A class action lawyer specializes in lawsuits related to a defect or danger in a product or related to an issue in which many people may have suffered the same injury or other problem flowing from one activity. A class action is filed like any other lawsuit, except that the class has to be established in order for each of the potential plaintiffs to participate. The class action lawyer speaks with each potential plaintiff to make sure he or she can participate in the class based on the facts and the way the class is defined. If the class action lawsuit is successful, or a settlement is reached, usually all the people in the class receive a damage award. A class action lawyer may also be defending the case on behalf of the person or business being sued. He or she will usually work to establish that no basis for the class itself exists, or at least to limit the number of people who can participate in the class action lawsuit.

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