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· 4/22/1971

L. Glen Riley v. Ford Motor Company

Citations

  • 442 F.2d 670
  • 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 10605
  • 8 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 1175

How courts have described this case

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  • granting a new trial when the award by the jury exceeded the possible worth of the automobile in question
  • applying Alabama’s Uniform Commercial Code identical in relevant part to Mississippi’s U.C.C. and considering consequential damages where exclusive repair-or-replace warranty containing consequential damages limitation failed of its essential purpose
  • jury was justified in finding that the warranty deprived the buyer of the substantial value of the bargain where buyer returned the defective car once and warrantor was unable to correct the defects
  • jury was justified in finding that the warranty deprived the buyer of the substantial value of the bargain where buyer returned the defective car once and warrantor was unable to correct the defects

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Judges: Gewin, Bell, Aldisert

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