Settlement Information
A $950,000.00 (“Settlement Fund”) settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Peco Foods Inc. (“Peco” or “Defendant”) related to a Data Breach. The lawsuit concerns a Data Breach that occurred on or around December 4, 2023 (“Data Breach”) involving Peco in which an unauthorized third-party accessed the Personal Identifiable Information (“PII”) of Plaintiffs and Settlement Class Members. Defendant denies any wrongdoing and denies that it has any liability, but it has agreed to settle the lawsuit on a class wide basis.
Who Is a Class Member?
The Settlement Class includes all individual U.S. residents whose PII was accessed and/or acquired in the Data Breach that is the subject of the Notice of Data Breach that Defendant sent to Plaintiffs and Settlement Class Members on or around July 24, 2024.
Excluded from the Settlement Class are: (1) the Judge presiding over the Litigation, any members of the Judges’ respective staffs, and immediate members of the Judges’ respective families; (2) officers, directors, members and shareholders of Peco; (3) persons who timely and validly request exclusion from and/or opt-out of the Settlement Class and the successors and assigns of any such excluded persons; and (4) any person found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be guilty under criminal law of initiating, causing, aiding or abetting the criminal activity or occurrence of the Data Breach or who pleads nolo contendere to any such charge.
Your Legal Rights and Options
Option and Deadline |
Your Legal Rights |
Submit a Claim FORMby November 9, 2026 |
The only way to receive a Residual Cash Payment, Credit Monitoring, Ordinary Out-of-Pocket Losses and Extraordinary Out-of-Pocket Losses. |
Exclude Yourselfby October 12, 2026 |
Receive no benefits. This is the only option that allows you to keep your right to bring any other lawsuit against Defendant for the same claims if you are a Settlement Class Member. |
Object to the Settlementby October 12, 2026 |
You can write to the Court about why you agree or disagree with the Settlement. The Court cannot order a different Settlement. You can also ask to speak to the Court at the Final Approval Hearing on December 14, 2026 about the fairness of the Settlement, with or without your own attorney. |
Attend the Final approval HearingDecember 14, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. CT |
The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing to determine whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate, and to consider Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses, and Service Awards to the Settlement Class Representatives. |
Do Nothing |
Receive no benefits. You give up rights if you are a Settlement Class Member. |
Dates and Deadlines
Claims Deadline
November 9, 2026
Exclusion Deadline
October 12, 2026
Objection Deadline
October 12, 2026
Final Approval Hearing
December 14, 2026