Chicken Commercial Settlement (Indirect)



If your business purchased any Pork product directly from a Pork producer for use or delivery in the United States from January 1, 2009 to May 3, 2021 you may be entitled to a portion of the $12.75 Million recovered thus far in class action settlements.



Settlement Amount: $103,890,000


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Class Period:



January 1, 2009 through July 31, 2019*


*January 1, 2009 through February 20, 2019 for the Fieldale Farms and Amick Farms Settlements



Class Members:



All entities including hospitals, nursing homes, caterers and schools that purchased Broilers and/or Broiler products from someone other than a Defendant in an Eligible Commerical Class State for their own use in commercial food preparation, from January 1, 2009 to July 31, 2019


Federal and state governmental entities are excluded.



Commercial Class Eligible States:



Arizona, California, Connecticut**, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin


**The Amick settlement is the only settlement that includes CT



Defendants:



  • Amick
  • "Case" - Case Foods, Case Farms, Case Farms Processing
  • Fieldale
  • Foster Farms, Foster Poultry Farms
  • George’s, George’s Farms
  • House of Raeford Farms
  • "JCG" - JCG Foods of Alabama, JCG Foods of Georgia
  • "Koch" - Koch Foods, Koch Meat
  • "Mar-Jac" - Mar-Jac Poultry, Mar-Jac Poultry MS, Mar-Jac Poultry AL, Mar-Jac AL/MS, Mar-Jac Poultry and Mar-Jac Holdings


  • Mountaire Farms
  • O.K. Foods, O.K. Farms, O.K. Industries Peco Foods (“Peco”)
  • "Tyson" - Tyson Foods, Tyson Chicken, Tyson Breeders and Tyson Poultry
  • Pilgrim
  • Perdue Farms, Perdue Foods
  • "Sanderson" - Sanderson Farms, Sanderson Farms (Food Division, Production Division, Processing Division) "Simmons" - Simmons Foods, Simmons Prepared Foods Wayne Farms


  • Co-Conspirators include:
    • Agri Stats
    • Claxton Poultry Farms
    • Norman W. Fries, Inc., d/b/a Claxton Poultry Farms
    • Harrison Poultry, Inc. (“Harrison”)


"Broilers":



Definition of “Broilers”: Broilers are chickens raised for meat consumption to be slaughtered before the age of 13 weeks, and which may be sold in a variety of forms, including fresh or frozen, raw or cooked (note: cooked Broilers may not be included in all classes), whole or in parts, or as a meat ingredient in a value-added product, but excluding chicken that is grown, processed, and sold per halal, kosher, free range, or organic standards. This definition may slightly differ for the certified classes with respect to the non-settling Defendants.


Products Include: Wing Products, Whole Bird Products, Breast Products and Other Products



Background:



Commercial and Institutional Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs allege that Defendants and their coconspirators conspired and combined to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the price of Broiler Chicken products, with the intent and expected result of increasing prices of Broiler Chicken products in the United States, in violation of federal antitrust laws and various state antitrust, consumer protection and unfair trade practices, and unjust enrichment laws.


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