Personal Injury Law

Judge Rejects Class Status for Trailer Residents

By Edward Bills

Lawsuits filed on behalf of hundreds of Gulf Coast hurricane victims who were housed in formaldehyde-laden trailers should not be able to pursue their claims as a class action, a federal judge has ruled. In a 50-page ruling, District Judge Kurt Engelhardt found that the individual claims were too dissimilar to pursue as a class action. Attorneys for the plaintiffs had argued that class status would be the most efficient means to resolve claims against dozens of trailer manufacturers and spanning several states.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on December 30, 2008 (boomark / email).