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Grand Theft Auto Lawsuit Settlement: You Get $35, Lawyers Get “One Million Dollars”
It’s not often that People Magazine and video games have a lot in common, but in the February 4th issue if you flip to page 50 there an Legal Notice concerning one Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
In 2007 Rockstar Games proposed a settlement for a class action lawsuit concerning the infamous Hot Coffee modification. As a result any US citizen who was officially “offended and upset” by the ability to unlock this hidden content can now claim up to $35 in compensation.
The exact amount you may be entitled depends upon directly upon how much documentation you have of your “outrage”:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas First Edition Disc: Replacement Disc
Detailed Store Receipt: Cash payment up to $35.00
General Credit Card Statement or Check: Cash payment up to $17.50
Disc/Purchase Details: Cash payment up to $10.00
No Disc/Purchase Details: Cash payment up to $5.00
Full details on the program can be found at GTASettlement.com and you must submit your claim by May 16, 2008 to be eligible for compensation.
On page 11 of the Motion for Preliminary Approval document concerning the attorneys’ fees:
“E. Attorneys’ Fees, Costs and Disbursements. Finally, as mentioned above, only this past Friday, the Parties agreed on an amount to compensate Plaintiffs’ Counsel for attorneys’ fees and costs and disbursements in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), the entire amount of which will be paid separate and apart from any amounts made available for payment to the Class and Class Representatives, as set forth above. This agreed upon amount includes approximately Forty-Five Thousands Dollars ($45,000) for costs and disbursements and approximately Nine Hundred Fifty Five Thousand Dollars ($955,000) for attorneys’ fees, a highly reasonable request and well within the range previously approved by this and other courts. A full and formal application for attorneys’ fees and costs and disbursements will be made prior to the proposed final fairness hearing for approval of this Settlement.”
To sum it up, you can get a brand new free version of GTA: SA and, at most, $35. While the lawyers who are representing this outrage on humanity are getting a mere One Million Dollars.
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