Did you receive a notice from Memorial Health? Did you receive a mail about a class action settlement to resolve Memorial Health employment contract breach $10M Lawsuit? This review will help you partake in the class action settlement after confirming the authenticity of the mail.
What Is Memorial Health employment contract breach $10M Class Action Lawsuit?
Memorial Health has agreed to pay $10 million to end claims it breached an agreement to provide certain severance payments to physicians and cardiologists it employed.
The case is Nicole M. Cohen MD, et al. v. SMHA Healthcare Inc. F/K/A Memorial Health Inc., et al., Case No. STCV1801613, in the State Court of Chatham County for the State of Georgia.
What Is This Class Action All About?
The lawsuit alleged Memorial Health breached certain employment contracts when it sold its assets to Savannah Health Services LLC, a subsidiary of HCA Healthcare (HCA) in 2018.
Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged Memorial Health breached an agreement to provide certain severance/notice payments to physicians employed at Memorial. The lawsuit sought to recover those severance/notice payments on behalf of the employed physicians.
Since becoming part of HCA Healthcare in 2018, Memorial Health has continued to provide healthcare to more than 35 counties across southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina.
Memorial Health has agreed to pay $10 million dollars to settle the lawsuit, which will be paid into the settlement fund and then distributed to each eligible class member based on his or her share of the funds in accordance with a distribution plan.
The distribution plan considers certain factors, including the amount that each class member would have been paid pursuant to the severance/notice calculation in his or her contract, whether that class member had already filed suit and other risks associated with litigating the class members’ claims. The settlement website is MPPGClassAction.com.
The amount payable to each class member will vary based on these factors, court filings say. Lawyers for the plaintiffs have hired a damages expert who will calculate the damages for each class member.
Class members do not need to do anything to receive a payment. If the settlement is approved, and if the class member is entitled to receive money, a check will be mailed to them at the address to which the notice was sent.
Who Is Eligible?
This settlement benefits dozens of physicians who were employed by MPPG Inc., Memorial Cardiovascular Consultants and Memorial Savannah Cardiology Inc. prior to 2018, plus a subclass of cardiologists. Those who are included in the settlement will have received a notice.
How To Be Part of This Settlement
Class members do not need to do anything to receive a payment. If the settlement is approved, and if the class member is entitled to receive money, a check will be mailed to them at the address to which the notice was sent.
The deadline to opt out of or object to the Memorial Health settlement is Sept. 28, 2023.
What Is The Pay For This Settlement?
The amount payable to each class member will vary based on these factors, court filings say. Lawyers for the plaintiffs have hired a damages expert who will calculate the damages for each class member.
Conclusion
As you submit your claim to the settlement website, just like Walgreens Health Data Privacy class action settlement we have reviewed, you’re doing so under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. A final approval hearing will take place Nov. 15, 2023.
