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Class Action Litigation Section
The Class Action Litigation Section is chaired by Phil Cole, a certified civil trial specialist. He is certified on both the state and national level, obtaining certification in Civil Trial Advocacy from the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. Other members of the Class Action Litigation Section include
Bob King, Ron Haskvitz, Stephen Rathke, Barry O’Neil, Ehrich Koch,
Sheila Bjorklund,
and Valerie Sims.
Lommen Abdo’s class action litigation experience has covered a diverse array of issues, including:
Ongoing Actions
- Linerboard
- Vioxx injuries
- diet drugs
- light tobacco
- bar owners anti-trust actions
- vitamin additives
- manufactured home community resident issues
- privacy issues for banks
- snowmobile association issues
- wrongful detention by law enforcement
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Previous Actions
- rent-to-own merchandising
- defective concrete driveway products
- herbicide pricing
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The firm devotes substantial resources to the prosecution of class actions, such as
Fogie v. Rent-A-Center, a case which resulted in a judgment of over $32 million dollars, payable to 23,000 individuals in Minnesota. This was one of the largest and most successful consumer protection class action lawsuits in Minnesota history. Beyond Minnesota, the firm has a national class action practice in areas such as vitamin additives,
vaccine litigation and other similar issues.
Any questions relating to the Class Action Litigation Section of Lommen Abdo may be directed to
Ehrich Koch at 612-336-3906 or ehrich@lommen.com
or Valerie Sims at 612-336-9318 or valerie@lommen.com.
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