What legal recourse do I have if a mechanic lied about reparis to a vehicle? 1 Answers as of January 12, 2012

A friend of mine who is new to this country and doesn't speak much English got into a car accident and needed repair. She paid over $3000 for the repair and the mechanic failed to give her a statement of the items he fixed. She had trouble with the car took it to another repair shop and they found thousands of dollars worth of obvious damage that even I can see once the car is in the air. The first mechanic insisted the car was fixed and ready to drive while come to find out the car still has serious damage and is unsafe to drive. The first mechanic won't give a statement/receipt of what he supposedly did.