{"id":5385,"date":"2020-11-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2020-11-03T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:06:39","slug":"damages-reduced-under-mmpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5385","title":{"rendered":"Damages Reduced Under MMPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/law.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3884\" width=\"341\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/law.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/law-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On remand, circuit judge need not make the same rulings as before remand. Plaintiff\u2019s testimony, that plaintiff could not title her car because of defective title, did not constitute hearsay because it included only plaintiff\u2019s first-hand experience and no out-of-court statement. Statutes provide that selling a motor vehicle without a valid title is fraud, so that conduct constitutes a violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, and supports plaintiff\u2019s judgment. Actual damages included incidental damages, but loss of a business expectancy was beyond incidental damages. Statutes allow an award of punitive damages, which had support in evidence that motor vehicle dealer defendant sold plaintiff a motor vehicle with a manifestly defective title and, \u201cwhen [plaintiff] attempted to work with the [defendant] to try to get a proper title and later attempted to rescind the purchase, the [defendant\u2019s] employees laughed at her and taunted her to \u2018take them to court.\u2019\u201d Statutes also allow an award of attorney fees, which Court of Appeals presumes is correct. Affirmed, with actual damage award reduced, and remanded again to determine the amount of attorney fees due on appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/file.jsp?id=167675\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Tequea Fisher vs. H &amp; H Motor Group, LLC<\/em><\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/file.jsp?id=167678\" target=\"_blank\">(Overview Summary)<\/a><br>Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District &#8211; WD83318<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being sued? Contact our office at 816-524-4949 or you can visit our website at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/www.hoorfarlaw.com\/\">hoorfarlaw.com<\/a>&nbsp;to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On remand, circuit judge need not make the same rulings as before remand. Plaintiff\u2019s testimony, that plaintiff could not title her car because of defective title, did not constitute hearsay because it included only plaintiff\u2019s first-hand experience and no out-of-court &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5385\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[267],"class_list":["post-5385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-attorney"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5387,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5385\/revisions\/5387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}