Lopes v. City of Brockton
Superior Court of Plymouth County
C.A. No. 2013-01350-A

NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION, PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND SETTLEMENT FAIRNESS HEARING.

If you are receiving this notice, you self-identified as a non-white applicant who applied for a position with the City of Brockton’s Department of Public Works on or after October 10, 2010 through December 18, 2019, and you could get a payment from a proposed class action settlement.

A state court has authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.

  • The proposed Settlement will provide a fund of $1,750,000, a portion of which will be paid pro rata to eligible Settlement Class Members, less court approved fees and costs.
  • To qualify to receive a monetary award, you must be non-white and you must have applied for a position with the Department of Public Works in the City of Brockton at any time from October 10, 2010 through December 18, 2019.
  • If you are a Settlement Class Member, your legal rights are affected whether you act or not. Read this Notice carefully. For additional information, contact Class Counsel or the Claims Administrator listed below, or go to wwww.rg2claims.com/BrocktonDPW or http://BrocktonDPWSettlement.com

For all Applicants from October 10, 2010 to December 18, 2019.

 The town has provided us with the names of all individuals who applied to the Brockton DPW October 10, 2010 and December 18, 2019. All non-white class members will get a basic award as part of this proposed settlement, without any action on your part.
Base Award -As you have been previously identified as non white- you are Eligible for a Base Award. As you have already self-identified as non-white in your application, you are already a Settlement Class Member and, you do not have to do anything to receive a base payment for race discrimination based damages you may have suffered. If this settlement is approved, the money will be sent to you from the Compensatory Award Pool that will be created from part of the proposed settlement.

If you were erroneously identified as a non-white applicant, and you are actually a Caucasian/white person who should not have been identified as “non-white,” please notify us immediately.
Additional Claim of Enumerated Damages Requires you to Submit an Enumerated Claim Form to be eligible. As a Settlement Class Member, you may be eligible to receive additional money from the Enumerated Award Pool if you submit an Enumerated Claim Form.
Comment or Object You may write to the Court about your view on the Settlement or why you don’t think the Settlement is fair to the class.

  • These rights and options – and the deadlines to exercise them – are explained in the notice.
  • The Court in charge of this lawsuit still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. Payments will be made only if the Court approves the Settlement and after any objections and/or appeals are resolved.