Mugavero v. A-1 Auto Sales, Inc.

Lanore R. Bales and her passenger, Kathleen I. Mugavero, brought this action against A-l Auto Sales, Inc. (A-l Auto) for personal injuries and property damages which occurred when the vehicle Bales was driving rear-ended a disabled truck stopped on a county road. A-l Auto had sold the truck, a used vehicle, to Matthew R. Jeske on the same day the accident at issue occurred. Bales and Mugavero alleged that, as a licensed commercial dealer of used motor vehicles, A-l Auto owed them either a statutory duty or a common law duty which it had breached. They also alleged that A-l Auto breached an…