Roseland Community Hospital Association - Data Breach Class Action Settlement

Data Breach · Claims Open

Current Status

Claims are open. The deadline is December 31, 2026: 11:59 p.m. for online claims, or a mailed claim form postmarked that day. The Circuit Court of Cook County has preliminarily approved the $650,000 settlement, and the final approval hearing is set for January 6, 2027. No payment date had been announced as of September 29, 2026; benefits are paid only after final approval and any appeals.

What Changed Recently?

The court preliminarily approved the settlement in Hall, et al. v. Roseland Community Hospital Association, No. 2024CH10367, a class action in the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Notices have been sent, and the administrator, Kroll Settlement Administration, has opened the official settlement website and online claim form.

The case stems from a data incident at Roseland Community Hospital, a hospital on Chicago’s South Side, on or about June 2, 2024. According to the notice, investigators found that patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, medical information and insurance information were potentially affected, along with driver’s license or Social Security numbers for a limited number of people. The hospital posted a notice about the incident on its website on August 1, 2024 and later mailed letters to the people whose information may have been involved. The plaintiffs allege the hospital was negligent. Roseland denies all of the claims and any wrongdoing, and the court has not found that it did anything wrong.

Who Qualifies?

The settlement class is everyone whose private information was potentially compromised in the June 2024 data incident and who received an individual notification from Roseland saying they may have been affected. The letter is the practical test: people who were not sent one are not in the class.

The usual exclusions apply: Roseland’s directors, officers and agents, government entities, the judge and court staff, anyone who opts out, and anyone found criminally responsible for the incident.

How Much Can You Get?

Each class member can claim any or all of three benefits:

• Documented losses (Cash Payment A): reimbursement of up to $5,000 for unreimbursed losses fairly traceable to the incident, such as fraud or identity theft losses, professional fees, credit freeze costs, credit monitoring bought because of the incident, and smaller out-of-pocket costs like postage, copying and mileage.

• Pro rata cash (Cash Payment B): a flat share of what is left in the fund, currently estimated at $50, with no documentation needed.

• Medical records monitoring: one year of CyEx Medical Shield Complete (or an equivalent), including up to $1 million in identity theft insurance, available even to people who already received a monitoring product after the breach.

All of it comes from a single $650,000 fund. Before claims are paid, the fund covers administration costs and whatever the court approves for class counsel, who plan to request up to one-third of the fund ($216,666.67) plus up to $20,000 in expenses, and service awards of $2,500 to each class representative. The remainder pays for monitoring first, then documented loss claims, and the balance is divided equally among pro rata cash claimants. That is why the $50 figure is only an estimate: it rises if fewer people claim and falls if more do. Cash payments can also be adjusted by an equal percentage so the fund is used up, and no money returns to Roseland.

What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?

The online claim form starts with a login screen that asks for the Class Member ID printed on the settlement notice, so keep the notice handy. The pro rata cash payment and the monitoring need nothing beyond the claim form itself.