Class Action Lawsuit Against BMV

[bwframe]

Just got an email announcing this class action lawsuit from a company called "KCC Class Action Services." The email was sent to the specific email address I listed for on the BMV site. It has my name and a claim ID number.

Here is some of the language:

This is a Legal Notice authorized by the Marion County, Indiana, Superior Court.
This is not a lawsuit against you and you are not being sued.

In the case of Tammy Raab v. Kent W. Abernathy and The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (the “Lawsuit”), filed in the Marion County, Indiana, Superior Court (the “Court”), the Plaintiff has alleged that since January 1, 2002, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (the “BMV”) has charged Indiana residents more than is allowed by law for certain transactions.

On September 18, 2015, the Court certified a Plaintiff Class in the Lawsuit. You are a member of the Plaintiff Class certified by the Court if you paid one or more of the Overcharged Fees to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles during the corresponding Overcharge Period identified on the table at the end of this email.

The judgment in the lawsuit, whether favorable or unfavorable, will include all members of the Plaintiff Class who do not exclude themselves.

Any member of the Plaintiff Class who does not request exclusion may appear in the lawsuit through their own attorney at their own cost...



...If you have not excluded yourself from the Plaintiff Class you may enter an appearance in the Lawsuit through counsel of your own choosing. If you want your own lawyer, you will have to pay that lawyer.

To obtain more information about the Lawsuit and your rights, including a detailed notice, a complete list of allegedly overcharged fees, and instructions on how to request exclusion, visit www.BMVOverchargeLitigation.com or call 1-855-730-8637.

Si desea recibir esta notificación en español, llámenos o visite nuestra página web.

DO NOT CALL THE COURT WITH QUESTIONS.
ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED AS SET FORTH ABOVE...



Anyone else get this? Thoughts?

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

I got the same email...

Detailed information here:
http://www.bmvoverchargelitigation.com/media/587411/v5_ayb_notice_070716_final.pdf

 

[Scuba591]

Same here.

 

[printcraft]

I got the same email...

Detailed information here:
http://www.bmvoverchargelitigation.com/media/587411/v5_ayb_notice_070716_final.pdf

Same, just checked.

 

[AngryRooster]

Same here, came in 7:21pm tonight. The formatting looks like crap, bad spacing, etc. It did come to the email address I use for the DMV. The return address is donotreply@classactmail.com.

I'm not planning to touch any of the links inside the mail or calling any numbers.
This is exactly what it says, not how it appears. Bad spacing everywhere.

This is a Legal Notice authorized by the
Marion County, Indiana, Superior Court.
This is not a lawsuit against you and you are
not being sued.

In the case of Tammy Raab v. Kent W.
Abernathy and The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (the
"Lawsuit"), filed in the Marion County, Indiana, Superior Court
(the "Court"), the Plaintiff has alleged that since January 1,
2002, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (the "BMV") has
charged Indiana residents more than is allowed by law for certain
transactions.

On September 18, 2015, the Court certified a
Plaintiff Class in the Lawsuit. You are a member of the
Plaintiff Class certified by the Court if you paid one or more
of the Overcharged Fees to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
during the corresponding Overcharge Period identified on the
table at the end of this email.

The judgment in the lawsuit, whether
favorable or unfavorable, will include all members of the
Plaintiff Class who do not exclude themselves.

Any member of the Plaintiff Class who does
not request exclusion may appear in the lawsuit through their
own attorney at their own cost.





Your Legal Rights And
Options:


Deadline




Do Nothing


Stay in this lawsuit. Await the
outcome. Give up certain rights. By doing nothing, you keep
the possibility of getting money that may come from the BMV
through a trial or a settlement. Any judgment entered in the
Lawsuit, whether favorable or not, will include all members
of the Plaintiff Class who do not request exclusion. If you do
nothing, you give up any rights to sue the BMV on your own
about the same legal claims in the Lawsuit, and you are bound
by all judicial decisions and orders issued in the Lawsuit.


N/A




Ask To Be
Excluded


Get out of this lawsuit. Get no
benefits from this lawsuit. Keep rights. If you ask to be
excluded and money from the BMV is later awarded, you won't
share in that money. But, you will keep any rights to sue the
BMV separately about the same legal claims in the Lawsuit.


August 13, 2016





If you have not excluded yourself from the
Plaintiff Class you may enter an appearance in the Lawsuit
through counsel of your own choosing. If you want your own
lawyer, you will have to pay that lawyer.

To obtain more information about the
Lawsuit and your rights, including a detailed notice, a complete
list of allegedly overcharged fees, and instructions on how to
request exclusion, visit www.BMVOverchargeLitigation.com or
call 1-855-730-8637.

 

[Swom]

Got the same email. Even if it's true, given that its a class action and I could check off several of categories after the attorneys take their share I'll see a $1.25 credit on my next license plate purchase. Ha

 

[Bfish]

I also received the email. Looks like it was a mass mailing for sure.

 

[bwframe]

Ditto. I'm quite sceptical of making attorneys rich for my tiny settlement.

Please correct me if wrong, but aren't our tax dollars paying the state's legal bills to fight/settle this also?

 

[GunSlinger]

Ditto. I'm quite sceptical of making attorneys rich for my tiny settlement.

Please correct me if wrong, but aren't our tax dollars paying the state's legal bills to fight/settle this also?

You're correct. It's the snake eating it's tail.

 

[Tanfodude]

Indiana judge weighs fate of BMV fee overcharges case

 

[bwframe]

I'd be happy to forgo my "settlement" to fund a state auditing agency that would actually work. Maybe working on commision/bonus?

 

[Speedybruin4]

I'd be happy to forgo my "settlement" to fund a state auditing agency that would actually work. Maybe working on commision/bonus?

I would add mine in as well. That should at least get them a small stapler or something.

 

[Dead Duck]

I got one too.......does this mean I'm not special...

 

[pack-indy]

I got one too.......does this mean I'm not special...

You are still special, just like everyone else

 

[OutdoorDad]

I also received the email.

Did any of us authorize the BMV to release our emails to a third party?

Im thinking of a class action against the BMV and the firm who emailed me. Who's in?

 

[rob63]

Assuming I understand it correctly; if I do nothing then I give up my rights, I get my $1.25 settlement, and the lawyers in RI get rich. That's how it works, correct?

You have to take the action of opting out of the lawsuit in order to not help the lawyers in RI get their money.

How do I ask the Court to exclude me from the Class?

To ask to be excluded, you must send an “Exclusion Request” in the form of a letter sent by mail, stating that you want to be excluded from the certified class in Raab v. Abernathy and BMV. Be sure to include your name, address and phone number, and sign the letter. You must mail your Exclusion Request postmarked by August 13, 2016, and sent to:

BMV Overcharge Litigation
KCC Class Action Services
PO Box 43419
Providence, RI 02940-3419

 

[david890]

Yeah, got mine. Might be good for a few bucks, but probably not.

OTOH, I just got $16 for the DRAM settlement, and I didn't even have to have proof of my claim. Some folks got $300+ on their claims (YMMV).

 

[bulletsmith]

Found it in my junk folder too..

 

[MCgrease08]

I haven't seen tbe email, but a hard copy notice came in the mail addressed to my wife.

 

[rhino]

No email, but received two postcards in the USPS mail with the same information.