Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal...
by jessamyn on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:08PM
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I sort of feel "let a million lawsuits bloom" I think there's a usefulness in the death by 1000 cuts approach and I think there will be class action cases whether or not 100 or 1000 people decide to sue in small claims. I also think the schema is a little different (tho I am not a lawyer) so you can make somewhat different arguments and claims.
Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal...
by freeopinion on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:00PM
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It would be so much more gratifying to see 50000 people sue individually and have Equifax have to staff 50000 individual cases. They could choose to defend for more than $5K per case win or lose, or they could just pay out $5K to each litigant.
Equifax would beg for a class action where they get off for $500/litigant + a couple million to the winning attorneys.
Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal...
by acchow on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @08:04PM
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> Equifax would beg for a class action where they get off for $500/litigant + a couple million to the winning attorneys.
But this plaintiff only got $600
I'm interested in your perspective on the small claims route vs. class action.
It seems like a class action suit has the potential to have a larger impact on Equifax since the size of it would be so large, but it's sad to see individual amounts so low in most of them.