Legal Opinion

Mobile Dodge, Inc. v. Waters

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 4, 1981No. 79-890PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The defendant, Mobile Dodge, Inc., appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict finding it liable for intentional fraud and from the denial of its motion for new trial. We affirm conditionally.

The plaintiff, Patricia Waters, filed suit against Mobile Dodge in the Circuit Court of Mobile County claiming that she was intentionally defrauded by Mobile Dodge when it sold her a 1977 Dodge Van and misrepresented it as a 1978 model.

The 1977 van arrived at Mobile Dodge from the Chrysler plant on February 2, 1978, along with three 1978 vans. The stockboy in charge of logging in the vans mistakenly listed…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hall Motor Company v. FurmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  2. S.S. Kresge Co. v. RubySupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  3. Randell v. BanzhoffSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  4. CECIL CREWS CHEV.-OLDS., INC. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  5. Proctor Agency, Inc. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Ford Motor Co. v. RiceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
  2. Village Toyota Co., Inc. v. StewartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  3. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. v. BoydSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  4. Reserve Nat. Ins. Co. v. CrowellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
  5. Hickox v. Vester Morgan, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983

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