If you used an alleged Biometric Time Clock while working for Ohio Medical, LLC, you may be entitled to a cash payment in a Class Action Settlement.

The class action lawsuit is pending in the Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois, captioned Leyli Funez, individually and on behalf of Themselves and all other similarly situated Persons known and unknown v. Ohio Medical, LLC, captioned as Case No. 2023 CH 46, and consolidated with cases Maria Elena Martinez Hernandez, et al. v. Ohio Medical, LLC (captioned as 23 CH 62) and Nicholas Strandberg, et al v. Ohio Medical, LLC (23 LA 619) (the “Lawsuit”). The Settlement will resolve the lawsuit brought on behalf of persons who allege Ohio Medical, LLC. (“Defendant” or “Ohio Medical”) required employees to provide their biometric identifiers and/or biometric information without first having a written policy and obtaining a written release. Defendant denies these allegations, denies violations of any law and denies all liability.

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS 14/1, et seq., prohibits private companies from capturing, obtaining, storing, transferring, and/or using the biometric identifiers and/or biometric information, defined to include fingerprints, scans of hand or face geometry, without first providing such individual with certain written disclosures and obtaining a written release. This lawsuit alleges the Defendant violated BIPA.

To resolve this matter without the expense, delay and uncertainties of litigation, the Parties have reached a settlement which resolves all claims against Defendant relating to the allegations in the Lawsuit. The Settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by Defendant and does not imply that there has been, or would be, any finding that Defendant violated the law. Defendant agreed to the Settlement to avoid the distraction and expense of continued litigation.