Klein v. Pincus

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

Plaintiff sues under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (15 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq.) for three times the amount of actual damages sustained (or $1,500.00 whichever is the greater) plus reasonable attorneys fees on the ground that defendant reset or altered the odometer of a motor vehicle purchased by the plaintiff from the defendant and/or failed to disclose the cumulative mileage listed on the odometer or that the actual mileage was unknown.

The statute provides in pertinent part as follows:

“The Congress hereby finds that purchasers,…