Defense counsel retained Cornerstone Research and an academic expert to evaluate the economic effect of the alleged misrepresentation and whether common impact could be assessed. In a nationwide class action against a large manufacturer of household appliances, plaintiffs alleged that the manufacturer misrepresented its product’s power ratings. Plaintiffs sought damages for the full purchase price or for the amount consumers allegedly overpaid. Professor Hitt demonstrated that the number of consumers who could have been potentially harmed, if any, was very small. Defense counsel retained Cornerstone Research and Professor Lorin Hitt of the University of Pennsylvania, to evaluate the economic effect of the defendant’s alleged misrepresentation and whether common impact could be assessed acr

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