NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, WHITESIDE COUNTY
In re Morrison Community Hospital Data Breach Litigation
Case No. 2023 CH 19
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If You Previously Received a Notice Stating You Were Impacted by the Morrison Community Hospital Data Incident, You Are Eligible to Receive Payments from a Class Action Settlement
If you previously received a notice, you are eligible to receive a payment from a proposed $675,000 class action settlement (the “Settlement Fund”). To be eligible to make a Settlement Claim, your information must have been impacted in the Data Incident perpetrated on Morrison Community Hospital (“Morrison”).
The Litigation alleges that on or around September 24, 2023, cybercriminals breached Morrison’s computer and information systems and accessed personally identifying information and private health information (collectively, “Private Information”) belonging to Morrison’s current and former patients (the “Data Incident”).
Defendant denies any wrongdoing and denies that it has any liability but has agreed to settle the Litigation on a class-wide basis.
Eligible claimants under the Settlement Agreement will be eligible to receive:
- Compensation for Unreimbursed Economic Losses, up to $5,000, incurred as a result of the Data Incident;
OR
- Pro Rata Cash Payment, in lieu of the reimbursement for Unreimbursed Economic Losses
To submit a Settlement Claim, click on the "File a Claim" link or call (833) 627-8738 to request a Claim Form no later than February 5, 2025.
Please read this Website carefully. Your legal rights will be affected, and you have a choice to make at this time.
| Summary of Legal Rights | Deadline(s) | |
Submit a Claim Form
| The only way to receive a payment from the settlement. | Submitted or postmarked on or before February 5, 2025 |
Exclude Yourself by Opting Out of the Class
| Receive no payment. This is the only option that allows you to keep your right to bring any other lawsuit against the Released Parties for the same claims. | Mailed and postmarked on or before January 6, 2025
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Object to the Settlement and/or Attend the Final Approval Hearing
| You can write the Court about why you agree or disagree with the settlement. The Court cannot order a different settlement, they can only accept or reject the settlement in the Settlement Agreement. You can also ask to speak to the Court at the Final Fairness Hearing on February 28, 2025, about the fairness of the settlement, with or without your own attorney. | Mailed and postmarked on or before January 6, 2025 |
Do Nothing
| Receive no payment from the settlement. Give up any right to bring any other lawsuit against the Released Parties for the same claims. | N/A |