Does it make more sense to sue on your own in cases like this instead of going with the class action lawsuit in order to score a larger settlement? Edit: clari

Does it make more sense to sue on your own in cases like this instead of going with the class action lawsuit in order to score a larger settlement? Edit: clarity Edit 2: From the article "$265 million: Total awarded to 13 plaintiffs who have sued over the earplugs to date" --> average of $20 million per settlement. At $5.5B for 300k lawsuits the result is an average of 18k per settlement??!! That appears to be a dramatic difference to the individual lawsuits.