Coast Dental TCPA Settlement: $59 Payment or $99 Voucher

This settlement is not for everyone who received a Coast Dental message or call. The notice sets several conditions, including a prior opt-out request and repeated appointment-related contacts.

• The case is for people in the United States who, during the four years before the lawsuit was filed, received more than one appointment-related text message or phone call in a 12-month period on a cell phone after responding with “stop” or a similar request not to receive future solicitations.
• The notice excludes, among others, Coast Dental and its listed related parties and personnel, Released Parties, their immediate families, the presiding judge, and people who timely leave the settlement.

Eligible claimants may select one of these two options. The notice describes them as alternatives, not two benefits that can be collected together. The cash amount is pro rata, meaning it depends on the funds available after the listed deductions and on the settlement’s claim process.

• A pro rata cash payment, stated as up to $59 per class member.
• A $99 voucher that can be used to buy an electronic toothbrush sold by Coast Dental.

The notice says a valid claim must be timely, correct, and verified and must include the required affirmations and representations. It does not say in this notice whether documents must be attached to prove eligibility or support the claim; read the Claim Form carefully for its requirements.

• Complete one Claim Form fully and accurately.
• Submit it by U.S. mail or through the Settlement Website.
• Do not submit more than one claim per Settlement Class Member.

For mailed claims, the notice says the Claim Form must be postmarked by December 24, 2026. The notice does not separately explain the cutoff for an online submission, so someone using the website should review the Claim Form instructions promptly rather than waiting until the printed date.

• The printed claim date is December 24, 2026.
• The notice allows submission by mail or through the Settlement Website.

Leaving the settlement is also called opting out. A person who opts out receives no settlement payment but keeps the ability to pursue their own case about the legal issues addressed by this settlement. You may opt out only for yourself.

• Send a signed letter by mail to CDS TCPA Settlement, PO Box 2009, Chanhassen, MN 55317-2009.
• Sign it under penalty of perjury and state that you want to be excluded from the Settlement Class and otherwise are a class member.
• Mail it by October 30, 2026. The notice does not allow exclusion by phone, email, or the Settlement Website.

An objection tells the Court why you disagree with some part of the settlement. It is different from opting out: an objector stays in the settlement, while a person who opts out is no longer part of it.

• You must remain in the Settlement Class; a person who opts out cannot object.
• File the objection with the Court and mail it to the Clerk of the Court, Class Counsel, and Defendant’s Counsel.
• The objection must meet the detailed content requirements in the notice and be postmarked by October 30, 2026.

The Court will consider whether the settlement is fair and will also consider requests for attorneys’ fees, expenses, and a service award for the class representative. The notice says the hearing date or time may change.

• The hearing is scheduled for December 9, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. in a Zoom Virtual courtroom.
• You do not have to attend. A timely written objection that meets the notice’s requirements will be considered even if you do not appear.
• To ask to speak, your timely filed objection must say whether you intend to appear.

Doing nothing does not preserve a payment claim or the right to bring your own lawsuit over the claims the settlement resolves.

• You will not receive settlement benefits without a timely claim.
• Unless you exclude yourself, you will still be bound by the Court’s judgment.

The notice does not give a firm payment date. It warns that appeals can take time, so the hearing date is not a payment date.

• Payments are contingent on final Court approval and the resolution of any appeals.
• The notice says claim payments will be sent to the address on the Claim Form within 60 days after the Effective Date.

The stated fund is an amount available up to the listed figure, not a promise that every claimant will receive the maximum cash amount.

• Coast Dental agreed to make up to $3,840,664 available for claims.
• Attorneys’ fees and expenses, notice and administration costs, and any service award are paid from that amount before the claim payments described in the notice.
• Class Counsel plans to request up to 11.2% of the Settlement Fund for fees and expenses, and up to $7,500 as a service award for the class representative. The Court decides what to award.