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I knew I sensed another lawyer. I'm surprised at the responses myself - people would rip this apart in any Torts class. Also, the allegations of "no personal responsibility" and there being "so many stupid lawsuits nowadays" are completely unfounded. Oy - stop honing in on and believing every media story about how everyone…
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As a future lawyer, I'm definitely not giving them a bad rap. :tongue: Your dead on about the purpose of class actions. Despite the fact that typically only lawyers get rich, I think class actions are important to protect consumers. Unfortunately, I assume that Nutella will probably pass off their loss to consumers by…
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I think the lawyers get about 30% from the settlement or $750,000 BUT they also get attorney's fees from the Nutella people. I believe I read that those are up to $3 million. All in all they are going to make more than the class of "injured" people. Like neoterrar said, I think many average people DO think Nutella is a…
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Hate to break it to you . . . but when all is said and done, you probably will not even break even on the postage. "If the value of the claims of the Nationwide Class exceeds $2,500,000, or the value of the claims of the California Class exceeds $550,000, then payments will be reduced proportionally" Since everyone and…
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A) The McDonald's lawsuit was legit - the plaintiff was actually injured. If you read the case, you will know that McDonald's KNEW that their coffee was too hot. B) She didn't "win" the lawsuit - Nutella settled. C) Why is no one looking at the bigger picture here? This is a class action suit (i.e. only her lawyer is…
