FAIRWORKPC | EMPLOYMENT LAW
January 28, 2025.
IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING SETTLEMENT WITH
ADVANCE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC.
This is not an advertisement or solicitation. You are receiving this notice because you previously submitted a claim to receive money from a settlement in a class action lawsuit called Andrews, et al. v. Advance Transportation Systems, Inc., et al., Case No. 22-cv-1705, now pending the federal Northern District Court for the District of Illinois. This notice is intended to provide you with information about recent developments in connection with that settlement.
Under the original terms of the settlement approved by the Court, Advance Transportation was supposed to make one “lump sum” payment, which would be distributed to everyone who timely submitted valid claims, in October 2024. Due to unforeseen financial difficulties on the part of Advance Transportation, however, that payment was not made, and the parties were required to renegotiate the terms of payment. The Court approved those renegotiated terms on January 24, 2025.
Advance Transportation will now pay $257,500 – an amount $7,500 greater than the $250,000 originally approved by the Court – in monthly installments for a period of no more than 10 months. In addition, Advance Transportation will pay interest at a rate of 12 percent on the entire unpaid principle of that sum until all payments are made. Advance Transportation will also pay $4,950 to our law firm for the work we performed renegotiating this settlement, and an additional $10,410 to the settlement administrator for the work it will perform managing this settlement.
You do not need to do anything at this time to collect your payment. The settlement administrator will issue payments to everyone who timely submitted valid claims on a monthly basis from each “installment” paid by Advance Transportation. Each claimant will receive a payment equal to their proportional share of each monthly installment based on the amount of covered deductions taken from their pay by Advance Transportation.
We anticipate that the first payment will be made by February 28, 2025. Again, you do not need to do anything at this time to collect your payment, though if you have moved within the past year, please contact Optime Administration at [email protected] or 844-625-7313 to update them so that they know where to send your checks.
If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Brant Casavant at [email protected] or at 617-231-6777.