Kraus v. Trinity Management Services, Inc., 999 P.2d 718 (2000)

Citation: Kraus v. Trinity Management Services, Inc., 999 P.2d 718 (2000)
Parent Document: Kraus v. Trinity Management Services, Inc., 999 P.2d 718 (2000)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 2000-06-05
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1159700/kraus-v-trinity-management-serv... ↗

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Defendants petitioned this court for review. Their principal claim is that the Court of Appeal erred in approving disgorgement into a fluid recovery *126fund without class action certification. Their due process-based argument that such awards are constitutionally impermissible rests on the proposition that absent persons are not bound by a UCL judgment unless the judgment is rendered in a class action with its attendant protections. Absent class certification, the defendant in such an action remains subject to countless future lawsuits based on the same conduct and raising the same issues even if the defendant has prevailed in the UCL action. If the plaintiff prevails, the defendant is still liable to all of the nonjoined class members, each of whom is entitled to a similar fund award. This, defendants argue, denies due process to UCL defendants.

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