Legal Opinion
Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Esposito
Suffolk County District Court
Decided April 18, 2005Published
1Opinion of the Court
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C. Stephen Hackeling, J.
Ford Motor Credit Company’s complaint, dated June 9, 2004, demands judgment in the sum of $12,216.40 as against the defendant, Evan Esposito, for a default in a motor vehicle lease which resulted in a repossession of the vehicle and its eventual auction sale. The defendant has interposed an answer, dated January 10, 2005, asserting a general denial which was amplified at trial to include an affirmative defense that he did not receive adequate notice of the foreclosure sale. The trial of the matter was conducted on March 7, 2005.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
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