UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
If you were sent one or more letter(s) from Defendant FirstStates Financial Services Corp. from July 19, 2016 through August 18, 2018, you could get a payment from a class action settlement.
A federal court authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
- A settlement will provide a Settlement Fund of $400,000 to pay people who were sent a letter from FirstStates Financial Services Corp.
between July 19, 2016 and August 18, 2018. - The two sides disagree on how much money could have been won if this case went to trial.
- The parties estimate that each class member will receive approximately $80.00 from the Settlement Fund.
- Lawyers for the class members will ask the Court for approximately one-third of the Settlement Fund to be paid by Defendant—as fees and expenses for investigating the facts, litigating the case, and negotiating the settlement—and for $10,000 to be paid to the Class Representative for his services.
- Your legal rights are affected whether you act, or don’t act. Read this notice carefully.
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YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT: |
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DO NOTHING |
Receive a payment under the settlement. |
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EXCLUDE YOURSELF |
Get no payment. This is the only option that allows you to ever be part of any other lawsuit against FirstStates about the legal claims in this case. |
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OBJECT |
Write to the Court about why you don’t like the settlement. |
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GO TO A HEARING |
Ask to speak in Court about the fairness of the settlement. |
- These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in the notice.
- The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to approve the settlement. Payments will be made if the Court approves the settlement and after any appeals are resolved. Please be patient.
If you would like to update your address with the Class Administrator, please visit the Update Your Address section on this website.
If you would like to change your name with the Class Administrator, please visit Question 23 under the FAQs section on this website for more information.