PeopleClaim public mediations with co-plaintiffs are similar to class actions except they're resolved with the help of our community of conflict resolution professionals.
Public mediations with co-plaintiffs may be resolved globally — one offer to all parties — or individually via party-to-party negotiation with each separate claim.
While the goal is to help you find the shortest distance between a problem and its resolution, unresolved public mediations may be referred for formal legal represenatation and class action.
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If you're a named party in this case you're invited to add an opening statement.
In the absence of a statement from named party(s), PeopleClaim may assign an advocate to provide an opening statement and represent their interests.
A “dispute this charge” button is often provided online with each line item. The consumer is usually not required to prove that they have already contacted the merchant to query an unrecognized charge.
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PeopleClaim online trials can help resolve disputes against product or service providers, or explore general issues of public interest or controversy. The goal is to debate the issues and discover solutions that reflect public opinion on fairness of policy or practice.
It's easy. Simply review the case in the blue box (above left) and suggest a resolution. If both sides like your proposal, you'll earn recognition points and any cash reward offered for helping resolve it.
Also, if you have a case of your own and offer a reward for best resolution (minimum $20), our resolution community can help you. Our goal is to engage the public to help resolve disputes of any kind quickly, easily, and fairly.
The Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA) is enacted by Congress as an amendment to 1968's Truth in Lending Act. Today's electronic chargebacks derive from FCBA Section 161, "Correction of billing errors," which established rights of consumers and obligations of creditors provided a purchase by credit card (or other "open-ended" credit account) is disputed in writing. The new law took effect in 1975, one year after enactment.
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PeopleClaim trials allow you to connect with people who can get your case resolved by competing to find the best resolution. Our resolution community includes lawyers and mediators, industry experts, consumer advocates, and regular people like you with a sense of justice and a desire to help.
Members of our resolution community are invited to propose resolutions to posted disputes. The disputing parties can then review, rank, and request more feedback on contributed solutions. This helps both sides define their issues and discover resolutions that meet their mutual needs and interests. Importantly, it also helps reflect public opinion about the fairest resolution to any problem — something becoming increasingly important to businesses and often more motivating than traditional legal remedies. In other words, PeopleClaim helps businesses resolve disputes based on public expectations of fairness and good business practices and policies rather than traditional legal processes involving threats, negativity, and complicated legal procedure. Both parties win by finding the best solution at the least cost, allowing them to settle their case and move on.
Because PeopleClaim is a fairness-based system of justice, anyone can participate, regardless of their skill, training, or background. Cases are resolved because everyone has a basic sense of fairness, and people with specific expertise can help provide insights and information that may be important in finding common ground. Our resolution community includes lawyers, professional mediators, consumer advocates, people experienced in different industries, and anyone with a sense of justice.
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Important: PeopleClaim is a public dispute resolution system providing claim filing and online "trials" to settle party-to-party disputes and engage discussion in matters of public interest or controversy. PeopleClaim is not a court of law, and decisions arrived at through PeopleClaim trials do not legally bind disputing parties unless by mutual agreement. Terms such as "court," "trial," "verdict," "plaintiff," "respondent," "advocate," "neutral," "argument," "rebuttal," and other words borrowed from law are not used in their technical legal sense and should not be interpreted as such. The goal of PeopleClaim Online Trials is to increase public participation in dispute resolution and public policy by airing, debating, and seeking resolutions to matters of public interest as well as commercial disputes.
Parties participating in PeopleClaim trials have the option to resolve their disputes through mutual consent, under terms proposed by other trial participants such as "advocates," "neutrals," and others. PeopleClaim does not enforce any such agreements or promise any outcome to trials hosted on its site. PeopleClaim is not responsible for content posted in either public trials or in party-to-party claims registered at PeopleClaim.com. All trial content, including case summaries, rebuttals, suggested resolutions, and comments, are solely the responsibility of the posting parties.PeopleClaim does not review or evaluate the merits of opinions posted on its site by trial participants or others.
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