Class Action Lawsuit Attorneys
California - Washington - Arizona - Nationwide
One person alone might be a victim, but a class action lawsuit gives them the power to hold wrongdoers accountable. This is especially true if their suit is brought by experienced and skilled attorneys with the resources to devote to successful legal action.
At The Garcia Law Firm, with offices in California and Arizona, we have the resources and experience to achieve success. Our founding attorney, Stephen Garcia, has served as counsel in many class actions brought on behalf of consumers against healthcare facilities and major corporations. These include actions against Allstate Insurance Company, Tenet Healthcare, Pennzoil, Medtronic, State Farm Insurance, Beverly Enterprises, Hewlett Packard, Extendicare Homes, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, SunMar Healthcare, The County of Los Angeles, Sony, British Airways and AT&T.
What is a Class Action Lawsuit?
The Garcia Law Firm has achieved great success representing people in class action lawsuits. Over the years, we have found that clients at our California law offices are often initially confused about what, exactly, is involved in a class action lawsuit. We can help make things clearer.
In a class action lawsuit, a single person or a small group of people represents the interests of a large group of people. While the harm that each person in a class action may have experienced may be relatively small, the profits made by a corporation from illegal and unfair business practices can be huge. Combining individual people together to form a "class" helps hold companies accountable on a larger scale.
The Requirements of Class Action Law
Under federal law, there are several requirements your lawyer must meet in order to successfully bring a class action. First, the law requires that there must be so many people harmed that it would be almost impossible to bring individual lawsuits. Each person in the class must be affected by the same legal issues, factual issues, claims and defenses. And the attorneys bringing the class actions must adequately protect the interests of the class.
Class actions can apply to all civil actions. Depending on the action, they can be brought in either federal or state court. Our law firm has handled a wide range of class action matters including consumer fraud, HMO, insurance bad faith and other issues related to nursing home abuse.
Long-Term Healthcare Class Actions
Our law firm has pioneered long-term healthcare class actions on behalf of sick and elderly patients who were lied to, abused and neglected by their healthcare facilities. We have achieved seven-figure jury verdicts and settlements in this area.
Much of our success has been on behalf of victims of misrepresentation, when healthcare facilities and HMOs promised the best care, but intentionally failed to provide it — just to make money.
Consumer Fraud and Antitrust Class Actions
We are also involved in class actions involving consumers who were victimized by companies that promised — but failed — to deliver products and services. We stand up for consumers who were often victimized by anti-competitive actions like price fixing and for those who were betrayed by fraud. Our work includes a wide range of these class action lawsuits:
- AOL and Best Buy for misrepresentation of a "free trial"
- Bluetooth litigation for misrepresentations of safety and battery life
- SRAM, DRAM and Flash Memory antitrust case
- Aircargo price fixing action
- Sony price fixing
- LCD screen price fixing
- Hewlett Packard misrepresentation to consumers
Contact Us about a Class Action Lawsuit
To talk with us about your legal concerns, contact The Garcia Law Firm by calling 800.281.8515. We offer free initial consultations. At our law office, we employ the old fashioned principle of no fees unless you win.
