FROST v. MAZDA MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 582PA99.

540 S.E.2d 324 (2000)

353 N.C. 188

John Brent FROST and Carolyn Frost and Persons Similarly Situated, v. MAZDA MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC.; Mazda Motors of America (East), Inc.; Primus Automotive Financial Services, Inc. d/b/a Mazda American Credit; Al Smith Buick Co., Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Al Smith Buick Dodge Mazda; Automobiles of Asheboro, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Asheboro Honda Mazda; Bob King, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Bob King Mazda Kia; Burlington Lincoln-Mercury Leasing Corporation, a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Burlington Lincoln Mercury/Bill Ingold Mazda; City Motors, Inc., a North Carolina corporation t/a City Motors; Charles Fisher, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Fisher Mazda; Frema Motors, Inc., a North Carolina corporation t/a Frema Motors; Grant Buick, Inc., a North Carolina corporation t/a Grant Buick Mazda; Dieffenbach Chevrolet-Buick, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Hank Dieffenbach Mazda; Hendrick Management Corporation, a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Hendrick Mazda; Holiday Cars, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Holiday Chrysler Plymouth Mazda; Howell Buick, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Howell Buick Mazda; Sports and Imports of Hickory, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Roberts Mazda Mitsubishi or Sports and Imports, Inc.; a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Roberts Mazda; Sky Country Nissan, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Sky Country Nissan Mazda; Sonny Hancock Chevrolet, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Sonny Hancock Mazda; HMMC, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Vester Honda, Vester Mazda of Wilson and Vester Honda-Mazda; Cabarrus Auto Investors Company, a North Carolina Limited Partnership, d/b/a Mazda of Concord; Alcoke Auto Center LLC, a North Carolina corporation d/b/a New Bern Pontiac Mazda; Salisbury Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Salisbury Lincoln Mercury Mazda; C & S Motor Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Loughlin Automotives; Louis F. Harrelson, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Harrelson Mazda; Charles Montgomery Motors, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Montgomery Mazda; Parks Automotive, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Parks Mazda; W.R. Williamson, Inc., a North Carolina corporation d/b/a Williamson Mazda.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson & Iseman, L.L.P., by Urs R. Gsteiger, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellees.

Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., by David M. Barnes, Raleigh; and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, by Thomas M. Byrne, pro hac vice, Atlanta, GA, for defendant-appellant Primus Automotive Financial Services, Inc.


FREEMAN, Justice.

This is a class action lawsuit brought by named plaintiffs to recover a $158.50 fee charged by the Mazda dealership when plaintiffs exercised their option to buy their leased vehicle. Plaintiffs' lease agreement with the dealer (on a "Mazda American Credit" form) failed to disclose that any such fee would be charged in addition to the purchase-option price stated in the agreement.1 The fee nevertheless appeared in a space...

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