Have you ever materially benefited from a Class-Action Lawsuit?

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dud

dud

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I laugh whenever I hear of or get a payout from a CAL. The only party that benefits from CALs are the lawyers who request (and usually get) millions upon millions for their hard work. Yesterday I got yet another letter in the mail (with a check). After my last (huge) check from the latest eBay CAL ($0.13) I was reluctant to waste the time to even open the letter ... but once I did I was surprised to find a check for $78 from a CAL against an insurance company.

Was wondering if anyone else had ever been pleasantly surprised in such a way?
 
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Farang

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Yes, $100 or so from BoA. Felt vindicated.. it was over an incident that caused me to leave the bank years earlier. At the time I actually didn't know the extent to which it was a shady practice. Bless those lawyers.
 
highland145

highland145

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Farang said:
Yes, $100 or so from BoA. Felt vindicated.. it was over an incident that caused me to leave the bank years earlier. At the time I actually didn't know the extent to which it was a shady practice. Bless those lawyers.
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They bought 2 pro baseball teams and a hockey team.
 
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darkxshade

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I was offered gift cards or some kind of freebie which I never bothered with. I have never received cash although I did receive a credit to my verizon phone bill on one occasion. I don't remember the amount but it wasn't much(possibly 10-20).
 
Fritzo

Fritzo

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Yeah, I get a settlement check every 6 months or so. I've gotten between .03 cents and as high as $48.

There are law firms that use CAL as the basis for their business. They look for CAL opportunities from different products and make millions, meanwhile the victims get a portion of the winnings divided between a lot of people.

Legal abuse at its finest.
 
child of wonder

child of wonder

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Just got a $50 check in the mail from one. Considering I lost out on over $500 in fees and interest due to having to transfer my balance elsewhere because of the bank's shady practice I don't really feel vindicated.
 
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Vdubchaos

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I got the biggest class action lawsuit check EVER the other day. It was from a chase lawsuit and it was for $45!!!

I was shocked it wasn't .XX cents hehe
 
waggy

waggy

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i have only been part of 3. one i got a coupon for %50 off. another i got a few cents and the last one was $10
 
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nageov3t

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a couple bucks.

I can't even remember the specifics, it was something about CD's or CDR's in the late 90's/early 00's.
 
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Farang

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highland145 said:
They bought 2 pro baseball teams and a hockey team.
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Really? Care to share details? I'd actually be curious on the backstory to that lawsuit.

Anyway it was a $40 fee and a $100 settlement so I figured it was fair considering I did nothing but fill out some form online. Hard to argue I deserved a lot more than that, regardless of what the lawyers got.
 
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nageov3t

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Wyndru

Wyndru

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loki8481 said:
good info, I actually think I qualify for that... gotta check when I get home.

edit: fail, missed it by 11 days. :( too bad, kinda makes me wonder how people find out about these other than word of mouth.
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Mine was mailed to me a while ago.
 
iRONic

iRONic

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~$100 from the Deathstar HDD debacle back in the day. ~$300 from a mortgage refi many moons ago.

I joined that DeBeers diamond one back in '07 or '08. No $$ yet.
 
HomerJS

HomerJS

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3 checks $7.50 from Blue Rhino (propane tank swap service). Price colusion
 
Svnla

Svnla

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Yes. Received some money from a handful of companies due to shady practices/sale policies.
 
KidNiki1

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about 10 years ago i got something like 12 bucks for a CAL. i don't even remember what it was for.
 
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hans007

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I bought an Infiniti several years back where for the 2005 model they had printed that it had a limited slip differential if you got this wheel package. It didn't have it since it had been removed that year. Some people filed a class action but I just took the $1000 they offered so I suppose I benefitted from the other people filing. Worked out that I got the wheel package for free
 
highland145

highland145

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Farang said:
Really? Care to share details? I'd actually be curious on the backstory to that lawsuit.

Anyway it was a $40 fee and a $100 settlement so I figured it was fair considering I did nothing but fill out some form online. Hard to argue I deserved a lot more than that, regardless of what the lawyers got.
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Well, that post was a bit sarcastic.

My google-fu is failing me but there was a tobacco lawyer that bought a pro team (Fl?) with his "winnings." Forbes has a nice list here. 2001
Tobacco Lawyers—Cigarette money alone put these ten lawyers on the top-earning list—and it's likely to keep them there for the next 25 years. They're using the booty to sue HMOs, chemical companies, Firestone, and even to run for office.
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Ron Motley.
Motley and his law firm, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, will collect an estimated $2 billion through tobacco litigation over 25 years.
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Train

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I got 3 cents from Dicover card miscalculating interest back in like 1998. I guess I was wrongfully overcharged by 5 cents. The lawyers kept 2, I got 3. I doubt there was anyone who got a sizable return other than the lawyers.

They sent me a check with a letter, lol. Said if I didn't cash it in 90 days the money would go to charity.
 
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