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VerdictSearch: Dating Site Sets Up $1.5 Million Fund to Settle Class Action Suit
VerdictSearch
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
An online dating service has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle claims that it wrongfully billed customers. A former customer had accused True.com of unjust enrichment and conversion, as well as violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. True.com denied it had a policy of refusing to honor cancelation requests, but it agreed to settle the matter by creating a fund for members of the class. The case was in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas.
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Debtors File Class Action Alleging Attorneys Conspired to Defraud
Texas Lawyer
Monday, August 17, 2009
In a federal class-action suit filed on Aug. 6, the plaintiffs allege two Texas lawyers conspired with others to defraud debtors who sought help because of credit-card and unsecured debt and to "evade" Texas laws that regulate consumer debt management services, attorney-client solicitation and lawyer advertising. Charles E. Ames (pictured) represents the plaintiffs.
In Re: Wells
Texas Lawyer
Monday, February 18, 2008
Because Gary Roberts failed to comply with the notice provisions of the Residential Construction Liability Act, the trial court abused its discretion by denying Wells & Sons Roofing Co.'s motion to dismiss.
Allen v. American General Finance Inc.
Texas Lawyer
Monday, December 10, 2007
Kyle Allen produced more than a scintilla of probative evidence raising a genuine issue of material fact regarding the allegedly deceptive acts that were the subject of AGF's motion. The trial court therefore erred in dismissing the remainder of Allen's Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act cause of action.
Perez v. Luu
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 12, 2007
Because the $1 purchase price was a mistake and because MicroCache Computers Inc. refunded Mario Perez's money as soon as it realized the error, the trial court correctly found that Perez was not deceived.
Medical Protective Co. v. Herrin
Texas Lawyer
Monday, October 15, 2007
Insufficient evidence supported the jury's finding that Medical Protective Co. violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and committed fraud.
