyshynCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by16 opinions
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