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Misunderstanding Class Action Suits (none / 0) (#3)
by Anonymous User on Tue Mar 18, 2008 at 08:57:01 AM PDT

Class action suits aren't intended to give everyone a generous handout from the offending corporation. They're intended to act as a deterrent, and failing that, a punishment, proportional to the number of people that the company's improper behavior impacted. The main point of the class action suit is the damages the company has to pay -- making them feel their misbehavior in their wallet. For the purposes of punishment, who gets that money is irrelevant. It'd be nice to see all of it go to the people who were harmed, but that's pretty much unlikely. A class action suit isn't supposed to be a moneymaking proposition for the members of the class, any more than a murder trial is supposed to resurrect the victim. It's nice if it happens, but don't count on it.


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