CASEDRIA PARKER v THE SALVATION ARMY SETTLEMENT

Case No. 20-CIV-04787 in Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Mateo

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NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

Parker v. The Salvation Army, et al.
Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Mateo

Case No.: 20-CIV-04787

If, at any time from November 2, 2018 and May 17, 2021, you applied for employment with The Salvation Army, and The Salvation Army procured a background check report on you for employment purposes, the above-titled class action lawsuit may affect your rights, and you may be entitled to a payment under the proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) described below.

You are not being sued.  A court authorized this notice.  This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.

PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY.  IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS.

 

  • This is a class action lawsuit that involves a class defined as “all persons who had background checks performed in connection with an application for employment with Defendant The Salvation Army between November 2, 2018 and May 17, 2021, but excludes those persons who signed a Mutual Arbitration Agreement with The Salvation Army.”
  • Plaintiff in this class action, Casedria Parker (“Plaintiff”) alleges that The Salvation Army and The Salvation Army El Sobrante Residences, Inc. (collectively, “Defendant” or “TSA”) acquired consumer, investigative consumer, and/or consumer credit reports to conduct background checks on Plaintiff and other prospective current and former applicants for employment purposes without providing proper disclosures and obtaining proper authorization in violation of the Fair Credit Report Act and failed to provide prospective current and former employees with a proper Summary of Rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
  • TSA denies Plaintiff’s claims and asserts that it has complied with all of its legal obligations to applicants and its employees.
  • There has been a Settlement that affects your legal rights.  Although the Court has authorized the Parties to provide this notice of the proposed settlement, the Court has expressed no opinion on the merits of Plaintiff’s claims or TSA’s defenses.   

You have a number of options available to you:

REMAIN IN THE SETTLEMENT AND VERIFY YOUR IDENTITY TO RECEIVE A $95 VOUCHER REDEEMABLE AT THE SALVATION ARMY

Each Verified Settlement Class Member will receive a voucher or coupon entitling you to purchase goods up to a maximum amount of $95 at a Salvation Army thrift store in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, or Arizona. If you wish to receive your individual coupon, all you need to do is visit www.parkerfcrasettlement.com and enter your name and the last four digits of your social security number. You will receive a share of the settlement proceeds, and you will give up any rights to sue TSA and Released Parties separately regarding all claims and causes of action of whatever kind or nature that are alleged, related to or that reasonably could have arisen out of the same facts alleged in this class action.

ask to be excluded FROM THE SETTLEMENT (opt out)

You may elect to be excluded from this Settlement and retain all your legal rights with respect to the claims asserted in the lawsuit.

If you ask to be excluded, you will not receive a share of the Settlement proceeds, but you will keep any rights you may have to sue TSA and the Released Parties separately about the same legal claims alleged in this lawsuit.

OBJECT

Object to the terms of this Settlement.

 

Your options are explained in the Notice sent to you. 
To opt out of or object to the Settlement, you must act by sixty (60) calendar days after the Notice was mailed to you.