California Supreme Court
Mar. 2, 2009
Consumer Lawyers Fighting Against Legal Tide
San Francisco-based attorney James C. Sturdevant worries that class action lawsuits could be severely restricted if the California Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling requiring all members of a class prove they’d been harmed to have standing in such a lawsuit.
By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO-If consumer attorneys are feeling beleaguered these days, they have good reason. Last month, the California Supreme Court limited their ability to sue companies over objectionable fine print in service contracts a ruling that eight consumer groups recently asked the justices to reconsider. This week they'll try to persuade the high court to overturn two appellate court rulings they s...
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO-If consumer attorneys are feeling beleaguered these days, they have good reason. Last month, the California Supreme Court limited their ability to sue companies over objectionable fine print in service contracts a ruling that eight consumer groups recently asked the justices to reconsider. This week they'll try to persuade the high court to overturn two appellate court rulings they s...
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