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What Is a Class Action Lawsuit?

A class action is a lawsuit that is brought by one or several people on behalf of everyone who has suffered the same problem with the same business. The group of people is called the “class.” The action collects all of the class members’ claims into one larger claim. If damages are awarded, the entire class shares in the award.

The advantage of a class-action suit in a consumer case is that it aggregates claims that individually may be too small to justify pursuing legal action. Bringing a single action is more efficient and cost-effective because it avoids numerous individual lawsuits that all involve the same facts and circumstances.

Consumer Class Action Claims in New York

Depending on the circumstances, class action cases are brought in either federal or state court. Federal and state laws contain numerous provisions that protect consumers from fraudulent and deceptive practices.

Examples of the kinds of business practices that can lead to consumer class action include:

• Manufactures of inherently defective products, recalls, or unsafe products, such as drugs, supplements, medical devices, automobiles, and appliances. This includes cases like our toxic baby formula NEC lawsuits and talcum powder lawsuits.
• Exposure to harmful chemicals or substances, such as our trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure lawsuits and Roundup concentrate settlement cases.
• Deceptive sales practices, including false advertising and marketing and bait-and-switch tactics.
• Social media harm to minors, including cases against major platforms for addictive algorithms and harmful content affecting children's mental health.
• Deceptive pricing practices, including hidden and unauthorized or illegal charges for goods and services.
• Sexual harassment
• Abusive tactics by a business, such as those sometimes used by debt collectors, credit card companies, and financial services companies.
• Consumer fraud such as unfair or deceptive practices and scams, like those used by some credit card or banking companies.
• Securities fraud
• Illegal, misleading, or unfair contract provisions, such as unlawful waiver of rights or excessive liquidated damages clauses.
• Unlawful business-wide employment and workplace practices, including civil rights, and employment discrimination classification of pay practices.
• Defective medical devices, which our New York medical device lawyers specialize in handling.
• Environmental contamination cases, such as the Camp Lejeune water contamination claims our New York Camp Lejeune lawyers are pursuing.

New Jersey and Connecticut also protect consumers through federal and state laws. Our personal injury attorney has extensive experience with a track record of over 40 years in class action settlements. Our law office will help you understand your rights regardless of where you live and where the problem occurred.

Our Class Action Lawsuit Attorneys Know the Law

At the Jacob Fuchsberg Law Firm, our attorneys understand the wide range of consumer protection laws that are available to use against businesses that use illegal, fraudulent, deceptive, or abusive tactics. Our lead counsel has experience in handling class actions legal issues, class action litigation, and in complying with all the federal and state rules and requirements that apply to bring a class action in the federal court or New York state court.

We handle consumer class actions on a contingency fee basis. If we do not succeed in getting a settlement or verdict, you owe us nothing. In addition, your initial consultation is free.