Eric Somers' deceptive advertising case involving printers was filed in California as a private attorney general action. After Proposition 64 restricted such suits to plaintiffs who were actually harmed, Somers obtained class action status and quickly identified new qualifying plaintiffs. But a recent state Court of Appeal ruling called it an "abuse of discretion" to permit a plaintiff that's lost standing due to Prop 64 to use discovery to find a replacement plaintiff, giving the defendants new hope.
May 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Three years after the passage of California’s Proposition 64, Eric Somers’ deceptive advertising case against printer manufacturers and re-sellers is still afloat.
But lawyers for some of the defendants think they finally have what it takes to sink Somers’ case.
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