Class action limits in state statutes
Restrictions on bringing claims on behalf of a class.
Statute-text comparison only, not legal advice. Verify against the current official code.
Found in reviewed text (20)
- Alabama — A consumer or other person bringing an action under this chapter may not bring an action on behalf of a class
- California — Class actions by consumers brought under the specific provisions of Chapter 3 shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of Chapter 4; no action for damages may be maintained under Section 1781 if certain conditions are shown
- Georgia — class actions prohibited for damages
- Hawaii — Minimum $1,000 recovery does not apply in class actions; apportionment and anti-duplication provisions apply
- Idaho — Class may recover actual damages or total not exceeding $1,000, whichever is greater
- Iowa — A class action lawsuit alleging a violation of this chapter shall not be filed with a court unless it has been approved by the attorney general.
- Kansas — damages not recoverable in class action under (b); class damages limited to specified violations
- Louisiana — Action may be brought individually but not in a representative capacity.
- Massachusetts — no rights to equitable relief shall be created under this paragraph, nor shall a person asserting a claim hereunder be able to assert any claim on behalf of other similarly injured and situated persons as provided in paragraph (2)
- Michigan — Class actions permitted for actual damages only; the $250.00 minimum and attorney fees provisions apply except in a class action; punitive damages for section 3l violations apply except in a class action
- Missouri — Class actions authorized with conditions; no bar, but requirements including reasonable-consumer and individual-damages showings
- Montana — Consumer may bring an individual action but not a class action
- New Hampshire — Class actions permitted under specified conditions; no bar or restriction stated
- Ohio — treble damages not available in class action
- Oregon — A class action may be maintained; statutory damages recoverable on behalf of class members only if ascertainable loss from reckless or knowing use is established
- South Carolina — Action may be brought individually, but not in a representative capacity
- Texas — A consumer filing an action under Section 17.50 that is to be maintained as a class action shall send to the consumer protection division
- Utah — An action may be maintained as a class action under this act only if:
- West Virginia — In a class action, the aggregate limits on the amount of the penalty shall be applied severally to each named plaintiff and each class member such that no named plaintiff nor any class member may recover in excess of the greater of $175,000 or the total alleged outstanding indebtedness.
- Wyoming — subject to and pursuant to the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure governing class actions, except as herein expressly provided
Not found or not captured (31)
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