23(b)(3) indicates as the second factor “the extent and nature of any litigation concerning the controversy already commenced by or against members of the class.” The existence of other actions may indicate either that there are other methods to adjudicate the controversy or that class certification is superior: [T]he existence of other suits by class members may suggest an interest in individual litigation. On the other hand, the existence of other suits may indicate that a class action is needed. Class actions are intended in part to eliminate the waste of judicial resources caused by duplicative individual actions. A class action will ordinarily be superior to repetitive individual suits. 1 Newberg § 4.30, at 4-121; see, e.g., Shamberg v. Ahlstrom, 111 F.R.D. 689, 699 (D.N.J.1986) (<HOLDING>). 100. Here, the existence of other actions
holding that class action was superior to other methods of adjudication including multiplicity of duplicative individual lawsuits holding class action to be superior adjudication method where individual class members had no interest in controlling prosecution of individual actions holding that class action was superior to individual suits where class members had relatively small interests and might not have the wherewithal to bring suit to protect their individual rights holding class action superior where individual claims do not warrant separate suits holding that privity existed in a class action when lead plaintiff was the defendant in the prior adjudication