A Class Action Lawyer will bring a case against a company whose actions have damaged a group of people in a similar way. A single person (class proponent) who has been injured may bring a class action on behalf of everyone who has been harmed. It is common, however, after the action has been started for many other injured people to join the class action lawsuit (become class members). If the case results in a successful recovery, (either through settlement or trial) all class members (named plaintiffs) receive their portion of the amount paid by the wrongdoers.

What are some of the reasons class actions are filed?

Typical reasons for class actions include: shareholder class actions, consumer class actions, class actions for employment discrimination. A class action can be filed any time a group of people (or even small businesses) have been similarly injured by wrongdoing.

Most class actions are filed for compensatory (money) damages. Class actions may also be filed to resolve disputes over a "limited fund," where the money available is inadequate to fully compensate all class members. Occasionally, class actions are filed to seek a declaratory judgment. Finally, a class action may seek injunctive relief. For example, a class action may be filed to request the court order the police or authorities to discontinue an unconstitutional practice.

Do class actions yield substantial recoveries?

While the result obtained ultimately depends on the strength of the case, it is a myth that class actions do not yield substantial returns for claimants. For instance, settlements in the American Continental/Lincoln Savings & Loan Securities litigation yielded approximately $250 million, over eighty percent of total damages of $288 million. More recently, Waste Management, Inc. shareholders recovered $220 million, while Informix shareholders won a settlement in excess of $100 million. Strong cases can and do yield strong recoveries.

Can I be bound by a settlement or judgment of a class action?

Yes. If the constitutional and procedural protections required for fairness are met in the underlying action, all absent class members are bound to the judgment or settlement of the case. However, if the action is primarily for compensatory damages, absent class members are entitled to notice and an opportunity to "opt-out" (exclude themselves) from the proceedings. If a person opts-out, he is not bound by any judgment or settlement of the class action. In the event a class action is for declaratory or injunctive relief, notice is not required to bind absent class members and the court may not allow you to opt-out.
If you have questions about the application of the law in a particular case, consult one of our class action lawyers. The law is constantly changing .
Information on this site or any site to which we link does not constitute legal advice .
         

• Aranasp, Aredia
  
• Actos Bladder Cancer                                                         
  
• Ambien,
• Amnesteem
• Anticonvulsant, Anti-seizure & Antiepileptic Drugs: Cleft Lip or Cleft Palate Birth Defects
• Asbestos Mesothelioma
   
• Advair
• Avandia: Heart Attacks
• Arava: Liver Injury?
• Baycol, Bextra, Botox, Byetta,
• Chantix
• Carbamazepine, Cefepime, Celebrex, Cialis, Cipro, Crestor, Cytotec,
• Claravis
• Darvocet: Heart Attacks & Arrhythmia
• Darvon: Heart Attacks & Arrhythmia
• Depakote
• Digitek, Duract, Duragesic,
• Effexor Birth Defects
• Ephedra, Epogen
• Femara, Fen-Phen,Fentanyl, Fluorquinolone
• Fixodent: Zinc Toxicity & Neuropathy
• Fosamax: Osteonecrosis
• Gardasil, Gadolinium, Gleevec
• Generic Keppra (Levetiracetam): Seizures
• Hismanal, Heparin, Hydroxycut,
• Isotretinoin
• Ketek,
• Lamisil, Leukine, Levitra, Levaquin, Lotronex,
• Meridia, Mifeprex, Mirapex, Mobic,
• Ocella Birth Control Pills & Oral Contraceptives
• Ortho Evra,
• Paxil Birth Defects,
• Permax, Phenergan, Pondimin, Posicor, Prempro, Prilosec, Procrit, Propulsid, Provigil,
• Poligrip: Zinc Toxicity & Neuropathy
• Transvaginal mesh
  
• Plavix
• Prolapse Mesh
  
• Propoxyphene: Heart Attacks & Arrhythmia
• Prozac Birth Defects
• Reglan (Metoclopramide): Tardive Dyskinesia
• Raplon, Raptiva, Raxar, Redux, Reglan, Rezulin, Risperdal, Ritalin, Rituxan,
• Seldane, Seroquel,
• Sotret
• Tequin, Trasylol, Tys
• Topamax® & Topiramate: Cleft Lip or Cleft Palate
• Upsher – Smith Recall
• Viagra, Vioxx, Vytorin,
• Xolair,
• Yasmin
• YAZ
• Zelnorm, Zencore Tabs, Zicam, , Zometa, Zyprexa
• Zicam: Loss Of Smell or Taste
• Zocor
• Zoloft

                                                            ORTHOPEDIC AND MEDICAL DEVICES

Animas Insulin Pump

Depuy ASR Hip Implants

Depuy Pinnacle Hip Implants

Smith & Nephew Knee Implant

Stryker Hip Implants
Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Replacements

Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant

                                                                   VAGINAL MESH MANUFACTURERS

Johnson & Johnson

• Ethicon TVT
• Gynecare TVT
• Gynemesh PS
• Prolene Polypropylene Mesh Patch
• Secur

