In his amended lawsuit filed July 8, Christopher Torkamani, a veteran of car exchange suggests, claimed he dropped off five automobiles at Richardson Auto Body LLC in 2011 for lengthy-time period customization, best to have them turn up lacking while he lower back for them approximately thirteen months later.
Prerna Rao, Torkamani’s lawyer, said her consumer had formerly left automobiles at the car body keep for maintenance, and so he had idea not anything about ready greater than a yr for the work on all five automobiles to be completed.
But in court docket papers, the defense keeps Torkamani left the motors too long. It argued the dispute was ”caused by his very own negligence in that he did not retrieve his vehicles in a timely manner” and successfully deserted them.
But Rao stated Torkamani paid the shop $119,000 to personalize and connect the cars, doing trendy frame and paint paintings on his 1999 Lincoln Town Car, 2006 Honda Accord, 2000 Suzuki bike, 2007 BMW, and a Pontiac, which turned into made into a Ferrari Spyder package vehicle. Her patron believes “they had been offered for elements.”
Rao stated 13 months become not an strangely long turn-around length, due to her client’s previous dating with the commercial enterprise.
Representing the automobile body save is Fairfield-based Holahan, Gumpper & Dowling attorney Dirk Bender, who did now not reply to a request for remark Tuesday.
Verdie Richardson, the proprietor of the now-defunct auto body shop, closed up numerous years in the past and moved to Georgia, in which she couldn't immediately be reached.
Under the terms of the agreement settlement, there may be no admission of liability.
The parties settled the case July nine, in the future earlier than trial turned into scheduled in Stamford Superior Court.