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In the United States, the class representative, also called a lead plaintiff, named plaintiff, or representative plaintiff is the named party in a class-action lawsuit. [61] Although the class representative is named as a party to the litigation, the court must approve the class representative when it certifies the lawsuit as a class action.
Williams v. California was a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against the State of California, on behalf of California students, parents and other educational stakeholders, citing the substandard quality of learning resources at Balboa High School as a prominent example.
Plata v. Newsom, Docket No. 4:01-cv-01351-JST (), is a federal class action civil rights lawsuit alleging that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR) medical services are inadequate and violate the Eighth Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
That’s where class-action lawsuits come in. If tens of thousands of people lost $50 each, an attorney might be able to file a class-action lawsuit for the entire class.
A class action lawsuit filed against T-Mobile alleges the company charges a hidden fee by misleading customers since 2004. ... according to a complaint filed in California federal court by 23 ...
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In addition, any consumer could act as a representative and file a class action lawsuit against a business committing unfair competition. [15] Proposition 64 allows only private plaintiffs who have "suffered injury in fact and lost money or property as a result of such unfair competition" may file suit, [ 16 ] while "unaffected" plaintiffs now ...
The lawsuit, filed by the Seattle-based law firm Hagens Berman on Oct. 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges the schools engaged in a concerted action to ...