Kevin
Orem,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, February 14, 2005
Re: Class actions . . . I'm not an attorney, but I am a third year law student who has studied civil procedure and complex litigation. There is no minimum amount of plaintiffs needed for a class action, but the more there are, the more likely a court will certify the class. If this was a class, there would need to be a class representative that has claims similar to the entire class, and the attorney must be competent enough to take on a class action. There are different ways that a class action can be filed, and you should talk to an attorney to figure out which one is the best - since I'm not an attorney (yet) I can't advise how this class should be filed. However, I can tell you that IF an attorney takes this and believes it has merit for a class action, he/she would likely take this as a contingency fee basis for the class. This is all I can really tell you right now, and an attorney will not likely post on this site to solicite your business as that could be a violation of professional conduct depending on the state the attorney lives in. Many attorneys will not charge for the initial consultation and will tell you if they will take this on as a class action.