It's like hitting the lottery....twice this year. I can claim my share of a class action lawsuit, all I have to do is fill out a 4 page form, (it has 6 pages of instructions). The payout...... $6.00. The attorney's fee for this suit were 220 million.
I can finally retire.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
The only winners in these things are the attorneys. This is the result of cranking out 5 to 10 times the number of attorneys needed in our society.
What a screwed up profession.
Posted by Harris Kohen (Member # 2139) on :
if ya read the fine print you will see that the first few people that opened their mouth and contacted the lawyers actually get SOME money, im a membner of a class action suit againsst virtually all the car dealers in NJ and im entitled to $100 off the purchase of my next vehicle if I buy it within the next year. the originators of the suit reap the benefits of getting $2500.00 cash. its in the fine print of the documents I received in the mail. of course the lawyers get millions.
class action suits unfortunately are a necessity since it usually rights wrongs, but in my opinion unless it cost the class members major bucks, like in excess of thousands of dollars, then the people being sued should pay fines that could help pay for something else beneficial to the general public like maybe to aid in prevention or investigation of other crooked business practices. Instead of giving to the Class members since usually it forces them to spend more money to reap the benefits of the suit, ie: they dont really win.
eek, maybe I better be careful what I wish for, they might come after me for doing a sign someday.
[ October 09, 2005, 11:58 AM: Message edited by: Harris Kohen ]
Posted by Rovelle W. Gratz (Member # 4404) on :
I once recieved 28 cents from a class action law suit.
That's probably what it cost to send it to me.
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
Class action lawsuits are for the lawyers' benefit and NOBODY else. Hopefully, someday, attorneys will get jail time for filing a class action.
Aaaah....in a perfect world...!
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
...I disagree Don. In my opinion any class action suit against CIGARETTE companies, gun and ammo manufacturers, and polluters are totally justified and necessary. How else can we hold these killers responsible?
...Whatever anybody thinks about lawyers is another subject.
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
...BTW Ron, what is the suit you are involved in about? It doesn't concern an AVERY vinyl product does it?
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Mr Pickett...killers???? Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
William, how are such lawsuits justified?
Posted by Gene Golden (Member # 3934) on :
Why isn't there a class action suit against Avery?
Then again, I guess it's better to receive the amount they're refunding rather than $0.38 in a class action settlement.
Posted by Harris Kohen (Member # 2139) on :
exactly why Gene
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
The attorneys get millions, you get 50¢. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realize that class action suits are scams set up by the attorneys to pad their pockets.
Posted by Gene Golden (Member # 3934) on :
Just look below at the Google vultures! They're drooling.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
if one entity harms an individual a LOT... & the cause of the harm is brought up for judgement... if found to be criminal, judgement may include a LOT of monetary compensation. Some may be awarded for actual damages... some may be punitive.
if one entity harms many individuals a little... & the cause of the harm is brought up for judgement... if found to be criminal, judgement may include a LOT of monetary compensation.
Although a lot of compensation divided by a lot of people may not add up to much... if (& thats a big IF) it is enough to actually deter further criminal harm, then it may serve one purpose other then padding the lawyers pockets
I think the intent of all penalties (sports, taxes, etc.) including legal judgements of punitive damages is to serve as a deterrant against future lawlessness.
I don't claim to think the results always fulfill the intent... but I do think our legal system is mostly based on sound ethics. The fact that lawyers sometimes get rich on these cases doesn't always negate a positive outcome regarding deterring future criminal action. I agree that it is often an unreasonable windfall profit for the lawyer & Harris brings up a good point that thousands of checks for $6.00 could be better spent on funding something that benefits society. If we could give up our $6 AND force the lawyers to give up there windfall.. we could have a deterrent AND a form of reparation or restitution to benefit society.
Maybe Judges should be allowed to award some damages that are subject to the lawyers fee percentages... & in addition, they can award punitive damages that are simply justified based on the crime, not on the efforts of the prosecution & therefore NOT subject to lawyers fee percentages, but instead 100% applied to funding a cause. (but what cause )
[ October 09, 2005, 02:48 PM: Message edited by: Doug Allan ]
Posted by Dan Marquis (Member # 87) on :
Its easy to crap on the legal profession. but when you need a laywer to protect your interest against "the man" (whoever that may be), a good laywer is worth their weight in gold. Trust me... I know.
