Ocana v. Ford Motor Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that, among other allegations, that exercising control over “provid[ing] warranty service paid for by” the manufacturer “neither individually nor collectively support the existence of an agency relationship” with the dealership
• stating that whether there has been a breach of a limited express warranty under the MMWA is governed by state law
• allowing a dealer to “hold itself out” as 4 authorized dealer, displaying Ford logos and other advertising, providing warranty, and 5 training personnel insufficient to establish agency
• “Under Florida law, privity of contract is required to maintain an action for breach of an implied warranty.”
• “The complaint is devoid of any allegation of some of the tell-tale signs of a principal-agent relationship, such as the ability of the principal to hire, fire, or supervise dealership employees or dealer ownership.”
• an agency relationship can establish the requisite privity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Eleventh Circuit· 2017-02-24· cited 92×
• Sanchez-Knutson v. Ford Motor Co.
  S.D. Florida· 2014-10-07· cited 24×
• South Florida Coastal Electric, Inc. v. Treasures on the Bay II Condo Ass'n
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-04-25· cited 12×
• Saralegui v. Sacher, Zelman, Van Sant Paul, Beily, Hartman & Waldman, P.A.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-09-30· cited 9×
• All Seasons Condo Assoc. v. Patrician Hotel
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-04-24· cited 8×
• KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. v. KHRISTOPHER DOUGHTY & KATARZYNA DZIEWIECIEN
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-03-14· cited 5×
• Lewis v. Ford Motor Co.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2009-08-25· cited 3×
• Brisson v. Ford Motor Co.
  M.D. Florida· 2009-03-09· cited 2×
• Byrnes v. Small
  M.D. Florida· 2015-11-09· cited 2×
• Rastaedt v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-05-04· cited 1×
• Todd McNally v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado
  Tenth Circuit· 2017-09-15

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Jefferson Associates, Ltd.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-05-11· cited 502×
• John F. \Jack\ Walsh v. Ford Motor Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1986-12-19· cited 242×
• Razor v. Hyundai Motor America
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-06-29· cited 178×
• Goldschmidt v. Holman
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-11-29· cited 149×
• Donald Schimmer v. Jaguar Cars, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-10-19· cited 133×
• Mobil Oil Corp. v. Bransford
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-01-05· cited 90×
• Marina Milicevic, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Fletcher Jones Imports, Ltd. Mercedes-Benz Usa, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-28· cited 72×
• Karl Rove & Company v. Richard Thornburgh, Richard Thornburgh, Cross-Appellee, and Raymond P. Dimuzio, Defendant-Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-11-30· cited 68×
• Chaurasia v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2006-01-03· cited 60×
• Kramer v. Piper Aircraft Corp.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-02-11· cited 59×
• Mesa v. BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-05-04· cited 58×
• George A. MacKenzie v. Chrysler Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-12-07· cited 54×
• Susan Fixel, Inc. v. Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-04-02· cited 50×
• Owens v. MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC
  N.D. Texas· 2008-03-11· cited 49×
• Spence, Payne, Masington v. Philip M. Gerson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-02-11· cited 30×
• Ortega v. General Motors Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-12-24· cited 29×
• Weiss v. Johansen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-03-09· cited 27×
• SPOLSKI GEN. CONTR. v. Jett-Aire Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-06-03· cited 23×
• Rentas v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-08-23· cited 18×
• Gilbert v. Monaco Coach Corp.
  N.D. Georgia· 2004-03-09· cited 16×