New A4 w/ clearcoat damage

[Andrew Buc]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 19:53:11 -0400, Kneale Brownson wrote:

>I'd look for some information on the case of BMW which got caught 
>repainting some cars that got damaged from some similar problem at a 
>port-of-entry storage yard and ended up paying not only for replacement 
>cars but punishment kinds of fees for trying to hide information about the 
>damage.

If that's the case I think it is, it was in Alabama, and Alabama juries
have quite a track record of awarding punitive damages. Things might go
differently in another jurisdiction.