{"id":3303,"date":"2024-05-14T16:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T20:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2024-05-14T16:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T20:01:42","slug":"repossession-class-action-lawsuit-designates-legal-services-for-cy-pres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/repossession-class-action-lawsuit-designates-legal-services-for-cy-pres\/","title":{"rendered":"Repossession Class Action Lawsuit Designates Legal Services for cy pres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3352 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Vehicle-Repossession-1024x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Vehicle-Repossession-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Vehicle-Repossession-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Vehicle-Repossession-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Vehicle-Repossession-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Vehicle-Repossession.jpg 1788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A recent vehicle repossession class action lawsuit filed in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Pennsylvania consumers, asserted that repossession notices sent by a Buy-Here, Pay-Here car dealership and its finance company violated the borrower&#8217;s consumer rights.\u00a0 The class action provided for debt forgiveness, credit report correction, and a cash award to all class members.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Cy Pres<\/em> Award to North Penn Legal Services<\/h3>\n<p>Residual funds, which result from uncashed or non-distributable funds to class members, were awarded to North Penn Legal Services (NPLS), a provider of free civil legal assistance to low-income residents of Northeastern Pennsylvania. These funds are designated as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/what-cy-pres-award\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">cy pres.<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NPLS strives to solve civil legal problems and empower vulnerable populations through professional legal representation, advocacy, and education.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3342 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/NPLS-press-release-photo-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/NPLS-press-release-photo-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/NPLS-press-release-photo-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/NPLS-press-release-photo-1.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> NPLS will direct the <em>cy pres<\/em> funds to continue their work in assisting disadvantaged consumers in Northeastern Pennsylvania.<br \/>\n<em>Pictured\u00a0 (l-r): Edward G. Schirra, CFO, and Lori Molloy, Esq. of North Penn<\/em> Legal<em> Services, and Andy Milz, Esq. of Flitter Milz, P.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Experienced Class Action Counsel<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3188 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMM-CLF-JLJ-at-conf-table-8-2017-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMM-CLF-JLJ-at-conf-table-8-2017-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMM-CLF-JLJ-at-conf-table-8-2017-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMM-CLF-JLJ-at-conf-table-8-2017-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMM-CLF-JLJ-at-conf-table-8-2017-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMM-CLF-JLJ-at-conf-table-8-2017-2048x1344.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Flitter Milz, P.C. is a leading consumer protection law firm that pursues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/about-us\/class-action-lawsuits\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">class action lawsuits<\/span><\/a> to help people who have been victim to wrongful repossessions, credit report errors, solar panel financing fraud, unfair collection practices, or other types of consumer fraud. Flitter Milz has been recognized for the pursuit of high-profile cases, often involving complex consumer law issues, that have made law and benefited consumers nationwide. <em>Pictured above: Attorneys Cary Flitter (center), Andy Milz (left), Jody L\u00f3pez-Jacobs (right).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent vehicle repossession class action lawsuit filed in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Pennsylvania consumers, asserted that repossession notices sent by a Buy-Here, Pay-Here car dealership and its finance company violated the borrower&#8217;s consumer rights.\u00a0 The class action provided for debt forgiveness, credit report correction, and a cash award &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/repossession-class-action-lawsuit-designates-legal-services-for-cy-pres\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Repossession Class Action Lawsuit Designates Legal Services for cy pres<\/span> &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[43,36,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3303"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3357,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions\/3357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.consumerslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}