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Class Action Lawsuits

Class Action Lawsuits

Filed class action lawsuits seeking claimants. A class action lawsuit is when there is a large group of people who file a complaint against a defendant for similar grievances. The lawsuit is filed on behalf of everyone in the class, that class being a group of people who share similar circumstances, injuries and damages. For example, if there is a food illness class action lawsuit, all plaintiffs in the class would have had the same injury (e.g., salmonella) as a result of eating the same tainted food. A lawyer may file a class action lawsuit on behalf of all injured parties who are seeking compensation from the defendant.

  • California Secretary of State
    California Secretary of State
    July 22 2003

    Class action status is being sought in a lawsuit filed against California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley and the registrars of voters in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties on behalf of supporters of California Governor Gray Davis. The...

  • US government Roman Catholic boarding school sexual abuse
    US government Roman Catholic boarding school sexual abuse
    July 15 2003

    Class action status is being sought in a $25 billion dollar lawsuit filed against the federal government and three Roman Catholic boarding schools. The schools named in the suit include St. Francis Mission school on the Rosebud Sioux Indian...

  • New York City Parks Department discrimination
    New York City Parks Department discrimination
    July 15 2003

    Class action status has been granted to approximately 2,500 black or Hispanic current and former employees of the New York City Parks Department in their lawsuit against the City. The suit alleges that Parks Commissioner Henry Stern favored white...

  • US Immigration and Naturalization Service
    US Immigration and Naturalization Service
    July 15 2003

    Class action status has been granted in a lawsuit filed against the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, which has since been blended into the new Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of as many as 2,742 Somalis who are in...

  • Choicepoint Inc., Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Choicepoint Inc., Reed Elsevier Inc.
    July 15 2003

    Two lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed against Georgia-based Choicepoint Inc. and Massachusetts-based Reed Elsevier Inc., the parent company of LexisNexis. The suits were filed in regards to how the state allows public access to...

  • City of Detroit detaining witnesses
    City of Detroit detaining witnesses
    July 15 2003

    Class action status is being sought on behalf hundreds of plaintiffs who claim their civil rights were violated by the city of Detroit when police detained them against their will. The city has already paid $3.4 million dollars to more than 30...

  • Roche, BASF and Aventis antitrust
    Roche, BASF and Aventis antitrust
    July 15 2003

    Class action status may now be sought in a lawsuit filed against a number of multinational vitamin companies in Australia. The suit alleges that the Australian, Asian and European arms of Roche, BASF and Aventis were involved in price fixing of...

  • Top Modeling Agencies
    Top Modeling Agencies
    July 15 2003

    Class action status has been granted in a lawsuit filed against the nation's top modeling agencies, including Elite Model Management, Ford Models Inc. and Wilhelmina Models. The suit was filed by six models who claim that the agencies were...

  • Denver International Airport mold
    Denver International Airport mold
    July 8 2003

    A class action lawsuit has been filed against Denver International Airport on behalf of travelers and employees who have been exposed to extensive mold and fungi contamination at the airport. The suit claims that thousands of people have been...

  • British Ministry of Defense rape of Kenyan women
    British Ministry of Defense rape of Kenyan women
    July 8 2003

    A class action lawsuit has been launched against the British Ministry of Defense on behalf of Kenyan women who claimed to have been raped by UK soldiers between 1972 and last year. To date, 650 Maasai and Samburu women have come forward with rape...

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