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Where is the class action lawyer? - sick and tired


Posted: Mar 03, 2010

There ought to be class action lawyers lined around the block to represent us!!!

Class action? - Ann

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Why, to have it be filed in NJ and have AAMT/AHDI receive another windfall???

I think the thing to do is to select one company to sue - and MQ is the logical choice.

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Very often, when we look at the deteriorating conditions in the employer-employee relationship in this industry, we think of the WHOLE enchilada (the whole industry) and it seems overwhelming to take on.

We don't have to do this. It is just as effective for ONE company to serve as the "Judas goat", so to speak, because the impact of an unfavorable decision against that company will ripple throughout the entire industry.

Courts observe certain conventions that are intended to give predictability and stability to the law. For instance, there is the principle of "stare decisis" (pronounced "stahr-ay day-sees-is"), which means literally "let the decision stand", and in practical terms means that courts will follow their prior decisions when deciding future cases that are factually similar.

No surprises, in other words. No deciding one case one way and another case another way, unless there is some important factual difference between them.

Let us, then, determine whether there are grounds on which to sue MedQuist for practices which are insupportable under any of the provisions of labor law. Sue MedQuist, and you've effectively sued ALL MTSO's. The important thing, though, is to clearly identify the practices in which MQ is currently engaged which violate this underlying principle, which the courts DO recognize (strangely, it comes from the Bible):

The laborer is worth his hire.

In other words, you cannot be cheated out of just compensation for your labor.

Look around for a lawyers forum, see if you can - hook up with people who know labor law.

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Just posting this MT mess on a legal website might bring it to the attention of the right person to represent the MTs.


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