Crumpton v. Octapharma Plasma, Inc.

UPDATE AS OF November 29, 2022: The Court overseeing this case recently ordered the Settlement Administrator to redistribute the residual funds remaining in the Settlement Fund due to some Class Members failing to cash their original settlement payments. If you successfully received your original settlement payment (by check or an electronic payment method, like Venmo, Zelle, or PayPal), you will receive a second settlement payment in the amount of $14.04 via the same payment method you received your original settlement payment. The Settlement Administrator will send the second round of payments on or around December 2, 2022. Any checks issued will become void 90 days after issuance. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Settlement Administrator through this website. 

IF YOU SCANNED YOUR FINGER AT AN OCTAPHARMA PLASMA FACILITY IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN DECEMBER 2, 2014 AND FEBRUARY 4, 2020, YOU CAN CLAIM A PAYMENT FROM A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT.  

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• A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit between Octapharma Plasma, Inc. (“Defendant” or “Octapharma”) and certain plasma donors who scanned their finger at an Octapharma plasma donation facility in the State of Illinois and listed an Illinois address. The lawsuit claims that Octapharma violated an Illinois law called the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) when it collected individuals’ biometric data through its donor identification system with a finger scanner without complying with the law’s requirements. Octapharma denies those allegations and the law’s applicability to Octapharma. The Court has not decided who is right or wrong. The Settlement has been preliminarily approved by a federal court in Chicago, Illinois. 
  

• You are included in the Settlement if you scanned your finger and provided an Illinois address at an Octapharma blood plasma donation facility in Illinois between December 2, 2014 and February 4, 2020. If you received a notice of the Settlement in the mail or by e-mail, our records indicate that you are a Settlement Class Member and are included in the Settlement, and you may submit a Claim Form online or by mail to receive a cash payment. 

• If the Court approves the Settlement, members of the Class who submit valid claims will receive an equal, or pro rata, share of a $9,987,380 settlement fund that Octapharma has agreed to establish, after all notice and administration costs, incentive award, and attorneys’ fees have been paid. Individual payments to Settlement Class Members who submit a valid Claim Form are estimated to be $400 to $800, but could be more or less depending on the number of valid claims submitted. 

• Please read this website carefully. Your legal rights are affected whether you act, or don’t act.

These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained on the website.

The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. Payments will be provided only after any issues with the Settlement are resolved. Please be patient.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT, THE JUDGE, THE DEFENDANT OR THE DEFENDANT’S LAWYERS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT OR DISTRIBUTION OF SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS.