Harris v. Dixon Cadillac Co.

Opinion

HASTINGS, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict awarding to respondent Susan Harris $10,000 in general damages and $45,000 in punitive damages for Dixon Cadillac Company’s 1976 violation of the Automotive Repair Act. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 9884.9, requiring a written estimate and an authorization prior to repairing an automobile), and its subsequent detention of respondent’s 1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille.

Appellant does not now dispute the finding that it violated the Automotive Repair Act, but requests reversal because (1) the trial court’s award of…