I've always wondered about class-action lawsuits myself, especially when they're trying to claim money from someone or something. I've seen those informericals on TV (you know the ones that start out like, "Did you or anyone you know buy a [brand/company] [something] between the dates of [insert two dates here]? If so, you may be entitled to compensation, blah, blah, blah, so call the law offices of [whoever] at [phone number].") and seen ads in certain magazines about class-action lawsuits.
From what I understood reading those class-action announcements in magazines they automatically include you in lawsuit without your consent, no matter if you wanted to be in it or not. Are they even allowed to do this? What if I don't want to be apart of some frivolous lawsuit to get some easy money? I wouldn't want to travel to another state or be summoned there to participate in court just to get a small pittance of money.
And for that matter, what about in general of announcements and other official notices that no one ever told you about but you were supposed to know anyway?* I'm pretty sure there are many local and state ordinance, statutes, or laws that people don't know about and unknowingly break them. WTF mate?
Like in the movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where there are plans for demolishing Arthur's house or even the planet Earth that were put on display in some obscure basement level of a city council or galactic council building or whatever. How many people even know where their city council building is?
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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