Consumer Fraud
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Consumer fraud covers a broad array of unlawful practices concerning the advertising,
marketing and/or sale of goods or services. Consumer fraud class actions comprise of a
wide variety of injuries and types of law, but are often initiated as a result of a company
overcharging or improperly charging consumers for goods or services. Consumer class actions
seek redress for groups of consumers who have been injured in very similar ways as a result
of a company's wrong doing. Consumer class actions are superior to multiple, individual actions
when the individual actions are economically infeasible to litigate because of the small size
of the individual claims. Class treatment of consumer claims is proper when the harm alleged
is common to all purchasers of the product that is claimed to be defective or not otherwise
as advertised or promised. The class action procedure is appropriate for the pursuit of consumer
protection claims since it allows consumers to aggregate small claims and bring them on behalf
of the class when the amount at stake for an individual consumer would not warrant filing suit
and when they might not be able to do so on an individual basis. The attorneys of Bolognese &
Associates work vigorously to protect the rights of consumers.
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