Named plaintiff

Named plaintiff

A named plaintiff, "class plaintiff" or "class representative" is one of the small group of individual plaintiffs in a class action who are identified by name and who stand in for and represent the interests of the larger group of people who comprise the plaintiff class, subject to court approval.


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