Automobile Fraud: 10.6.2 Prior Fraud Suit or Criminal Prosecution
Sometimes a consumer sues a dealer for misrepresenting a car’s condition, but discovers odometer tampering or some fraud in the title history at some later date after the lawsuit is concluded. Can the consumer can then bring a new action alleging the newly discovered fraud? This problem can usually be avoided by, as a matter of course in any car case, getting a title history and having an expert review the car’s condition, including the accuracy of the odometer reading.