I won my law suit

[frkelly74]

Apparently I was a party to a class action suit against ebay and by golly we won it. I got my check today and just can't decide what to do with it. I am including a picture of it so everyone can gaze upon my bounty. This is what makes America great, in my opinion.

[Wayne Smith]

Cost them way more to send it to you than it's worth. Great sense of values there, somewhere!

[edler7]

I'd frame that son of a gun.

By the time you drive to the bank to cash it, you will be in the hole.

[Roundnoser]

You know, the postage to send that to you was many times more than your award!

Don't worry...with E-bay / Paypal fees as high as they are, they will get their money back out of you!!!

[frkelly74]

I am sure the lawyers did okay with .

[Hickory]

Somebody's playing a joke on you!!
Frame it, hang it on the wall and you can have the last laugh.

[Reload3006]

LOL dang they could have just gave you there two cents at three its almost an insult LOL Congrats on the Win.

[GabbyM]

I won a class action suite against Caterpillar Tractor Co. a few years ago. Got back a few cents on the dollar from the thousnads they stole from my 401 K plans. CAT managment was found guilty in civil court of insider trading among many many other criminal offenses. SEC or no other FED agency ever brought criminal charges. When you are heading one of the largest American Corps you are above the law.

[Springfield]

I got one of those from some other class action suite, but I got 6 cents, so I beat ya! I'm not going to cash it just to mess with them.

[ronbo]

I did get one in the mail also from the e-bay settlement for $1.42, tossed it in the garbage.

[troy_mclure]

iirc the lawers in that case got $19M.

[45nut]

I am sure the lawyers did okay with .

Courtesy of the Law firm of Dewey,Screwem & Howe . :coffeecom

[daschnoz]

My bet is that you'll get a 1099 or some other IRS form. Man, would it suck if that $0.03 put you into the next tax bracket.:groner:

[garym1a2]

I got one of them also for 3 cents. I am thinking of cashing it just to make them pay the fee to clear the check.

[P.K.]

Courtesy of the Law firm of Dewey,Screwem & Howe . :coffeecom

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/THREE-STOOGES-Dewey-Cheatem-TIN-SIGN-funny-lawyer-1291-/13/!BopYHlgB2k~$(KGrHqYH-CoEu,nzjTn5BLoQ(zK9!Q~~_35.JPG

[Hardcast416taylor]

Courtesy of the Law firm of Dewey,Screwem & Howe . :coffeecom


I believe that law firm is an affiliate of the firm of Dewey, Shaftem & Howe.Robert

[ErikO]

Taht middle partner keeps getting squoze out. Last I heard it was Dewey, Cheatum, & Howe.

[41 mag fan]

I won a class action suite against Caterpillar Tractor Co. a few years ago. Got back a few cents on the dollar from the thousnads they stole from my 401 K plans. CAT managment was found guilty in civil court of insider trading among many many other criminal offenses. SEC or no other FED agency ever brought criminal charges. When you are heading one of the largest American Corps you are above the law.

Hmmmm... You sure you're not talking about Congress?

[Charlie Two Tracks]

45nut. You must be a Three Stooges fan. I just saw that one again a few months ago. ErikO has the term they used.

[perotter]

Mine was a little over $10.

[btroj]

Don't spend it all in one place!

[462]

I didn't know a thing about it, till I got a check for $.06, Saturday. Haven't decided whether to cash it, or not.

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

I got mine about 3 weeks ago, $9.68

[HollowPoint]

I got mine a couple of weeks ago and it was for $3.30.

I wonder if it was for the same law suit?

HollowPoint

[arjacobson]

I got mine too-like $4.00

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Years ago I was part of a Class action Lawsuit, and received $16.00
At that time, I had the usual full-time job and normally
I was able to file my taxes with the E-Z form.
EXCEPT that year that I won that suit,
I had to file the long form,
costing me more than $100 for Tax prep help. Yes I got a 1099 !!!
Jon

[wv109323]

I was also victorious . My pay out was 16 cents. The real winners was the lawyers. I bet they got millions.

[gray wolf]

Well boy's that reminds me of when the bank sent me a notice saying.
Dear sir,
This is the last time we spend .49 cents to tell you you have .38 cents.
Sometimes you just got to laugh at this world.

[GaryN]

I got one once for one cent. I hung it on the fridge for a few years until the wife got sick of looking at it.

