A class-action lawsuit is a lawsuit filed by many people who have the same problem, caused by the same defendant. Because these plaintiffs are all similar, the law allows them to join forces in one large lawsuit, rather than many individual lawsuits. This makes the court process more efficient, allows them to share only a few dangerous drugs lawyers, and can also allow access to justice for plaintiffs whose claims would normally be too small to make a lawsuit worthwhile.
Dangerous drugs lawsuits lend themselves to class actions because most medications are distributed to thousands or millions of people around the country who have similar health problems. Because dangerous drug claims tend to be very, very serious, dangerous drugs class actions can be extremely large, with significant verdicts or settlements.
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