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Lawsuits are useful in getting the attention of those you sue as defendants have to respond or face summary judgement. Responding costs money and the end result is that those who sue in many cases get priority in resolution as they are costing the defendants more than those who are not suing. One poster above is right in the fact that resolution can take years but thats assuming the case winds its way through the long route instead of the shorter route of settlement.
Just FYI folks, class action is not the way to go. Getting class action requires that the class be certified and that in itself is a long process. If multiple plaintiffs want to file suit against the same defendant, in most cases its better to file individually and get the cases consolidated in front of one Judge. This has two main benefits, first the one Judge will be more motivated to clear his calender of 10 cases than one and secondly, 10 plaintiffs, all with different backgrounds and businesses, all crying foul, tend to help make the defendant look like the badguy to the Judge.
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