Case Background: In October 2016, Niedemeier filed a lawsuit against FCA US LLC due to persistent and unresolved issues with her vehicle. The legal claims included breach of express and implied warranty under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, fraudulent inducement and concealment, and negligent repair. The vehicle, which had been presented for repair 16 times...Read More

In a recent landmark decision, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District held in favor of plaintiffs Brandi Stiles and Abel Gorgita against Kia Motors America, Inc., reinforcing critical consumer protections under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (commonly known as the “Lemon Law”). This case highlights the significant legal implications for both consumers...Read More

Under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (also known as California’s Lemon Law), auto manufacturers have an affirmative duty to repurchase or replace defective vehicles that they sold to California consumers. American Honda Motor Co.’s failure to create a coherent written lemon law buyback policy or provide adequate repairs has resulted in the auto manufacturer having...Read More

In a recent case revealing the depths of Ford’s 10-speed transmission defects, our client has received a settlement offer of $165,000.00 – an amount more than twice the total sales price of his 2022 Ford F-150. Donovan Langford, represented by Roger Kirnos and Armando Lopez, purchased a new 2022 Ford F-150 in February 2022 for...Read More

A repurchase offer with illegal deductions was recalculated into a fair offer bolstered by civil penalties against Kia Motor America for its willful violation of our clients’ rights under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (also known as California’s Lemon Law). After failing to repair our clients’ 2017 Kia Forte for recurring engine and headlight issues,...Read More

The maximum verdict allowed under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (commonly known as California’s Lemon Law) was awarded to the plaintiff for his 2021 Kia Seltos. The jury, which ruled 12-0 in favor of our plaintiff, stated that Kia America, Inc. was so dishonest in its conduct toward its consumers that they wished they could...Read More

Knight Law Group has been on the forefront of advocating for consumers both in the trial courts, and in the Court of Appeals when the trial courts get it wrong. For years, auto manufacturers have attempted to keep consumer’s lemon law claims out of public scrutiny by compelling lawsuits into private arbitration even though the...Read More

In an important move to protect the lemon law rights of consumers in California, the California Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of our client in Niedermeier v. FCA, striking down an Appeals Court ruling that would have allowed FCA to use trade-in credits as a deduction on the $98,961.08 award that we won for...Read More

Roger Kirnos of Knight Law Group secured a maximum civil penalty of $64,000 for Ford Focus owner Mark Pedante in a trial against Ford Motor Company; in which Ford was found guilty of willful violations of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act. Kirnos said that Pedante would have received nothing if he had remained in a...Read More

Since the summer of 2017, four California juries have found that Ford Motor Company’s officers and directors acted with malice, oppression and fraud in refusing to disclose known safety defects in Ford Super-Duty trucks. In each of the cases below, the jury found that Ford had concealed known safety defects with the malicious intent of...Read More