In what circumstances will named plaintiffs be able to represent a class action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Schertzer v. Bank of Am., N.A., 445 F.Supp.3d 1058 (S.D. Cal. 2020):
In a class action "even named plaintiffs who represent a class must allege and show that they personally have been injured, not that injury has been suffered by other, unidentified members of the class to which they belong and which they purport to represent." Lewis v. Casey , 518 U.S. 343, 356, 116 S.Ct. 2174, 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996) (citation omitted).
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