About The Consumer Law Office of Steve Hofer

Steve Hofer has been practicing consumer law in Indiana for more than 20 years. He is a former Indiana State Chairperson of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, a national organization of attorneys striving for fairness in the consumer marketplace. Contact me by phone at 317-662-4529 or via email at hoferlawindyATgmail.com. You can also leave a message through my website at www.hoferlawindy.com.

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Congratulations to Ron Burdge on $500,000 RV verdict

My friend, RV and Lemon Law lawyer extraordinaire, Ron Burdge, won a $500,000 jury verdict against Winnebago in July 2019.  I am not taking RV cases now, and a big reason is that these cases take years to resolve and can involve commitment of hundreds of thousands of dollars into the litigation. That money either has to come from the client, the attorney or both. 

This was a case that involved a defective slide-out that was subject to 9 repair attempts.  What strikes me is that the manufacturer decided to take this case to trial rather than admitting that its product was defective.

Unfortunately, getting a verdict like this is the exception rather than the rule. The problem that the owners of defective RVs face are very well explained by v-blogger Steve Lehto in the video linked below.