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Nevada Court Cancels Big Construction Defect Award

West News • December 20, 2005
A multimillion-dollar construction defects award was erased Thursday by a unanimous Nevada Supreme Court decision that held the case had been improperly given class-action status by a lower court ...

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Subject: RE: NOT best for plaintiffs, just best for builder

Posted On: March 7, 2007, 1:49 pm CST
Posted By: Jesse
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Homeowners are often convinced that filing suit is their only or best option, even when they don't have problems with their homes. They are told that if they "don't file, they could lose their chance forever", and that "just because they haven't noticed a problem doesn't mean it doesn't exist", and "what's the worst that could happen, you could get some money for a vacation."

Class actions are only proper when number of plaintiffs is too large to handle otherwise. Also, the fact that land is unique lends itself to not allowing the use of class actions for alleged construction defect cases.
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RE: RE: NOT best for plaintiffs, just best for builder Cindy
Mar 8, 2007, 3:49 am
RE: NOT best for plaintiffs, just best for builder Jesse
Mar 7, 2007, 1:49 pm
NOT best for plaintiffs, just best for builder Cindy
Dec 21, 2005, 10:05 am
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