Class Action

Press coverage of Kwikset

By Kimberly A. Kralowec

Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that "Customers can still sue over phony labels":

Californians who buy products with allegedly false labels, like "Made in U.S.A.," can sue the manufacturer without having to prove that the product was overpriced or didn't work, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The Los Angeles Times reports: "Court rules that consumers can sue manufacturers over misleading claims."  The Recorder's article (subscription) is called "Prop 64 Doesn't Bar Deceptive Label Suit, Supremes Say."   The Daily Journal's article has not yet been posted.

Full post as published by The UCL Practitioner on January 28, 2011 (boomark / email).