The AG explains its Tire Works position

The Attorney General's office stipulated to the dismissal of a civil complaint against Tire Works on Tuesday. It's a big victory for the auto repair business and a thumping of Channel 13, which reported at great length the allegations against the company.

Here's the AG's official statement.

"The investigation and compliance checks leading to the original lawsuit were conducted by the Nevada Consumer Affairs Division, not the Attorney General’s office. The Consumer Affairs Division was disbanded during the past legislative session and is no longer in existence. It was the plaintiff in the case," the office-Issued press release stated.

“The complaints against Tire Works represented only a tiny fraction of the automotive complaints received by the State and represented a miniscule number of cases relative to the total number of customers that Tire Works has served,” said Senior Deputy Attorney General Robert Giunta. “The Consumer Affairs Division’s decision to permit the news media to accompany them on the compliance checks was the reason the case was so exaggerated and received so much publicity. The net effect was that the allegations were made to appear much larger than they were.”

The statement continues: "The Consumer Affairs Division sold the vehicle used in the compliance checks after it referred the case to the Attorney General’s office for prosecution, thereby preventing the parties from inspecting the vehicle and depriving Tire Works of the immediate opportunity to clear the company’s reputation. As a result, the Attorney General’s office voluntarily dismissed the counts in its complaint pertaining to the compliance checks."

“The remaining issues pertained to a handful of concerns that were better suited for small claims court,” said Giunta.