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Class action sought for worker abuse claims
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2011/02/03 10:01
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Lawyers for hundreds of workers from India who claim they were subjected to abusive conditions at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina are asking a federal judge to certify their lawsuit as a class action against the company that hired them. The Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union and other groups filed a class-action suit in 2008 on behalf of seven individuals who worked for Signal International, an oil rig construction and repair company. The plaintiffs' lawyers on Tuesday asked U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey to certify the case as a class action for roughly 500 workers who claim they were lured here after the 2005 storm with the false promise of green cards and then forced to live in crowded, unsanitary conditions.
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Class action or a representative action is a form of lawsuit in which a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court and/or in which a class of defendants is being sued. This form of collective lawsuit originated in the United States and is still predominantly a U.S. phenomenon, at least the U.S. variant of it. In the United States federal courts, class actions are governed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule. Since 1938, many states have adopted rules similar to the FRCP. However, some states like California have civil procedure systems which deviate significantly from the federal rules; the California Codes provide for four separate types of class actions. As a result, there are two separate treatises devoted solely to the complex topic of California class actions. Some states, such as Virginia, do not provide for any class actions, while others, such as New York, limit the types of claims that may be brought as class actions. They can construct your law firm a brand new website and help you redesign your existing law firm site to secure your place in the internet. |
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