TRUSSWAY MANUFACTURING SETTLEMENT

NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT

RE: Flores v. Trussway Manufacturing, LLC


This is not a solicitation from a lawyer, junk mail, or an advertisement. A court authorized this Notice.
Please read this Notice carefully.

If Trussway Manufacturing, LLC (“Trussway”) Notified You of a Data Incident, You May be Eligible For Benefits From a Class Action Settlement.

Your rights are affected, and you have a choice to make now.

Please read this notice carefully.

This is not a solicitation from a lawyer, junk mail, or an advertisement. A court authorized this Notice.


  • A proposed Settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit known as Flores et al. v. Trussway Manufacturing, LLC, Case No. 4:23-cv-02509 (“Lawsuit”), filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.

  • This Lawsuit arises out of unauthorized access to Trussway’s systems and certain files containing sensitive and/or personal information about certain Trussway’s current or former employees including, but not limited to, names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and health plan enrollment information, health insurance policy numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, other government-issued identification numbers, financial account information, and if an individual had filed a claim for worker’s compensation or short-term disability, the medical information relating to such claims ( “Private Information”), and which occurred between March 7, 2023 and April 1, 2023 (the “Data Incident”). Trussway disagrees with Plaintiffs’ claims and denies any wrongdoing.

  • All Settlement Class Members can receive the following benefits from the Settlement: (1) up to $500 for documented out-of-pocket expenses, (2) reimbursement for up to three (3) hours of lost time spent dealing with the Data Incident at $25 per hour ($75 total), and (3) reimbursement for extraordinary losses up to $2,500 for documented expenses. Trussway also agrees to provide security related improvements.

  • Settlement Class Members who previously enrolled in the credit monitoring product offered by Trussway will have that term automatically extended for one (1) year. Settlement Class Members who did not previously enroll for credit monitoring shall have the ability to claim one (1) year of credit monitoring by the same service previously offered by Trussway.

  • You are included in this Settlement as a Settlement Class Member if you reside in the United States and were mailed written notification that indicated your Private Information was potentially accessed, viewed, and/or obtained as a result of the Data Incident which occurred between March 7, 2023 and April 1, 2023.

  • Your legal rights are affected regardless of whether you do or do not act. Read this Notice carefully.


YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS & OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT
Submit a Claim and/or Receive Credit Monitoring

You must submit a Valid Claim to get money from this Settlement.

Claim Forms must be submitted online by May 22, 2024 or, if mailed, postmarked no later than May 22, 2024.

You do not have to submit a claim to get Credit Monitoring if you previously enrolled. If you previously signed up for monitoring, your monitoring will be automatically extended for one (1) additional year. If you did not previously sign up for monitoring, you may enroll in the credit monitoring product previously offered by Trussway, for a period of one year, by submitting a request through the Claim Form.

Do Nothing

If you do nothing, you remain in the Settlement.

You give up your rights to sue and you will not get any money.

Exclude Yourself

Get out of the Settlement. Get no money. Keep your rights.

This is the only option that allows you to keep your right to sue about the claims in this lawsuit. You will not get any money from the Settlement.

Your request to exclude yourself must be postmarked no later than April 22, 2024.

File an Objection

Stay in the Settlement but tell the Court why you think the Settlement should not be approved.

Objections must be postmarked no later than April 22, 2024.

Go to a Hearing

You can ask to speak in Court about the fairness of the Settlement, at your own expense. See Question 18 for more details.

The Final Fairness Hearing is scheduled for May 29, 2024.

These rights and options — and the deadlines to exercise them — are explained in the Notice Regarding Class Action.