Update: The Final Approval Hearing has been rescheduled for June 9, 2022.
NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Dale M. Lacroix, et al. v. Foster Farms, LLC, et al.
Superior Court of the State of California, County of Merced
Case No.: 19CV03393
If, at any time from February 1, 2014 through July 31, 2020, you applied for employment with Foster Farms, LLC and/or Foster Poultry Farms (collectively, “Foster Farms” or “Defendant”), and Foster Farms procured a background check report on you for employment purposes, the above-titled class action lawsuit may affect your rights, and you may be entitled to a payment under the proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) described below.
You are not being sued. A court authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS.
- This is a class action lawsuit that involves a class defined as “all individuals on whom Defendant obtained a consumer report between February 1, 2014 and July 31, 2020.”
- Plaintiffs in this class action, Dale M. Lacroix and Alejandro Haro (the “Plaintiffs”) allege that Foster Farms acquired consumer, investigative consumer, and/or consumer credit reports to conduct background checks on Plaintiffs and other prospective current and former applicants for employment purposes without providing proper disclosures and obtaining proper authorization in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) and failed to provide prospective current and former employees with a Summary of Rights under the FCRA, along with similar state law claims under the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (“ICRAA”), and the California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (“CCRAA”).
- Foster Farms denies Plaintiffs’ claims and asserts that it has complied with all of its legal obligations to applicants and its employees. Foster Farms intended to vigorously defend against this lawsuit and denies any liability whatsoever.
- There has been a Settlement that affects your legal rights. Although the Court has authorized the Parties to provide this notice of the proposed settlement, the Court has expressed no opinion on the merits of Plaintiffs’’ claims or Foster Farms’ defenses.
- You have a number of options available to you:
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DO NOTHING |
By doing nothing, you will receive a monetary share of the settlement proceeds, and you will give up any rights to sue Foster Farms and Released Parties separately regarding all claims and causes of action of whatever kind or nature that are alleged, related to or that reasonably could have arisen out of the same facts alleged in this class action. |
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ASK TO BE EXCLUDED |
You can request to not be part of this lawsuit. If you ask to be excluded, you will not receive a monetary share of the Settlement proceeds, but you will keep any rights you may have to sue Foster Farms and the Released Parties separately about the same legal claims alleged in this lawsuit. |
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OBJECT |
Object to the terms of this Settlement. |
Your options are explained in the Notice.
To opt out of or object to the Settlement, you must act no later than May 3, 2022.