If you lived in or were located in California and called Priority Club® Rewards, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels and Resorts, InterContinental® Hotels and Resorts, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® or Hotel Indigo® you could receive money from a Class Action Settlement
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Keller Grover LLP regarding the McCabe, Simpson & Sarabia v. Six Continents Hotels, Inc. Settlement.
If you lived in or were located in California and called Priority Club® Rewards, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels and Resorts, InterContinental® Hotels and Resorts, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® or Hotel Indigo® you could receive money from a Class Action Settlement
A proposed $11,700,000 class action settlement has been reached in a lawsuit called McCabe, Simpson & Sarabia v. Six Continents Hotels, Inc., USDC ND CA Case No. 12-cv-04818-NC. The lawsuit claims that Six Continents Hotels, Inc. recorded and monitored telephone calls of persons calling toll-free reservations and customer-service lines while residing or located in California without telling callers that the calls may be recorded and monitored allegedly in violation of California law. Six Continents Hotels, Inc. has denied the claims. Nonetheless, Six Continents, Hotels, Inc. and the Class Representatives have agreed to settle the dispute to avoid the uncertainty and costs of litigation. The $11,700,000 settlement fund will pay eligible claims, notice and administration costs, attorneys' fees and expenses, and named plaintiffs' service awards.
Who is a Class Member?
You are a Class Member if you called Priority Club® Rewards, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels and Resorts, InterContinental® Hotels and Resorts, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel Indigo® on a toll-free number while residing or located in California and spoke to a representative between March 1, 2011 and July 18, 2012.
What are my legal rights?
To receive a settlement payment, eligible class members must submit a claim. It is expected that eligible class members who submit a timely and valid Claim Form will receive at least $100. The amount of each individual settlement payment will depend on the total number of claims filed. Regardless of the claims rate, the payment to any individual class member will not exceed $5,000.
Whether or not you submit a claim, if the Court approves the settlement, you will be bound by all of the Court's orders. This means you will not be able to make any claims against Six Continents Hotels, Inc. or affiliated entities covered by the settlement.
If you wish to submit a claim, visit www.HotelCallRecordingSettlement.com or contact the Claims Administrator at 1-888-972-6585 to get a Claim Form. The deadline to submit claims is December 13, 2015.
If you do not wish to be a member of the settlement class, you may request to opt-out or be excluded from the settlement by submitting a letter to the Claims Administrator at the address below postmarked by December 13, 2015. If you opt-out you cannot submit a claim form. Visit the settlement website for more information.
If you wish to object to the settlement, you must do so by submitting your objection to the Court in person or writing postmarked by December 13, 2015. Visit the settlement website for more information.
A final hearing will be held on February 3, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the San Francisco Federal Courthouse, to determine the fairness, reasonableness and adequacy of the proposed settlement and to award attorneys' fees and costs and named plaintiffs' service awards. The motion for attorneys' fees and costs and named plaintiffs' service awards will be posted on the settlement website after it is filed. You may attend the hearing, but you do not have to.
This is only a summary. For detailed information including, the full text of the Settlement Agreement, the Class Notice and the Claim Form, visit www.HotelCallRecordingSettlement.com, call 1-888-972-6585, or write to the Settlement Administrator at: Hotel Call Recording Settlement, c/o Heffler Claims Group, P.O. Box 1040, Philadelphia, PA 19105-1040.
SOURCE Keller Grover LLP
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