Welcome to the M.C. Dean, Inc. Class Action Settlement Website.
A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit titled, Domitrovich and Gussie v. M.C. Dean, Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-00210 (E.D. Va.) (the “Lawsuit”). The lawsuit asserts claims against Defendant M.C. Dean (“Defendant”) related to a security incident about which Defendant notified potentially impacted individuals in September 2022 (the “Incident”). Defendant denies all of the claims and denies that it did anything wrong.
The settlement offers payments to all individuals in the United States
- whose personal identifying information was stored, possessed or controlled by M.C. Dean, and
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who were affected by the M.C. Dean data security incident that Defendant sent notification of in September 2022 (“Settlement Class Members”). Certain of the amounts paid will depend upon how many people submit valid claims but initially are set at the following amounts:
- An Alternative Cash Payment of $225 or, in the alternative;
- an award of up to $500 for any Ordinary Out-of-Pocket losses, including Attested Time spent remedying issues related to the Incident at a rate of $35 per hour, for up to three hours; and/or
- if you experienced unreimbursed unauthorized or fraudulent charges or out of pocket expenses which you believe in good faith were fairly traceable to the Incident, you may also file a claim for an “Extraordinary” Reimbursement Award of up to $8,000.
The Court in charge of this case still must decide whether to grant final approval of the Settlement. Payments and credit monitoring will only be made or permitted after the Court grants final approval of the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved.