ROBINSON v. AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.

No. 46106-1-I.

22 P.3d 818 (2001)

106 Wash.App. 104

Thomas ROBINSON; Carlene Kiel; and Jessica Trupin, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, INC.; National Car Rental System, Inc.; and Alamo Rent-A-Car, Inc., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

May 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer Hall, Arthur Cary Claflin, Kathleen Cullen Van Olst, Hall Zanzig Widell PLLC, Seattle, for Appellants Thomas Robinson/Carlene Kiel, Jessica Trupin.

Susan Elizabeth Lewis Barnes, Seattle, Gail E. Lees, Chad S. Hummel, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent Avis Rent A Car System.

Kelly Patrick Corr, Rachel McCall, Guy Paul Michelson, Seattle, Jonathan Edward Mansfield, San Francisco, CA, Michael Dennis McKay, Seattle, for Respondents National Car Rental System, Alamo Rent-A Car.

Douglas Dunbar Walsh, Office of the Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Tacoma, for Amicus Curiae, State of WA/Attorney General.


COX, J.

At issue is whether respondent car rental companies violated the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) by their practice of "unbundling" concession fee charges from car rental rates when quoting prices to consumers renting cars at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport. We hold that the challenged practices are not exempt from the CPA. We further hold that these private plaintiffs failed to establish that the challenged practices are...

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