Duran v. Quantum Auto Sales CA4/3
Stephanie M. Duran prevailed in her lawsuit against car dealership Quantum Auto Sales, Inc. (Quantum) and financing company Veros Credit (Veros). A jury concluded Quantum violated the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA; Civ. Code, § 1750 et seq., all further statutory references are to the Civil Code), and the California Automobile Sales Finance Act (ASFA; § 2981 et seq.). It awarded Duran $41,800 in punitive damages, rescission, and restitution. The trial court issued an injunction against Quantum, prohibiting it from misrepresenting a vehicle’s history of accidents and collision damage. In our concurrently filed opinion Duran v. Quantum (Dec. 12, 2017, G052968) [nonpub. opn.] (Duran I), we rejected Quantum’s and Veros’s contentions the court abused its discretion in determining Quantum did not qualify for CLRA’s affirmative defenses, and Veros was liable under the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Holder in Due Course Rule (Holder Rule, 16 C.F.R. § 433.2). (See Duran I, s
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