At 17:03 16-3-02 -0600, Steve Sloan wrote: > > What exactly is a class-action law suit? How does it differ > > from a regular law suit? > >"I am not a lawyer", but here's how I understand it, based on >watching lawyer shows on TV. ;-) A class action lawsuit allows >a large group of people, who have all been wronged in the same >way by the same party, to sue that party in the same trial.
I figured it would be something like that. Thanks for the explanation. Now, I do not see a problem for AOL users sueing AOL, even when the Commonwealth of Virginia does not allow class-action law suits. The only thing AOL users need to do is get themselves organised in something like "AOL Users For Free Choice of E-Mail Clients" and then let that organisation drag AOL to court. That way, there will be only one entity (AUFFCoEMC) sueing AOL instead of a number of individuals, thus bypassing the "no class-action law suits" rule. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
