Park Mobile is a company that finally lets you pay for parking meters using smart technology instead of running around with coins in your pocket. But not everything was so rosy for the company.
Park Mobile has settled a large class action lawsuit, agreeing to pay plaintiffs $32.8 million. See below for more information.
Park relocation class action lawsuit
Class action lawsuit in question sued for data breach The compromised data included sensitive information such as payment methods, emails, phone numbers, and even license plate numbers.
Users who receive a notification from Park Mobile have a special offer in store.
Two are available:
- Plaintiffs can receive up to $25 from the settlement fund, or
- Claimants can instead elect to receive a $1 credit on the app.
If you are eligible, please use this form to claim your benefits.
How does a class action lawsuit work?
Class action law has evolved over the past several decades. However, there are certain rules that bind class actions, known as Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Legal Information Institute indicates that courts must find out in order to authorize a class action lawsuit:
- Due to the large number of class members, it is not practical to participate in the action
- Collective participants’ claims share a common question of law or fact
- The claims or defenses of proposed class representatives are typical of the claims or defenses of the remaining members of the class;
- The proposed class representative will adequately protect the interests of the class as a whole.
In other words, for a judgment to have approximately the same impact on all class participants, all plaintiffs must have sufficiently similar claims for damages. So the question before the court is whether all of these plaintiffs actually suffered similar damages from the defendants.
How long does a class action lawsuit take?
Again, the answer is “it depends.”
In some cases, the answer is 10 minutes. A defendant can end a lawsuit before it begins by settling with the plaintiff. Usually this means payment. According to Top Class Action, Settlements are usually It can take up to 9 months or a year.
But if a class action lawsuit goes to trial, the timeline is several years, typically two to three years, according to the Cochrane office.
