Peabody v. P.J.'s Auto Village, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that deception is measured by an objective standard focusing on the risk of harm to the consumer in a given case
• Court sets forth three-part test explaining the words “deceptive acts or practices” in 9 V.S.A. § 2453(a)
• Court sets forth three-part test explaining the words \deceptive acts or practices\ in 9 V.S.A. § 2453(a)
• actual damages are not necessary for a plaintiff to prevail in a consumer fraud action
• trial court erred in dismissing plaintiff’s consumer fraud claim based on its conclusion that defendant’s failure to inform plaintiff that used car he was buying had been “clipped” was not material because it did not affect reliability, safety, or value of vehicle

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