North Carolina Class Action Litigation

Can Consumers Bring Class Actions Related to Products or Services?

Class action litigation in North Carolina can be brought for many reasons, some of which revolve around products and services. Some (but by no means all) types of cases that can be brought as class action suits are described below. If you want to know whether a situation you are involved in can be brought as a North Carolina class action litigation, you need to contact an experienced North Carolina class action lawyer.

Price fixing

Price fixing suits allege that the defendant entered into a legal agreement with the plaintiffs and subsequently either fixed or increased prices, or reduced the supply for that service, thereby rendering the agreement illegal and making the purchasers pay more for the product or service. These class action suits seek to win back the amount that the plaintiffs lost unfairly.

Consumer protection

Such lawsuits involve overcharging or improperly charging consumers, or they may involve fraud or deception, usually in the advertising, marketing, or sale of a product or service. These suits often occur when a company imposes unfair language in such contracts as mortgages or loan agreements.

Employment and pension

Class action lawsuits may be undertaken when employers breach relevant employee protection laws, for example by engaging in wrongful termination procedures or discriminatory hiring practices.

Pension-related class actions generally revolve around allegations that a company mishandled its pension fund, or otherwise breached the terms of its pension plan with its former employees.

Products liability

Products liability class actions arise from claims that a company improperly designed, manufactured, or sold a product. The implied liability stems from the allegation that the company did not take reasonable care when designing, producing, or assembling the product. A seller or manufacturer may also be held liable if its product failed to live up to the promises or claims made regarding the quality of the product. Such cases normally seek to recover damages for harm suffered from the use or purchase of the product.

Securities

If an issuer of securities misrepresented facts or kept key information from investors, those investors may bring a class action lawsuit against the issuer. An investor need not have owned the security in question—at the time of the alleged misdeed—in order to join such a class action lawsuit, since the misconduct of the issuer could have affected its price long after the fact.

Solid legal guidance from an experienced class action attorney

Speak to the class action law firm in North carolina, Schiller & Schiller PLLC to discuss with confidence and confidentiality your potential membership in a class action case and the possibility of serving the common good as a class representative.