Orkin Class Action - What's Bugging You?

     The Aug. 23, 2006 Atlanta Journal Constitution (D-1) included an article about an elderly Marietta, Georgia couple who have been fighting in court against Orkin Exterminating and its parent company Rollins, Inc. for 5 years because they said Orkin failed to live up to its contract to provide inspections and treatments to keep their house safe from termites.  Their case and the struggle of their attorney to recover against Orkin and Rollins, was helped this week by the Judge’s decision to expand the scope of the case to include other similar claims against these companies.

     Now up to 70,000 Orkin customers will have a method to seek some compensation for failed treatments, and improper inspections that have occurred since 1995.   The Judge’s approval of a class action status for this case allows many Georgians to obtain some recovery for their claims which otherwise would have been ignored because their individual claims were too small to find someone to fight for them. 

     While politicians, corporate leaders and the Chamber of Commerce frequently complain about class action abuses, the truth is that class action lawsuits are an important and often the only way for many small claims to be handled and to gain meaningful attention from corporate defendants.  When these politicians and companies call out for lawsuit “reform,” what they are really doing is trying to block thousands of average citizens with small or medium sized losses from gaining any recovery for their losses.  That should bug you.

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[matthiew]

ooh its so sad that orkin exterminating has failed to inspection and treatment give to Georgia couple with small or medium sized losses from gaining any recovery for their losses. so that bug you so save him
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