Welcome to the Settlement Website for the In re Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. Data Breach Litigation Class Action Settlement

If you received a notice regarding a Data Incident occuring in November 2024, a class action settlement may affect your rights.

Please read this website carefully and completely.

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit concerning Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. (“Defendant”) and a data incident (the “Data Incident”) that occurred in November 2024, when one or more unauthorized individuals accessed information on a database belonging to Defendant, including names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth (collectively, “Private Information”).

The lawsuit is called In re Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. Data Breach Litigation, Case No. 1:25-cv-00669 (N.D. Ohio). The lawsuit asserts claims related to the Data Incident. The Defendant in the lawsuit is Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. Defendant denies any wrongdoing or that it is or can be held liable for the claims made in the lawsuit. The Settlement does not establish who is correct but rather is a compromise to end the lawsuit.

Members of the Class are all individuals who were mailed a notice that their personal information may have been compromised in the Data Incident that occurred in November 2024. The Class specifically excludes: (i) all persons who timely and validly request exclusion from the Class; (ii) the Judge assigned to evaluate the fairness of this settlement (including any members of the Court’s staff assigned to this case); (iii) Defendant’s officers and directors, and (iv) any other person found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be guilty under criminal law of initiating, causing, aiding or abetting the occurrence of the Data Incident or who pleads nolo contendere to any such charge.

Class Members are eligible to receive the following relief: (1) up to $5,000.00 in reimbursement for Out-of-Pocket Losses consisting of actual documented losses or expenses resulting from the Data Incident, and (2) a roughly $125.00 cash payment (assuming a claims rate of 10% of the 25,593-person Settlement Class) that will be pro rata reduced or increased based on the money remaining in the Settlement Fund after the payment of attorneys’ fees and expenses, Administrative Expenses, Class Representative Service Awards, and valid claims for Out-of-Pocket Losses. Valid Claims for Out-of-Pocket Losses and pro rata cash payments may be combined. The Settlement Administrator will post additional information about the payment amount in Question 6. For complete details, please see the Settlement Agreement, whose terms control.

Your legal rights are affected regardless of whether you act or do not act. Please read this website carefully.

These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained further in the Notice and FAQs. For complete details, please see the Settlement Agreement, whose terms control.

The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. No Settlement benefits or payments will be provided unless the Court approves the Settlement and it becomes Final.