Woman Sues Because Of Smell In Her Car

A Michigan woman probably didn't expect the "new car smell" when she bought her "used" car, but she certainly wasn't in for the smell of a dead body either!  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 that 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.  Whew….shoulda checked the Car Fax huh…!