Honda Victrix: The Appeals Court Drains Heather Peters' Batteries
Class Counsel are correct in asserting that Peters’ demand for access to the fruits of discovery as actually a thinly disguised effort to use the discovered material to assist Peters in ‘begin[ning] a cottage industry of representing consumers or selling her $15 CD to them’.
Whoa, that’s a convoluted sentence, courtesy of the judge who mediated the settlement in the Honda Civic Hybrid class-action case. However, it more or less reflects the sentiments of the appeals court which just ruled Honda’s appeal of the $9,867 small-claims settlement granted to attorney and Civic owner Heather Peters. What does it mean? Click the jump for a helpful graphic.
And here it is, although it might take a moment to load:
That’s right. Ms. Peters is, as they say in the courtroom of the street, “ass out”. Jacob Brown’s coverage of the trial verges dangerously close to actual journalism and will thoroughly reward any time you take to read it.
For the tl;dr crowd, Peters is the guy shooting the basketball and the appeals court is Gumby. They reversed the small-claims decision and sent a strong message to anyone else thinking about suing Honda over HCH mileage. Face it: if you can’t win kooky lawsuits in California (not that this lawsuit is kooky, don’t sue us, okay?) you can’t win them anywhere.
KING HENRY V
I tell thee truly, herald,
MONTJOY
The day is yours.
KING HENRY V
Praised be God, and not our strength, for it!
MONTJOY
They call it Agincourt.
KING HENRY V
Then call we this the field of Agincourt,
Agincourt it is, Ms. Peters.
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And Peters in Cali now a-bed Shall think herself accursed she was not here, And hold her manhood(!) cheap whilst any speaks That fought with Honda on Saint Crispin's day. Once more into the car, Dumb Cow!
I got between 33-36 mpg on the '09 Civic Hybrid I just rid of no matter how I drove it. That's not terrible, but hardly worth the extra cost for the hybrid. Luckily, it was leased and I got a great lease rate on it back in '09. I'm glad I tried a hybrid, but once was enough for now.