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Michigan woman may not have expected that new-car smell when she bought
a used vehicle, but says she certainly didn’t expect the odor of a dead
body. In a lawsuit filed in Oakland County Circuit Court, Margarita
Salais of New Baltimore alleges the dealership’s staff sold her a 2006
Ford Expedition last March without telling her it once held a dead body.
“They bought the car while it was still cold out in March,” her
attorney said. “The warmer it got, the worse the smell got.” Salais said
when she brought the car back to the dealership someone told her the
smell came from a dead animal. She said she filed a claim with her
insurance company, whose investigators determined odor was of human
origin. The insurance company later learned the car had been stolen
three times, something Salais said the dealer also failed to tell her.
Her efforts to return the car were fruitless and now she wants $25,000
plus court fees.
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