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PETERSON v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 03-0955.

272 Wis. 2d 676 (2004)

2004 WI App 76

679 N.W.2d 840

Jaime R. Peterson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 31, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Gregory H. Moss, Scott M. Cohen, and Matthew J. McClenahan of Krohn & Moss, Ltd., of Chicago, Illinois.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Bruce D. Huibregtse and Drew J. Cochrane of Stafford Rosenbaum LLP of Madison.

Before Brown, Nettesheim and Snyder, JJ.

¶1. BROWN, J.

Jaime R. Peterson appeals from an order dismissing her claim for breach of warranty brought pursuant to the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2301-12 (2004). Peterson contends that the circuit court erred in concluding that because she leased, rather than purchased, the vehicle under warranty, she fails to satisfy the Magnuson-Moss Act's definition of a "consumer" and is therefore not entitled to the Act's protections. We hold that...

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