Before you can file a Lemon Law claim in Georgia, you must first provide your vehicle’s manufacturer with a “reasonable number of repair attempts.” And before the “final attempt,” you must notify the manufacturer in writing of the defect. We can do this on your behalf; and, in many cases, we receive settlement offers at this point.
If the manufacturer fails to repair the defect after these attempts, the next step is to present your case to the Georgia Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Division (CPD). The CPD offers a State-Operated Arbitration program to settle such disputes. We can help you gather the documents necessary to support your claim and submit it to the arbitrators for review.
Once the CPD reviews your case, they issue a ruling as to the compensation you’re owed. If you aren’t satisfied with the CPD’s ruling, the next step would be to file suit against the manufacturer. Doing so almost always results in a settlement offer because manufacturers realize that it doesn’t make sense to pay the legal expenses of a trial that they’re likely to lose.
As a result, more than 99% of our cases settle without going to trial. Whenever we receive a settlement offer, from the CPD or the manufacturer, it will be up to you to decide whether you’ll accept it. Our Georgia Lemon Law attorneys will provide their professional opinion on how you should proceed, but only you can decide to accept or reject a settlement.