How to Use class action in a Sentence

class action

noun
  • Judy Fintz of La Crosse is one of those named in the class action suit.
    Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Bought chicken in the last decade?:You might get money in a class action lawsuit.
    Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Both are defendants, along with Abbott, in the decade-old, class action suit.
    Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The iPhone maker settled a class action in the US recently.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The alleged patent overcharge was passed on to consumers through higher smartphone prices, according to the class action complaint.
    Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The case is a class action suit, brought by several current and former inmates at a women’s prison, against the private contractor that ran the place and allowed abuse to run rampant.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Still, the change is more significant than the largely symbolic settlement Apple made last month in a class action lawsuit brought by app developers.
    Anna Edgerton, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The teaser reveal comes about two months after five former contestants of Beast Games filed a class action lawsuit against the show’s production company.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024
  • And what, what the, the plaintiffs seek to be a class action.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 June 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • There was hope that a class action lawsuit might force AT&T to rethink its charge.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 May 2022
  • 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 consumers are asking their suit to be recognized as a class action.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Zoom users may be in line for a payout through a class action settlement.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, 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 complaint says the putative class action is worth more than $5 million.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Antitrust class actions, as shown in O’Bannon and Alston, can take nearly a decade to resolve.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The court ruled the plaintiff's claims for monetary damages can't be maintained as a class action.
    Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The window to file a claim against Bleacher Report in a class action settlement is open and the clock is ticking to get in on the payout.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024

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