Class Action Lodestar

As a general rule, class action lawsuits involve a band 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, multiple negligent companies, as an example, being sued by an individual. While more class action suits are filed for product liability claims, other types of cases end up in court, too, including shareholders suing for fraud, employees for discrimination, and residents over environmental disasters.

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

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

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