Can a consumer protection class action be brought against a defendant who has terminated the action?

Further, fashioning an effective remedy to distribute monetary compensation to the consumers affected poses a problem where, as here, such persons are potentially numerous and likely difficult to find because of inadequate records. The utility of class treatment declines when other effective and perhaps more efficient means exist to resolve the problem. "While termination of a defendant's alleged wrongdoing is a factor to be considered [citation], it does not warrant group action for damage when the [18 Cal.App.4th 661] members will not recover damage, and when a simpler remedy such as mandate is available." (Blue Chip Stamps v.

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