IF all the folks that needed to be sued by us BABES that needed to be sued and should be sued by us WE would own the world..BUT let me share some queenapostate HUGS instead for starters PLEASE....queenie BTW the thing about lawyers getting all the bucks and it is in court for hundreds of years is the gospel truth and since one must live in the here and now anyone for a game of poker??? XOXOXO queenie aka LINDA LOU
Lawrence Hughes Class Action Website
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teenyuck
TH-how much did you get? You are still working are you not? Not retired to a villa in the Alps?
How much did the attorney's get? What percentage? What did they charge as "costs?" Between you and the thousands of people who were plaintiffs in that suit, I would guess none of you got anywhere near what you would have gotten individually.
After the attorney took 40-60% of that 92 million, you have to divide the rest. That leaves 52,000,000 (on the high side) for the rest of you. I would guess that there were about 10,000 plaintiffs on that suit. (I recall it, however, I don't have time to look it up) The math is easy. You did not get too much did you?
These types of cases are always pro-bono. However, the settlement will still be reduced by the % the attorney negotiated (currently 40-50% of the amount) plus costs. Figure about 10%. That is what all the attorney's I work for charge.
Attorneys charge for copies...every copy. Attorneys charge for postage, rent, space in a filing cabinet, etc. Every penny they can squeeze out of a case, they will get.
I am a paralegal. I document every 1/4 hour, how many pages did I copy, what I typed, how much research I did, etc. All of that gets charged as "costs and expenses."
These suits serve one purpose. Keeping lawyers in the life style they have grown used to.
My thoughts on a lawsuit based upon emotional abuse and pain, is that the plaintiff comes out looking kinda looney. I do not think a jury would be sympathetic to a group of adults saying they were emotionally abused by a religious unit.
If the suit were to go to trial and the jury decided in your favor, the judge would have to look at all the ramifications of a suit like this and would more than likely overturn the verdict. It would set a precedent for everyone, everwhere, to sue anyone who ever harmed them emotionally. No judge wants that on his record.
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Trauma_Hound
Uh try again, it's about 30%, and it just got out of litigation, now the company that is managing it, has to send out claim forms. Also the case was settled over a year ago, and the money has been sitting getting interest, because one of the main class members fought the settlement. However since this is only local to Washington State, and only temps that worked at microsoft for over 6 months are elegable for the class. Plus some temps have been hired perm, and have opted out of the class. Even at 2000 that's still around 32k apiece.
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Trauma_Hound
Make that over a year ago.
May 25, 2001 - The Custodial Agent (a subsidiary of Key Bank) was approved by Court. Settlement funds were deposited by Microsoft and conservatively invested by the Custodial Agent under guidelines approved by Court. Interest will accrue to the Fund, will be used to pay costs of administration, and earnings after costs of claim administration will be added pro rata to class members' settlement distributions.
This is what were are waiting on.
- Oct./Nov. 2002 - Supreme Court will decide whether to grant writ of certiorari. If certiorari is denied, the case is concluded.
- September 2002 - Response to petition for writ of certiorari due.
- August 13, 2002 - Two objectors, Lesley Stuart and Donna Vizcaino, filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court to seek review of the Ninth Circuit decision.