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MTR. STATE v. FORD MOTOR CO.

74 N.Y.2d 495 (1989)

In the Matter of State of New York, by Robert Abrams, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ford Motor Company, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome G. Shapiro, Philip A. Lacovara, William R. Stein and Ross Lipman for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Thomas G. Conway, O. Peter Sherwood, Peter H. Schiff, Rachel Kretser and Wayne L. Benjamin of counsel), for respondent.

Richard J. Davis, Craig M. J. Allely, William H. Crabtree and Charles H. Lockwood, II, for Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc., and another, amici curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and TITONE concur; Judge HANCOCK, JR., taking no part.

BELLACOSA, J.

New York's "Lemon Law", enacted in 1983, represents this State's comprehensive program to protect consumers purchasing new cars (General Business Law § 198-a [L 1983, ch 444]). Pertinently, it prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers from charging for warranty-covered repairs made during the earlier of the vehicle's first two years or 18,000 miles (General Business Law § 198-a [b]). We are...

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