Don, I will have him look at it, but he said the judge is under no obligation to even read letters not from someone involved in the case. It would probably be up to what his clerks decided to do with them.
I may be mistaken, but it was my understanding anyone affected by the recalled pet food is considered a class member and has a right to participate in the process. Although, maybe the situation is that once lead counsel has been appointed, everything has to go through them to keep the paperwork down.
According to theory, attorneys are required to do what their clients tell them to do. I'd be real curious to know if any pet owners were consulted, or even informed, that this deal was taking place.
Anyhow, thank you and your Uncle for taking the time to look into it. The thing about this whole situation I still find hardest to understand is why virtually none of the attorneys involved have shown any inclination to obtain and test samples in support of the case. As close as I can tell, millions of dollars have been spent on litigation, but not a penny has been spent on finding out why the pet food was deadly in the first place.
IMO, if there's a fatal flaw in the whole class action approach, it's that settlements are being negotiated before anyone knows what the case is even about. Thinking about it, I can't remember an instance where a class action suit went to trial. It seems to me there must have be at least a few, and I admit I normally don't follow such things very closely, but I can't recall a single news item of a consumer class action being decided by a jury trial in the past 3 decades.
