PEOPLE v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.


302 A.D.2d 314 (2003)

756 N.Y.S.2d 520

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK by ELIOT SPITZER, as Attorney General of the State of New York, Respondent, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided February 27, 2003.


Petitioner Attorney General brings this proceeding under Executive Law § 63 (12) and General Business Law § 349 to obtain injunctive relief and restitution on behalf of consumers allegedly damaged by representations made by respondent GE to the effect that certain defective dishwashers it manufactured were not repairable. Under section 63 (12), the test for fraud is whether the targeted act has the capacity or tendency to deceive, or creates an atmosphere conducive...

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