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Class Actions

A class action is a type of lawsuit in which one or several persons sue on behalf of a larger group of people.


Many cases that our office handles can be maintained as class action under either state or federal law. Since the beginning of his career, Attorney Paronich has worked on class action cases that have won consumers more than $200,000,000 in recovery for the acts of businesses.

Paronich Law also partners with other nationwide law firms where we perform as co-counsel. Through these relationships, we are willing to take on a corporation of any size that mistreats consumers.

 

what qualifies a case as a class action?

While the subject of class action lawsuits can vary widely, two factors are almost always present for every class action: the issues in dispute are common to all members of the class, and
the persons affected are so numerous as to make it impractical to bring them all before the court.

What are the advantages to a class action?

Class action lawsuits are designed to advance several important public policy goals. A class action is often the sole means of enabling persons, even those with serious injuries, to remedy injustices committed by powerful, multi-million (or even billion) dollar corporations and institutions. In other situations, each person within a large group may have suffered only limited damages and the cost of individual lawsuits would be far greater than the value of each claim. The total damages, however, to the class could be quite large. 

more experienced legal representation

It is no small feat for a lawyer to take on a class action lawsuit. The case may involve thousands of pages of documents, expensive expert witness fees and years of time to develop the case. Class action lawsuits may be handled by more experienced and competent lawyers who have gone through similar cases in the past. This allows plaintiffs to be able to have such representation that they may not have had if they pursued the claim on their own

 
 

Cases where Attorney Paronich was appointed as counsel to a class of individuals 

  • Murray v. Grocery Delivery E-Services USA, Inc. D. MA. Civil Action No. 19-cv-12608. A class action settlement of $11,000,000 granted final approval on March 13, 2024.

  • Berman v. Freedom Financial Network, LLC et al, N.D. CA., Civil Action No. 18-cv-1060. A class action settlement of $9,750,000 granted final approval on February 23, 2024.

  • David Vance, et. al. v. DirecTV, LLC, USDC, N.D. WV., Civil Action No. 5:17-cv-179. A class settlement of $16,850,000 granted final approval on August 24, 2023.

  • Andrew Perrong v. Orbit Energy & Power, LLC, USDC, E.D. PA., Civil Action No. No. 2:21-cv-777. A class settlement of $6,000,000 granted final approval on June 21, 2022.

  •  William Loftus, et al. v. Sunrun Inc., USDC, ND. CA., Civil Action No. No. 3:19-cv-01608. A class settlement of $5,500,00 granted final approval on May 11, 2021.

  • Thomas Krakauer v. Dish Network, L.L.C., USDC MD. NC, Civil Action No. 1:14-CV-333 on September 9, 2015. Following a contested class certification motion, this case went to trial in January of 2017 returning a verdict of $20,446,400. On May 22, 2017, this amount was trebled by the Court after finding that Dish Network’s violations were “willful or knowing”, for a revised damages award of $61,339,200.

  • Abante Rooter and Plumbing, Inc. v. Alarm.com, Inc., USDC, ND. CA., 4:15-cv-06314-YGR. A class settlement of $28,000,000 granted preliminary approval on December 19, 2018.

  • In Re Monitronics International, Inc. Telephone Consumer Protection Act Litigation, USDC, ND. WV., 1:13-md-02493-JPB-MJA. A class settlement of $28,000,000 granted final approval on June 12, 2018.

  • Desai and Charvat v. ADT Security Services, Inc., USDC, ND. Ill., Civil Action No. 11-CV-1925. A class settlement of $15,000,000 granted final approval on June 21, 2013.

  • Mey v. Frontier Communications Corporation, USDC, D. Ct., 3:13-cv-1191-MPS. A class settlement of $11,000,000 granted final approval on June 2, 2017.

  • Jay Clogg Realty Group, Inc. v. Burger King Corporation, USDC, D. MD., Civil Action No. 13-cv-00662. A class settlement of $8,500,000 granted final approval on April 15, 2015.


    In addition to more than 35 other class action settlements totaling more than $60,000,000.

 
 
 
“Class action lawsuits are an important part of our legal system. All citizens should have the right to band together and settle grievances with bigger companies...”
— Tom Carper