A Rescource to Protect You From Deceptive Trade

 

The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) was designed to protect consumers against unscrupulous businesses. At the Law Offices of Michael Anthony Emma, we repeatadly bring this statute into cases involving undervalued and denied insurance claims. We use it as well to protect the ones who have been victimized by an insurance agent's misrepresentation, a realtor's failure to follow protocol by disclosing problems with a property or a contractor's false promises about the quality of the work done.

 

In essence, any time a business in any industry fools a consumer by stating that goods or services will be of a certain level of quality or feature certain characteristics, and then provides goods and services that are substandard, we can put the DTPA into action. We frequently use it in construction defect and contractor dispute cases, as well as insurance disputes.

 

The common law doctrines regarding breach of contract also offer remedies where a Defendant fails to perform as promised and usually includes the payment of attorneys' fees. The parties to a Texas contract have a duty of "good faith and fair dealing" in connection with the performance of the contract. The breach of this duty is often referred to as "bad faith". Bad faith claims are often asserted in connection with construction contracts, health and liability insurance policies, residential real estate contracts, and a variety of service contracts.

 

These special Acts and doctrines are valuable tools which we have used to force corporate wrongdoers to "do the right thing" and pay damages and attorneys' fees in situations involving smaller amounts of damages.

 

After more than twenty-five years and thousands of personal injury cases there is virtually nothing that we haven't seen and successfully handled. There is no substitute for experience. If you want the assistance of an experienced Board Certified Personal Injury Attorney in the Dallas Metroplex area contact us today.