The Cohns say their builder ripped them off with a poorly built home that became infested with mold. They've joined other Texas homeowners who want a lemon law passed just for houses.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has taken on a big local retail chain today, charging that Conn's Appliance stores have used high-pressure tactics to force consumers to buy defective products and then refused to live up to their warranties."According to the state's enforcement action -- and information contained in more than 2,000 customer complaints -- [Conn's] unlawfully relied on aggressive and deceptive sales tactics to increase its extended service warranty sales for consumer appliances,