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<p>FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 file photo, Heather Peters, who said her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid never achieved the gas mileage Honda claimed in its advertising, pleads her case in Small Claims Court in Torrance, Calif. A Los Angeles County judge has overturned a nearly $10,000 small-claims judgment against American Honda Motor Co. that was won by Peters who said the automaker misrepresented the gas mileage of her hybrid Civic. Superior Court Judge Dudley W. Gray's ruling released Wednesday May 9,2012 found that most owners of that type of car achieve fuel economy close to federal EPA estimates. A court commissioner had previously ruled in favor of Peters, awarding her $9,867. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)</p>

<p>FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 file photo, Heather Peters, who said her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid never achieved the gas mileage Honda claimed in its advertising, pleads her case in Small Claims Court in Torrance, Calif. A Los Angeles County judge has overturned a nearly $10,000 small-claims judgment against American Honda Motor Co. that was won by Peters who said the automaker misrepresented the gas mileage of her hybrid Civic. Superior Court Judge Dudley W. Gr…

May 10, 2012

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Honda wins appeal of hybrid judgment
May 10, 2012 9:15 p.m.

Honda wins appeal of hybrid judgment

LOS ANGELES - A judge overturned a nearly $10,000 small claims judgment against American Honda Motor Co. that was won by a car owner who said the automaker misrepresented that her hybrid Civic could get 50 miles per gallon, according to a ruling released Wednesday.