Courtesy Auto Group, Inc. v. Garcia

This is an appeal from a non-final order certifying one class of plaintiffs in a class action suit under the Florida Motor Vehicle Lease Disclosure Act1, in which the appellant, Courtesy Auto Group, Inc., seeks review of the trial court’s order allowing the appellee, Wilma Garcia, to act as the class representative.2 While there are a number of arguments advanced by Courtesy in support of its position, the only one that requires comment concerns its assertion that the trial court erred in its threshold finding that Ms. Garcia has standing to pursue her claim for the alleged failure of…