• A Settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Waste Management of New York, LLC (“Waste Management”). The class action lawsuit involves whether Waste Management charged its customers an Administrative Charge in order to receive a paper billing statement and/or pay by United States mail, which is alleged to violate New York law.
• You are included if you have or had a residential account with Waste Management with a New York mailing address between September 27, 2016 and August 27, 2020 and were charged and paid an Administrative Charge.
• Those included in the Settlement will be eligible to receive a pro rata (meaning proportional) portion of the Settlement Fund, based on the total amount of Administrative Charges you paid via your Waste Management account between September 27, 2016 and August 27, 2020.
Read the
Notice carefully. Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT
DO NOTHING: If you have an Active residential account with Waste Management, once the Settlement becomes Final, you will receive a pro rata share of the Settlement Fund in the form of a credit to your account, based on the total amount of Administrative Charges you paid via your account between September 27, 2016 and August 27, 2020. If you close your residential account with Waste Management after August 27, 2020, then you will receive a pro rata share of the Settlement Fund in the form of a check issued to you, rather than via a credit to the account.
If you have a
Closed residential account with Waste Management, you MUST
submit a claim to receive a
pro rata share of the Settlement Fund in the form of a check, based on the total amount of Administrative Charges you paid via your account between September 27, 2016 and August 27, 2020. If you have a
Closed Waste Management account and do nothing, you won’t get a share of the Settlement benefits and will give up your rights to sue Waste Management about the claims in this case.
SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM BY FEBRUARY 20, 2021: If you have a closed Waste Management account, this is the only way to receive payment.
If you have an Active Waste Management account, you do not need to file a Claim Form. You will automatically receive a pro rata share of the Settlement Fund, as long as you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement.
EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE CLASS BY NOVEMBER 6, 2020: You will receive no benefits, but you will retain any rights you currently have to sue Waste Management about the claims in this case. Excluding yourself is the only option that allows you to ever bring or maintain your own lawsuit against Waste Management regarding the allegations in this case ever again.
These rights and options—
and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in the
Notice.
The Court in charge of this action has preliminarily approved the Settlement as fair, reasonable, and adequate, and must decide whether to give final approval to the Settlement. The relief provided to Class Members will be provided only if the Court gives final approval to the Settlement and, if there are any appeals, after the appeals are resolved in favor of the Settlement. Please be patient.
