CLASS ACTION SUIT: A lawsuit in which one or more parties file a complaint on behalf of themselves and all other people who are "similarly situated" (suffering from the same problem).
In the United States, federal and most state courts allow class action suits. Such suits have figured prominently in civil-rights litigation and in other cases brought to further social and economic reform.
The children of Smith filed a class action suit in federal court on behalf of other children in Alabama who were denied benefits under Alabama's "substitute father" regulation.
: to withdraw or revoke the certification of <decertified the class action suit>
esp
: to withdraw the certification of (a labor union) as a collective bargaining agent <petitions to ~ the union> ...
Named plaintiffs: the originators of a class action suit.
National cargo bureau: a private organization having representatives throughout the main harbors in the u.s.
The Consumer Law glossary gives you access to definitions for the Consumer protection related legal terminology commonly used in documents and class action suits.
The originators of a class action suit.
Negligence:
Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.
all the cases at the same time and to make one decision binding on all parties. Class action lawsuits would typically occur after a plane or train accident where all the victims would sue the transportation company together in a class action suit.
They often result in high fees for the winning attorneys, although often attorneys do not collect a fee at the beginning of a class action suit but might charge a contingent fee (such as one-third of the final judgment), which, occasionally, ...
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