How to Find Old Class Action Lawsuits for Money Owed to You

A class action lawsuit occurs when a large group of individual plaintiffs join as one party in litigation against a common defendant. In the United States, this type of lawsuit occurs frequently. It is beneficial to the judicial system because courtrooms are not jammed with hundreds of plaintiffs litigating the same matter. However, every year thousands of people fail to discover that they are parties to class action lawsuits. Finding these old class action lawsuits can be as easy as going online.

Instructions

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Determine whether you are a plaintiff in a class action lawsuit. Class action lawsuits are highly publicized in the media. Law firms actively seek out plaintiffs through newspaper, television and radio ads. In some cases, such as class action lawsuits involving stocks, you will be contacted by the law firm representing the plaintiffs by a mail notice.

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Identify yourself as a member of the class action lawsuit. This requires you to contact the law firm publishing the lawsuit notice. If you receive a notice in the mail, you have already been identified as a class member and should just follow the directions contained in the mail notice.

3

Collect your share of the settlement or verdict. In most cases this will be mailed directly to you. However, if you identified yourself as a member of a class action lawsuit and never received your share, it might be unclaimed. In this case, you will need to locate the class action lawsuit and obtain information about the settlement or award and the law firm that represented your class.

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Visit a website that tracks class action lawsuits, settlements and awards.

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Identify the category for the class action lawsuit. Many websites that track this information break class action lawsuits into easy-to-understand categories and not areas of law.

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Click on the category for the class action lawsuit.

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Search the archives for the class action lawsuit you believe you are party to.

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Click on the class action lawsuit to read about settlements or verdicts.

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Follow the directions in the settlement or award article to see how you can collect your share.

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