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How is it that I'm getting cheated at the gas pump due to hot gas?
You know, let me tell you how you're being cheated. If you get say, 30 miles to the gallon, when it's hot outside, you get ten gallons of gas but you don't get ten gallons of energy. And if you get 30 miles to the gallon, you're only going to get 26. On the other hand, all they would have to do is put a little device on the pump and that would then give you a full ten gallons of real gas. And then you would get 30 miles for the ten gallons. Let me tell you this -- you won't believe this. They refuse to use those here. They use them in Canada however. Because it's cold in Canada and in Canada they can give you less than ten gallons and charge you for ten gallons. How about that? My name is Tom Girardi. I'm the senior partner of Girardi Keese. For the past 44 years, we have helped people in California who have been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work we've done and the role that we have played.
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
What is the purpose of the hot gas class action lawsuit?
The real purpose of the "Hot Gas Class Action" is for you. I'm not kidding you on this one. You see, let's suppose someone's been cheated out of two hundred dollars a year by these gas stations, or five hundred dollars a year. Obviously, you could never go and file a lawsuit for two hundred dollars, it would cost more than that to file the case. So, the only way that this works is a class action lawsuit in which all the people who've been wronged, namely everybody who buys gas warmer than sixty-two degrees, that there is some remedy for them and that's what this case is all about. To get a remedy for them and I think we're going to do well. My name is Tom Girardi. I'm the senior partner of Girardi-Keese. For the past forty-four years we have helped people in California who have been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work we've done and the role that we've played.
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
Do I need to sign up to be a part of the hot gas class action lawsuit?
You know, the good news is that you are already part of the Hot Gas lawsuit. You're already part of it if you buy gas in California. And if, in fact, we are successful in this case, the benefits of this case are gonna flow to you. The primary benefit we're looking for is to make them change it. So, from now on, when you pay for ten gallons, you get ten gallons. You know, I don't think that's asking too much, do you? My name is Tom Girardi. I'm the Senior Partner of Girardi/Keese. For the past forty-four years we have helped people in California who've been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work we've done and the role that we've played.
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
Can I get money from the hot gas class action lawsuit?
this litigation which is referred to as the hot gas class action litigation the best benefit that can come to you is they don't do it anymore. you know there are millions of dollars right now that you're writing checks for, you're putting on credit cards, which you don't wont have to do if were successful. that's the biggest benefit of this litigation. and that's what were aiming for. were also trying to get a break for the taxes that they've taken, that they didn't give to any government, that you paid and that they put in their pocket. were trying to get that back too. My name is tom girardi. I'm the the senior partner of Girardi Keese. for the past 44 years weve helped people in california whove been seriously harmed. i am very proud of the work we've done and role that we've
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
How can lawyers help me avoid getting ripped off at the pump from hot gas?
We all see hits on lawyers who handle these class-actions. This may come as a big surprise to you, but the people making the hits are those who defrauded, by and large, the community. You and me, when we're buying goods. For example, in this hot gas case, lawyers are working basically around the clock for you to try to get these companies who are overcharging you to make them stop doing it. You know, lawyers aren't so bad, by the way. My name is Tom Girardi. I'm the senior partner of Girardi/Keese. For the past forty-four years, we have helped people in California who have been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work we've done and the role that we've played.
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
Why a class action suit, can't I just sue the oil companies myself for hot gas ripoffs?
The fact of the matter is, in many cases, the only way injustice can be changed is with a class action. Let’s suppose in this particular hot gas case, that you have been cheated out of $500 a year, $1,000 a year. There’s no way you can go bring a lawsuit to get that kind of money back because the lawsuit would cost many times that. The only way you can get justice, is with lawyers – class action lawyers, who then will represent you to change this harm and to make it right.
My name is Tom Girardi. I’m the senior partner of Girardi Keese. For the past 44 years we have helped people in California who have been seriously harmed. I’m very proud of the work we’ve done and the role that we’ve played.
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
What is being done to remedy gas ripoffs from hot gas?
Right now there are several class actions in which the people who live in the hot states, the southern states, California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida, are all part of a class that is before the court and the court has combined all of those cases of the 28 hot states together. And the idea would be that therefore there'll be one trial with everybody represented in the hot states to try and stop this massive injustice. My name is Tom Gerardi. I'm the senior partner of Gerardi Keys. For the past forty-four years, we've helped people in California who've been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work we've done and the role that we've played.
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
What is the hot gas class action lawsuit?
