CONSUMER CASES

Scott+Scott regularly represents aggrieved consumers in a variety of class action cases pending throughout the United States.  In addition to more typical cases involving consumer finance issues, such as In re: Providian Credit Card Litigation (Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco), the Firm actively is litigating cases against a number of health maintenance organizations (HMO) and other corporate defendants, including: Albert v. Physician Health Services of Connecticut, Inc. and O'Brien v. Aetna, Inc. and Aenta-U.S. Healthcare, Inc. (United States District Court, District of Connecticut); Medical Society of the State of New York v. Connecticut General Corporation, et al. (New York Supreme Court, County of New York); and Granito, et al. v. International Business Machines, Inc. (Connecticut Superior Court).  Scott+Scott also has been involved in a number of major consumer fraud cases under state consumer protection laws, including: Hamage v. Publishers Clearing House (Connecticut Superior Court); Gould v. IDT Corporation (United States District Court, District of New Jersey); In re: Kava Kava Litigation (Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles); Fischer, et al. v. MasterCard International, Inc., et al. (New York Supreme Court, County of New York); and Paton, et al. v. Cingular Wireless, et al. (Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco).