A class action settlement involving Nationwide homeowner’s insurance will provide payments to those who qualify.
- The deadline for filing claims for this case was August 26, 2009. To be considered timely, all claims must have been postmarked by August 26, 2009.
- On July 27, 2009, Judge Kirk D. Johnson issued an Order Approving the Settlement. The Final Approval Order can be viewed here.
- There is a class action about whether Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and certain affiliates (“Nationwide”) improperly withheld payments of general contractor’s overhead and profit from amounts paid on claims for Structural Losses under homeowner’s policies.
- Class Members may be eligible for a payment if they qualify and timely submit a valid claim form.
- The legal rights of Class Members are affected whether they act, or don’t act. Read this notice carefully.
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CLASS MEMBER LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT:
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Submit a Claim Form
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The only way to get a payment if you qualify.
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Ask to be Excluded
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Get no payment. The only option that allows you to individually sue Nationwide over the claims resolved by this settlement.
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Object
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Write to the Court about why you don’t agree with the settlement.
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Go to a Hearing
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Ask to speak in Court about the settlement.
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Do Nothing
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Get no payment. Give up rights.
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These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in this notice.
The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to approve the settlement. If it does, and after any appeals are resolved, money will be distributed to those who qualify. Please be patient.