Boca Raton Consumer Fraud Lawsuits, Personal Injury & Class Action Lawyers

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A Voice
People who have experienced consumer fraud or personal injury often have little recourse when it comes to fighting for their rights against large corporations. Class Action Lawsuits are sometimes the answer. A Consumer Class Action Lawsuit is one of the most effective tools consumers have for protecting their rights against the large corporations. When these corporations do something that adversely affects a large group of people, a Consumer Class Action Lawsuit gives a voice to those affected.

Strength in Numbers
The purpose of Class Action Lawsuits is to give people the ability to take on large corporations or powerful private interests and have a chance of righting a wrong due to the large number of plaintiffs involved. It's a legal mechanism where many people have been harmed or injured, but it is not feasible to pursue each case individually. However, if they share common issues of law and fact, they can be put into a single class or case for litigation. It is important to remember that even though the actual damage or cost to the individual class member may be small, the illicit gain to the corporate entity can be huge if done to hundreds, thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people. Through strength in numbers, your voice – and your grievance – can be heard.

Effective Representation
There are several types of Class Action Claims. Common Class Actions include Consumer Products claims, Medical Device Claims, Product Liability and Personal Injury Class Actions, and Pharmaceutical Litigation claims.

• Consumer Product Claims
  Legal actions are often brought about because of defective products that cause harm or injury to large numbers of individuals due to improper or unclear labeling, design defects or defective manufacturing. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer, designer, distributor, or retailer to ensure that the product does not cause harm and they can be held liable.
   
• Medical Devices
  Medical devices that malfunction cause serious injury or death, and the manufacturers of these devices are liable to the group of people and their families who suffer because of the defect of the device.
   
• Product Liability/Personal Injury
  Product liability and personal injury class action lawsuits are brought when a defective product, unreasonably dangerous product, unsafe environment or negligent practice kills or seriously harms and injures people.
   
• Pharmaceutical Litigation
  Pharmaceutical liability claims involving prescription and over-the-counter medications are filed when drugs that are intended to help people cause side effects, injuries, serious harm or sometimes death in a large group of people. This can occur because clinical trials were not large enough to determine increased risks, when drugs are prescribed to the wrong patients or when drugs are co-prescribed with other drugs and the combination causes adverse reactions.

The Boca Raton, Florida, law firm of Balkan & Patterson specializes in class action lawsuits, and our personal injury attorneys and lawyers are experienced at handling these types of claims. We are currently representing consumers in these class action filings. If you have experienced fraudulent, deceptive, negligent or abusive business practices of any kind, contact us to determine if a legal case may be an option.

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