GARCIA v. MEDVED CHEVROLET, INC.

No. 09SC1080.

263 P.3d 92 (2011)

Trina GARCIA, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Petitioner v. MEDVED CHEVROLET, INC., d/b/a Medved Cadillac, Inc., d/b/a Medved Cadillac Oldsmobile, Inc., d/b/a Medved Chevrolet-GEO, Inc., d/b/a Medved Oldsmobile, Inc. and d/b/a Medved Craig Chevrolet, Inc.; Medved Chevrolet South, Inc., d/b/a Medved Hummer South; Castle Rock Ford-Mercury, Inc., d/b/a Medved Ford Lincoln Mercury, Inc. and d/b/a Medved Brutyn Ford Lincoln Mercury, Inc.; Medved Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc.; Lakewood Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., d/b/a Medved Chrysler Jeep, Inc.; Medved Chrysler Jeep Dodge South, Inc.; Medved Chrysler Jeep Dodge, Inc.; Medved Pontiac Buick GMC, Inc.; Medved Suzuki North, Inc.; Medved Suzuki South, Inc.; and John Medved, individually, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friesen Lamb, LLP, Daniel E. Friesen , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Reilly Pozner LLP, Daniel M. Reilly , Eric Fisher , Caleb Durling , Laurie Jaeckel , Denver, Colorado, Holley, Albertson & Polk P.C., Dennis B. Polk , Golden, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondents.

Hill & Robbins, P.C., Robert F. Hill , John H. Evans , Nathan P. Flynn , Denver, Colorado, McFarland Law Offices, Thomas D. McFarland , Golden, Colorado, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.

Kelly Garnsey Hubbell & Lass, LLC, William E. Walters, III , Denver Colorado, Attorneys for Colorado Automobile Dealers Association.

Mountain States Legal Foundation, Joel M. Spector , Lakewood, Colorado, Deborah J. La Fetra , Sacramento, California, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.


Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Consumers brought a class action against ten automobile dealerships operating under the Medved name,1 and John Medved individually, alleging violations of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act ("CCPA"). Plaintiffs alleged that Medved's sales documents failed to disclose the price and existence of various dealer-added aftermarket products, thereby causing an injury to Plaintiffs who paid...

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