a small claims suit costs $20 to file, but you could potentially win $10,000 and cost their legal team $600 for each lawsuit filed.
a class action costs nothing, but the legal fees are taken out of the settlement FIRST, and you have to carve up the nickels among perhaps millions of others, and the defendants only have to pay one legal team.
you give up your individual right to sue if you join a class action.
That's a good reason for not both. Learn something new everyday
a small claims suit costs $20 to file, but you could potentially win $10,000 and cost their legal team $600 for each lawsuit filed.
a class action costs nothing, but the legal fees are taken out of the settlement FIRST, and you have to carve up the nickels among perhaps millions of others, and the defendants only have to pay one legal team.