Bronson & Associates

15 West 8th Street, Suite A - Tracy, CA 95376
Telephone: 209-830-0400 Facsimile: 209-832-5000

When numerous people have a similar complaint they can join together in a class action lawsuit to pursue the claim. While there are various requirements that must be met in order to use the class action vehicle to sue, many types of cases such as defective products, misleading advertising and unfair business practices are successfully pursued in a class action setting.

To learn more visit the class action education section. If you are interested in acting as a Lead Plaintiff in one of our ongoing cases,click on the link below associated with the class action lawsuits that you feel you belong in and you will be taken to a contact page for that class action lawsuit.

Pending Class Action Lawsuits

JCM PARTNERS, LLC, MEADOW GARDENS II APARTMENTS, DRIFTWOOD APARTMENTS, VILLA VERDE NORTH APARTMENTS, MICHAEL VANNI, GAYLE ING, BRIAN REIN, et al. Unlawful retention of Security Deposits. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants own/operate and manage over 5,200 apartment units throughout Northern California and that Defendants unlawfully retain security deposits as well as engage in other unlawful rental practices as prohibited under California Civil Code Section 1950.5, et seq. The suit is brought on behalf of all of Defendants' renters, past and present, who were subjected to paying defendants' $250.00 remarketing fee upon early lease termination, and/or all of Defendants' renters who were made to pay late rent charges, and/or all Defendants' renters who were not provided with notice of their right to a post vacating inspection and the right to be present and elect to clean/repair, and/or all Defendants' renters who were not provided with defendants' written security deposit dispostion statement within twenty one days of vacating the premises. The lawsuit also alleges that defendants violate Civil Code 1950.5(e) by retaining tenants' security deposits in payment of the liquidated damages and collection costs. The lawsuit seeks a declaration that the late rent and remaketing fees are unlawful liquidated damages provisions under California Civil Code Section 1671 and enjoining the use of the provisions in its contracts and enjoining them from enforcing the provisions and/or collecting the fees, in addition to an order disgorging Defendants from all liquidated damages received, an order of restitution to all renters who were made to pay the unlawful fees and an order returning unlawfully withheld security deposits, in addition to payment of the attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing suit against defendants. Click here to register if you believe you may qualify to participate as a plaintiff in this case.

Michael O. Leavitt, United States Secretary Health and Human Services - Class action lawsuit alleges that the secretary allows its medicare seconary payer (MSP) contractors to indefinately retain beneficiaries' third party settlement proceeds without due process of law by, among other things, allowing the contractors to determine the amount of a MSP claim soley by review of "codes" and not medical records, and then when the amount is called into question, allowing the contractor to rely solely no the codes and not require the contractor to "demonstrate" the relatedness through medicare records evidence. The complaint further alleges that the secretary allows the contractors not to observe timing regulations and policies when it allows the contractors to withhold payments determined due for as long as a year at a time. The plaintiff also alleges that the secretary violates beneficiaries due process rights when it requires them to sign over to medicare their entire third party settlement proceeds (both known MSP related and non-MSP related) whenever medicare is named as a co-payee. The complaint seeks to enjoin these practices and further to pay reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in having to litigate the matter. If you were involved in a third party accident and medicare has attempted to make a claim to your third party settlement proceeds, you may be a member of this class. If you are interested to learn more, please contact us via phone at : 209-830-0400.

A T & T Wireless - Class action lawsuit alleging unfair and deceptive business practices and false advertising for AT&T' S unauthorized billing for "E-Wallet", "Text Messages" and Mmode ($7.99 per month per phone charge). This class action lawsuit seeks to obtain an injunction against A T & T prohibiting it from billing its customers for "E-Wallet", "Text Messages" and the Mmode service ( many subscribers do not even realize they are being charged for these services) without first obtaining its subscribers' permission. The action will seek to order AT&T to reimburse its subscribers for those unauthorized charges and to require AT & T to remove those charges upon subscribers' requests and if not already authorized by the subscriber. The class action lawsuit also seeks an order enjoining A T & T from advertising monthly charges without including the amount it charges for its own "Regulatory Programs Fee". If you are or have been within the last year, an AT&T Wireless customer and have been and/or are being charged for these services, you may register with us to join this class action lawsuit by clicking here.