A judge has overturned a ruling that allowed a California woman to collect nearly $10,000 from Honda in small-claims court because her vehicle received lower-than-advertised fuel economy.
Heather Peters sued American Honda Motor Co. after achieving far less than the 50 miles per gallon she expected from her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid, and improbably won a $9,867.19 judgment against the company in February.
Although he said Honda’s advertising slogans amounted to “sales puffery,†Judge Dudley W. Gray II said in his Tuesday reversal that they did not make specific MPG promises. His ruling noted that  … More
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