Today, June 20, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ended the class action status for a discrimination suit against Wal-Mart. Below is a link to an article discussing the ramifications:
Supreme Court Decision in Wal-Mart Class-Action Claim Brings Praise, Anger
Frankly, class action suits can, and do, provide the potential for a large fee for the lawyer(s) representing the class, but the members of the class, generally, don't do so well. On their own, they may do a lot better. A case in point is the bad faith claim I brought for a client against Blue Cross. Read about it below:
Bad Faith Claim Vs. Blue Cross of California
We were proceeding alone while a firm in Los Angeles was representing a class of insureds for the same type of claim. On our own, we won a $900,000 award against Blue Cross. The class action settled a couple of months later. The class members may have received recompense for the unpaid medical bills, but my client ended up with substantially more than any of the class members. Quite often, class action claims do not make any sense for the victims.
As a small business proprietor, and a sole practitioner, my perspective about the law and other current events may be different than the usual "establishment" line. I hope this blog will provide useful or, at least, interesting information for the readers.
