Attorney fees alone won’t be enough to toll the “ascertainable loss” requirement under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
The state Supreme Court issued a unanimous nine-page per curiam opinion in Grimes v. Enterprise Leasing Co. of Philadelphia, which involved allegedly inflated charges that a car rental company levied against a driver for damages to a vehicle. The decision, issued Dec. 15, overturns a ruling from the state Superior Court, which had held the plaintiff’s claim could go forward under the UTPCPL because it was covered under the law’s catch-all provision and satisfied the ascertainable loss requirement.
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