Class actions are lawsuits brought by a representative member(s) of a large group of persons on behalf of all the members of the group who have suffered identical or similar harm for which the same defendant may be liable -- such as a defective product class action against a manufacturer or an employment discrimination class action against a large company.
Weir is a city in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. The population was 780 at the 2000 census. The community is named after landowner T. M. Weir, who donated forty acres as a townsite.