Consumer Protection

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

On September 4, 2020, the Honorable Judith E. Levy of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan appointed Berger Montague to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague, with its co-counsel, asserted claims against the Audi Defendants on behalf of consumers who purchased or leased any 2017-2020 model year Audi vehicle equipped with Audi’s...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague and co-counsel filed this class action on June 9, 2017 and thereafter filed a First Amended Complaint on September 15, 2017 adding additional plaintiffs. Plaintiffs alleged that...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague represented owners or lessees of a 2016 or later Ford-brand vehicle equipped with a 1.0L EcoBoost engine, including 2016-2017 Ford Fiesta, 2018-2021 Ford EcoSport, and 2016-2018 Ford...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague, with its co-counsel, asserted claims against General Motors, LLC, on behalf of consumers who purchased or leased certain 2010 to 2022 Chevrolet Camaro vehicles (“Class Vehicles”)...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague and co-counsel filed this class action on January 30, 2020, alleging that 2019 and 2020 Toyota RAV4 Hybrids have defective fuel tanks that cannot be filled to its advertised 14.5...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague and co-counsel filed this class action on April 23, 2019. Plaintiffs alleged that General Motors’ recent generation of half-ton “K2XX platform” trucks and SUVs that causes...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a class action settlement against Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. on behalf of purchasers and lessees of certain 2019 and 2020 Volkswagen Golf...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague and co-counsel settled this class action in 2017 and it received final court approval on March 5, 2020. Plaintiffs alleged that 2011-2016 Ford Fiesta and 2012-2016 Ford Focus...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Cases Against Toyota Motor Sales Loo v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 8:19-cv-00750-VAP (C.D. Cal.) Quinones v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 5:19-cv-01611-VAP (C.D. Cal.) Peguero v. Toyota...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague serves on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in a consolidated action asserting claims against General Motors, LLC (“GM”) on behalf of a class of consumers who purchased vehicles...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague, with its co-counsel filed a lawsuit against General Motors LLC (“GM”) on behalf of a class of consumers who purchased or leased 2014-2021 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague serves as co-lead class counsel on behalf of a proposed class of all persons who purchased or leased any 2017-2019 Chrysler Pacifica or Chrysler 300 vehicles equipped with FCA US...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague and co-counsel serve as putative class counsel on behalf of a proposed class of owners and lessees of Dodge-, RAM-, Jeep-, and Chrysler-branded vehicles equipped with Gen II 5.7-liter...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague and co-counsel serve as putative class counsel on behalf of a proposed class of owners and lessees of 2014 or newer Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, or RAM-branded vehicles equipped with a 3.6L...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

On October 29. 2022, Berger Montague and co-counsel filed a class action against Honda alleging that the 2016-2020 Honda Civic, Honda Accord, and Honda CR-V vehicles have a defective integrated...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with co-counsel Constable Law and Justice Law Collaborative, filed class action lawsuits against multiple genetic testing companies for misleading consumers about the benefits...

• Defective Products
• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague PC is investigating consumer complaints that GE Appliances and Haier US Appliance Solutions sold defective GE Profile Ultrafast 2-in-1 Washer/Dryer Combo units that do not adequately...

• Defective Drugs & Medical Devices
• Consumer Protection

Note: This case is closed. Berger Montague is no longer accepting clients for this case. Recently, the FDA sent a letter to eight eye drop manufacturers warning them that their products were illegal...

• Defective Drugs & Medical Devices
• Defective Products
• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague attorneys Shanon J. Carson and Jennifer P. Elwell have been appointed by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona to leadership positions in In re: Bard Implanted...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague is Co-Lead Counsel in the massive Change Healthcare data breach case. The breach has crippled the U.S. healthcare system and how it has damaged healthcare providers and...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague PC is investigating claims that the pesticide Dacthal (DCPA) is linked to serious injuries to pregnant women and their unborn children. EPA Action The U.S. Environmental Protection...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products

Berger Montague is pursuing justice for parents of premature infants against Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson for injuries caused by their cow’s milk-based infant formulas, Similac and Enfamil....

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with co-counsel Constable Law and Justice Law Collaborative, filed class action lawsuits against multiple genetic testing companies for misleading consumers about the benefits...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague is currently investigating reports of power steering defects in model year 2020 and later Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra vehicles which can cause power steering to fail while the...

