How long did your Lemon Law case take to resolve?

From begining to end. And what was the settlement?How long did your Lemon Law case take to resolve?
Although I have never had a lemon car, my brother-in-law is an excellent lemon law attorney here in California.





Whenever he takes a new client, he drafts a demand letter to the manufacturer informing them that his client has hired him and he is demanding that they buy back the car. They are given 30 days or he files a lawsuit in court.





The majority of his cases settle within four to six months - some sooner and some later. He has gained a reputation and a no-nonsense, no games lawyer who always represents his clients best interests - even if it means settling for less than the client could have received if it had gone to trial.





He once sued a manufacturer in a case that they could have avoided with a $200 repair. Instead, it cost that manufacturer $75,000 because the jury said that they had to buy the car back for full price plus pay the client 2 times civil penalties - twice the value of the car.





He has sued one manufacturer enough where their lawyers know him and they routinely pay one and a half times civil penalty (one and a half times the value of the car).





If you live in California, you should know that a lemon law client generally does not pay attorney fees unless the client lied to the attorney causing the attorney to lose in court. In California, the manufacturer pays all attorney fees if they lose the case. If the manufacturer wins the case, the lemon law attorney gets nothing.





When it comes to the civil penalties, the attorney is generally entitled to 30% - 40% of the civil penalties. In other words, if you had a $30,000 Mercedes Benz and it qualified as a lemon. The attorney would only collect legal fees from the manufacturer if it settled quickly. In some cases, the client may be entitled to civil penalties as well. The maximum civil penalty allowable in California is two times the value of the car. If the attorney successfully sued Mercedes Benz (Daimler-Chrysler) for the $30,000 car + double civil penalties, it would cost Daimler-Chrysler $90,000. Of that, the attorney would be entitled to 30% - 40% of $60,000 in civil penalties plus the legal fees which would be covered by Daimler-Chrysler as well.





If you ever have a lemon car or know a friend or family member with a lemon car, it is always a good idea to contact a lemon-law attorney who knows how to get the most for you.How long did your Lemon Law case take to resolve?
We had a lemon law case in CA.. it took use 6 months from beginnning to end..





ended with us winning..the car got taken back by the dealer..we also recieved $6,000 in time/suffering/wages lost..all that





this was a 2005 saturn ION 3