Jeep Owner Drops Off Car for Oil Change, Ends Up Fighting $15M Lawsuit

[Halfnormal]

Jeep Owner Drops Off Car for Oil Change, Ends Up Fighting $15M Lawsuit

This is very scary!

https://www.motortrend.com/news/jeep-owner-sued-oil-change-dealership-michigan/

 

[wlivin2]

I've been a auto mechanic for 40 yrs and that is the dealers fault for NOT having qualified employees

 

[Halfnormal]

I cannot believe that a customer can be held liable for an employee's negligence.

 

[Jack Klarich]

Yeah, I dunno about the outcome on this one

I read the story and I find it hard to believe the owners would not be liable for this whole mess

 

[trike lady]

Time for the Jeep owner to get a good lawyer. The dealership hires unqualified individuals to operate vehicles and so the vehicle owner is at fault because of someone elses stupidity. If the individual does not know how to drive and has no license, why are they behind the wheel? why are they working in a dealership? How do they test drive a vehicle? The dealership is at fault, not the Jeep owner. When I read the story on Yahoo I just shook my head. Another interesting question is who drove the Jeep into the service area and onto the lift? Why were they not asked to start the Jeep? Funny how when I applied for work in a motorcycle dealership one of the questions asked was do you have a driver's license and a motorcycle endorsement? The dealership is doing a C.Y.A. for hiring an unlicensed mechanic and blaming others. WTF

 

[cycle7447]

This is awful - and, unfortunately, right in my back yard. Michigan has some strange laws - and, we are watching this carefully

 

[wlivin2]

Keep us updated if you could pease

 

[BIG DENNY]

Time for the Jeep owner to get a good lawyer. The dealership hires unqualified individuals to operate vehicles and so the vehicle owner is at fault because of someone elses stupidity. If the individual does not know how to drive and has no license, why are they behind the wheel? why are they working in a dealership? How do they test drive a vehicle? The dealership is at fault, not the Jeep owner. When I read the story on Yahoo I just shook my head. Another interesting question is who drove the Jeep into the service area and onto the lift? Why were they not asked to start the Jeep? Funny how when I applied for work in a motorcycle dealership one of the questions asked was do you have a driver's license and a motorcycle endorsement? The dealership is doing a C.Y.A. for hiring an unlicensed mechanic and blaming oth

 

[BIG DENNY]

Todays world no one wants to work .

 

[GrumpyVet]

The incident happened in March 2020. On or about June 23, 2022, Rochester Hills Chrysler Jeep Dodge indemnified - took responsibility for - the legal responsibility of the Jeep owner and settled with the victim's family. Financial terms of the settlement were not released. Owner did not have to pay settlement in this case.

 

[wlivin2]

The shop should have done that to start with