Dan
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
I don't think shining a spotlight of truth on the rats in the corner is the same as crapping on the entire profession.
Posted by Ron Carper (Member # 999) on :
The suit was against Master Card for charging too much in fees to businesses for processing. I did not ask to be included, they just sent it to me.
If we need to have these lawsuits to right a wrong, why not make the lawyers who file gov't employees who are on the payroll and who do not get a percentage? Certain politicians want to bring our whole medical profession under govt. control, why not a small part of the legal profession?
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
I had some equipment by means of a lease a few years back. Last week I got a check for .52 for a class action suit against GE Capitol Leasing. Hey Ron, reserve me a spot in the Bahamas next door to you. Be sure not to exceed my budget.
OK, on the other subject. I am not a smoker, but, smokers put the cigarette up to their mouth and inhale all on their own. It is nobody elses fault. Most smokers I know would agree with that.
Edited to add: I do not own a gun either, but guns do not kill, people do.
ok, flame away.
[ October 10, 2005, 11:35 AM: Message edited by: Rick Beisiegel ]
Posted by John Largent (Member # 4606) on :
Class Action Lawsuits and the Tort System "en Toto" costs EVERY AMERICAN, Men, Women and Children, $750 per year in additional costs added to EVERYTHING we buy and consume!
So you not only receive nothing as a "winner" in the suit, it costs you every time you pay for ANYTHING!
The only people who benefit from this are the bottom feeding scum we refer to as "Tort Lawyers"! There should be a bounty on 'em!
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Gene,
Class action suit against Avery? Nah!
How about false advertising? You know, 8 year vinyl, high performance and warrateed...actually shrinks in 6 months. Seems like a viable course of legal action to me. Plenty of evidence out there...
Rapid
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
I got one of those $6 things from the Master Card class action suit also. I figured it would cost me more than $6 in time to fill out the paperwork, plus the postage to send it in.
One time I got a check from something similar for .25. I wonder how much it cost in labor and paperwork (plus the stamp) to get that check to me? I actually deposited it...just got a wierd look from the bank teller.
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
I got one of those years ago against the phone company, & yes, they WERE overcharging BIG time. I mean, it was really bad. a few years later, I got a letter like that in the mail & they gave me a couple hundred bucks. I took it because they ripped me off first!!!!
I don't know how all of that works, but I felt justified in filling out the papers & sending them in.
Posted by Raymond Quick (Member # 2649) on :
I received $5000 from mine and only had to fill out a few pages. Wife would not let me keep it, Made me give it to the bills. Sometimes wives just arn't fun. She also made me give back the check for my death.
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
Would anyone care to sign on for a class-action suit against . . . class-action suits . . . where the distribution of compensation per person is less than . . . $50? $100?? $500???
We can take a vote among participants regarding the amount we would like to recieve . . .*we can sue for mental anguish over trying to spend the pittance, since it is the equivelant of an economic insult and therefore emotional trauma to the already suffering and injured, a counter-suit if you will, for failure to bring full closure to the injured . . .
I'm just sayin' . . .there's GOTTA be a (we will create a) loop-hole is all . . .
*Note: Of course, being the originator (I will own the design rights to this suit ) and initiator of, as well as legal counselor for this suit, I would require at least 75% of the overall take . . .you understand . . . .
Posted by Ricky Jackson (Member # 5082) on :
quote:Originally posted by W. R. Pickett: ...I disagree Don. In my opinion any class action suit against CIGARETTE companies, gun and ammo manufacturers, and polluters are totally justified and necessary. How else can we hold these killers responsible?
...Whatever anybody thinks about lawyers is another subject.
Billy!!! How can you say that??? Gun and ammo manufacturers are responsible for the way their products are misused? When someone runs over someone else with their car does that mean the car industry should be sued because their product was misused? Come on man, you don't actually believe that do you? We have enough frivilous lawsuits going on without this. Guns don't kill people; people kill people.
Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
I just threw mine in the garbage on the visa card suit. Didnt bother to even read it. My time is worth far more than $6
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Ricky ... just ignore lil Billie Pickett!
He loves to post utter nonsense, just to see his name up on the BB!
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Anyone have a problem with the class action suit against Dupont concerning "Teflon"?
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