General Electric Capital Auto Lease v. Violante

The opinion of the court was delivered by

KESTIN, P.J.A.D.

In July 1999, plaintiff, General Electric Capital Auto Lease (GECAL), sued Alfonso Violante alleging breach of an installment sales contract for a Lexus automobile and asserting a “perfected security interest” in the ear.2 In a separate count of the complaint, GECAL also sued David’s Towing Service and David Brigati, Jr. t/a David’s Towing Service (collectively, “David’s”) for possession of the car, alleging that it had been taken to David’s at Violante’s behest and that it was being wrongfully held as security for the payment of the…