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    wallabee4 Posts: 294, Reputation: 19
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    Dec 1, 2006, 11:23 AM
    How do you begin a class-action lawsuit?
    Am doing business with a company that I have suddenly discovered is providing false information in their marketing and in their manuals and int the customers ervice and I am not alone in how much time and $ this company has cost me and my business. I never would have had the problems with the equipment that I have if the company ahd been honest about their product, had given me correct information to begin with, or had implemented a way to update product users post-purcahse to potential flwas and errors in manuals and maintenance. This has cost my comanpy actual $ and loss of potential business. And, as I said, I am not alone. I can gather others like me form an on-line forum. How is a lawsuit begun by one person if it is class-cation, and who pays the legal costs and how do I get the word out (beyind a little on-line forum) and what type of a lawyer is needed to handle it?
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    Dec 1, 2006, 12:09 PM
    Hello wallabee:

    The first thing you do is shop in the yellow pages for a lawyer. They're classified by specialty. If you shop well, you'll learn a great deal - for free. You'll have to find a lawyer who will handle YOUR damages first. That OUGHT to be uppermost in your mind. Whether others collect ---- well, I don't know what your concern is. If causing the offending company pain is your goal, then if you prosecute them well, it'll cause 'em plenty of pain.

    If you have a good case, the lawyer will take it on a contingency basis. That means it won't cost you anything unless you win. If he doesn't take it on contingency, you can't afford to hire him hourly. If you can't find a lawyer who'll take the case on a contingency, you don't have a case.

    If enough of your cohorts also file suit, then a judge somewhere, may classify the suit as a class action. But that's down the road – maybe, and it doesn't have a whole lot to do with whether you recover YOUR losses. You do what's best for you, and hope others will do the same.

    excon

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