Never afraid to take a personal injury case to trial. Some injured parties choose to pursue a mass tort lawsuit, pooling resources with other victims to maximize compensation for their losses. Unlike class action lawsuits, however, mass torts do not group plaintiffs together. Read on to learn more about other distinctions between the two, then contact the mass tort attorneys at Turnbull, Holcomb & LeMoine, PC to get started.
While multiple parties are involved, cases in a mass tort remain separate. Each individual case is part of one legal action filed with a centralized federal court, called multidistrict litigation. Resources and information are often shared to help injured parties achieve the best results.
Class action lawsuits also typically involve many victims who have suffered similar injuries. But this type of legal action involves just one lawsuit that is filed on behalf of the entire group. Once a verdict is reached, the awarded compensation is split among the group’s members.