A Company That Manufactures Cigarettes Has Been Named as the Defendant

question 5

Multiple Choice

A company that manufactures cigarettes has been named as the defendant in a class action.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• A)The fact that the defendant has been sued in a class action necessarily means that other companies have also been sued in the same action.
• B)The company will likely place notifications in newspapers in an attempt to avoid certification.
• C)The company will probably have to pay costs on a party-and-party or partial indemnity basis if it loses the case.
• D)Because they have sued by way of a class action, the plaintiffs necessarily have hired lawyers on a contingency basis
• E)As long as a class action is the plaintiff's preferred procedure, the court will grant certification, even if the judge believes that some other procedure would be better.

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