Class Action Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

Class action lawsuits are extremely beneficial when there is a group of consumers who have the same or similar complaint about a product or service. Instead of each person filing a separate suit with separate attorneys, their cases are combined into one class action lawsuit with one or more attorneys working together. To fully understand your rights, it is important to contact an experienced class action attorney.

Common Class Action Lawsuits

In order to file a class action lawsuit, there must be several people named as the plaintiffs and they will represent the entire group, or class. The class must be must be made up of people who have experienced the same or similar issue at hand. The most common types of class action lawsuits involve:

Defective products, such as toys with lead in them, tainted pet food, or unsafe tires.
Defective drugs, such as Zoloft, Paxil, FenPhen and many others.
Aviation accidents, due to human error or manufacturing defects.
Deceptive or fraudulent business practices, such as credit card scams or for-profit colleges.
Unsafe working conditions, such as mines, factories, and other businesses where many people are employed and work in contaminated or other dangerous environments.
Discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or pregnancy.

Benefits of Class Action Lawsuits

Class action lawsuits offer many advantages over individual lawsuits for the same claim. Some of the ways that they are beneficial are:

They bring together a large group of people with similar stories, which can offer comfort and support to those who were injured.
Because more than one person is speaking up, it creates more rapid awareness of the issue.
It helps lower the cost of litigation because it increases the efficiency of the firm and individual lawyers by dealing with a group, rather than many individual claimants.
There is the potential for a much larger recovery so that the people in the class can receive monetary compensation that may have otherwise been too small for a single lawsuit.
It minimizes the opportunity for different court rulings.

If you feel that you have been harmed in a situation that involved multiple people, you may have a valid claim. Please contact Jacoby & Meyers, LLC to schedule a complimentary consultation with one of our experience class action attorneys. Our offices are located in many cities across the US, from California to Florida and we are here to help.

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Jacoby & Meyers has offices and attorneys throughout the United States, with regional offices in Southern California, Arizona, Miami, and New York.