Bard

• Avaulta Plus™ BioSynthetic Support System
• Avaulta Solo™ Synthetic Support System
• Faslata® Allograft
• Pelvicol® Tissue
• PelviSoft® Biomesh
• Pelvitex™ Polypropylene Mesh

American Medical Systems or AMS

SPARC®

Boston Scientific

• Advantage™ Sling System
• Obtryx® Curved Single
• Obtryx® Mesh Sling
• Prefyx Mid U™ Mesh Sling System
• Prefyx PPS™ System

Jewish lawyer network can find you a class action lawyer We have attorneys in: Auburn AL; Birmingham AL; Dothan AL; Gadsden AL; Huntsville AL; Mobile AL; Montgomery AL; Muscle Shoals AL; Tuscaloosa AL; Anchorage AK; Fairbanks AK; Juneau AK; Flagstaff AZ; Sedona AZ; Mohave County AZ; Phoenix AZ; Prescott AZ; Show Low AZ; Sierra Vista AZ; Tucson AZ; Yuma AZ; Fayetteville AR; Fort Smith AR; Jonesboro AR; Little Rock AR; Bakersfield CA; Chico CA; Fresno CA; Humboldt County CA; Inland Empire CA; Long Beach CA; Los Angeles CA; Mendocino (new) CA; Merced CA; Modesto CA; Monterey CA; O.C. CA; Oakland CA; Palm Springs CA; Palmdale CA; Redding CA; Sacramento CA; San Diego CA; San Fernando Valley CA; San Francisco CA; San Gabriel Valley CA; San Jose CA; San Luis Obispo CA; San Mateo CA; Santa Barbara CA; Santa Cruz CA; Santa Maria CA; Siskiyou CA; Stockton CA; Susanville CA; Ventura CA; Visalia CA; Boulder CO; CO Springs CO; Denver CO; Fort Collins CO; Pueblo CO; Rockies CO; Western Slope CO; Eastern CT CT; Hartford CT; New Haven CT; Northwest CT CT; Wilmington DE; Dover DE; Newark DE; Pike Creek DE; Bear DE; Washington D.C. District of Columbia; Daytona FL; Fort Myers FL; Ft Lauderdale FL; Gainesville FL; Jacksonville FL; Keys FL; Lakeland FL; Miami FL; Ocala FL; Orlando FL; Panama City FL; Pensacola FL; Sarasota FL; Space Coast FL; St. Augustine FL; Tallahassee FL; Tampa FL; Treasure Coast FL; West Palm Beach FL; Albany GA; Athens GA; Atlanta GA; Augusta GA; Brunswick GA; Columbus GA; Macon GA; Northwest GA GA; Savannah GA; Statesboro GA; Valdosta GA; Big Island HI; Honolulu HI; Kauai HI; Maui HI; Boise ID; East Idaho ID; Lewiston ID; Twin Falls ID; Bloomington IL; Carbondale IL; Chambana IL; Chicago IL; Decatur IL; La Salle County IL; Mattoon IL; Peoria IL; Rockford IL; Springfield IL; Western IL IL; Bloomington IN; Evansville IN; Ft Wayne IN; INpolis IN; Kokomo IN; Lafayette IN; Muncie IN; Richmond IN; South Bend IN; Terre Haute IN; Cedar Rapids IA; Des Moines IA; Dubuque IA; Fort Dodge IA; IA City IA; Mason City IA; Ottumwa IA; Quad Cities IA; Sioux City IA; Waterloo IA; Lawrence KS; Manhattan KS; Topeka KS; Wichita KS; Bowling Green KY; Eastern KY KY; Lexington KY; Louisville KY; Owensboro KY; Western KY KY; Baton Rouge LA; Lafayette LA; Lake Charles LA; Monroe LA; New Orleans LA; Shreveport LA; Portland ME; Lewiston ME; Bangor ME; West Scarborough ME; Annapolis MD; Baltimore MD; Cumberland Valley MD; Eastern Shore MD; Frederick MD; Western Maryland MD; Boston MA; Cape Cod MA; South Coast MA; Springfield MA; Worcester MA; Ann Arbor MI; Battle Creek MI; Central MI MI; Detroit MI; Flint MI; Grand Rapids MI; Holland MI; Jackson MI; Kalamazoo MI; Lansing MI; Monroe MI; Muskegon MI; Northern MI MI; Port Huron MI; Saginaw MI; Southwest MI MI; Upper Peninsula MI; Duluth MN; Mankato MN; Minneapolis MN; St Paul MN; Rochester MN; St. Cloud MN; Biloxi MS; Hattiesburg MS; Jackson MS; Meridian MS; Natchez MS; North Mississippi MS; Columbia MO; Jeff City MO; Joplin MO; Kansas City MO; Kirksville MO; Lake of the Ozarks MO; Southeast MO MO; Springfield MO; St. Joseph MO; St. Louis MO; Billings MT; Missoula MT; Great Falls MT; Bozeman MT; Butte MT; Grand Island NE; Lincoln NE; North Platte NE; Omaha NE; Scottsbluff NE; Las Vegas NV; Reno NV; Manchester NH; Nashua NH; East Concord NH; Concord NH; Derry Village NH; Central Jersey NJ; Jersey Shore NJ; North Jersey NJ; South Jersey NJ; Albuquerque NM; Santa Fe NM; Albany NY; Binghamton NY; Buffalo NY; Catskills NY; Chautauqua NY; Elmira NY; Finger Lakes NY; Glens Falls NY; Hudson Valley NY; Ithaca NY; Long Island NY; New York City NY; Oneonta NY; Plattsburgh NY; Potsdam NY; Rochester NY; Syracuse NY; Twin Tiers NY; Utica NY; Watertown NY; Westchester NY; Asheville NC; Boone NC; Charlotte NC; Eastern NC; Fayetteville NC; Greensboro NC; Hickory NC; Outer Banks NC; Raleigh NC; Wilmington NC; Winston Salem NC; Fargo ND; Akron OH; Canton OH; Ashtabula OH; Athens OH; Chillicothe OH; Cincinnati OH; Cleveland OH; Columbus OH; Dayton OH; Huntington OH; Ashland OH; Lima OH; Findlay OH; Mansfield OH; Sandusky OH; Toledo OH; Tuscarawas County OH; Youngstown OH; Zanesville/Cambridge OH; Lawton OK; OK City OK; Stillwater OK; Tulsa OK; Bend OR; Corvallis OR; East OR OR; Eugene OR; Medford OR; OR Coast OR; Portland OR; Roseburg OR; Salem OR; Allentown PA; Altoona PA; Cumberland Valley PA; Erie PA; Harrisburg PA; Lancaster PA; Meadville PA; Philadelphia PA; Pittsburgh PA; Poconos PA; Reading PA; Scranton PA; State College PA; Williamsport PA; York PA; Providence RI; Warwick RI; Cranston RI; Pawtucket RI; East Providence RI; Woonsocket RI; Charleston SC; Columbia SC; Florence SC; Greenville SC; Hilton Head SC; Myrtle Beach SC; Sioux Falls SD; Rapid City SD; Aberdeen SD; Chattanooga TN; Knoxville TN; Memphis TN; Nashville TN; Tri-cities TN; Abilene TX; Amarillo TX; Austin TX; Beaumont TX; Brownsville TX; College Station TX; Corpus Christi TX; Dallas TX; Denton TX; El Paso TX; Fort Worth TX; Galveston TX; Houston TX; Huntsville TX; Killeen TX; Laredo TX; Lubbock TX; Mcallen TX; Odessa TX; San Antonio TX; San Marcos TX; Texarkana TX; Texoma TX; Tyler TX; Victoria TX; Waco TX; Wichita Falls TX; Logan UT; Ogden UT; Provo UT; Salt Lake City UT; St. George UT; Burlington VT; Essex Junction VT; Bennington VT; Charlottesville VA; Chesapeake VA; Danville VA; Fredericksburg VA; Hampton VA; Harrisonburg VA; Lynchburg VA; New River Valley VA; Newport News VA; Norfolk VA; Portsmouth VA; Richmond VA; Roanoke VA; SouthWV VA; Suffolk VA; VA Beach VA; Bellingham WA; Everett WA; Moses Lake WA; Olympia WA; Pullman WA; Seattle WA; Spokane WA; Tacoma WA; Tri-cities WA; Wenatchee WA; Yakima WA; Charleston WV; Huntington WV; Martinsburg WV; Morgantown WV; Parkersburg WV; Southern WV WV; Wheeling WV; Appleton WI; Eau Claire WI; Green Bay WI; Janesville WI; La Crosse WI; Madison WI; Milwaukee WI; Racine WI; Sheboygan WI; Wausau WI; Cheyenne WY; Casper WY; Laramie WY; Gillette WY;

