The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law can be applied to allegedly inflated charges that a rental car company levied against a driver for damages to a vehicle.
On Jan. 30, the high court agreed to consider whether a driver will need to allege and prove justifiable reliance claims to pursue a cause of action under the UTPCPL’s catch-all provision. The court will also hear whether the driver hiring an attorney to fight the allegedly excessive charges satisfies the law’s “ascertainable loss” requirement.
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