Chrysler Motors Corp. v. Flowers

Facts of Case

At issue here is whether Washington's lemon law (RCW 19.118) is applicable to automobiles such as the one sold to the purchaser in this case.

In November 1986, Chrysler Motors transferred a new 1987 Dodge Ramcharger 4x4, hereafter referred to as the automobile, to Chrysler's Denver, Colorado, zone office. The Denver zone office intended to use the automobile as a "field" vehicle, or a vehicle assigned to an employee for business and personal use. In December 1986 the Denver office assigned the automobile to a Chrysler employee who used it for 7 months, driving it more than 20,000…