Sentences with phrase «favor of the plaintiff class»

In this six - week jury trial, the trial judge refused to dismiss at least three jurors who were related to or knew members of the plaintiff class, and the jury found in favor of the plaintiff class.

Not exact matches

If the class - action lawsuit against Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Ford rules in favor of the plaintiffs he notion of making money at all costs will also prove to be catastrophic at these companies.

In Salvas v. Wal - Mart Stores, the SJC ruled that a trial court judge erred when he decertified the class action, excluded testimony from the plaintiffs» expert witness, and granted partial summary judgment in favor of Wal - Mart.

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In recent times, this is one of a handful of antitrust class actions that has gone to a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs.

After giving defendants a glimmer of hope that Canadian class action law would become less plaintiff - friendly, Canadian courts have more recently returned to their longstanding approach favoring class actions.

The article points out that although the three decisions have potential to spell disaster for class action plaintiffs given the conservative majority in the Supreme Court, two of the three class - action - related decisions last term came out in favor of the plaintiffs.

The class of plaintiffs has yet to be certified, and it's still unclear whether the plaintiffs» argument will find favor with the court.