Kaniesha Shatae Hannon v. Commonwealth of Virginia

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that benefit-of-the-bargain damages can be proper under California consumer protection laws
• assessing the “nexus” between liability and damages theories and noting the 4 accuracy of allegations is a “merits inquir[y] unrelated to class certification”
• differentiating a legal theory “based on the performance of the allegedly defective clutch system” from one based on the “system itself, which [the plaintiff] claims is defective”
• finding an identical theory cognizable and capable of satisfying the predominance requirement
• “Plaintiff’s theory is that the 19 defect was inherent in each of the Class Vehicles at the time of purchase, regardless of when and if 20 the defect manifested.”
• generally approving of repair cost as a proxy for benefit of the bargain damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).