Hyder-Ingram Chevrolet, Inc. v. Kutach

JUNELL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in a suit brought under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act, Tex.Bus. & Comm.Code Ann. § 17.41 et seq. prior to the 1979 amendments. Appellee Kutach brought suit after appellant refused to return his car on which repair work had been performed in excess of that authorized and for which Kutach refused to pay. Hyder-Ingram’s failure to obtain authorization to perform repairs costing in excess of the $450.00 previously authorized was found by the jury to constitute a false, misleading or deceptive act or…