AMER. CAR RENTAL v. COM'R OF CONSUMER PROT.

No. 17241.

869 A.2d 1198 (2005)

273 Conn. 296

AMERICAN CAR RENTAL, INC. v. COMMISSIONER OF CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max F. Brunswick, with whom was Richard C. Marquette, New Haven, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, with whom were Garry Desjardins, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Phillip Rosario, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

SULLIVAN, C.J., and BORDEN, NORCOTT, KATZ and ZARELLA, Js.


BORDEN, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the $150 speeding fee charged by the plaintiff, American Car Rental, Inc., to a customer each time the customer's rental vehicle exceeded seventy-nine miles per hour continuously for two minutes or more represented a valid liquidated damages charge or an illegal penalty. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court, dismissing its administrative appeal of the final decision and order of the defendant...

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