Class Action Exclude

As a general overview, class action lawsuits involve a large group of people in some capacity: A collective class, formed together over the issue of a misrepresented product, suing a defendant, or a group of defendants, multiple negligent companies, for instance, being sued by an individual. While more class action suits are filed on behalf of product liability claims, other case types end up in court, too, including shareholders suing for fraud, employees for discrimination, and residents over environmental disasters.

With a case, which may be filed in either federal or state court, class action has its benefits. Because a limited number of witnesses overlap, the trial process understandably moves along more efficiently, while the cost of litigation tends to be lower than for one off plaintiffs filing alone.

On the other hand, these types of cases do tend to have drawbacks. Before the class action even moves forward, the prosecuting group must be defined as a class. Federal courts, as well, may conclude 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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