A class action is a legal device allowing one person to sue as a plaintiff on behalf of all persons likely to have experienced the same injury. The class action promotes two principal goals. It provides a useful mechanism for prosecuting the claims of many persons whose injuries added together are significant, but which, individually, would not be large enough to justify the expense of bringing of individual lawsuits. It also prevents the clogging of the court system by allowing the similar claims of thousands of individuals to be adjudicated in one single action. Because there is strength in numbers, a class action lawsuit is a powerful tool that individuals can use to enforce the law against large corporate firms and government entities.
Whenever many individuals suffer damages from a common wrong, our consumer advocate team is ready to step in and obtain just compensation for victims. We are constantly investigating cases where consumers have been the victims of fraudulent or deceptive conduct or where consumers have purchased defective or unsafe products. We are always interested in hearing about such situations. If you believe that you have been the victim of consumer fraud, please contact us.