Legal Opinion
Kathleen McGinty v. Beranger Volkswagen, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 25, 1980No. 80-1065PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
After learning that the 1971 Dodge Dart she bought in 1976 had 126,514 miles on it, not just the 26,514 she thought, Kathleen McGinty filed suit against various defendants under 15 U.S.C. § 1989 (the federal odometer act), Mass.G.L. c. 266, § 141 (the Massachusetts odometer act), and Mass.G.L. c. 93A, § 9 (the Massachusetts consumer protection act). McGinty obtained default judgments against (1) Beranger Volkswagen, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation that bought the car from a customer who disclosed the odometer had “turned over,” /. e., started over at 0 after…
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