Sentence examples for class action plaintiffs from inspiring English sources

But because the settlement results from a class action, plaintiffs can opt out of it or object to it.

In the interim, about 20% of the 33,000 class action plaintiffs involved have died.

Collections officers were ordered to doctor delinquencies, deliberately re-aging accounts, say the class action plaintiffs.

In fact, class action plaintiffs often find out that they are parties to the suit only after a settlement has been reached.

After Sherrod and her husband lost their farm when they were unable to secure USDA loans they became class action plaintiffs in the civil suit Pigford v. Glickman.

Despite the fact the US Supreme Court eventually ruled against the class action plaintiffs, the lawsuit helped bring the Japanese American case for redress and reparations to public awareness.

The bill worries class-action plaintiffs' lawyers.

CLASS-ACTION plaintiffs' lawyers choose their words carefully in describing Madison County.

The hospital created that environment," said Joseph M. Bruno, one of the lead lawyers for the class-action plaintiffs.

Unlike some class-action plaintiffs, Freddie Mac looks to be in a stronger position to survive a motion to dismiss on these grounds.

The Supreme Court decision was "a serious setback for the class-action plaintiffs' lawyers," said William Sage, a health law specialist at Columbia University Law School.