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1. Class action notices must, as a legal requirement, provide instructions as to how to opt out of the class. That is the very nature of a class action. The language of a notice always includes "may have" wording. All you need to do is opt out and you are then out of the class. Or you can decide to leave yourself in and never make a claim. It is all in your hands.
2. Judges in class actions generally require broad-based notice and it would be typical for the notice to be sent to people who are members of a loyalty program, have used the service a great deal in the past, and so on. There is nothing nefarious about receiving a notice if -- in a case such as this -- you have ever flown with AA.
3. If you have evidence that the Settlement Administrator is engaging in some form of misconduct, then report them to the defendant(s) (the SA is retained by the defendants) and, if need be to the court. Contact information for both the defendants attorneys and the court is also listed on the notice you received and typically on a website maintained by the SA.
The SA does not work for you and has no obligation to provide you with any information whatsoever beyond that which either the defendants or the court require it to.
There has to be more to this story. There are precious few cyber stalking prosecutions in the US and anyone arrested must be presented as soon as possible (but never more than 72 hours) before a magistrate. If you were held for that long, was it really without a hearinwg?
You have to point out where you think I said I did not see a judge within 72 hours. You are putting words into my mouth.
I was denied release even though release was reccomend by the arresting officers as well as the pretrial service department. The judge wrongully deemed me "a danger to the public". It took two appeals to get me released.
Rust Consulting is obligated to tell me where they got my info. Furthermore if I am a plaintiff then I am entitled to know who the defendant is. Just saying one air light "might" have overcharged me is not acceptable. Which airline alleged that I purchased a flight? Clearly none of them did. Rust Consulting fabricates the list, and they do this sort of thing all the time.
The practice is common with class action administrators. I just found out about the GNC class action settlement. My name, and address, was placed on the list without my concent. I have no account with GNC and have never done business with GNC. I checked with GNC to prove it. The list was clearly fabricated.
Back to the subject of the airline lawsuit. No they never asked me to stop contacting them. They agreed to remove me from it completely. They refused to block my name permanently from being used in any future torts handled by their business, and that pissed me off. Furthermore they refused to state how they obtained my info. The info they have differs from the info on my accounts with AA and United. Clearly they obtained it elsewhere.
Also let me inform you that an 'opt out' gets your name, city, and state, added to a public record of all the people who chose to opt out. That is how the system discourages people from choosing to opt out.
I typed all this on my phone. Please excuse any typos.