Comments on: “Only two of the estimated 232,000 class members claimed the coupons”

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 01:12:47 +0000

Almost every time I buy gas I’m required to enter my zip code. Is that illegal?

By: gasman

gasman — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:21:09 +0000

Make the lawyers work on contingency. They get the smaller of usual and customary (or whatever the current method of remuneration is), or a third of actual funds disbursed to the claimants. And their fee would be in kind; if the customer gets a coupon, then the lawyer gets a similar coupon.

That way they would have at least some incentive to include into the settlement a useful means of benefiting the claimants.

By: MattS

MattS — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:39:40 +0000

In reply to Nicholas.

Why shouldn’t we want less class action lawsuits?

The majority of them are frivolous as indicated by the ridiculous settlements that give class members a pittance that isn’t worth the effort of claiming.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 12:01:49 +0000

Easy solution: put all the funds allotted for claimants into a pool, and split it.

The last thing we would want to do is stop punishing companies for bad behavior. Whatever we do to the money is fine, and distributing it to wronged parties is best, but the absolute worst would be “less class action lawsuits”. We don’t have to pick between the best and worst, we can pick the second best.

By: Fox2!

Fox2! — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 05:36:27 +0000

Paul wrote:

Remember that Blockbuster settlement where the class members got a coupon for a free video rental? Absurd.

Was that just before they went belly-up?

By: MattS

MattS — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 02:40:27 +0000

In reply to MattS. Oh, silly me, I forgot the postage and the cost of the envelope. Anther 3 cents for the envelop and of course the postage. So all told, for LTMG to get his $0.52 cost $0.70 to $0.80

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 02:26:40 +0000

Remember that Blockbuster settlement where the class members got a coupon for a free video rental? Absurd.

By: MattS

MattS — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:44:45 +0000

In reply to LTMG. And then they probably sent you a check which probably cost $0.15 in paper ink and processing through the banking system.

By: LTMG

LTMG — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:21:52 +0000

What would happen if the fees aware to the plaintiff’s attorneys was based on the number of coupons requested by class members? My guess is that the number of class action suits would drop dramatically. One upon a time I was awarded 52 cents in a very large class action suit. Almost all other class members received the same award. I had to spend the price of a stamp, which was over half of the 52 cents, to claim my portion of the settlement.