Jenkins et al. v. National Grid USA Service Company Inc., et al.

Case No. 15-cv-1219

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

UPDATE: The distribution of settlement payments will begin the week of September 5th on a rolling basis for all approved claims. Please allow 30-days for receipt.

If you are a person residing in the United States who, from March 9, 2011 until October 29, 2021, received a telephone call on a cellular telephone using a prerecorded or artificial voice from National Grid.

You Could Get Benefits from a Class Action Settlement. Please see the Notice available here for additional details.

“National Grid” includes: In New York 1) KeySpan Gas East Corporation, 2) The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, 3) Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; in Massachusetts as 1) Boston Gas Company, Colonial Gas Company (now part of Boston Gas), 2) Massachusetts Electric Company, 3) Nantucket Electric Company; and in Rhode Island as 1) The Narragansett Electric Company.

Important Dates

May 22, 2022 — Exclusion Deadline

May 22, 2022 — Objection Deadline

May 22, 2022 — Claims Filing Deadline

June 24, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. — Final Approval Hearing

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS LAWSUIT:

SUBMIT A CLAIM

This is the only way to receive benefits under the Settlement.

If you are a member of the Settlement Class, you have a right to complete a Claim Form to share in the settlement proceeds paid by National Grid to settle the Lawsuit. A Claim Form can be completed online by clicking HERE or can obtain a paper form on the Important Documents page of this website. All claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked, if mailed, no later than May 22, 2022.

If you are a Settlement Class member and do not ask to exclude yourself from the Settlement, and if the Settlement is approved by the Court and becomes final, you give up your right to bring your own lawsuit about the issues in this Lawsuit

EXCLUDE YOURSELF

You will not receive any benefits from the Settlement, but you will keep any rights you currently have to separately sue Defendants for the claims that are the subject of this lawsuit. The deadline to exclude yourself is May 22, 2022.

OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT

You may write to the Court explaining why you object to the Settlement. Any objection must be filed no later than May 22, 2022.

GO TO THE HEARING

You may ask to speak in Court about the Settlement. The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for June 24, 2022 at 9:30 a.m..

DO NOTHING AT ALL

If you do nothing and the Settlement becomes final, you will not be issued a Settlement payment. If you are a member of the Settlement Class and do not ask to exclude yourself from the Settlement, and if the Settlement is approved and becomes final, you will give up your right to bring your own lawsuit about the issues in this Lawsuit.

These rights and options – and the deadlines to exercise them – are explained in the Notice.