• Technology, Privacy & Data Breach
• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague is co-lead plaintiffs’ counsel representing those who had their sensitive data shared in the largest data breach in 2023. The case involves a data breach carried out by a group of...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague is investigating claims by YouTubers, bloggers, and other content creators (“Influencers”) that apps and browser extensions widely used by shoppers steal commissions that...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague PC is investigating a potential class action lawsuit against Allstate for its practice of collecting and using data from mobile device apps—such as GasBuddy, Routely, and...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with co-counsel Constable Law and Justice Law Collaborative, filed class action lawsuits against multiple genetic testing companies for misleading consumers about the benefits...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with co-counsel Constable Law and Justice Law Collaborative, filed class action lawsuits against multiple genetic testing companies for misleading consumers about the benefits...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with co-counsel Constable Law and Justice Law Collaborative, is investigating multiple genetic testing companies for misleading consumers about the benefits and capabilities of...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with co-counsel Constable Law and Justice Law Collaborative, is investigating multiple genetic testing companies for misleading consumers about the benefits and capabilities of...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with co-counsel Constable Law and Justice Law Collaborative, filed class action lawsuits against multiple genetic testing companies for misleading consumers about the benefits...

• Environmental Law & Public Health
• Consumer Protection

ABOUT THE TWIN OAKS PIPELINE LEAK LITIGATION AGAINST DEFENDANTS SUNOCO AND ENERGY TRANSFER On January 31, 2025, Sunoco reported a leak in its Twin Oaks Pipeline that runs through residential...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with co-counsel Constable Law and Justice Law Collaborative, filed class action lawsuits against multiple genetic testing companies for misleading consumers about the benefits...

• Consumer Protection

Have you received unwanted calls from United Lending, doing business as Clarity Debt Resolution Inc? If you have received calls, from Clarity/United Lending, are on the Do Not Call list, and have a...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with co-counsel Constable Law and Justice Law Collaborative, filed class action lawsuits against multiple genetic testing companies for misleading consumers about the benefits...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee and obtained an $11.1 million settlement for a class of persons who were incorrectly scored on a teacher’s licensing exam in this...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague filed class action complaints throughout the United States on behalf of consumers who received Experian or TransUnion consumer reports with a tax lien or other public records errors....

• Consumer Protection
• Technology, Privacy & Data Breach

Berger Montague served on the Executive Committee and helped obtain a settlement valued at over $170 million. The settlement included a $22 million non-reversionary cash settlement fund as well as...

• Defective Products
• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague served as Co-Lead Counsel and obtained a $21 million settlement on behalf of consumers who had water leaks and economic losses as a result of Uponor high-zinc yellow brass plumbing...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague is currently litigating a certified class action lawsuit against Gerber Product Co. alleging that Gerber falsely advertised its Good Start Gentle brand of infant formula as having...

• Consumer Protection
• Lending Practices Borrowers Rights

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a $5.05 million settlement and additional prospective relief in this consumer class action on behalf of all persons who were charged by Bank of...

• Consumer Protection
• Commercial Litigation
• Discrimination Class Actions

Berger Montague served on the Executive Committee in the Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation and helped achieve a $1.25 billion settlement with the largest Swiss banks on behalf of victims of Nazi...

• Defective Products
• Consumer Protection
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Honda Odyssey Transmission Complaints Berger Montague serves as co-lead class counsel on behalf of a proposed class all persons or entities who purchased or leased a model year 2012 Touring and...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague served as Co-Lead Counsel and obtained a class action settlement on behalf of passengers who did not receive refunds when their British Airways flights were cancelled due to the...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a $24 million settlement in this multidistrict litigation lawsuit against Menu Foods and other defendants seeking damages for harms caused by the...

• Environmental Law & Public Health
• Defective Products
• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a $215 million asbestos remediation settlement for elementary and secondary schools suffering property damage in this historic environmental and...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague, along with cocounsel, has settled a case representing plaintiffs alleging that JUUL engaged in false and deceptive sales, marketing, labeling, and advertising of JUUL e-cigarette...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague is investigating potential claims on behalf of California residents who have been automatically charged for an ongoing product or service. About the case In December 2010, California...

• Consumer Protection
• Technology, Privacy & Data Breach

Berger Montague is investigating potential claims on behalf of individuals in certain states who had their telephone calls recorded without their consent. About the case Several hotels, banks, utility...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague is investigating potential class action lawsuits on behalf of anyone with a loved one in a nursing home who has been mistreated or not given a high enough level of care. Elder abuse...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague is investigating a potential class action lawsuit on behalf of anyone who has paid off a tax lien within the last two years. What is a tax lien? A tax lien is the government’s legal...

