Lorentz v. Deardan

FARMER, Judge.

The defendants have appealed from the trial court’s judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs finding the defendants to be in violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, ordering rescission of the contract of sale valued at $12,792.22, and awarding treble damages of $38,376.66. At the trial’s conclusion, the judge also awarded plaintiffs attorneys’ fees in the amount of $25,000.00.

In March 1987, the Lorentzes purchased a 1987 Pontiac Firebird from Ozzie Dear-dan, sales agent for Homer Skelton. Dear-dan represented that the car had previously been…