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Re: X-Pro3 Screen Failure Class Action Lawsuit


cdubea wrote:
Unfortunately, the only winners in class action lawsuits are the lawyers. Plaintiffs frequently get a small percentage and typically not anywhere near enough to rectify the problem.

Hopefully Fuji realizes the media costs and figures out a way to rectify the owners without paying lawyers a ton of money.


It is a bit more complicated than that.

First, there aren't really any other alternatives. If one individual sues a corporation like Fujifilm for their own personal loss, unless they can show significant consequent damages, they aren't likely to be able to sue for more than their actual losses. The loss to any individual camera owner, even if we imagine punitive damages being added (not likely) are not remotely in the range required to get an attorney to even look at the suit.

Basically, beyond appealing to the good nature and ethics of the corporation, an individual has virtually no power to get traction on this.

However, when much larger sums are at risk, as in the case of a class action suit, there is enough potential value that an attorney (or attorneys) might be interested.

So, let's say that a hypothetical outcome is that owners of the affected cameras get some small amount of money and Fujifilm agrees to replace all of the cameras that might have the problem. That's already more than the individual person contemplating a law suit against Fujifilm (which isn't' going to happen) will get. So for individual consumers, it seems like a better bet.

And, yes, if the suit is successful the attorneys could make a bundle. The size of any award generally takes that into consideration. More likely the case would be settled without a verdict, and the attorney's would here also be compensated — as they should be, since the whole thing would not have happened without them.

It isn't perfect, but it is probably the best alternative available, right?



Nov 25, 2022 at 02:43 PM





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