O'BRIEN v. Rush

OPINION

Before ORME, DAVIDSON and GARFF, JJ. DAVIDSON, Judge:

Defendant appeals from the judgment of the Second District Court which awarded plaintiff the difference between the amount she paid for work performed on her vehicle and the value of that work; the damages resulting from depreciation of the vehicle’s value during the time it was wrongfully held by defendant; and punitive damages. We affirm and remand.

On May 16, 1983, plaintiff experienced engine problems with her 1976 Volkswagen bus. The following day, plaintiff drove the vehicle to defendant’s garage where defendant tentatively…