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Consumer law — Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act — Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act  

Feb 14th, 2023 in by admin

Consumer law — Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act — Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act — Vehicle predelivery service charges — Costs and profit disclosure — Civil procedure — Summary judgment — Supporting affidavits — Deposition testimony and affidavit of vehicle dealer’s corporate representative regarding clerical/computer mapping error claimed to be responsible for failure to include mandatory costs and profit disclosure in vehicle lease is stricken and given no weight where representative lacks personal knowledge of alleged error — Affidavit of dealer’s finance and insurance director is also stricken where affidavit is not based on personal knowledge, fails to set forth facts that would be admissible, and was made by person not competent to testify upon matters asserted