Welcome to the Settlement website for Tasker v. Watershed Foods, LLC

If your family medical history was requested at a physical examination related to your employment with Watershed Foods, LLC on September 5, 2018, or after, you are entitled to a payment from a class action settlement.

Plaintiff Philip Tasker filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Watershed Foods, LLC (“Watershed”) violated Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act, 410 ILCS 513, et seq. (“GIPA”), based on Watershed allegedly requesting genetic information from employees in connection with medical examinations conducted prior to or during employment. Watershed firmly denies the allegations, which it believes are entirely without merit.

A settlement has been reached in this case and affects the following persons: All individuals from September 5, 2018, to the present (1) who applied for employment with Watershed or were employed by Watershed and (2) from whom Watershed directly or indirectly requested genetic information, such as family medical history, in connection with the person’s application for employment or the person’s employment with Watershed.

The Settlement, if approved, would provide for the establishment of a Settlement Fund in the amount of $122,500.00 USD to pay for: (i) all Settlement Payments; (ii) all Settlement Administration Expenses; (iii) any Incentive Awards to the Class Representative; and (iv) any Fee Award to Class Counsel.

Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act.

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

The Court in charge of this case still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. If it does, and after any appeals are resolved, payments will be distributed to those who receive this notice and do not exclude themselves. Please be patient.