John J. Woodcock III -Interview conducted on 10-28-2003 by Robert Douglas with John J. Woodcock III of West Hartford, Connecticut.  Woodcock, as a Connecticut State Representative from South Windsor, was the proponent of the first "Lemon Law" enacted in the United States. This legislation, signed into law by Governor William A. O’Neill in 1982, served as a model for adoption by virtually every other state in the union. Woodcock also successfully sponsored “Lemon Law II” which significantly revised the Lemon Law’s arbitration process.

Originally at http://video.ccsu.edu/oralhistory/woodcock10282003.wma  - lemon laws oral history interviews project from CCSU's Center for Public Policy Research, curated by the Elihu Burritt Library