A class action suit is the best method for resolving multiple consumer fraud claims against a drug maker over allegedly deceptive product advertising, New Jersey's Supreme Court held unanimously on Thursday. The holding, allowing thousands of dissatisfied users of the dietary supplement Relacore to sue collectively, potentially unleashes the full fury of New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act -- with its potent treble damages remedy -- against pharmaceutical companies on a classwide basis, foiling any divide-and-conquer strategy.
October 05, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A class action suit is the best method for resolving multiple consumer fraud claims against a drug manufacturer over its allegedly deceptive product advertising, New Jersey’s Supreme Court held unanimously on Thursday.
The ruling allows thousands of dissatisfied users of the dietary supplement Relacore to sue collectively, overturning lower court findings that there are too many possible variables to satisfy the class action commonality requirement.
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