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.
- The Court entered a Final Approval Order and Final Judgment on October 29, 2026.
- Please read this notice carefully.
- 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”).
- If your claim was approved, you will receive a share of the Net Settlement Fund based on the Settlement of the Lawsuit.
- If there are no appeals of the Final Approval Order and Final Judgement, payments will be issued for approved claims in mid-to-late December, 2026.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT:
August 31, 2026 was the deadline to Object, Opt Out, or Submit A Claim.
- The deadline has passed.
The Fairness Hearing was Held on October 27, 2026
- The Court conducted a Fairness Hearing on October 27, 2026 and issued a Final Approval Order and Final Judgment on October 29, 2026.
- Effective Date: Final Approval of the Settlement Agreement is deemed effective when the time to appeal the Court’s Final Approval Order expires without any appeal having been filed. See South Carolina Appellate Court Rule 203(b)(1): “Appeals From the Court of Common Pleas. A notice of appeal shall be served on all respondents within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice of entry of the order or judgment.” Thirty (30) days after October 29, 2026, is November 28, 2026.