WILLIAMS v. SPITZER AUTOWORLD CANTON, L.L.C.

No. 2008-1337.

122 Ohio St.3d 546 (2009)

2009-Ohio-3554

WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. SPITZER AUTOWORLD CANTON, L.L.C., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giardini, Cook & Nicol, L.L.C., and Anthony B. Giardini, for appellant.

Crawford, Lowry & Associates, L.L.C., and G. Ian Crawford, for appellee.

Stockamp & Brown, L.L.C., David A. Brown, and Deanna L. Stockamp, urging reversal for amicus curiae Automotive Dealers Association.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Kurtis A. Tunnell, Anne Marie Sferra, and Eric S. Bravo, urging reversal for amici curiae National Federation of Independent Business/Ohio and American Tort Reform Association.

Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General, Elisabeth A. Long, Deputy Solicitor, and Melissa G. Wright, Assistant Attorney General, urging affirmance for amicus curiae state of Ohio.

Equal Justice Foundation and Rachel K. Robinson, urging affirmance for amici curiae Ohio State Legal Services Association, Southeastern Ohio Legal Services, Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc., Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Legal Aid Society of Columbus, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Housing Advocates, Inc., and the Equal Justice Foundation.

Ronald L. Burdge and Elizabeth Ahern Wells, urging affirmance for amici curiae National Association of Consumer Advocates, Ohio Association for Justice, and Stark County Association for Justice.


O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} This case presents the question of whether the purchaser of an automobile may use parol evidence to contradict the terms of a final written purchase agreement in a Consumer Sales Practices Act action against an automobile dealer who allegedly failed to integrate an oral representation into the final written purchase agreement. Absent fraud, mistake, or other invalidating cause, a final written agreement may not be...

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