Legal Opinion
Demitro v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 9, 2009No. 1-06-3417PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hall
Defendant-appellant General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) appeals from multiple orders of the trial court awarding plaintiff-appellee Nicholas Demitro $7,560.06 in compensatory damages, $53,101 in attorney fees, and $1,151.50 in costs, following the court’s finding that GMAC acted “unfairly” in violation of section 2 of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Consumer Fraud Act) (815 ILCS 505/2 (West 2000)), when after plaintiffs vehicle was wrongfully repossessed in contravention of an agreement GMAC had with plaintiff, it recommended that the vehicle be…
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