• Consumer Protection
• Insurance & Financial Products

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a $75 million plus settlement against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company on behalf of current and former West Virginia automobile insurance...

• Consumer Protection
• Insurance & Financial Products

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a $90 million settlement on behalf of a class of 705,000 former policyholders and members of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc....

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products

Berger Montague served as sole lead counsel and obtained a class action settlement against American Isuzu Motors, Inc. and Isuzu Motors Ltd. on behalf of purchasers and lessees of 1998 and 1999 Isuzu...

• Defective Drugs & Medical Devices
• Consumer Protection

About the Recalled Philips CPAP, BiPAP, and Mechanical Ventilator Lawsuit: On June 14, 2021, Philips announced a recall of many of its Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and Bilevel Positive...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague served as class counsel and obtained a $2 million settlement for Minnesota residents who took out a loan arranged by MoneyMutual, LLC. The plaintiffs, led by John Albanese of Berger...

• Defective Products
• Consumer Protection
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague served as co-lead class counsel and obtained a settlement of over $2 million in this automotive litigation against Volkswagen of America, Inc. concerning certain 1997-1999 Audi A4...

• Consumer Protection
• Insurance & Financial Products

Berger Montague and its co-counsel prosecuted and obtained a settlement valued at $30 million in this multistate insurance fraud class action lawsuit against United American Insurance Company, Farm...

• Consumer Protection
• Insurance & Financial Products

Berger Montague served as class counsel and obtained a $72.5 million cash settlement in this nationwide consumer protection civil RICO and insurance fraud class action against The Hartford Financial...

• Government Representation
• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products

Berger Montague was co-lead counsel for the State of Connecticut and helped it recover approximately $3.6 billion from certain manufacturers of tobacco products in its litigation against the tobacco...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation

On November 20, 2020, the Honorable Joel Schneider of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey appointed shareholder Russell D. Paul as co-lead interim counsel in this proposed...

• Consumer Protection
• Defective Products

Berger Montague has filed a lawsuit on behalf of anyone who drives a 2017 – 2020 Subaru Forester, Outback, Legacy, Crosstrek, or Impreza and has experienced issues with cracking of the vehicle’s...

• Child Sex Abuse & Sexual Assault
• Consumer Protection

The Glen Mills Schools (“Glen Mills”) was the oldest reform school and residential program in the United States for court-ordered boys, located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Students...

• Consumer Protection

If you have received unsolicited/unwanted calls or text messages on your cell phone from either telemarketers or debt collectors, you have specific rights under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...

• Technology, Privacy & Data Breach
• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a settlement valued at over $200 million in this multidistrict litigation on behalf of consumers whose personal and financial data were stolen by...

• Consumer Protection

In 1997, Berger Montague filed a class action complaint that was different from the complaints filed by any other of the filing law firms in the New Jersey State Court “Fen Phen” class action. The...

• Defective Products
• Automobile Defect Litigation
• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague and its co-counsel initiated an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against defendants Volkswagen of America, Inc. and Volkswagen of America, Inc. d/b/a...

• Defective Products
• Consumer Protection
• Automobile Defect Litigation

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a class action settlement against Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. on behalf of purchasers and lessees of certain 2019 Volkswagen Jetta or 2018,...

• Employment Law & Unpaid Wages
• Wage Hour Class Actions
• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague served as Lead Counsel and obtained a $3.1 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against Accordia Life and Annuity Co. and Alliance-One Services, Inc. involving unpaid and...

• Consumer Protection
• Lending Practices Borrowers Rights

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a $31 million settlement in this consumer class action settlement in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Led by Shanon...

• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague served as Co-Lead Counsel and obtained a settlement of $12.5 million with McDonald’s Corporation due to its failure to disclose the use of beef fat in its french fries. Berger...

• Consumer Protection
• Lending Practices Borrowers Rights

Berger Montague served as Co-Lead Counsel and obtained a $1.5 million settlement in this consumer class action in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs...

• Consumer Protection
• Lending Practices Borrowers Rights

Berger Montague served as co-lead counsel and obtained a $22.1 million settlement in this consumer class action lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. concerning lender-placed flood insurance. Led...

• Defective Products
• Consumer Protection

Berger Montague served as one of two co-lead counsel and obtained a $43.5 million settlement in the nationwide consolidated class action litigation against NIBCO, Inc. Led by Shanon J. Carson,...