APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – A small claims court case involving the now-shuttered Standard Pre-Owned used car dealerships in Howard and Kaukauna is now in circuit court.
Online court records show that a transmittal fee of $125.50 was paid on Friday to transfer the case involving Richard Sprague, and his son Mason Sprague, against Bella Investment Group, LLC, along with other defendants John Solberg, Brent Strelka, Bryan Crain and James Lenz.
The civil case in Outagamie County is now being overseen by Judge Michael W. Gage in Branch 5. A court date has not been set.
The Sprague’s were seeking $10,000 in damages after they were one of dozens of consignors who fell victim to the troubled dealership who apparently re-sold vehicles without obtaining the titles.
“The procedures are a little bit different, a little bit more formal,” says attorney Gregg Curry, who’s representing Strelka and Crain. “Other than that it should be the same.”
A summons and complaint was also filed on Friday, which Curry indicated contained much of the same information already discussed during the small claims proceedings.
The previously scheduled hearing on December 15 before court commissioner Maureen Roberts Budiac is now canceled.