[bearcove]

I got 30, Cents that is.

[RP]

Hi my name is Rick I am reloadaholic would you leave me some in your will so I can keep casting and reloading.
just in case you or others did not pick up on it i was just playing.

[Rokkit Syinss]

Courtesy of the Law firm of Dewey,Screwem & Howe . :coffeecom

Are you sure it wasn't the firm of Cesse, Poole and Drayne?

[Recluse]

I'd open a Gpal account with it. :twisted:

:coffee:

[Russel Nash]

I won a class action suite against Caterpillar Tractor Co. a few years ago. Got back a few cents on the dollar from the thousnads they stole from my 401 K plans. CAT managment was found guilty in civil court of insider trading among many many other criminal offenses. SEC or no other FED agency ever brought criminal charges. When you are heading one of the largest American Corps you are above the law.

I don't suppose you would have a link to say a news article about that decision. I have a friend who works for CAT now. He lives in Decatur. I am afraid that CAT is about the only thing going right now, and my friend might just be gullible enough to believe everything the higher highers at CAT tell him.

[dale2242]

Frank, If I had got a massive settlement like that I would put in an order to DJ for 2 30 cal Gas Checks....dale

[imashooter2]

LOL! Got my check last night too. 44 cents. Why do you suppose my settlement was more than 14 times higher than yours?

[pmer]

Yep, cash it. The check is void in a couple weeks and then it goes back to someone.. it adds up for them. My check is .38 cents.

Trouble is I don't think I was harmed. I have a choice, I don't have to use Ebay. I feel more "harm and injury" from pirate lawyers cruising the seas of American business. :coffeecom

[clintsfolly]

Frank did you work for the state? Clint

[Three44s]

Look at it this way:

When you offer some advice, you can up the ante to $.03 now.

Inflation ........... what was .02 now is .03 worth of advice!

Three 44s

[GabbyM]

I don't suppose you would have a link to say a news article about that decision. I have a friend who works for CAT now. He lives in Decatur. I am afraid that CAT is about the only thing going right now, and my friend might just be gullible enough to believe everything the higher highers at CAT tell him.

US district court for the central district of Illinois
Case No. 07-1009-JBM/JAG

The settlement Agreement is available at www.caterpillarERISAsettlement.com

http://www.topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/764-caterpillar-401k-class-action-settlement-

[frkelly74]

LOL! Got my check last night too. 44 cents. Why do you suppose my settlement was more than 14 times higher than yours?



you must know someone on the inside. It's good to be connected, NO?

[Three-Fifty-Seven]

I had a check for $0.58 when I got back from my vacation, I dropped it off at the bank when I made another deposit![smilie=p:

[para45lda]

Dewey, Cheatem and Howe is correct.....In more ways than one.

Wes

[omgb]

mine was ......$.57 yup, 57 cents.

[Echo]

123, I guess I made out like a Bandido! Mine was for 43 cents! I think I'll take a cruise...

[SeabeeMan]

I got one of those the other day from another settlement. Somewhere in the paperwork it was spelled out that each individual named was going to receive $33 and some change...before fees (lawyers). My check was 17 cents. By the time I pay 50 cents to cash it online, which is cheaper than driving 35 miles to our closest bank branch, I'd lose 33 cents as part of my settlement. Gotta love it.

[hiram]

I didn't know I was a member of this class action and I got 62 cents.

[shooterg]

18 cents here. Wheeeeeeeee!!!

[firefly1957]

I knew someone who got a check like that and he framed it on the wall the banking could not be balanced until it was returned they issued two more checks and priority mail at a high cost before he allowed any of them to be cashed!

[imashooter2]

I knew someone who got a check like that and he framed it on the wall the banking could not be balanced until it was returned they issued two more checks and priority mail at a high cost before he allowed any of them to be cashed!

They seem to have covered that... Mine says "not valid after December 22, 2011."

[samdweezel05]

I got my 27 cents today. I'm not sure what to do with it.

[mroliver77]

I am not even going to walk down to the mail box.
J

[WildmanJack]

I got one for 27 cents. Finally enough to go Christmas shopping !!!!!
Jack

[M4bushy]

I got .37 ***!

[lylejb]

Mine was .21 ......still laughing.

