PRACTICE AREA
Class Action
Holding employers and corporations accountable
When clients are harmed by a defective product or discriminatory action, and we discover they’re not alone, McGarvey Law is Montana’s most tenacious champion of class action cases against insurance companies, employers, corporations, product manufacturers, and others. Class action lawsuits can be a powerful tool to stand up for Montanans who have been harmed, especially when individual litigation would be too expensive for one client.
$100,000,000
settlement for workers denied wages
Cutting-edge cases succeed with our innovative approach
If you or your client has suffered a wrong that affects many others, call us to discuss how the case can achieve justice through a class action suit.
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Types of Class Action Cases
Class action cases protect common folks against a wide array of systematic abuses by grouping many similar claims into a larger, more efficient case with a better chance at winning accountability.
Defective or Dangerous Products
Vehicles, drugs and medical devices, tools, toys and household products
Civil Rights Violations
Violations of constitutionally enshrined rights
Toxic Tort
Exposure to a toxic substance, pharmaceutical or pollutant that caused harm
Securities Fraud
Includes insider trading, pyramid schemes, and misleading investors
Wage or Benefit Violations
Includes unpaid overtime, illegal deductions, and wage theft
Data Breaches and Privacy Violations
Negligence in protecting sensitive information
Antitrust Violations
Includes price fixing, monopolies, and market allocation
Environmental Contamination
Contamination from heavy metals, oil and gas, agricultural runoff, and PFAS
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Who Is Commonly Affected
Class actions can be brought by any group of people who’ve been harmed in the same way by an employer, corporation or organization. If you know that the issue affecting you has also harmed others, the united front offered by a class action lawsuit may be the most powerful course of action.
Workers Denied Wages
Unpaid overtime, minimum wage violations, and misclassification
Investors or Shareholders
Stock manipulations, misleading statements, and securities violations
Residents Harmed by Contamination or Pollution
Air, water and ground contamination
People Injured by Vehicle Malfunctions
Brake failure, steering malfunctions and airbag failure
Related Landmark Case
Forcing a corporate giant to pay workers their fair share
A crisis of conscience compelled Bobbie Gilmore to seek our counsel in the early 1990s. Bobbie was the chief accountant for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC), which employed over 1,000 workers at its smelter in Columbia Falls. Her analysis of the company’s financial records led her to believe that the owners were cheating its workers out of payments they were owed under a profit-sharing agreement. Bobbie was scrupulous about her duties of confidentiality and loyalty to the company, and so was torn about how to hold the owners to account for payments withheld from the workers.
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At our firm, every case begins with a free consultation – a chance for you to share your story and for us to truly listen. We believe that understanding your situation is the foundation of building a strong case, and we take that responsibility seriously.