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Class Action Lawsuit

A legal action by one or more plaintiffs on their own behalf, and on the behalf of other persons with an identical interest in an alleged wrong

class action lawsuit

Medical liability A legal action by one or more plaintiffs on their own behalf, and on the behalf of other persons with an identical interest in an alleged wrong. See Agent Orange, Breast implants, Dalkon shield, Shiley valve.

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lawsuit			The most important federal income tax distinction between these two types of class actions concerns the inclusion of attorneys' fees. When plaintiffs in class actions pay tax on attorneys' fees by Wood, Robert W. / The Tax Adviser Feinberg, an expert in mediation and alternative dispute resolution who served as special master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, noted that defendants may seek class actions as eagerly as plaintiff attorneys because a certified class can shut down future litigation and control costs. Class actions evolving to survive, conference concludes by Porter, Rebecca / Trial Since then, a number of other class actions related to foodborne-illness outbreaks have been brought successfully. Class action foodborne-illness claims by Weisbecker, Andrew / Journal of Environmental Health			Clarence River snake clarificant clarification clarify Clarion cochlear implant clarithromycin Claritin Clark clamp Clark's level Clark's rule Clark's weight rule Clarke-Hadfield syndrome clary CLAS clasmat- clasmatocyte clasp clasp arm Clasp Knife Phenomenon clasp torsion clasp-knife reflex clasp-knife release clasp-knife spasticity class Class Action Lawsuit class actions Class Device Class I Device Class I Recall class II biologic safety cabinet Class II Device Class II Recall Class III Device Class III Recall Class Recall class switching classic classic cesarean section classic complement pathway classic hemophilia classic migraine classic tomography classic typhus classic visceral leishmaniasis classical classical conditioning Classical incision classical Western massage classification classification of caries classification of malocclusion			class Acrasiomycetes class act Class Act Federal Credit Union class Actinozoa class action class action class action class action class action Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 class action law suit Class action lawsuit Class action lawsuit Class action lawsuit Class action lawsuit Class action lawsuit Class Action Lawsuits Class Action Lawsuits Class action status Class action status Class action status Class action status Class action suit Class action suit Class action suit Class action suit Class action suit Class Action Suits Class Action Suits Class Action Youth Leadership Academy class actions class acts class acts class acts class acts class acts class Amphibia class Angiospermae class Anthoceropsida class Anthozoa class Aphasmidia class Arachnida class Archiannelida class Ascidiaceae class Ascomycetes Class Assessment on the Web System class Asteroidea Class Attribute Complexity Inherited Class Attribute Complexity Local class Aves Class B Class B Class B (disambiguation) Class B amplifier class B auxiliary power class B building Class B Cold Water Fishery Class B drug Class B drug Class B drug Class B drug

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Class Action Lawsuit (redirected from class actions)

Class Action Lawsuit
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