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Originally posted by: tonycc<b>The four people that they filed the claim on behalf of get $5,000 a piece while the lawyers get $1.4 Million. It's sick, really.
Originally posted by: tonycc<b>The four people that they filed the claim on behalf of get $5,000 a piece while the lawyers get $1.4 Million. It's sick, really.
No, it's not.
Without this lawsuit, the $1.4 million would have stayed in the pockets of the rental car companies who stole it (and a lot more) from their customers by fraud.
Where would you rather that $1.4 million be, in the pockets of the companies who stole it (and likely much more) through knowing, purposeful fraud? Or in the pockets of the attorneys who championed the complaints of customers?
None of us was defrauded out of enough money to bring suit on our own. Yet collectively, a lot was stolen, enough to give sufficient incentive for attorneys to pursue the case.
Each of the four plaintiffs will receive $5,000, far more than any of them was defrauded. No need to cry for them, all they did was let the attorneys use their names as representatives of the class.
The companies are rational. They clearly perceived a real threat of a large judgment. They decided, following negotiation, to settle. They'd rather pay $1.4 million and dole out a lot of coupons rather than let this go any further down the road. I'm sure they had their reasons.
As between the pockets of thieves and the pockets of attorneys who went after those thieves, I'm glad the $1.4 million will be in the pockets of the attorneys, to discourage future similar theft by the car rental companies.
This is precisely how the legal system should react to gross consumer fraud.
Without this lawsuit, the $1.4 million would have stayed in the pockets of the rental car companies who stole it (and a lot more) from their customers by fraud.
Where would you rather that $1.4 million be, in the pockets of the companies who stole it (and likely much more) through knowing, purposeful fraud? Or in the pockets of the attorneys who championed the complaints of customers?
None of us was defrauded out of enough money to bring suit on our own. Yet collectively, a lot was stolen, enough to give sufficient incentive for attorneys to pursue the case.
Each of the four plaintiffs will receive $5,000, far more than any of them was defrauded. No need to cry for them, all they did was let the attorneys use their names as representatives of the class.
The companies are rational. They clearly perceived a real threat of a large judgment. They decided, following negotiation, to settle. They'd rather pay $1.4 million and dole out a lot of coupons rather than let this go any further down the road. I'm sure they had their reasons.
As between the pockets of thieves and the pockets of attorneys who went after those thieves, I'm glad the $1.4 million will be in the pockets of the attorneys, to discourage future similar theft by the car rental companies.
This is precisely how the legal system should react to gross consumer fraud.
