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LEGAL NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT WITH THE NEW YORK
STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT
ATTENTION: PEOPLE NAMED AS A SUBJECT IN AN INDICATED REPORT
MAINTAINED BY THE NEW YORK STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CHILD ABUSE
AND MALTREATMENT.
If you were named as a subject in an indicated report of child abuse
or maltreatment and timely requested a review or hearing of that
indicated report, but never appeared at a hearing, or the review or
hearing was concluded sometime between January 1, 2003 and December
31, 2007 and you never actually had a hearing, you may be a “Class
Member” in a class action lawsuit filed against the New York
Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.
If you requested a hearing at any time but never actually had a
hearing and do not know when your Request was cancelled, you may be
a member of the class in this class action lawsuit.
A settlement has been reached on class members’ behalf in this class
action brought in the U.S. Federal Court of the Southern District of
New York located in Manhattan.
Thus, if you know your review or hearing concluded between January
1, 2003 and December 31, 2007, or you think your review or hearing
may have concluded during this time, you may have a right to have
your request for appeal of your indicated report re-opened.
It is important that you immediately contact the attorney listed
below, who has been appointed by the court to represent the interest
of the class members:
Thomas Hoffman, Esq.
Law Offices of Thomas Hoffman, P.C.
250 W. 57 St., Suite 1020
New York, N.Y. 10107
Tel. 212 581 1180
email: thoffman@thoffmanlaw.com
Website: www.registryclassaction.com
When you contact Class Counsel, you will be provided with more
information regarding your rights.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT DATES:
April 12, 2010 Deadline to Object to Settlement
April 20, 2010 @ 4:30 p.m. Settlement Fairness Hearing
DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT OR THE CLERK’S OFFICE FOR INFORMATION
REGARDING THE SETTLEMENT