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Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal... by freeopinion on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:00PM (#17307747)
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.

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Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal... by acchow on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @08:04PM (#17308136)
> 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

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Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal... by jessamyn on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @08:11PM (#17308164)
And they had to send a lawyer from Atlanta to Vermont which probably at least tripled that. Not saying it's not small change, just saying there are other costs.
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