Rite Aid Pharmacy Records Class Action Settlement

Pharmacy giant Rite Aid has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit stemming over allegations that the company charges an unreasonable amount of money to obtain customers’ personal pharmacy records.

Plaintiffs Anthony Lasseter and Amber Osborne filed the Rite Aid class action lawsuit after having to pay an allegedly arbitrary “flat-fee” price to get a printed copy of their records. Lasseter claims he was charged $50 for a one-page document that included his pharmaceutical history. Likewise, Osborne states she was charged $85 for a single-page pharmacy record document.

The Rite Aid pharmacy records class action lawsuit alleges that these “fixed fee” charges are in no way rational to the actual cost of Rite Aid processing a request for records. Lasseter and Osborne further claim that Rite Aid violated federal law for charging a flat fee.

According to the Rite Aid records class action lawsuit, there are limits to how much pharmacies and healthcare providers can charge customers for access to their own records.

Effective July 1, 2010, federal law allows a search and retrieval fee of $25.88, a certification fee of $9.70 and a copying costs for records (in paper) of $0.97/per pages 1-20, $0.83/per pages 21-100, and $0.66 for pages over 100.

The Rite Aid pharmacy class action settlement claims that by Rite Aid charging a flat, fixed-fee of either $50 or $85 it far exceeds any actual costs the retail pharmacy may have incurred.

Rite Aid is one of the largest retail pharmacy chains in the U.S. with 4,800 stores in 31 states. While Rite Aid agreed to settle the pharmacy records class action lawsuit in order to avoid further costs of litigation, they deny any wrongdoing. 

Who’s Eligible

Rite Aid class action lawsuit settlement Class Members include Rite Aid customers who paid either a $50 or $85 fixed records charge for pharmacy records after Jan. 1, 2005.

Potential Award

$15-$25 Rite Aid Gift Card.

Rite Aid class action settlement Class Members who submit a valid Claim Form with receive a $15 Rite Aid gift card for each $50 pharmacy records fee they paid, and a $25 Rite Aid gift card for each $85 pharmacy records fee paid.

Proof of Purchase

Rite Aid settlement Class Members must file a Claim Form in order to receive compensation.

Potential Class Members who need to check to see if they paid either $50 or $85 to obtain pharmacy records after Jan. 1, 2005 can fill out the information on this form. Rite Aid will research their database on your behalf to see if any business records exist under your name.

Claim Form

CLICK HERE TO FILE A CLAIM

Claim Form Deadline

03/07/2016

Case Name

Anthony Frank Lasseter & Amber Osborne v. Rite-Aid Hdqtrs. Corp., et al., Case No. 09-cv-2013-900031 in the Circuit Court of Bullock County, Alabama

Final Hearing

01/26/2016

Settlement Website

www.RiteAidRecordsChargeSettlement.com

Claims Administrator

Lasseter v. Rite-Aid Corporation
c/o GCG
P.O. Box 10204
Dublin, OH 43017-3904
888-985-9384

Class Counsel

Charles A. McCallum, III
R. Brent Irby
McCALLUM HOAGLUND COOK & IRBY LLP

Defense Counsel

Michael R. Pennington
BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP