If you do hire your own lawyer, he or she must file and serve a Notice of Appearance in the manner described in the answer to FAQ 20 no later than August 15, If you submit a written objection, you may but you do not have to attend the hearing.
If you are a member of the Class and you do not submit a valid Claim Form, you will not be eligible to receive any payment from the Settlement Fund. You will, however, remain a member of the Class, which means that you give up your right to sue about the claims that are resolved by the Settlement and you will be bound by any judgments or orders entered by the Court in the Action.
Settlement Class Members who do not timely submit valid Claim Forms will not share in the Net Settlement Fund, but will otherwise be bound by the terms of the Settlement and what happens in the Action. The Court may approve the Plan of Allocation or modify it without additional notice to the Settlement Class.
The Plan of Allocation is on pages of the Notice, found here. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Securities Litigation. Pirnik v. Civil No. Toggle navigation. Why is this a class action? Why is there a Settlement? How do I know if I am part of the Settlement Class? Are there exceptions to being included in the Settlement Class?
What does the Settlement provide? How much will my payment be? How can I get a payment? When will I receive payment? What am I giving up to get a payment and by staying in the Settlement Class? If I exclude myself, can I get money from the proposed Settlement?
Do I have a lawyer in this case? Go here again and find your state's brochure and follow the instructions for following the small claims filing procedure. Rules and procedures can vary by court, so it's important to check and adhere to your jurisdiction's procedures. The good news is that these are easily publicly accessible. On top of that, if you ever have questions at any point along the way, you can just ask your courthouse small claims personnel for help.
They will be more than happy to assist you. Find the Right Court to File Your Claim: You want to make sure you file your case in the right court, otherwise it may get dismissed out of hand.
Generally you can file in the county small claims court where you live, where you lived when you purchased the car, or in the county where you paid for the car. Each jurisdiction may have a different form but generally you want something like the "Plaintiff's Statement to the Clerk. Just follow the instructions on it and fill in the appropriate boxes. We've posted Heather Peters form in this post as an example.
You fill out your contact info, the defendant's contact info, the damages that you seek, and how you calculated the money owed to you. For instance, Peters wrote, "Amount overpaid for "Hybrid" car, increased gas costs due to poor MPG, reduced resale value, statutory damages, class action settlement insufficient.
File Your Claim : Go to the small claims clerk and hand in your forms. The clerk may ask you a few questions, then stamp "FILED" on your forms and give you a date, time and location for your hearing. Mark it down in your calendar.
That's your day! You must provide notice to the other party but you can't just go over to their office and toss the papers through the mail slot.
You also can't do this yourself. You can have someone you know do it for you, hire a "process server," or a sheriff. They must hand the proper papers to the right person and say "These are court papers. Ask your small claims clerk for assistance in finding the registered agent.
After serving the papers, you must then fill out a Proof of Service and the sever provide a Proof of Mailing and then file that with the small claims clerk. Prepare Your Evidence Packet : You want to be able to hand the judge a nice little bound packet at the start of the proceeding.
Have an index at the front and use tabs to make the different sections easily accessible. Make sure you clearly show where each piece of evidence came from.
You probably don't need to submit as much material as Peters did. Though she won, it was kind of overkill, with several layers of evidence.
It's fine to have extra material as backup, but the first and main thing you should hand in is just your best evidence, the evidence that most clearly demonstrates why you should win. If you wanted to demonstrate, for example, that your car wasn't getting the advertised gas mileage, you could fill your car up with gas, take pictures of the fuel gauge and odometer, and then drive several miles and take pictures of the odometer after that.
Show that along with evidence of the advertised EPA vs what you actually experienced, and that should largely be what you need. Don't include hearsay, except as sworn affidavits — and those even might not be accepted.
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