Comments on: Dog bites man department: another worthless class action settlement https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/05/dog-bites-man-department-another-worthless-class-action-settlement/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:03:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jason https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/05/dog-bites-man-department-another-worthless-class-action-settlement/comment-page-1/#comment-3073 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:03:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3518#comment-3073 The most important outcome of a successful class action is forcing corporations to stop illegal and fraudulent conduct. As I understand about the Sprint Class action, Sprint was consistently overbilling customers–a few dollars here and there adds up over time. Individually, it makes no sense for those people to sue, so Sprint keeps on stealing. The Class action forces Sprint to stop.

[Editor’s note: Jason’s description appears to be incorrect. The class action complained about disclosure. There is nothing on the settlement website indicating that Sprint is lowering its rates rather than submitting a longer disclosure form explaining its rates.]

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