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Consumer Class Actions Overview

Sheller, P.C. files national class actions on behalf of consumers

Consumer class action lawsuits are among the most effective tools consumers have of protecting their power over the marketplace. When a large corporation does something which affects or harms a lot of people, a class action lawsuit enables all the affected people to act with one voice.

The attorneys of Sheller, P.C. are currently involved in a number of class actions, particularly those that involve "data breach" where a corporation's computer systems are infiltrated or somehow accessed. As a result, personal and financial consumer information is at risk, possibly for use in stealing identities.

If you are or have been a customer, employee, or investor of the following businesses, click on their name to see more information on Sheller, P.C.'s representation of inviduals in just a few of the ongoing class actions:

Aetna Insurance Security Breach

Heartland Data Breach

RBS WorldPay Security Breach

Hannaford Supermarkets Security Beach

Class actions remain the best means possible for groups of people to effect change for the benefit of society and to achieve individual compensation and justice

Many lawsuits cannot become class action lawsuits, but those with a significant number plaintiffs who have similar injuries and common legal issues may be combined and declared a class action lawsuit by a judge. Because forming numerous separate lawsuits into a class action is very efficient, it can ease the load on our judicial system and reduce the amount of time and money spent resolving consumer wrongs.

Class action lawsuits have kept many defective products off the market and penalized manufacturers who intentionally sold them. Class action lawsuits have rid our schools of dangerous asbestos and eliminated harmful contraceptive devices; they have made cars safer, products more reliable and given consumers a power to effect the market that they would not have otherwise.

Because of their power, many interest groups are at work to prevent class action lawsuits. Some corporations and organizations actively lobby for laws to restrict class actions, maneuver to avoid liability and discredit the lawyers who file them and the plaintiffs who unite under them.

If your injury and case is substantially similar to the legal issues involved in an existing class action lawsuit, you may be able to join the class.

Sheller, P.C. has a team of experienced trial lawyers who specialize in class action and mass tort litigation. Our lawyers represent plaintiffs in class action and individual litigation in a variety of matters, ranging from consumer fraud and protection to defective drugs.

If you have been affected by the data breach and have any questions regarding this matter, please contact us, using the response form on this page or call (800) 883-2299.

Initial case evaluations are at no charge to you; all communication is confidential.

Class Action Resources

Listing of current U.S. class actions

ConsumerAffairs.com: an independent, internet-based consumer news and resource center

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/class_actions.htm

Stanford University Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse:

http://securities.stanford.edu/

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Sheller, P.C. attorneys have successfully litigated class actions against some of the largest corporations in the world, achieving compensation and justice for victims nationwide.

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