jim4silver said:
While it is true that in some class action suits, the class individuals don't seem to get a big amount of money, the main purpose of these cases is to put a stop to, to punish or to correct the alleged bad behavior of the defendants.
That has got to be about the most false generalization I have ever read Jim, with all due respect. I have been unintentionally involved in 5 Class action lawsuits now, where the law firms got millions and people like me who were supposidly wronged, got cents... I got one check from AT&T that was for $0.42, when according to the lawsuit, I was screwed for at least $50-60, and the law firms take was $9 million.... Now, you will probably say that "well, they put all this money into the case, researching, etc..", but I have a niece that was a law student and quit because she was tired of "working for free" for law firms as a requirement for school, to search legal records, firms, etc., for possible class action suits.. They paid her nothing for this..
Lawyers are in it for themselves. Maybe not at first, but they all succumb to the easy millions that tort suits and class action suits can bring.. How many lawyers have hit paydirt (Edwards for example), and then use that money to run for office? Many, many of them do.... How many politicians have never been, or are, lawyers? Very, very few....