If You Received Medical Treatment at Mary Black Memorial Hospital or Gaffney H. M. A. in South Carolina from January 1, 2014 and Your Medical Bills Were Not Submitted to Your Health Insurance Provider, You Could Be Eligible to Benefit from a Class Action Settlement Valued at $2.25 Million.
This notice is authorized by the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Common Pleas, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
This is not a solicitation.
- Please read this notice carefully. Your legal rights may be affected whether or not you act.
- This Settlement (the “Settlement Agreement”) resolves a lawsuit concerning the Defendants’ alleged policy and practice of refusing to bill health insurance that impacted Settlement Class Members’ own relationships with their health insurance provider, including commercial health insurance and governmental payors, in the case entitled Jo Ann Blackwell, Michelene Brooks, and Samuel H. Owens, Jr., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated (“Plaintiffs”), v. Mary Black Health System, LLC, d/b/a Mary Black Memorial Hospital; CHSPSC, LLC; and Professional Account Services, Inc. (“Defendants”), C. A. No. 2017-CP-42-00219 (the “Lawsuit”).
- You may be eligible to receive a pro rata share of the Net Settlement Fund based on the Settlement of the Lawsuit.
- The Court has preliminarily approved the Settlement on behalf of the Settlement Class. The Court has not entered judgment on the merits and has not determined that there is any merit to Plaintiffs’ claims or that Mary Black Health System, LLC, d/b/a Mary Black Memorial Hospital; CHSPSC, LLC; and Professional Account Services, Inc., including Gaffney H. M. A., LLC (collectively, “Defendants”) engaged in any wrongdoing. This notice is solely to advise you of the proposed Settlement of the Lawsuit and of your rights in connection with the Settlement.
- Your legal rights are affected whether you act, or don’t act. Read this notice carefully.
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