Maugh v. Chrysler Corp.

LOWENSTEIN, Chief Judge.

Judgment on a plaintiffs’ verdict of $3,000 actual and $1 million in punitive damages is the subject of this appeal by the defendant auto manufacturer, Chrysler Corporation. The case is an action for fraudulent misrepresentation stemming from the purchase by the Maughs of a 1985 New Yorker which had, prior to retail sale, been driven by a Chrysler plant supervisor and during that time been involved in an accident.

Chrysler, as part of an ongoing “Overnight Evaluation Program” (“OEP”), selected certain newly manufactured cars to be test driven to and from work by its…