Legal Opinion
Bescos v. Bank of America, NT & SA
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 15, 2003No. B142818, B151005, B147800, B147801PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DOI TODD, J.
In this appeal from a summary judgment, the primary issue is whether a lending institution, which finances a vehicle lease but is not an agent of the automobile dealer in the lease transaction, may be responsible as a lessor for misrepresentations made by the dealer in violation of the California Vehicle Leasing Act (Civ. Code, § 2985.7 et seq.), when the misrepresentations were unknown to the lending institution and not apparent on the face of the leasing agreement. We affirm the judgment in favor of the lending institution, finding that appellant lessee did not raise a…
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