Bowling v. Ansted Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge, Inc.

MILLER, Justice:

This appeal is brought by twenty-one plaintiffs who filed seventeen separate civil actions in the Circuit Court of Fayette County against Ansted Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge, Inc., an automobile dealership, and the dealership’s president, David Akers. 1 The plaintiffs alleged that the vehicles sold to them by the dealership and Mr. Akers were fraudulently misrepresented to be “demonstrators” when they were actually used rental cars.

The cases were consolidated for trial. At the close of the evidence, the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant David Akers. The common law…