Va Class Action Suit

[VietVet68]

Hi to everyone,

I'm a newbie so if i'm in the wrong forum I'm sorry. I have a question about a suit that was filed. I can't find out the status of the suit other than one letter I got from:

VA Settlement Claims

PO Box 6727

Portland, OR 97228-6727

Here's the back story: I'm a "Life Member" of the DAV and they publish a magazine of current events. I believe it was the June 2009 edition that contained an article about the theft of a computer from a VA employee that had personal information about vets in it. It said that the "United States District Court for the District of Columbia" had begun notifying vets that a settlement had been reached with the Dept. of Veteran Affairs.

This theft occured on May 3, 2006 and the computer was recovered on June 28, 2006.

Specifically the suit is named; RE: VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) DATA THEFT LITIGATION FOR CLASS NO. ****.

There is a web site to view: www.VeteransClass.com

On July 3, 2009 I submitted my form and sent it in. After hearing nothing since my submission I decided to write them a letter to find ou what was happening. That was on Dec. 3, 2009. I received a letter back from them dated Dec. 11, 2009 that said:

1. "Your claim submission has been received"

2. "It has been assigned a claim number indicated above."

3. "The Claims Administrator is currently processing your claim."

4. "If additional information is required to complete your claim, you will be notified in writing at a later date."

5. "This review process takes time, please be patient.

Does anybody have any knowledge about this suit?

Jack

[john999]

If class members get 100 dollars out of this case I would be surprised. At some point you may have to prove you were harmed to get extra benefits. The ones who benefit in class action suits are the lawyers and perhaps the first couple of guys who filed the suit. I was in a class action suit against the post office where I worked. It took 12 years to settle. The lawyers got a few million dollars. Two guys who first filed the EEOC case got about 70,000 bucks and the other class members got a few thousands dollars.

[N4XV]

If class members get 100 dollars out of this case I would be surprised. At some point you may have to prove you were harmed to get extra benefits. The ones who benefit in class action suits are the lawyers and perhaps the first couple of guys who filed the suit. I was in a class action suit against the post office where I worked. It took 12 years to settle. The lawyers got a few million dollars. Two guys who first filed the EEOC case got about 70,000 bucks and the other class members got a few thousands dollars.

I remember a number years back I was sent something to opt in/out of a class action suit but I forget what it was for. Anyway I opted in and sent the form back. A year or two later I got a check in the mail and a statement saying the case was settled and that my portion of the settlement was inclosed. The check was for 25 cents. It cost more to send in the form.

[Berta]

If you were financially damaged by the Data theft-the DAV has a little more info here and a number to call:

http://www.dav.org/voters/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=120

[VietVet68]

Actually, I filed a claim to recover the costs for a credit monitoring service during the specified time period. As they said they have $20,000,000 to give away, I want my share. As far as proving I spent the money I was able to get copies of statements directly from Equifax, the credit monitoring service I use, along with copies of my bank statements because the cost was automatically deducted from my checking account. All the announcements were made in 2009 even though it occured in 2006. The judicial system we operate under is OK, but it's sure slow.