What is a class action lawsuit and how do I start one?
A class action is a lawsuit where one or more people represent a much larger group with the same claims against the same other party. There’s a lot of requirements to form a party: the class has to have numerosity, commonality, and typicality, and the it has to have adequate representation. The class has to be numerous meaning there has to be a lot of people in the class… usually over 60 or so… it has to be so numerous that it would be impractiable for all the class members to bring their claims individually… our judicial system would prefer that each person come and make their own claims, but they will allow for classes where it’s necessary for practicality. The claims have to be common among all of the members of the class meaning that the class members can’t have different claims because then it would be better for them to sue individually to best represent themselves. The class representative has to be typical of all the members so that they represent the class well. The clas
