Is a manufacturer responsible if a retailer doesn provide the warranty information?
As long as the manufacturer has provided retailers with the warranty materials they need to comply with the rule, the manufacturer is not legally responsible if the retailer fails to make the warranties available. Q: The manufacturer is insisting on mediation before going to trial. Can they do this? A: The Warranty Act allows warranties to include a provision that requires customers to try to resolve warranty disputes by means of the informal dispute resolution mechanism before going to court. Q: If I sue under the Warranty Act, can I recover attorney fees and court cost if I win? A: Breach of warranty is a violation of federal law, and allows consumers to recover court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. This means that if you win a lawsuit for breach of either a written or an implied warranty, you may be able to recover costs for bringing the suit, including lawyer’s fees. Because of the strict federal jurisdictional requirements under the Act, most Magnuson-Moss lawsuits are broug
