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1. What is this settlement about?
These proposed settlements seek to permanently and forever end litigation concerning the enforcement of red light violations by unmanned cameras throughout Florida prior to July 1, 2010. The lawsuits at issue were filed as proposed class actions and challenged a municipality’s legal right to enact ordinances that permitted the use of unmanned cameras to enforce red light violations. The legality of these ordinances and other important legal issues were vigorously litigated by both sides of each lawsuit and eventually American Traffic Solutions, the municipalities’ camera system vendor and a party to all of these lawsuits, decided to settle with the putative classes in each of these lawsuits. In some cases, the municipality has also decided to settle with the putative class. Some municipalities, however, have chosen not to participate in the proposed settlements and instead will continue to litigate. The litigation against those municipalities will continue and may or may not end in additional funds becoming available to the putative classes.
2. Who is eligible?
If you received a postcard notice, then you have been identified as a potential Class Member after a review of the parties’ records. However, to be an eligible class member in one of the class action settlements, you 1) must have been issued a notice of violation for a violation dated on or before June 30, 2010, 2) must have paid the notice of violation, and 3) must have not received a full refund of your payment.
3. If eligible, what payment will I receive?
An eligible class member may be entitled to a one-time payment. The amount of this payment depends on which municipality issued you the notice of violation, whether or not that municipality chose to participate in the proposed settlement, the number of notices of violation issued by that municipality, the number of notices of violation you received and paid pursuant to the municipality’s red light camera program, and the total number of notices of violation paid in that municipality. For payment information regarding a specific municipality, refer to your post card notice or review the information found under each specific municipality on this Web site’s home page.
4. What do I have to do to receive a payment?
If you are an eligible class member and wish to receive a one-time payment, then you will need to complete and submit in a timely manner a valid proof of claim form providing information regarding your notice of violation. The proof of claim forms are municipality specific, and can be retrieved for printing from the home page of this Web site by clicking on the municipality where your violation occurred.
5. What if I received more than one notice of violation?
If you wish to submit claims for multiple notices of violation then you must complete a separate proof of claim form for each notice of violation that you received on or before June 30, 2010, that you paid, and that you have not received a full refund for.
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