Cox v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that consumer-fraud plaintiff can recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, filing fees, and costs if that plaintiff can prove that defendant committed unlawful practice
• holding that a consumer is not required to actually spend money on repairs prior to litigation
• holding that a breach of contract without “substantial aggravating circumstances” cannot be a basis for a claim under the NJCFA
• recognizing that in New Jersey, “the Legislature must have intended that substantial aggravating circumstances be present in addition to the breach”
• holding that a consumer is not required to actually spend money on repairs prior to litigation
• explaining that an unconscionable practice can qualify as unlawful under the NJCFA, “even if no person was in fact misled or deceived thereby”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).