nothingshocksmeanymore
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Sat Feb-19-05 12:16 PM
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| 8. See my post above. When people enter class action suits, it is not so |
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that THEY may get rich..it is to change behavior. People only ever see what the law offices fees are. Class action suits are HUGELY expensive to prosecute. Their intention is not to create a lottery for claimants but to compensate large groups of people for losses while ALTERING future behavior.
People in the lowest classes of the suit i.e. less harmed make less. Class action suits have altered the behaviors of banks, airlines, Auto loan companies, tobacco companies and others.
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