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Labor/Employment

Jul. 22, 2010

Lawyers Seek to Replace Failed Plaintiffs in Class Action

What happens to a case when the original plaintiffs are found to have no standing, but a class has already been certified? Is the claim dead, or should plaintiffs' attorneys be allowed to find new plaintiffs to represent the class?

By Catherine Ho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

What happens to a case when the original plaintiffs are found to have no standing, but a class has been certified? Is the claim dead, or should plaintiffs' attorneys be allowed to find new plaintiffs to represent the class?

One Orange County trial judge agreed to allow plaintiffs' lawyers to find a new representative. Now the 4th District Court of Appeal is set to weigh in the ...

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