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Judge tosses credit violation claims against Ill. store.

Publication: Automotive News
Publication Date: 28-MAY-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Judge tosses credit violation claims against Ill. store.(Legal File)(Grant Automotive Inc.)

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Byline: Eric Freedman

A federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit accusing a Taylorville, Ill., dealership of violating consumer protection laws, ruling that the customers offered insufficient evidence of any financial loss.

Although the dealership and its third-party lender admittedly failed to provide James and Tricia Bertin with the required written notice of the denial of credit, that failure did not lead to actual damages, U.S. District Judge Jeanne Scott of Springfield, Ill., held.

Dealership lawyer Beth Brotherton of Taylorville told Automotive News that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act "provides for...

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