NOUN
- a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group
How To Use class action In A Sentence
- Last Friday, President Bush signed a bill modifying federal jurisdiction over class action law suits.
- Needless to say there's more than a few class action lawsuits floating about at the moment.
- The statements are needed in order to take forward a class action lawsuit against the domain registrar.
- The standards have been so diluted and make class action so much easier. Times, Sunday Times
- Our firm has been researching a potential class action case against Dell, Inc. regarding an alleged defect resulting in overheating of laptop computers during normal use. Dear Mr. Dell « BuzzMachine
- As a result, just last week, the parties to this long-running class action reached a settlement.
- Typically, beneficiaries of such class action suits get piddling sums, often nothing more than a discount on their next purchase.
- The bill effectively bars migrants from joining class action suits that challenge practices of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
- The class action lawsuit had alleged that the technology groups agreed not to recruit each other's employees. Times, Sunday Times
- The lawsuit later became a class action, representing about 1, 400 current and former black Texaco employees.