SETTLEMENT WEBSITE OF PROPOSED CLASS LITIGATION SETTLEMENT
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Trottier, et al. v. Sysco Corporation
Case No. 4:23-cv-01818
A Court has authorized this website. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
If You Are an Individual Who Resides in the United States to Whom Sysco Sent Notice of the Cybersecurity Event in or around May 2023, You Are Eligible to Receive a Settlement Benefit from a Class Action Settlement.
- A Court authorized this Settlement Website to those that are eligible to receive settlement benefits from a proposed $2,300,000 class action settlement. The Litigation is titled Trottier, et al. v. Sysco Corporation, Case No. 4:23-cv-01818 and is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The persons that filed the class action lawsuit are called Plaintiffs or Representative Plaintiffs and the company they sued is Sysco Corporation (Sysco or Defendant). Defendant denies any wrongdoing whatsoever.
- Who is a Settlement Class Member?
- All individuals who reside in the United States to whom Sysco sent notice of the Cybersecurity Event in or around May 2023.
Excluded from the Settlement Class are: (1) the Judge and Magistrate Judge presiding over the Lawsuits, any members of the Judges’ respective staffs, and immediate members of the Judges’ respective families; (2) officers, directors, members and shareholders of Sysco; (3) persons who timely and validly request exclusion from and/or opt-out of the Settlement Class and (4) any person found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be guilty under criminal law of initiating, causing, aiding or abetting the criminal activity or occurrence of the Cybersecurity Event or who pleads nolo contendere to any such charge.
- All individuals who reside in the United States to whom Sysco sent notice of the Cybersecurity Event in or around May 2023.
- Settlement Class Members under the Settlement Agreement will be eligible to receive:
- Reimbursement for Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses: All Settlement Class Members may submit a claim for reimbursement of Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses up to $5,000 per individual. Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses are unreimbursed costs, losses, or expenditures incurred by a Settlement Class Member in responding to notice of the Cybersecurity Event or as a result of identity theft or identity fraud, falsified tax returns, or other possible misuse of the Settlement Class Member’s personal information that were incurred between May 12, 2023, and the Claims Deadline of September 8, 2025; AND
- Residual Cash Payment: All Settlement Class Members may claim a cash payment currently estimated to be between $100 and $200, but up to $599. The residual cash payment may be claimed in addition to a claim for Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses.
If the aggregate amount of Approved Claims for Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses exceeds the remaining amount of the Settlement Fund after payment for costs of Credit Monitoring Services, Costs of Claims Administration, service award payments approved by the Court, and attorneys’ fees and expenses awarded by the Court, Approved Claims for Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses will be decreased pro rata to consume the remaining amount of the Settlement Fund. The Parties do not anticipate any pro rata decrease.
- Reimbursement for Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses: All Settlement Class Members may submit a claim for reimbursement of Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses up to $5,000 per individual. Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses are unreimbursed costs, losses, or expenditures incurred by a Settlement Class Member in responding to notice of the Cybersecurity Event or as a result of identity theft or identity fraud, falsified tax returns, or other possible misuse of the Settlement Class Member’s personal information that were incurred between May 12, 2023, and the Claims Deadline of September 8, 2025; AND
In addition to the above benefits, the settlement provides the following:
- Credit Monitoring Services – In addition to claims for Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses and a Residual Cash Payment, all Settlement Class Members may claim two (2) years of three-bureau identity theft protection and Credit Monitoring Services.
- To obtain more information call (833) 420-3835.
- Please read this Notice carefully. Your legal rights will be affected, and you have a choice to make at this time.
| Summary of Legal Rights | Deadline(s) | |
| Submit a Claim Form | The only way to receive a settlement benefit from the settlement. | Submitted or postmarked on or before September 8, 2025. |
| Exclude Yourself by Opting Out of the Class | Receive no benefit from the settlement. This is the only option that allows you to keep your right to bring any other lawsuit against Defendant relating to the Cybersecurity Event. | Mailed and postmarked on or before August 8, 2025. |
| Object to the Settlement and/or Attend the Final Fairness Hearing | You can write the Court about why you agree or disagree with the settlement or the application for attorneys’ fees and service awards. The Court cannot order a different settlement. You can also ask to speak at the Final Fairness Hearing on October 9, 2025 at 2p.m. CT, about the fairness of the settlement, with or without your own attorney. | Mailed and postmarked on or before August 8, 2025. |
| Do Nothing | You will not receive any settlement benefit from this class action settlement but will remain a Settlement Class Member and be bound by the Released Claims. | N/A |
- Your rights and options as a Settlement Class Member – and the deadlines to exercise your rights – are explained in this Notice.
- The Court still will have to decide whether to approve the settlement. Settlement benefits will be made available only if the Court approves the settlement and after any possible appeals are resolved.