If you’re planning on filing a lawsuit, you probably have what you believe to be evidence that you were wronged in some regard. Understanding evidence, however, does take some real legal knowledge. In fact, you may find that, upon meeting with your attorney, they don’t really believe that the things you consider to be evidence […]
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Police Sued Over Privacy Violations
CNN reported that a police department in Washington is facing a lawsuit over violating the rights of inmates. The reporting details that 11 women and 1 man are suing a police department over alleged instances where the inmates—who were all arrested on suspicion of drunk driving—were recorded while they were undressing and using the toilet. […]
Frivolous Lawsuits Get too Much Publicity
The idea behind a lawsuit is to give a person who was wronged because of another person’s negligence away to get compensated. This can include suing manufacturers for putting dangerous products out on the market when they should’ve known better, suing motorists who are prone to driving dangerously and end up hurting or killing someone […]
Dog Bites and Liability
Unfortunately, many dog owners are not responsible with their animals. In fact, it’s quite reasonable to argue that the biggest cause of dog bites has nothing to do with dogs, but with the people who are in charge of taking care of those dogs. There are differences on a state-by-state basis as to how much […]
Daycare Worker Arrested for Raping Children
For parents with children in daycare, a nightmare scenario seems to be unfolding in Ohio. According to NewsOK, a daycare worker has been arrested on two counts of rape. The woman, according to the article, had engaged in sexual conduct with an infant and made a video of herself doing it. Police claim that they […]
Class Action Against LinkedIn Reveals Importance of TOS
If you’ve gotten emails that appear to be from a friend of yours but that were actually from LinkedIn giving a pitch for the website, you’re not alone. In fact, a lawsuit has been filed against the business social networking website alleging that the company breaks into email accounts, uses the contact list to send […]
Can You Sue a Company for Mishandling Your Information?
Today, it’s not uncommon for companies with whom people do very casual business – cellular phone companies, Internet service providers, etc. – to have some very sensitive information about their clients. For example, Social Security numbers are routinely used as forms of identification and many companies require that information in order to open an account. […]
Why Do Personal Injury Attorneys Turn Down Cases?
There are instances when a personal injury attorney may turn down your claim. This may leave you wondering if there is any hope for justice but, keep in mind the fact that civil lawsuits are not really about justice; they’re about compensation. If you’ve been turned down as a client by an attorney, some or […]
How Do You Sue on Behalf of a Child
Some of the largest jury awards are actually handed out to children. These occur in cases involving medical malpractice during birth, car accidents that permanently damage a child and in other cases. Obviously, a child cannot enter into a contract or take any other legal action of their own accord. Parents are the ones who […]
Texas Tax Relief Company Faces Accusations of Misleading Customers
One of the most heavily-advertised tax repair services in the nation, TaxMasters, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to Associated Press reports. The agency is also facing a trial after having being accused of misleading customers. According to KHOU-TV Houston, the agency is being sued because the advertisements claimed that people could call the agency to consult with a tax specialist but that those customers were, instead, routed to salespeople who had no particular tax expertise. This is not the first time that one of these businesses has landed itself in hot water over the claims it makes to customers.
Lawsuits and Charges
Another well-known tax expert, “Tax Lady” Roni Deutch, was sued in 2010. California’s then Attorney General filed the lawsuit, which claimed that her firm made claims that they couldn’t back up as far as getting settlements from the IRS was concerned. She has since filed for bankruptcy and given up her license to practice law, according to Forbes.
Another firm that ended up facing similar problem was JK Harris & Co.. Again, they were sued by customers who felt that they had been deceived by the claims of the company, as well as by the states in which they operated.
Expertise Is a Product
When someone makes a claim that they have some sort of expertise and charges you for that expertise, they do have some responsibilities. The people who sued JK Harris & Co., because the company was liquidated, are unlikely to get any money for their judgments. If someone does sell you their expertise, however, and it turns out that they have made deceptive claims, they are liable.
Understanding Defective Advertising
Whenever someone is marketing a product, they have a responsibility to make sure that the product’s marketing is accurate. This applies to expertise, as well. For example, if someone was marketing that they could get you relieved of any and all tax liability that you owe to the IRS-a patently false claim, since it’s a case-by-case situation-they would open themselves up to being sued for advertising in a defective way. Remember that the advertising you read does have to give an accurate picture of the product that it is describing.
Contacting a Lawyer
If you believe that you have been deceived by someone who offered you a professional service, you may want to consider contacting a product liability lawyer.
A product liability lawyer will want to meet with you to get an idea of the basic nature of your claim. There’s no guarantee that you have a lawsuit that’s worth pursuing and, of course, there’s no guarantee that filing a lawsuit will result in a win. What an attorney can do is give you an idea of whether or not it’s worth your while to pursue the lawsuit and, if so, how best to proceed with the matter. Some services out there do make efforts to deceive their customers, but this has to be established to a jury before you can receive compensation.
If you have any questions regarding a product liability issue, please contact Houston Product Liability Lawyer Blaine A. (Bat) Tucker at 713-771-5453 for a FREE case review
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