Jenkins v. DaVita: Ransomware Settlement Claims and Deadlines

Being included does not by itself provide benefits. A class member must submit a timely and valid Claim Form to receive them.

• The settlement covers U.S. persons whose personal information was potentially accessed without authorization in DaVita’s April 2025 ransomware attack.
• It does not cover DaVita and specified related people or entities, the judge and certain court personnel and family members, or people who make a timely, valid request to be excluded.

You may claim any or all of these benefits. The documented-loss benefit has extra conditions and documentation requirements.

• An estimated $50 cash payment. The final amount can be higher or lower.
• Three years of one-bureau credit monitoring, dark-web monitoring, identity-theft insurance of up to $1 million, and identity-recovery services.
• Reimbursement of up to $2,500 for qualifying documented out-of-pocket losses.

Receipts or other records not prepared by you may be acceptable. A handwritten receipt or another self-prepared document alone is not enough. The Settlement Administrator decides whether a claimed loss is valid and fairly traceable to the attack.

• The loss must be a real, unreimbursed monetary loss supported by documentation.
• It must be fairly traceable to the ransomware attack and have occurred from April 11, 2025, through January 19, 2027.
• You must have made reasonable efforts to prevent the loss or obtain reimbursement, including disputing unauthorized transactions and using available credit-monitoring or identity-theft insurance.
• You must provide a description of the loss, explain its connection to the attack, and make the required statement under penalty of perjury.

The notice requires a timely, valid Claim Form for every settlement benefit. It specifically lists supporting records and an attestation for documented-loss reimbursement. It does not state in this notice whether additional documents are needed for the cash-payment or credit-monitoring options.

• Submit a Claim Form online by January 19, 2027.
• Or mail a Claim Form to the Settlement Administrator; it must be postmarked by January 19, 2027.

The notice describes a separate Supplemental Payment Amount for documented-loss claims and the related supplemental attorneys’ fee award. That amount is capped at $5 million and is separate from the $10 million Settlement Fund.

• The cash payment is an estimate, not a guaranteed amount.
• It is calculated from money remaining in the $10 million Settlement Fund after listed costs, fees, service awards, and claimed credit-monitoring costs, divided among eligible cash-payment claims.
• Loss reimbursement can also be reduced proportionally if valid loss claims plus a related supplemental attorneys’ fee award exceed $5 million.

Excluding yourself means you cannot receive settlement benefits, but you will not be bound by this settlement or its judgment. If you stay in the class and do not exclude yourself, you give up the right to bring or continue claims covered by the settlement’s release.

• To exclude yourself, mail an individual written Request for Exclusion by December 21, 2026.
• The request must include the case name and number, your full name, address, telephone number, original physical signature, and a statement that you want to be excluded.
• You cannot exclude yourself online, by telephone, or by email.

The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for February 18, 2027, at 10:00 a.m. The Court may change the hearing date, time, format, or location.

• You may object only if you remain in the Settlement Class; someone who excludes themselves cannot object.
• A written objection must be filed with the Court by December 21, 2026.
• The objection must include the information and materials listed in the notice, including your reasons, any supporting documents you want to submit, and your original signature.

The Court has not decided that DaVita did anything wrong. DaVita denies the claims, and the settlement is an agreement to resolve the case without a trial.

• Benefits are provided only after the Court approves the settlement and it becomes final.
• The notice does not give a specific payment or service-start date.