HINCHLIFFE v. AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION


184 Conn. 607 (1981)

LORRAINE HINCHLIFFE ET AL. v. AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan L. Robertson, Jr., with whom was Jason E. Pearl, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Philip S. Walker, with whom, on the brief, was Jon E. Hayden, for the appellees (defendants American Motors Corporation and American Motors Sales Corporation).

Robert N. Wienner, with whom, on the brief, was Jane A. H. Arnold, for the appellee (defendant Lipman Motors, Inc.).

Carl R. Ajello, attorney general, and Robert M. Langer and Arnold B. Feigin, assistant attorneys general, filed a brief as amici curiae.

BOGDANSKI, C. J., PETERS, HEALEY, PARSKEY and ARMENTANO, JS.


PARSKEY, J.

This lawsuit arose from the plaintiffs' purchase of a new American Motors Jeep Wagoneer. The plaintiffs commenced this action with a six-count complaint, alleging fraud, breach of implied and express warranties, and violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA), General Statutes §§ 42-110a through 42-110q.1 After the plaintiffs presented their evidence...

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