Blakeslee v. Morse Operations, Inc.

In 1992 appellant plaintiff purchased a used 1990 Plymouth Voyager from defendant which turned out to be a salvage car. When plaintiff complained, defendant agreed to take care of the problem, and in 1993 she traded the Plymouth in for a Dodge Caravan. Plaintiff subsequently sued for fraud in the inducement and deceptive and unfair trade practices grounded on both the sale of the first vehicle and the lease of the second.

The contract appellant executed when she purchased the first vehicle contained a binding arbitration clause, but the lease agreement for the second vehicle did not. The trial…