A southern California resident who is suffering from cancer was pushed into filing a Lemon Law lawsuit against Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation, a Delaware corporation based in South Carolina after their negligent and insensitive behaviour over the repair of a motor home purchased by him. Doug Sohn, a Lemon law attorney who represents the man and his wife in the case alleges that the $200,000 motor home had defective brakes that caused the couple to have an accident on their very first trip apart from which it also had defective slide- outs and lever jacks. After the accident, the vehicle sat at the Freightliner repair facility for two months while the brakes were being repaired without any repairs being done to the front of the vehicle which had been damaged during the accident.
California's Lemon Law is a consumer protection law that attempts to encourage manufacturers to resolve cases early to avoid paying a civil penalty (similar to punitive damages) which they have to in case it is proven that they deliberately refused to comply with the law. The couple stated that before they even hired an attorney, they tried to convince Freightliner to obey the law. The corporation refused, forcing them to file suit. Owing to Freightliner's deliberate refusal to repurchase the RV, California law will require them buy it back and to pay a civil penalty of up to $400,000.
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