If you pull up to a gas station and get ten gallons of gas and it's warmer than sixty-two degrees, due to the fact that the gas in the tank expands at Chevron or Exxon or whatever, you get ten gallons, but you don't get ten gallons of energy. As a matter of fact, if it's eighty-four degrees outside and you get ten gallons of gas and you usually get thirty miles to the gallon, you're only going to get twenty-six, so that's kind of the case. However, watch this, when Exxon goes to pay the state the gas tax, the feds the gas tax, say on ten-thousand gallons, they say you know we didn't really sell ten-thousand gallons. Temperature adjusted we only sold nine-thousand-six-hundred. They pay taxes on nine-thousand-six-hundred and then they simply keep the rest of it. And the whole idea here is that we want to get all of these gas stations to put in a gauge so you get a full ten gallons. My name is Tom Girardi. I'm the senior partner of Girardi-Keese. For the past forty-four years, we have helped people in California who have been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work we have done and the role that we have played.
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
Why don't gas stations in California regulate the hot gas problem?
California gas stations don't have pump regulators because they don't want to. They can claim that, "Oh my goodness, we can't do this because of the weights and measures," or whatever the song and dance is. And as a matter of fact is, this particular matter has been brought to the attention of some legislators. They are standing there in the background saying, "You guys better correct this, Girardi, with this class action or we are going to have to do something." My name is Tom Girardi. I am the senior partner of Girardi Keese. For the past 44 years we have helped people in California who have been seriously harmed. I am very proud of the work we have done and the role that we have played.
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
How do hot gas ripoffs affect our California gas taxes?
When you pay the gas tax, you pay a certain portion for the state on every gallon, certain portion to the feds on every gallon. However, when the Chevrons of the world and Shell and everybody else, they're all the same, when they go pay the state and they go pay the feds, say on ten thousand gallons, they say, "You know we really didn't sell ten thousand. We're gonna temperature adjust it. We only sold 9,400." Then you know what they do with that tax money? They keep it. They keep the differential. I know you don't believe me, but I promise you that's the case. This is not a situation where a lawyer is saying, "This is what happened" and the oil company is saying, "Oh no, this is what happened", the fact of the matter is, they've agreed that that's exactly what they do. My name is Tom Giradi. I'm the senior partner or Giradi/Keese. For the past forty four years, we have helped people in California who have been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work we've done and the role that we've played.
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
Is there anything that can help me from being cheated at the pump by hot gas?
You know there's a device that's in existence right now that can totally cure the problem. Doesn't cost very much, per pump it costs about 800 bucks. And what that would do is to make sure that no matter what the temperature was, you would get a full 10 gallons if you were buying 10 gallons. Now then, they refuse to use it, and you won't believe this, except in Canada where it's cold. Then they can use that device, because they can only give your baby 9.7 gallons and charge you for 10, because there it's cold and the gas molecules are closer together. My name is Tom Girardi, I'm the senior partner of Girardi/Keese. For the past 44 years, we have helped people in California who have been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work we've done and the role that we've played.
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girardi
california
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attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
How many people are involved in the hot gas class action lawsuit?
The people that are part of this action are really all the people who buy gas. In other words, that's what the class action is aimed to help. That group of people in all the warm states, the southern states: California, Arizona, Nevada, who purchase gas because they're the ones that are harmed. Because here, obviously, we have a lot of days where it's warmer than sixty-two degrees outside. And if we can get these devices on these, on these pumps, it's going to save everybody thousands of dollars during the period of their car's lifetime. My name is Tom Girardi. I'm the Senior Partner of Girardi/Keese. For the past forty-four years, we have helped people in California who've been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work we've done and the role we've played.
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girardi
california
hot gas
class action lawsuit
attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers
What is the status of the hot gas lawsuit?
You know, let me tell you a little bit about the status and progress of the case. The case is moving along very well. All these defendants came in and made a motion to dismiss the case, a hundred and seventy three of them, I think, and this courageous judge said no, that people are being harmed. This case is going forward. So that, that was a massive step. And you know what, it's one of the things that makes you very proud as a lawyer. You know, you're doing some good here. If we win this case, you won't really know it, except all of a sudden, maybe you're going to get a full ten gallons, how about that? My name is Tom Girardi. I'm the Senior Partner of Girardi Keese. For the past forty-four years, we have helped people in California who've been seriously harmed. I'm very proud of the work that we've done and the role that we've played.
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girardi
california
hot gas
class action lawsuit
attorney: Girardi & Keese Lawyers