Years ago, recieved a letter about a class action against Toyota. I had bought a new Toyota a few years before. When it was all said and done, I recieved a coupon for $100 off a new Toyota:veryconfu

[GabbyM]

WHOW BOYS

some of you all need to realize that if you cash a frivolous check you have settled your claim and have no further recourse. It’s an offer of settlement they send in the mail as a un greased dick.

[imashooter2]

WHOW BOYS

some of you all need to realize that if you cash a frivolous check you have settled your claim and have no further recourse. It’s an offer of settlement they send in the mail as a un greased dick.

By getting in on the class action suit, you have already given up your right to separate compensation. Usually in cases like this, individual loss isn't worth hiring a lawyer.

[ARKANSAS PACKRAT]

Mine came yesterday, $.01, yep one cent! It goes to the bank this morning, I hope it costs the jerks something for it to go thru their bank!
Nick

[Russel Nash]

US district court for the central district of Illinois
Case No. 07-1009-JBM/JAG

The settlement Agreement is available at www.caterpillarERISAsettlement.com

http://www.topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/764-caterpillar-401k-class-action-settlement-

thanks Gabby!

[MtGun44]

Legal scams. The lawyers make a bundle, distribute a few cents to a large group of
"injured parties".

Further proof that many/most lawyers are worthless parasites.

Bill

[rbertalotto]

I made out like a fat rat...........I got $1.13

I heard the law firm that "represented" us made over $7,000,000.00

[omgb]

What did we get this money from? I'm not even aware that I joined the class action suit. How were we supposedly harmed?

[abunaitoo]

I got one tooo.
$1.76.

[Moonman]

DON'T CASH IT, just keep it let the accountants deal with the outstanding check against the books, gives the AUDITORS something to question too.[smilie=p:

[SSGOldfart]

Save it till the last mintue,you'll drive there bean counter nuts carring it forward each month,just cash it before it's 180 days old,I got one from the county once for .02cents they called and ask me to either return it or cash it so they could clear there books for the year

[omgb]

The check is invalid w/i a week or so of issuence. It won't drive their bean counters crazy, what it will do is add more money to the lawyers pot. It's in the fine print.

[smokemjoe]

We all at John Deere got one like that for profit shareing one time, The company people had numbers on theres plus a bonus check.

[cdet69]

Do not worry the IRS knows all about it. At tax time you will owe them.

[wills]

Legal scams. The lawyers make a bundle, distribute a few cents to a large group of
"injured parties".

Further proof that many/most lawyers are worthless parasites.

Bill

Not so. They perform a valuable service.

Let’s say a business does something which it knows affects a lot of customers. Let’s say a pay per view cable broadcast is cut off a few minutes into the program, due to some technical difficulty. The business tells a class action lawyer about the awful thing it did.

To right this wrong the class action lawyer files a lawsuit on behalf of the aggrieved class. All the class members are notified of their opportunity to opt out of the suit. Those who don’t opt out will be bound by the results of the litigation.

After a seemly time and amount if civil procedure the litigation is settled. As a settlement, the defendant agrees to issue each member of the plaintiff class, for example, a ten dollar discount on each of the next five pay per views he orders. The defendant also pays attorney fees to the attorneys representing the plaintiff class. The defendant now knows he has settled most if not all the potential litigation, and can proceed with business, without concern over contingent liabilities.

[500MAG]

Thank God they didn't Paypal it to you, It would of cost you $0.10 to get your $0.03.

[MT Gianni]

I got one from a suit against a major NY Corp. that advised the Corp I work for all the way to bankruptcy. [ sounds like Goldwoman Socks] I lost $138,000 in my 401K and my share of the lawsuit was $4,100 in an account that had greater annual fees than earnings.

[missionary5155]

Good morning
Even the great elephant must suffer the irritating small flea. I trust the itch keeps them looking over thier shoulder.
Mike in ILL

[Echo]

I WILL frame my 47 cent check!

[ErikO]

I got my check last week from $750 or so worth of fraudulent bank fees that was settled in a class-action. It seemed that there were enough of us that the settlement offer ended up paying out $95. Then again, I forgot about this class action suit as it was filed a while back which made this found money. Not such a bad deal in the end.

[FISH4BUGS]

I believe that law firm is an affiliate of the firm of Dewey, Shaftem & Howe.Robert

The venerable old line Boston firm of the late Ted Kennedy:

Winem, Dinem, Dickem & Dunkem