Aren’t class actions great? The only problem is that the money for the residents will have to come from, well, themselves:
“We are having an accounting game. It’s basically saying, ‘we’re sorry you paid it from this pocket, instead it should have come from this pocket,” said Seattle City Council member Richard Conlin. …
“The only party benefiting from this are the law firms,” said Conlin.
The attorneys who fought the city on the hydrants will get $4.2 million plus interest charges.
City water customers will get refunds averaging $45 but will be obliged to pay surcharges averaging $59 to cover the cost of the settlement [KOMO].
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Pay the lawyers $60 and they will give you $45 back, and the peace of mind that things are back to being whole again. I wonder if in the spirit of fair settlements, the judge might get creative and pay the lawyers in cases of Evian? I imagine Scalia would ok with it, were he on the case.
A class action where the class gets to PAY $15… Ooh that’s good…
But now comes the suit because the $59.00 should have come out of the general fund. The gift that keeps on giving.
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