Class actions are a procedure which permit individuals who have similar claims to be joined together to prosecute their claims in a more efficient manner. This is accomplished by permitting a representative or representatives to sue on behalf of a class of persons when the issues in dispute are common to all members of the class and the persons affected are so numerous as to make it impracticable to bring them all before the court.
Class actions allow consumers who have been cheated by large, well-funded corporations or institutions to seek judicial remedies by spreading the cost of complex and time-consuming litigation over the members of the class. A class action saves the costs of hundreds if not thousands of separate lawsuits. Class actions protect consumers by deterring deceptive business practices in the future. As Justice William O. Douglas said, "The class action is one of the few legal remedies the small claimant has against those that demand status quo."
We have currently filed putative class action cases against the following companies for a variety of claims effecting consumers:
| Allstate Insurance Company | | Farmers Insurance company |
| Chicago title | | Fidelity Title |
| Hertz | | Avis |
| NationsRent | | Nationwide |
| H&R block | | Bear Stearns Residential Mortgage |
| Best Buy | | Circuit City |
| CompUSA | | Motorola |
| Kohler Tubs | | Mercedes Benz |
| Merck | | Hotels.com |
| Wells Fargo | | CitiGroup |
| Washington Mutual | | HSBC Finance Corporation |
| Dell | | USAA Insurance Company |
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