If you received an automated, or artificial or prerecorded voice call on your cellular telephone from Synchrony Bank (“Synchrony”) from June 17, 2016 through October 19, 2020, where the subject of the call was a Synchrony account that did not belong to you, and you did not provide Synchrony your cellular telephone number, you may be entitled to compensation as a result of the settlement in the class action lawsuits captioned:
Important Dates
February 15, 2021 — Exclusion Deadline
February 15, 2021 — Objection Deadline
March 1, 2021 — Claim Form Deadline
March 18, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. — Fairness Hearing
- Curtis Neal and Roy Campbell sued Synchrony alleging that it placed calls to cellular telephone numbers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 227. Synchrony denies the allegations against it, and denies that it violated the TCPA.
- A settlement will result in a $2.9 million fund to fully settle and release claims of persons (1) to whom Synchrony placed, or caused to be placed (either by one of its own employees or by an agent or vendor), a call, (2) directed to a telephone number assigned to a cellular telephone service, (3) by using an automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice, (4) from June 17, 2016 through October 19, 2020, (5) where the subject of the call was a Synchrony account that did not belong to the recipient of the call, and (6) where the recipient of the call did not provide Synchrony the telephone number to which it placed, or caused to be placed, the call.
- The settlement fund will be used to pay settlement amounts to class members who elect to participate, after deducting the costs of settlement notice and administration, attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses, and service awards to Mr. Neal and Mr. Campbell.
- Your legal rights are affected, and you now have a choice to make:
YOUR OPTIONS | |
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Option 1: |
Complete and submit a claim form and receive a share of the settlement fund If you submit a valid claim form, you will receive a share of the settlement fund after fees and expenses are deducted, and you will release TCPA claims you may have against Synchrony and other released parties. You may complete a claim form online through the Submit a Claim page. |
Option 2: |
Get out of this lawsuit and get no benefits from it If you exclude yourself from the settlement, you will not receive a share of the settlement fund, and you will not release any TCPA claims you may have against Synchrony and other released parties. |
Option 3: |
Object to the terms of the settlement agreement. You may object to the terms of the settlement agreement and have your objections heard at the March 18, 2021 final fairness hearing. |
Option 4: Do Nothing |
Do Nothing If you do nothing, you will not receive a share of the settlement fund, but, if you are a class member, you will release any TCPA claim(s) you have against Synchrony and other released parties. |