A Company That Manufactures Cigarettes Has Been Named as the Defendant

question 55

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 solicitor-and-client 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)The class action will be certified even if some other form of litigation is the preferable procedure if all of the other requirements for certification of a class action are proved to the court by the plaintiff in the class action at the certification hearing.

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