How to Use class action in a Sentence

class action

noun
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  • And what, what the, the plaintiffs seek to be a class action.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 June 2022
  • Judy Fintz of La Crosse is one of those named in the class action suit.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Starbucks will also have to face many of the claims brought against it in the class action.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
  • In short order, Ms. Sims joined Milberg, one of the largest class action firms in the world.
    — David Gelles Erin Schaff, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Now, Rasella wants payback—in the form of a class action suit.
    — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The class action now amounts to two dozen plaintiffs and growing, Nouri said.
    — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Google asked the court to toss out the class action lawsuit, but the request was denied by Koh in March 2021.
    — Johan Moreno, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The total amount the city will owe to the protesters involved in the class action suit is unclear.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Since then, victims filed three lawsuits against the city, one a class action.
    — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 July 2021
  • The suit was filed as a class action on behalf of all county foster youth between the ages of 16 and 21.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Now, the fallout of the Zoom class action suit continues.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 30 Nov. 2021
  • As in most class actions, legal experts say, the odds seem stacked against the plaintiffs.
    — Sean Gregory / Boston, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
  • There was hope that a class action lawsuit might force AT&T to rethink its charge.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 May 2022
  • Mark was part of a class action lawsuit against the government, and when Ray was in high school Mark got a check.
    — Sarah Fallon, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Bought chicken in the last decade?:You might get money in a class action lawsuit.
    — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The three are part of what lawyers say is a larger group of victims who will seek to certify the case as a class action against the city.
    — Phil Davis, baltimoresun.com, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The company and its users agreed to settle a class action suit for $725 million, lawyers for the plaintiffs said.
    — Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The courts broke the class action up into their own cases, and five suits tied to the initial complaint are still pending.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The court will next consider whether the case should be certified as a class action.
    — oregonlive, 13 May 2021
  • The consumers are asking their suit to be recognized as a class action.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Both are defendants, along with Abbott, in the decade-old, class action suit.
    — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Napoli hopes by this fall the judge will have ruled on a motion filed in his class action lawsuit against Northrop Grumman.
    — Cb Cotton, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The iPhone maker settled a class action in the US recently.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Zoom users may be in line for a payout through a class action settlement.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 14 Dec. 2021
  • In 2015, the technology also led to the filing of the class action suit in Illinois.
    — New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
  • This class action against Google, by the way, is distinct from the Facebook settlement.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 9 June 2022
  • What’s more, the complexity of class action suits may mean their day in court turns into years.
    — Dean Kaplan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The filings came in Nunez v. the City of New York, a class action lawsuit on violence and staff use of excessive force in the jails filed in 2011.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • How to get your payment To claim your payment, visit the class action settlement website and submit a claim form online.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The language, in essence, allowed for class action style lawsuits under limited circumstances.
    — Jon McGowan, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025

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