Last week an Indiana federal judge took steps to consolidate the five existing legal actions between Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC and Forest River Inc., according to Examiner.com reports that RVDailyReport noted in their Rv business email alert the other day.
Four of the cases sprang out of a 2008 lawsuit started by Heartland claiming that Forest River had infringed on a patent, something Forest River denies of course. Then the claims and counterclaims started and the fight hasn't stopped since.
It got worse when one of the two went to a private trade show that the other one hosted, and started passing out their promotional literature - a bit like Ford going to a GM dealer's conference and passing out packages of sales literature to GM dealers under their hotel door. Not exactly illegal maybe, but certainly not very tactful.
Meanwhile, the lawyers fight on. So, if you see a price increase in the Heartland or Forest River product line, it could be due to the ever-mounting legal costs of their bitter feud.
And if you get a lemon Rv from either of these companies, and they are too busy fighting with each other to take care of your defects in a timely manner, call us on our Toll Free Lemon Rv Hotline at 1.888.331.6422 or email us right now by clicking here. Getting rid of lemon rv's and getting back your money is what we do. Everyday.
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Known nationwide as a leading Lemon Law attorney, Ronald L. Burdge has represented literally thousands of consumers in "lemon" lawsuits and actively co-counsels and coaches other Consumer Law attorneys. From 2005 through 2011, attorney Ronald L. Burdge has been named as the only Lemon Law Ohio Super Lawyer by Law and Politics magazine and Thomson Reuters Corp., Professional Division. Burdge restricts his practice to Lemon Law and Consumer Law cases. The Ohio Super Lawyer results are published annually in the January issue of Cincinnati Magazine. Ronald L. Burdge was named Consumer Law Trial Lawyer of the Year 2004 by the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the nation's largest organization of consumer law private and government attorneys. "Your impact on the auto industry has been magnified many times over because of the trail you blazed for others," stated NACA's Executive Director, Will Ogburn. Burdge has represented thousands of consumers in Ohio, Kentucky and elsewhere since 1978 and is a frequent lecturer to national, state and local Bar Associations and Judicial organizations. Burdge is admitted to Ohio's state and federal courts, Kentucky's state courts, and Indiana's federal courts. Other court admissions are on a "pro hac" temporary, case by cases basis.