DUSSAULT v. CHRYSLER CORP.

No. 98-0744.

229 Wis.2d 296 (1999)

600 N.W.2d 6

Michele A. DUSSAULT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, and John Lynch Chevrolet-Pontiac Sales, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas J. Flanagan and Vincent P. Megna of Jastroch & LaBarge, S.C. of Waukesha.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Shawn M. Govern of Petrie & Stocking, S.C. of Milwaukee.

Before Snyder, P.J., Brown and Anderson, JJ.


SNYDER, P.J.

This case presents two novel issues under § 218.015, STATS., Wisconsin's "Lemon Law." The first is whether a manufacturer fulfills its obligation to provide a "comparable new motor vehicle" under § 218.015(2)(b) by offering to replace a consumer's nonconforming demonstrator vehicle with another demonstrator. Because we determine that the phrase "comparable new motor vehicle" is ambiguous, and because the purpose of the statute is to put a consumer...

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