You are a little light in details, but in Ohio, there are limits on $$ that make recovery difficult. First, does your son have anything in writing? A contract with that 2 week time period spelled out in ink. If it was just words spoken at the body shop, you can consider that they were never spoken. I hope for his sake he has a receipt for the "large deposit" he put down for the work. Again, if no written receipt, in the eyes of a legal proceeding, there was no deposit made. In Ohio, he could go through the small claims court process without a lawyer, but the dollar amount of recovery is limited, something like $1500.00. That may be less than his deposit and takes about a year to resolve in Ohio. Bottom line, he may be in a lousy position getting his deposit back and his car repaired properly. This situation happens so often, I often wonder how any cars ever end up restored.
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