56:12-39 Decision binding.
11. A consumer shall not be required to participate in a manufacturer's, or, in the case of an authorized emergency vehicle, a manufacturer's, co-manufacturer's, or post-manufacturing modifier's, informal dispute settlement procedure or the division's summary hearing procedure before filing an action in the Superior Court. However, a decision rendered in a proceeding brought pursuant to the division's summary hearing procedure shall be binding on the consumer and the manufacturer, co-manufacturer, or post-manufacturing modifier, subject to the right of appeal as set forth in subsection d. of section 9 of this act, and shall preclude the institution of any other action in the Superior Court under this act.
L.1988, c.123, s.11; amended 2009, c.324, s.11.