We are not affiliated with Zoloft®, Yaz®, Bard Avaulta®, Fosamax®, Avandia®, Prozac®, Accutane®, Propecia®, Actos®, Celexa®, Effexor®, Lexapro®, Clomid®, Byetta®, or Tylenol®. Zoloft® is a registered trademark of Pfizer. Yaz® is a registered trademark of Bayer Healthcare, Bayer Schering Pharma. Bard Avaulta® is a registered trademark of CR Bard Inc. Fosamax® is a registered trademark of Merck & Co. Avandia® is a registered trademark of GlaxoSmithKline. Prozac® is a registered trademark of Eli Lilly and Company. Accutane® is a registered trademark of Roche Laboratories. Propecia® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. Actos® is a registered trademark of Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Celexa® is a registered trademark of Forest Labs. Lexapro® is a registered trademark of Forest Labs. Effexor® is a registered trademark of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Clomid® is a registered trademark of Aventis Pharma. Byetta® is a registered trademark of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Lilly USA, LLC.Tylenol® is a registered trademark of McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, a Division of McNeil-PPC, Inc., a subsidiary Johnson and Johnson. Multaq® is a registered trademark of Sanofi Wintrop Industries.
Consult your doctor before starting or stopping any medication.

To return to the front page , click below.

Jewish American Bar Association's CLIENT - CONNECT Service Call 877 JABA - 123