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As a general rule, class action lawsuits involve a large group of people in some capacity: A collective class, even bound together over the issue of a defective product, suing a defendant, or a band of defendants, individual negligent companies, as an example, being sued by an individual. While more class action suits are filed for product liability claims, other case types end up in court, too, including shareholders suing for fraud, workers, and residents over environmental disasters.

With a case, which may be filed in either federal or state court, class action has its pluses. Because fewer witnesses overlap, the trial process inevitably moves along faster, while the cost of litigation tends to be lower than for separate plaintiffs filing alone.

On the other hand, these types of cases do tend to have drawbacks. Before the class action even progresses, the collective group must be defined as a class. Federal courts, as well, may stop class action lawsuits if the defendants are state governments or officials or if the plaintiffs number less than {one hundred,100.

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