Campbell v. Tidewater Associated Oil Co.

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• holding that plaintiffs satisfied predominance requirement where they alleged that defendants violated state deceptive-practices laws through misleading marketing of insurance policies
• concluding that it is reasonable to require submission of doc uments in support of a claim even though the defendant was also required to submit a file that “may [have] contained] information that would support” the claim
• noting that joinder of hundreds of individuals would be impracticable
• acknowledging the value to the class of defendants' agreement to pay fees and expenses and calculating the total estimated recovery including the value of fees and expenses paid by defendants
• finding the settlement “yields substantial and immediate benefits, and it is reasonable in light of the best possible recovery and the attendant risks of litigation — little or no recovery at all”
• including administrative costs as part of the value of the settlement

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