Seeman will be payed several hundred thousand dollars after a federal jury sided in favor of a Janesville father and son in a lawsuit over a defective semitrailer tractor.
The case was tried under the state's lemon law. Wisconsin is the only state that has a law that covers semitrailer trucks.
Randy Seeman and his son Jason paid more than $117,000 for the new truck in September 2007.
Their attorney said the truck developed engine problems and was in and out of several authorized repair shops around the state without a solution.
A jury in November decided that the truck had at least one problem and that the problem continued after the fourth visit to a repair shop. The jury also determined that the truck was out of service for at least 30 days because of one or more problems.
The court ordered Freightliner to pay the Seemans $255,000--twice the amount of their actual losses allowed under the lemon law. It also tacked on interest charges and other costs to push the total above $290,000.
In addition, the court ordered Freightliner to pay $225,000 on the name od Seemans' attorneys.
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