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Case No. 4:24-cv-25-RSB-CLR (S.D. Ga.)

If you received an artificial or prerecorded voice call on your cellular telephone from Deere Credit Services, Inc. (“DCSI”) from February 2, 2020 through June 25, 2024 and you were not a DCSI customer or accountholder, you may be entitled to compensation as a result of the settlement in the class action lawsuit captioned:

Cornelius v. Deere Credit Services, Inc., No. 4:24-cv-25-RSB-CLR (S.D. Ga.)

  • Melvin Cornelius filed a class action lawsuit against DCSI alleging that it violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) by using an artificial or prerecorded voice in connection with calls it placed to the cellular telephones of persons who were not its customers or accountholders. DCSI denies the allegations and denies that it violated the TCPA. The name of the lawsuit is Cornelius v. Deere Credit Services, Inc., No. 4:24-cv-25-RSB-CLR (S.D. Ga.).
  • A settlement will result in a $1.5 million fund to fully settle and release claims of persons (1) to whom Deere Credit Services, Inc. placed a call, (2) directed to a number assigned to a cellular telephone service, but not assigned to a Deere Credit Services, Inc. customer or accountholder, (3) in connection with which Deere Credit Services, Inc. used an artificial or prerecorded voice, (4) from February 2, 2020 through June 25, 2024.
  • The settlement fund will be used to pay settlement amounts to class members who elect to participate, after deducting the costs of settlement notice and administration, attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses, and a payment to Mr. Cornelius for the general release that he is providing to DCSI.

Your Legal Rights and Options in this Settlement

Your legal rights are affected, and you now have a choice to make:

Submit a Claim Form

January 25, 2025

Complete and submit a claim form and receive a share of the settlement fund.

If you submit a valid claim form by January 25, 2025, you will receive a share of the settlement fund after fees and expenses are deducted (estimated to be between $2,500 and $3,750, depending on the number of participating class members), and you will release claims you may have against DCSI and other released parties. You may complete a claim form on this website.

Ask to be Excluded

January 10, 2025

Get out of this lawsuit and get no benefits from it. 

If you exclude yourself from the settlement, you will not receive a share of the settlement fund, and you will not release any claims you may have against DCSI and other released parties.

Object to the Settlement

January 10, 2025

Object to the terms of the settlement agreement.  

You may object to the terms of the settlement agreement and have your objections heard at the February 12, 2025 final fairness hearing.

Do Nothing

Do nothing.

If you do nothing, you will not receive a share of the settlement fund, but, if you are a class member, you will release any related claim(s) you have against DCSI and other released parties.