In a class-action lawsuit, a class representative plaintiff, or class rep is the plaintiff in the case. Often a wronged or injured person will contact a law firm about a case.
Class actions are lawsuits brought to individuals or companies by plaintiffs on behalf of a larger group of people.
Description. In a typical class action, a plaintiff sues a defendant or a number of defendants on behalf of a group, or class, of absent parties. This differs from a traditional lawsuit, where one party sues another party, and all of the parties are present in court.
A named plaintiff, also referred to as a class representative, is a party who sues on behalf of a group of individuals with common claims. The representative is a party to the litigation and "stand[s] in judgment for those who are not." Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32, 43 (1940).
Lead plaintiffsContrary to popular belief, class action settlements are not divided among class members evenly. Lead plaintiffs receive the most money in class action lawsuits. They typically have the worst injuries and the highest damages.
Class Action Lawsuits give you better odds of a settlement When many plaintiffs with the same issue combine together to form a class, each person has a better chance of recovering compensation when they may not have been able to do as individuals.
A class action is a type of legal proceeding in which one person (the plaintiff or applicant) brings a claim on behalf of a wider group of people who have been affected in a similar way, or by the same conduct.
Class action lawsuits provide harmed people with many benefits, such as allowing large groups of similarly affected people to come together and file a lawsuit against the same company. This provides strength in numbers for all of the people harmed, typically by large corporations, or businesses that have a vast reach.
A common example is pharmaceutical fraud that results in the manufacture and distribution of a harmful drug that is used by many patients. Other injury examples include mass disasters such as social work or nursing home negligence, human rights violations, sexual abuse and sports litigation.
As the lead plaintiff, you will be responsible for: preparing the claim; defining and joining members to the class; appearing in court; and.
Counterclaim. If a defendant has his or her own claim against the plaintiff, one which arose out of the same circumstances as those that led to the complaint, it should be raised in the answer in a section titled "counterclaims." The counterclaim will be written in a manner similar to the complaint.
The lead plaintiff deadline is the last day that an investor may file a motion with the court requesting to be appointed as the lead plaintiff for that action. When a securities class action is initiated, the person who files the first action is required to publish notice announcing the filing.