Car makers claim they’re being squeezed under Wisconsin’s “lemon law” by consumers who hire trial lawyers in hopes of getting double damages. Wisconsin is the only state that allows double damages if a consumer rejects a settlement offer. Automakers are backing a bill that would change the state’s 20-year old lemon law; but they’re running into opposition. Shamane Mills reports…
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