Torrance, Calif. (AP) - A woman What is expected of his 2006 Honda Civic hybrid Honda car of his dreams Want to pay for not giving high mileage promised. However, instead of lying in a karaoke WITH OWNER, class action, the dialogue will be solo in Small Claims Court, A Step That Could Not Be The usual offering Payment More big if not backfire.
A trial is set for Tuesday in Torrance hospital, where the American Honda Motor Co. has the West Coast Office.
Heather Peters said the car never came close to TO get 50 million per Gallon Yang promised, cheap as batteries deteriorate, the ITU is only getting 30 mpg. She Want TO Honda difficulty paying the extra money spent ON A cheap gas.
Peters, a former lawyer Oldest surrender his bar card, Has Encountered A unique Vehicle Law FOR pushing Honda to court - Small Claims Suits That can cost companies up to $ 10,000 in the case is cheaper every other individual in the case presented, the same way.
If other plaintiffs follow the steps, Honda estimates that the dialogue could be forced to pay $ 2 billion ON FOR damage. No lawyers were involved High prices cheap An efficient process.
"I Will Not be surprised if the dialog win," said Richard Cupp Jr., The Law of obligations results found teaching at Pepperdine University. "The judge will have a LOT cheaper wisdom That being relaxed evidentiary standards in the Small Claims Court."
Peters FOR A victory could encourage others to take the route is simplified, he said.
"There's an old saying among lawyers," said Cupp. "If YOU Want Justice Yang Lo, Go to Small Claims Court."
Then AGLOCO questioned whether the Move dialog, Powered by publication on the internet cheaper in other places, will start a wave of such suits. He suggested that some people will want to spend a cheap energy has been incorporated into The Time In Peters, the clothes when the potential outcome as little as a few thousand dollars.
Peters Bwt Exit From a series of class action suit filed Names Top Law OWNER Equally Hybrid Honda when dialogue Seeing A The proposed settlement would give OWNER No Money More Than $ 200 less rebate of $ 500 or $ 1000 TO Buy New Honda.
The settlement attorney will provide $ 8.5 million, said Peters.
"I was shocked," he said. "I wrote to Honda cheap Says I'll take $ 7.500, the later limit in California Small Claims ON This will Up to $ 10,000 in 2012 .."
He said the diameter of the dialogue also offers trading Hybrids FOR THE FOR A comparable car manual transmission, only ia Believe THAT AT THE TIME.
"I am writing I Say THAT cheap,` If you do not respond, I will file a lawsuit in Small Claims court. "I Give them a phone number I am," he said. "They Do not ever call, I filed a lawsuit THAT cheap."
He said diameter also send email To Executive Summit at the Honda WITH A lack of response.
Aaron Jacoby, a Los Angeles lawyer who heads the automotive industry group at law firm Arent Fox, Peters says strategy, while interesting, is Mungkin TO change the direction of class-action litigation.
"In this, class action lawsuit, potential claimants do not get anything right," said Jacoby. "It's designed to be the way the efficient FOR FOR FOR courts to handle some of the claims of the same type."
He also questioned the criticism of class action lawyers TO All they receive a fee. Jacoby, The Case of the deal, said lawyer Yang Yang took several clients involved in carrying out work Broad - even many of covers - and in it is not just for the money.
"They represent the underdog cheap they believe that they perform public duty," he said. "Many, From People Can not get an attorney to represent them individually."
American Honda's office is closed FOR cheap holidays Nothing Can be reached for comment. Peters said the company has been trying to delay trial five times the FOR, but the efforts of Each rejected.
From the positive side the unusual step of Peters, he says, is that the plaintiff not allowed to have lawyers argued in Small Claims Court in California. This award means anything Will not be diluted by the lawyer fees. Honda Employees must designate a non-lawyer arguing in court FOR side.
"If I get a cheap win $ 10,000, they have 200,000 cars can not be on the Outside Looking In. ITU potential payout of $ 2 Billion," he said.
While the diameter of the doubt that the OWNER All others will take the same route, suggesting a dialogue could be big penalties if the company FOR A big percentage of the OWNER of the files individually.
A judge in San Diego County is DUE ON March rule on whether a class would approve the latest Honda offers action settlement. Class members have until February 11 TO accept or reject the settlement.
Peters has launched a web site A, DontSettleWithHonda.org, urging others to take Route Small Claims.
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