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"DeNittis Osefchen Prince have pioneered numerous consumer fraud cases throughout the State and country. They have litigated cases ranging from illegal fees and charges in numerous false advertising cases to regulatory overcharges by real estate companies, title agencies, nursing homes and health clubs."

Over the last twenty years,  the attorneys at DeNittis Osefchen Prince, P.C. have been recognized throughout the region as protecting the rights of consumers and injured persons.   The firm is known as a complex class action firm litigating cases around the country.  In addition, the firm has statewide notoriety in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York for the  catastrophic personal injury cases it has handled. Mr. DeNittis, Mr. Osefchen and Mr. Prince have been recognized as award winning lawyers having recovered over $700 million for consumers in cases they have handled.  Mr. DeNittis, Mr.  Osefchen and Mr. Prince have successfully litigated over 200 class actions in the areas of consumer fraud, food mislabeling, fake retail sales, illegal fees, mass construction defects, overtime and wage and hour violations, robocalls and illegal telemarketing calls,  environmental mass torts and Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA) violations.

Stephen DeNittis of the firm has also played a lead role in many notable and newsworthy cases in the Country. For example, Stephen DeNittis was lead plaintiff’s counsel several fake retail pricing cases securing millions of dollars in benefits for consumers. Some examples include, the class actions: Barba v. Old Navy, et al. wherein a class of 34 million people subjected to fake retail sales were offered $340 million in Purchase Vouchers for free merchandise from Old Navy;  Andrews v. Gap, Inc et al. wherein a class of over 24 million people subjected to fake retail pricing sales were offered $240 million in Purchase Vouchers for free merchandise;  Coladonado v. J.Crew wherein a class of over 3.6 million people subjected to fake retail pricing sales were offered gift cards between $8 and $16 dollars valued at $24 million, In Re TD Bank Penny Arcade which resulted in a $9.44 million settlement on behalf of almost 5 million TD Bank customers for alleged under counting of over 1,200 coin machines; DeMarco v. National Collector’s Mint which stands as a landmark case and a matter of first impression in Federal Court in the Southern District of New York obtaining a $9 million valued recovery for over 100,000 consumers allegedly defrauded when purchasing bogus coins minted to commemorate the 9/11 tragedy. Stephen DeNittis was also one of the principal plaintiffs’ counsel (part of a four attorney executive committee) in the matter France v. Merrill Lynch obtaining a $43 million recovery for over 22,000 Merrill Lynch financial advisors nationwide for alleged wage and hour violations and alleged illegal deductions from pay.

Substantial Experience Representing Persons Suffering Catastrophic Injury

Stephen DeNittis was plaintiff’s counsel in some of the most significant personal injury cases in New Jersey history,  including Ingling v. Rider Truck ($7.1 million slip and fall settlement which stands as one of the largest recoveries in New Jersey history for a slip and fall matter); Medeiros v. Cooper Hospital ($4.25 million medical malpractice settlement); Moore v. Sarappa ($600,000 verdict obtained in 2011); along with several dozens of verdicts and settlements ranging in value between $400,000 and $1.5 million.

Substantial Recognized Experience Representing Individuals Who Were Victims of Consumer Fraud

DeNittis Osefchen Prince have pioneered numerous consumer fraud cases throughout the State and country. They have litigated cases ranging from illegal fees and charges in numerous false advertising cases to regulatory overcharges by real estate companies, title agencies, nursing homes and health clubs. Some examples of their work involved nationwide false labeling claims against Walmart, Wholefoods Markets involving various food products, TD Bank Penny Arcade Machines miscounting coins, Banana Boat Kids SPF sunscreen being substantially mislabeled, pricing discount scams involving Banana Republic/Gap, Burlington and JCrew,  Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA) violation cases which were well publicized against Weichert Realty, Prudential Fox & Roach, Keller Williams and Trident Title. These cases resulted in recoveries of millions of dollars for millions of consumers throughout  the country. The firm has also represented classes of individuals scammed and defrauded by companies selling bogus coins, deficient replacement windows, fraudulent weight loss products, fraudulent health club service contracts, and illegal fees for nursing home and assisted living services.

Substantial Significant Experience Representing Employees Against Employers for Labor Law Violations

DeNittis Osefchen Prince has litigated numerous causes of action on a class action basis against numerous defendants for wage and hour violations, illegal deductions from pay, and minimum wage violations. We have recovered millions of dollars for workers who were not paid properly, such as in France v. Merrill Lynch ($43 million settlement on behalf of 22,000 class members for alleged wage and hour violations and alleged illegal deductions from pay); Kaufmann v. Commerce Bank ($600,000 settlement for 132 financial advisors for alleged illegal deductions from pay and alleged overtime violations); Hyman v. TD Bank ($300,000 settlement for alleged overtime violations and illegal deduction from pay).  The firm is currently pioneering Fair Labor Standard Act claims and minimum wage claims in the beauty school industry for student workers who were not paid for the labor.

Substantial Years of Experience Representing Individuals with Homes Containing Severe Construction Defects

The attorneys at DeNittis Osefchen Prince have been privileged to represent numerous individuals in various mass construction design defect class actions. For example, Stephen DeNittis was lead counsel representing thousands of homeowners with common construction defects in the cases Schmoll v. J.S. Hovnanian (settlement reached after two days of trial where defendant Hovnanian agreed to repair 989 patio homes in Mt. Laurel); Melnick v. Orleans Homebuilders (defendant Orleans agreed to repair mass construction defects in over 3,000 condominiums throughout Mt. Laurel valued at $1.4 million); Ward v. Orleans Homebuilders (a settlement where defendant agreed to repair over 250 condominiums with various common air conditioning construction defects); Felderstein v. Orleans Homebuilders (where defendant agreed to pay over $6,000 a home to repair 55 home with common construction defects dealing flashing and windows defects); and Barker v. PSE&G (wherein defendant PSE&G agreed to repair over 3,000 defectively designed gas meter sets throughout New Jersey resulting in new gas meter safety laws being adopted in New Jersey), McCurdy v. Wilkinson Homes (wherein defendant agreed to pay approximately 86 homeowners $2,600 each for stucco defect repairs), Rapone v. Gibraltor Construction (wherein defendant agreed to pay 43 homeowners approximately $15,000 each to repair stucco defects in their homes).

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