It sounds frivolous, Yep, very! and rusty I hope the loosers have to pay, thats the way it should be, and if the lawyer looses he gets no pay. That would cut down 95% of lawsuits. But, who make the laws? Lawyers and they make them to make money reguardless of the outcome either by their client after they milked him dry or the taxpayer. I am conveniced that someone can come on your property shoot themselfs and suit you for their actions, or they get drunk pass out run into a tree 100 yards off the road and suit you for it. That's how crazy the law is in the USA.

Mike, it's completely different when you have a FAD which is none other than an 'independent HVAC contractor' that has agreed to sell Carrier branded equipment. The FAD merely represents that this 'independent HVAC contractor' sells enough equipment thru the year to afford this 'description' from Carrier (it's about selling and moving equipment). And the home in which the equipment is sold 'by the noted FAD', is ALSO 'maintained' thru said 'FAD' or 'independent HVAC contractor'. If the FAD didn't install and maintain said equipment --- your recourse is bupkiss. What is required to 'maintain' equipment is more or less left up to the FAD or 'independent HVAC contractor'... there is no difference between these two points --- except for the contract to sell Carrier brand equipment, and because the FAD sells all this equipment typically 100K or more per year. (The FAD isn't in business to fix equipment they DID NOT install / nor maintain.) --- guess again. Where things get messy: the home's Carrier equipment is not maintained by installing contractor. Regardless if they are 'FAD' or not... doesn't matter. $$$ is what moves people to do something. Don't kid yourself. If someone buys a home with said Carrier equipment installed --- which proves my point that 'FAD' means nothing --- why is this home owner having trouble finding this kind of support? Again Mike, FAD doesn't mean anything like you think it does.

While the class action is a good idea, most plaintiffs wont get much money and it may not change much. Hopefully it will force pet food companies to inspect their prodcuts on a regular basis. The problem with most "I found something in the bag" suits is that it is hard to prove where the debris in the bag actually came from and the companies will fight the suits on that one item. Probably stating debris could come from shipping or the pet store etc...

A set of water heaters had a defective part (dip tube, I think it's called.) which aged prematurely and sent bits and chunks of plastic into the water. They sent a plumber to replace the part and to supposedly flush the lines, though bits of plastic continued to unlodge from within the pipes and fill the faucet filters for years afterward. I think I learned of this class action lawsuit right here on Kitchen Table. There was no cashout-- just the & plumber, and I was able to call the one I wanted.