Estridge v. Ford Motor Co.

LEWIS, Judge.

This case presents the Court with one main issue: whether the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s claim, which was based on the New Motor Vehicles Warranties Act, pursuant to North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 41(b).

On 14 September 1987, the plaintiff leased an automobile from an authorized dealer of the defendant’s products. The plaintiff alleged that the car began to malfunction about one week after the lease began. The plaintiff also alleged that she took the car for repair to an authorized dealer, but the attempted…