· 12/7/1979
George A. MacKenzie v. Chrysler Corporation
Citations
- 607 F.2d 1162
- 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 9872
How courts have described this case
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- resorting to state warranty law to 18 determine the applicable measure of damages for violation of “limited warranties” 19 under the Magnuson-Moss Act
- “[T]he legislative history clearly implies that a resort to state law is proper in determining the applicable measure of damages under the Act.”
- for breach of limited written warranty, “resort to state law is proper in determining the applicable measure of damages under the Act”
- “The remedies set forth in [15 U.S.C.A. § 2304] are applicable only to ‘full’ warranties.”
- complaint did not allege personal injury, but did present a claim for consequential economic loss; that claim was dismissed pursuant to interpretation of applicable state law
- for breach of limited written warranty, “resort to state law is proper in determining the applicable measure of damages under the Act”
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Judges: Ainsworth, Fay, Randall
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