Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Trade Practices
Consumer fraud occurs when a person is deceived or treated unfairly,
for example, through deceptive advertising, sales techniques, marketing
or provision of goods, services or property. Consumers can find themselves
victims of fraud through a variety of business schemes, such as health
care fraud, home service contracts, investment advice, identity theft,
loans, timeshare sales, multi-level marketing or misleading product
warranties.
Consumers may also find themselves victims of deceptive trade practices,
which may include false advertising and deceptive business or pricing
practices. Any seller that acts unfairly or deceives a buyer, whether
intentionally or not, may have violated state and federal laws that
prohibit such conduct.
In our class action case against PELLA CORPORATION and PELLA WINDOWS
AND DOORS, for example, consumers purchased Pella windows which they
allege contain a latent defect that allows water to penetrate and leak
behind the window’s aluminum cladding, which Pella failed to disclose
to consumers.
Click here to see Saltzman
v. Pella; Order Denying Motion to Dismiss.
If you believe you have been the victim of unfair or deceptive practices,
for example, if you think you have been billed for services you did
not request or if you have done business with a company that has harmed
you or seems to be acting unlawfully, you may be the victim of consumer
fraud or deceptive trade practices. Contact FREED
& WEISS today.