[E. Pluribus Unum]

Less than $5 each, but the class action ambulance chasers get millions.

[dfwgator]

“Pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty...One dollar and nine cents!”

[entropy12]

Nothing stops me or you from joining the class action suits racket.

[Steve_Seattle]

I’ve received two or three checks from class action lawsuits, and I think the biggest check was for something like $1.29. One was less than a dollar.

[mmichaels1970]

Yeah. Somebody check my math. I figured the lawyers would get about 50%. So I took $350mil and divided by 2 to get $175mil left for those who were affected. Divide that by $77mil and you get $2.27 each. Sound about right?

As a purely academic exercise, I wonder what would happen if you capped lawyers so that they receive no more than the amount awarded to the smallest recipient of a class-action. I dunno. Basically, you end up eliminating class-actions entirely right? What if you capped them at $200/manhour. In THIS case, they'd have to log 875,000 manhours to earn the pay. Maybe all of that is very anti-capitalist and such. Would that allow the big guys to stomp all over people with no fear of repercussions? Or would the world be a better place where we're all chewing on our lead-painted cribs and growing up happy? Are lawyers pretty much designated as the disciplinary authority in society where taking the wrong step results in paying THEM millions?

I never really stop to think about it too deeply. But once in a while I see articles like this (or get my OWN $2.27 check) that pops the issue back into my head.

Not meaning this to be a rant. But figured I'd put out some of the scribbles that sometimes go on in my head.