In Flores v. Southcoast Automotive Liquidators, Inc., ___ Cal.App.5th ___ (Nov. 27, 2017), the Court of Appeal (Second Appellate District, Division Five) held that "an appropriate correction offer under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA; Civ. Code, § 1750 et seq.) does not prevent a consumer from pursuing causes of action for fraud and violation of the UCL based on the same conduct, because the remedies are cumulative." Slip op. at 2 (footnote omitted).
An important feature of this decision is that it contradicts and resolves the dicta in Benson v. Southern California Auto Sales (2015) 239 Cal.App.4th 1198, 1209-1210, which supported the notion that damages sought in other causes of action are likewise barred if a CLRA correction offer is not accepted. The rule is now the opposite.
Posted by: David Cooper | Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 10:23 AM