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Porsche Wins Lemon Law Suit

24 March 1998

Porsche Wins Lemon Law Suit; Sports Car Manufacturer Collects More Than $18,000 From Losing Claimant

    ATLANTA, March 23 -- Porsche Cars North America, Inc.,
recently won a unanimous jury verdict in a lemon law trial in Orlando, Fla.
In the process, the company collected more than $18,000 from the losing
claimant to cover legal fees incurred for the case.
    The suit was filed by Christopher C. Mason, D.P.M., P.A.  It claimed his
1991 Porsche 911 Cabriolet was a lemon due to a purported defect in its
Tiptronic transmission.  After a six-day trial in the Ninth Judicial Circuit
Court, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Porsche, finding that
the Porsche 911 in question was not a lemon and that Porsche had not breached
its limited warranty or violated the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act.  Dr. Mason
appealed the verdict, but shortly thereafter paid Porsche $18,258.22 to settle
the case and avoid a substantially higher potential attorney's fees judgment.
    Porsche was represented in the case by Larry Roth and Scott Powe11 of the
law firm of Roth, Edwards & Smith of Orlando.

SOURCE  Porsche Cars North America, Inc.