LCD Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Settlement

Award (how much your claim may be worth): You can receive a cash payment of $25, $100, $200 or more. No receipts or other documents necessary for small claims.

Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Case(s):  In re: TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1827, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.

Company(ies): TOSHIBA, LG, AU OPTRONICS, SAMSUNG, SHARP, HITACHI, EPSON, CHIMEI, CHUNGHWA, HANNSTAR

Website of the Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Administrator (FILE YOUR CLAIM HERE): www.LCDClass.com

Address to submit a claim form (REQUIRED):

To receive your cash payment from the LCD price-fixing class action lawsuit settlement, you must submit a Claim Form either online at www.LCDClass.com or to the following address postmarked by December 6, 2012:

LCD Claims
P.O. Box 8025
Faribault, MN 55021-9425

Phone Number to call for assistance: (855) 225-1886

Details: The LCD settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit [titled In re: TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, MDL NO. 1827] accusing 10 LCD manufacturers of entering a price-fixing scheme to fix, maintain and raise the prices of LCD panels.  The companies involved in the case are: Toshiba, LG, AU Optronics, Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi, Epson, Chimei, Chunghwa and HannStar.

Under the terms of the LCD price-fixing settlement, the companies will pay a combined $1.1 billion to consumers in 24 states and Washington, D.C. that purchased a laptop, computer monitor or television with a flat-panel LCD display between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2006 manufactured by one of these companies.

The LCD class action settlement only covers consumers who purchased INDIRECTLY from these companies. “Indirectly” means that you purchased an LCD panel in a television, monitor or notebook computer from someone other than the manufacturer of that panel (such as at Best Buy, Amazon.com, etc.). The states covered under the LCD class action settlement include:

Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Hawaii
Iowa
Kansas
Main
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin

The amount of money you can receive from the LCD price-fixing settlement will depend on the number of products purchased and the number of valid Claim Forms filed. According to the Settlement Administrator website, however, this amount could be anywhere from $25 to $200 or more.

The only way to receive money from the LCD class action lawsuit settlement is to submit a valid Claim Form by the deadline of December 6, 2012.

Claim Forms and more information on your rights in the LCD Panel Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Settlement can be found at www.LCDClass.com. The Final Fairness Hearing is scheduled for November 29, 2012.

Purchased From:  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2006

Claims must be postmarked by: 12/6/12

Settlement Administrator(s): Rust Consulting, Inc.

Class Counsel:
Francis O. Scarpulla

Craig C. Corbitt

Judith A. Zahid

Patrick B. Clayton

Qianwei Fu

Heather T. Rankie

ZELLE HOFMANN VOELBEL & MASON LLP

Joseph M. Alioto

Theresa D. Moore

ALIOTO LAW FIRM

Defense Counsel:
N/A

UPDATE 4/23/14: Distribution of funds from the LCD class action settlement has been delayed by appeals. The Settlement Administrator is estimating that the appeals will not be resolved until 2015 to 2018. Read more.

UPDATE 7/24/14: All appeals have been resolved and payments could go out as early as September or October 2014. More info.

UPDATE 10/23/14: A federal judge reportedly gave authorization to distribute the LCD class action settlement funds at a hearing on Oct. 17. 2014, and the checks are likely to be distributed the last week in October. Read more.

UPDATE 10/29/14: On Oct. 27, 2014, our readers began reporting that they finally received checks from the LCD panel class action settlement. Some readers have received checks worth hundreds of dollars. Let us know how much money YOU received in the comments section below. Congratulations!