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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 681
MOTOR VEHICLE SALES WARRANTIES

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F.S. 681.112

681.112 Consumer remedies.—

(1) A consumer may file an action to recover damages caused by a violation of this chapter. The court shall award a consumer who prevails in such action the amount of any pecuniary loss, litigation costs, reasonable attorney’s fees, and appropriate equitable relief.

(2) An action brought under this chapter must be commenced within 1 year after the expiration of the Lemon Law rights period, or, if a consumer resorts to an informal dispute-settlement procedure or submits a dispute to the department or board, within 1 year after the final action of the procedure, department, or board.

(3) This chapter does not prohibit a consumer from pursuing other rights or remedies under any other law.

History.—ss. 10, 19, ch. 88-95; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 24, ch. 2011-56; s. 33, ch. 2011-205.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 681.112

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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 681.112.

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Cases Citing Statute 681.112

Total Results: 16

CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC v. Musacchia

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-06-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 64 So. 3d 141

Snippet: to section 681.112(1). We have recently held that "`damages' under section 681.112 do not include…; claim for attorney's fees under section 681.112(1), Florida Statutes (2006). We reverse based upon…, the Musacchias filed a lawsuit under section 681.112(1) seeking to recover the attorney's fees

Forest River Inc. v. Gelinas

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-06-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 65 So. 3d 537

Snippet: appropriate equitable relief,” pursuant to section 681.112, Florida Statutes (2000). The manufacturer moved…subsequent to Lemon Law arbitration via section 681.112.” Id. at 975. We did so based on the plain language…recoverable in a separate court action under section 681.112. The consumer filed a response along with a cross-motion… issue of whether “damages” as used in section 681.112, includes attorney’s fees incurred during the arbitration

Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC v. Popham

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-05-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 65 So. 3d 47

Snippet: David Popham (“Pop-ham”), pursuant to section 681.112, Florida Statutes (2010). The underlying facts …recovery of the attorney’s fees pursuant to section 681.112, Florida Statutes. The trial court granted summary…). The answer is no, “ ‘damages’ under section 681.112 do not include attorney’s fees incurred in pursuing

General Motors LLC v. Bowie

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-04-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 58 So. 3d 934

Snippet: provision of section 681.112 would have been triggered. But, “damages” under section 681.112 do not include …complaint in circuit court, pursuant to section 681.112, Florida Statutes (2006), seeking recovery for …claim do not constitute “damages” under section 681.112. The owner responds that our opinion in Gelinas…reviewing the pertinent statutory language of section 681.112. A consumer may file an action to recover damages…attorney’s fees, and appropriate equitable relief. § 681.112(1), Fla. Stat. (2006) (emphasis added). The plain

General Motors Corp. v. Sanchez

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-07-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 16 So. 3d 883

Snippet: the plaintiff's entire reliance on section 681.112(1), Florida Statutes (2008), is misplaced. It provides…and it follows, the second sentence in section 681.112(1), providing for fees in a successful action under

KIA MOTORS AMERICA CORPORATION v. Butler

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-06-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 985 So. 2d 1133

Snippet: the MMWA and Lemon Law. See 15 U.S.C. § 2310; § 681.112, Fla. Stat. In addition, the National Highway Safety

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. v. Cerasani

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-04-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 955 So. 2d 543

Snippet: price less the lessee cost." Finally, section 681.112(1) authorizes a consumer to file suit to recover…caused by a violation of the Lemon Law, and section 681.112(3) specifies that other rights and remedies are

Hamilton v. Ford Motor Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-09-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 936 So. 2d 1203

Snippet: Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, section 681.112, Florida Statutes (2002) [Florida Lemon Law Act…fees, and appropriate equitable relief." § 681.112(1), Fla. Stat. (2002) (emphasis added). In other

Gelinas v. Forest River, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-05-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 931 So. 2d 970

Snippet: Statutes section 681.112. We reverse. Gelinas filed suit against Forest River under section 681.112 to recover…damages recoverable under section 681.112 and concludes that section 681.112 contemplates damages separately…arbitration via section 681.112. Based on its plain language, a section 681.112 claim seeks the recovery…s complaint. Forest River claimed that section 681.112 did not permit Gelinas to bring a "subsequent…litigation costs, or attorney's fees under section 681.112. The trial court denied Forest River's motion

Allison Transmission, Inc. v. JR Sailing, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-03-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 926 So. 2d 404

Snippet: court action for "damages" under section 681.112. The court held that section applied only in "

Burns v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-10-05T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 914 So. 2d 451

Snippet: See § 681 et seq, Fla. Stat. Further, section 681.112(3), Florida Statutes, states: "This chapter

Land v. General Motors Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-06-22T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 906 So. 2d 1154

Snippet: sought relief by seeking remedies under section 681.112[1] of the Florida Lemon Law and seeking remedies…[1] It appears Land's reliance on section 681.112, Florida Statutes, is misplaced, despite this Court… opinion where this Court wrote that a section 681.112 action could be brought when "a warranty violation…action under section 681.103, by way of section 681.112, despite Land's interpretation of this Court

Williams v. Potamkin Motor Cars, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-12-26T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 835 So. 2d 310

Snippet: the respective plaintiff3 provided by section 681.112(2), Florida Statutes (2002)(“An action brought …chapter,” Ch. 88-95, Laws of Fla., includes section 681.112(2), which is § 10, at 442, Laws of Fla. and the…new vehicle suing under the Lemon Law, section 681.112, or, as here, the purchaser at the re sale provided

King v. King Motor Co. of Fort Lauderdale

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-02-13T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 780 So. 2d 937

Snippet: circuit court action for damages under section 681.112, Florida Statutes (2000), Florida's Lemon Law…replacement/refund option. See §§ 681.111 & 681.112, Fla.Stat. (2000). An earlier version of the Lemon…section 681.1095(4) is that provided in section 681.112, Florida Statutes (2000), which states: (1) A consumer…rights or remedies under any other law. Section 681.112 provides for an action for damages caused by a …and the most streamlined procedure. *941 Section 681.112(1) uses the term "damages" and indicates

Ford Motor Co. v. Fowler

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-01-26T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 705 So. 2d 662

Snippet: days after receipt of the decision." Section 681.112, Florida Statutes, provides that a consumer who

General Motors Corp. v. Neu

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-04-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 617 So. 2d 406

Snippet: 369 So.2d 987 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979). Also, section 681.112(1), Florida Statutes (1991) permits a consumer