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.
Fisk is a town in Butler County in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is located right along the Butler-Stoddard County line on U.S. Highway 60 along the St. Francis River. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the population was 363; a 2008 estimate, however, showed the population to be 368, an increase of 1.38%. Fisk is included within the Poplar Bluff Micropolitan Statistical Area.