Hertz to Pay $53M to Resolve Nevada Car Rental Class Action

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A federal judge has issued a judgment for a Hertz Nevada car rental class action lawsuit, having already dismissed a settlement in 2011.

The car rental company will have to pay $53.4 million to anyone who rented a car from the company at a Nevada airport location between Oct. 13, 2003 and Sep. 30, 2009 as a result of fees that were charged but not mentioned in the advertisements made by the rental car company. It is split between $42,321,890 and $11,115,583 in interest given how long the case has taken to resolve.

Both Reno and Las Vegas airports charge a $10 fee each time a car is rented at the facility. However, according to the original Hertz class action lawsuit, this violated Nevada state statutes regarding truth in advertising because the advertisements regarding rates did not include these additional surcharge allegedly passed directly to the consumer.

Following Class certification, the two sides had negotiated a potential class action settlement of the claims regarding “concession recovery fees” similar to settlements reached with Advantage Rent A Car, Alamo, Enterprise and National. However, it was denied and the plaintiffs filed a second Hertz class action lawsuit.

Unlike some other class action lawsuit settlements, the $53.4 million will make most Class Members whole, with whatever amount of fees they paid during the class period plus the interest accrued during the proceedings since the filing of the Hertz rental car class action lawsuit in 2009. Any remaining funds may be deposited into a cy pres account, usually used for charitable causes related to the matter at hand.

Hertz has appealed the class action lawsuit to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the application of state statutes. It is unclear whether or not the court will hear the case following the decision of U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks.

Visit the Hertz Nevada car rental class action refund page or www.HertzNevadaLawsuit.com for more information and to update your address if you have moved since you rented a vehicle from Hertz at its Reno or Las Vegas, Nev. locations from 2003 to 2009.

The Class is represented by G. David Robertson and Richard D. Williamson of Robertson Johnson Miller & Williamson and Susan Schneider Thomas, Arthur Stock and Shoshana Savett of Berger & Montague P.C.

The Hertz Nevada Car Rental Class Action Lawsuit is Janet Sobel, et al. v. The Hertz Corporation, Case No. 3:06-cv-00545, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.