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I totally approve of these types of lawsuits.
I do too, but I wonder what kind of mental problem that guy has to invest money in lawyer and court fees, plus tons of personal time, to get this going.
None, these types of cases barely ever go to trial, they will end with a settlement of which the lawyers will take a portion as compensation.
And by "a portion", they mean "the entire thing": the average member of the class will be lucky to get a check worth the time it takes to deposit it.
I was a member of a class action suit once.
I think I got about 50 dollars over the course of two payouts. Which was significantly more than my "damages", so I was happy.
What made me less happy was they printed the checks on these non-standard size or material cards, so my bankat the time gave me a hell of a time trying to deposit the 100% non-standard sized or material check.
The plaintiff(s) in a class action usually gets a pretty decent chunk - substantially more than the class members because they are the one's doing all the work on the class's behalf
The payout for class members depends on the number of people who sign up, which generally depends on the burden of proof. If you need to provide a receipt the payout is generally much higher because it gets split up fewer ways. I've gotten class action payouts as high as $300 when all I had to do was dig up through my bank records to find out the date of a transaction, and as low as $2, when all I had to do was click a link and enter my email address