Tesla sued under Wisconsin Lemon Law

[Btrflyl8e]

His rebuttal posted today, this gets even better, what a whacko this guy is...I wonder what kind of Dr. he is

Tesla Lemon Model S owner Rebuttal to Tesla's Blog Post - Page 5

Anesthesiologist. Maybe he's breathed in too many fumes at work.

 

[Curt Renz]

While this might all turn out to be true, the presumption of innocence is to be kept.

In US court cases, it is the defendant that initially must be presumed to be innocent. In this case, Tesla Motors is the defendant.

 

[hockeythug]

Great catch by "TechGuy" in the comments to the blog article:

Great catch indeed.

 

[brianman]

No lawyer is required to take any case

Ahem... "court appointed lawyer" comes to mind.

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The client's name is Robert Montgomery. He is a doctor (anesthesiologist) in Franklin Wisconsin. Got his name from an article on green autoblog:

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I think its time to find this guy on all the various doctor rating sites and make sure people know he is also a fraud artist.

No. Recommending bad behavior is a bad thing, no matter the reason.

 

[AWDtsla]

I have the video from the owner where he tried to fake the door handles not working. I recovered it from my browser cache after he deleted his videos from youtube. If anyone wants it, let me know.

 

[rolosrevenge]

Ahem... "court appointed lawyer" comes to mind.

Like Atticus Finch...

 

[yobigd20]

I have the video from the owner where he tried to fake the door handles not working. I recovered it from my browser cache after he deleted his videos from youtube. If anyone wants it, let me know.

repost on youtube with title 'wisconsin lemon law troll fakes tesla door handle problem'

 

[scaesare]

I have the video from the owner where he tried to fake the door handles not working. I recovered it from my browser cache after he deleted his videos from youtube. If anyone wants it, let me know.

Excellent. Did those silly rabbits think that once you post something in the interwebz it easily goes away?

It would be interesting to see if Tesla Motors is interested in a copy of that video...

 

[Nubo]

I love that Tesla fires back with blog posts like this ... setting the record straight. Plus, any credible news outlet now has a statement from Tesla which should be included in any article.

I'd advise them to be careful. It's very difficult for them to score a "win" in this situation, and very easy to end up seeming like the bully, even if they are correct. The cost/benefit ratio is skewed heavily in the direction of handling these type of issues discretely.

 

[Auzie]

I'd advise them to be careful. It's very difficult for them to score a "win" in this situation, and very easy to end up seeming like the bully, even if they are correct. The cost/benefit ratio is skewed heavily in the direction of handling these type of issues discretely.

That may be the case, however when someone attacks publicly, they invite equally public response.

When car fires decimated the stock price, that revealed how susceptible the stock is to manipulation with the news of 'car deficiencies'. Tesla's public response may signal to anyone who get tempted to tamper with the car that they are likely to be caught by car logs.

 

[Doug_G]

Moved one post to snippiness

 

[JohnQ]

I'd advise them to be careful. It's very difficult for them to score a "win" in this situation, and very easy to end up seeming like the bully, even if they are correct. The cost/benefit ratio is skewed heavily in the direction of handling these type of issues discretely.

Right on all counts except handling discreetly. If the vehicle met the criteria for lemon law, and there was no manipulation, then take the car back quietly and refund the purchase price. But, if it's clear there was manipulation (and the fuse issue is pretty damning) then putting out a public statement that reputable journalists will have to reference is pretty safe. Whether or not Tesla ends up buying back the car at this point is moot.

 

[Ven Rala]

My recommendation would be to give him his money back (you don't want him as a customer anyway) but NO attorneys fees. You don't want to promote bad behavior.

 

[rolosrevenge]

Moved one post to snippiness

So you snipped a snippy post?

 

[Chickenlittle]

So you snipped a snippy post?

Of course that only makes everyone have to look it up. Wouldn't it be easier on everyone if large red letters indicate snippy post instead?

 

[Auzie]

Of course that only makes everyone have to look it up. Wouldn't it be easier on everyone if large red letters indicate snippy post instead?

As a compulsive snippy post reader, I support the above.:biggrin:

 

[Larry Chanin]

My recommendation would be to give him his money back (you don't want him as a customer anyway) but NO attorneys fees. You don't want to promote bad behavior.

Agreed. Tesla should definitely not pay attorney fees.


Franklin doctor makes public settlement offer to Tesla in lemon law case

The Franklin man whose lemon law case against luxury electric car maker Tesla drew national attention has now made a public offer to settle the case.

Robert Montgomery will dismiss his case, with prejudice, and return his white Model S if Tesla refunds $108,600 and pays attorney fees as set by a court. Montgomery will not agree to any confidentiality provision as part of any settlement.

Larry

 

[Shumdit]

Agreed. Tesla should definitely not pay attorney fees.


Franklin doctor makes public settlement offer to Tesla in lemon law case




Larry

If I were Tesla I would spend $500k just to put this DB lawyer and DB Tesla owner in their place. Anyone who would hire that lawyer certainly has no sense of morals or ethics. I love how they keep bringing up he is a doctor as if that entitles him to some sort of automatic respect or makes him more trustworthy.

 

[Doug_G]

Of course that only makes everyone have to look it up. Wouldn't it be easier on everyone if large red letters indicate snippy post instead?

There's has to be a little challenge to this, or it wouldn't be fun...

 

[Larry Chanin]

If I were Tesla I would spend $500k just to put this DB lawyer and DB Tesla owner in their place. Anyone who would hire that lawyer certainly has no sense of morals or ethics.

The point also shouldn't be lost that this owner hired this "lawyer" twice in aledged lemon law complaints. I wonder if he splits the legal fees with the lawyer?

Larry