A recall does not necessarily mean you have a case. In order to file a defective product case, you need to be able to prove that you were injured by the product. The injury doesn't have to be physical -- it can be financial, emotional or a less tangible quality-of-life injury, such as the loss of a parent.
A recent example could be the lawsuits over defective, poisonous pet foods. In those cases, pet owners were not physically injured -- their pets got sick and died. Because animals are usually considered property under the law, rather than family members, pet owners suing over these cases had to claim property damage, as well as financial damages for costs like veterinarian bills. Because some of these claims were quite small, but all were similar, many of these pet owners joined forces in a class-action lawsuit.
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