http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-autos-honda-smallclaims-20111227,0,959031.story
Summary:
Woman buys Honda Hybrid, which were advertised as getting 50 mpg.
She finds it to be way lower than that in real use (about 30 mpg).
Other owners have the same problem, and do a class action lawsuit.
Honda okays class action settlement, which would give each owner $100 and discounts on a new vehicle (while lawyers get $8,500,000).
She rejects this, and tries a new tactic: Small Claims Court in California, where the limit is $10,000 (and lawyers are not allowed to plead the cases in front of the judge).