Asbestos is a mineral, it is found in the natural environment in rock. It should have stayed there. Beginning in the 1930's and continuing on for more than four decades, asbestos companies decided to use this mineral in their products. Asbestos disease follows the trail of exposure. Asbestos disease is not limited to any one particular craft or trade. Asbestos has been unknowingly carried home on the clothes of workers resulting in disease among the wives who cleaned the clothes and their children. It is a sad commentary that tens of thousands of diseased people have paved the trail of asbestos exposure. During the time companies sold asbestos,
Most asbestos cases are class action lawsuits. Unless suffering from very high medical bills, I would suggest simply signing on to an existing class action suit.
There are studies that link asbestos exposure with certain types of cancer. There are many class action lawsuits pertaining to this issue. Please seek medical assistance if you believe you could be affected by asbestos exposure.
To find information on how to look up class action lawsuits, you can start by visiting websites like ClassAction.org or the National Association of Attorneys General. These resources provide databases and information on ongoing class action lawsuits, as well as guidance on how to participate or file a claim. Additionally, you can contact your state's attorney general's office or consult legal professionals for further assistance.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure § 23 is the general rule for class-action lawsuits, and § 19 (d) is the exception for Class Action lawsuits to required joinder of parties.
There are individual lawsuits alleging personal injuries for side-effects from Avelox. I do not see an Avelox class action (yet). I suggest you contact a plaintiff class action attorney for further advice and information. Good luck.
Get a great class action defense lawyer. When interviewing a class action lawyer, ask about his or her direct experience in class action lawsuits. Class action lawsuits can have many lawyers listed as being "on" the case. But only a few will actually have the day-to-day responsibility of running the case and advising clients. Good luck.
Yes, you can create a class action without class action attorneys, but it is not recommended. There is a ton of paperwork that is best handled by an attorney who knows about class action lawsuits.
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Need more info. What type of class action lawsuits? Securities? Employment?
AT&T third party billing class action, Radio Shack credit card class action, Crest Sensitivity misleading adverrtsing class action, are some of the open class action lawsuits.
Generally, there is no maximum number of class action lawsuits you can be involved in. In securities class actions, there are some prohibitions on the number of cases you can be a "lead plaintiff" in under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Good luck.
In layman's terms it is a group of people that are suing a company or entity for wrongdoing. The first step is for someone to have been wronged in some way. This could come from any number of instances. Each class action must meet specific legal requirements in order to become "certified". Once certified, then the process begins and "members" can make their claims accordingly. You can find much more about class action lawsuits at http://www.sueeasy.com. They have a lot of basic class action information including terms and examples of class action notices.