1. Why was the Notice issued?
2. What is this class action about?
3. Why is this a class action?
4. Why is there a Settlement?
5. Who is included in the Settlement?
6. Are there exceptions to being included?
7. How does the Settlement provide?
8. What claims am I releasing if I stay in the Settlement Class?
9. How do I submit a claim for a Settlement benefit?
10. Are there any important Settlement benefit deadlines?
11. When will the Settlement benefits be issued?
12. Do I have a lawyer in this case?
13. Should I get my own lawyer?
14. How will Settlement Counsel be paid?
15. How do I opt out of the Settlement?
16. How do I tell the Court if I do not like the Settlement?
17. What is the difference between objecting and excluding?
18. When is the Court’s Final Approval Hearing?
19. Do I have to come to the Final Approval Hearing?
20. Do I have to come to the Final Approval Hearing?
21. How do I get more information?
The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico authorized the Notice. You have a right to know about the proposed Settlement of this class action lawsuit, and about all of your options, before the Court decides whether to grant final approval of the Settlement. The Notice explains the lawsuit, your legal rights, what benefits are available, and who can receive them.
The lawsuit is captioned Roberta Senecal v. Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, Case No. 1:24-cv-00904, pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. The persons seeking to represent the proposed Settlement Class are called the “Settlement Class Representatives” and the entity sued, Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, is called the “Defendant.”
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This lawsuit alleges that an unauthorized third party or parties accessed Defendant’s network and certain systems between April 12, 2024, and April 16, 2024 (the “Data Incident”). The lawsuit alleges that certain personal information, such as names, Social Security numbers, banking information, identification information used for visa or citizenship applications, and health insurance plan enrollment information for current and former health insurance plan participants may have been impacted in the Data Incident.
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In a class action, one or more persons sue on behalf of other people with similar claims. Together, these people are called a class or class members. A court resolves the lawsuit for all class members, except for those who opt out from the settlement. In this Settlement, the Settlement Class Representatives are Roberta Senecal and Collin Hurler, and everyone included in the proposed settlement are the Settlement Class Members.
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Plaintiff and Defendant do not agree about the legal claims made in this Action. The Action has not gone to trial, and the Court has not decided in favor of Plaintiff or Defendant. Instead, the Settlement Class Representatives and Defendant have agreed to settle this Action. The Settlement Class Representatives and their lawyers believe the settlement is best for all Settlement Class Members because of the Settlement benefits available to the Settlement Class Members and the risks and uncertainty associated with continuing the lawsuit.
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The Court has defined the Settlement Class this way: “all individuals residing in the United States whose PII was potentially compromised in the April 2024 Data Incident experienced by Defendant, including all those who received notice of the Data Incident.”
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Yes. Excluded from the Settlement Class are: (1) Defendant; (2) Defendant’s affiliates, parents, subsidiaries; (3) any entity in which Defendant has a controlling interest; (4) any of Defendant’s officers or directors; (5) any successors; (6) any judge who adjudicates this case, including their staff and immediate family; (7) any person found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be guilty under criminal law of initiating, causing, aiding or abetting the criminal activity occurrence of the Data Incident, or who pleads nolo contendere to any such charge.
If you are not sure whether you are a Settlement Class Member, you can ask for free help any time by contacting the Settlement Administrator at:
Senecal v. Wilson & Co. Settlement
c/o Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 25226
Santa Ana, CA 92799
info@W2025Settlement.com
(833) 360-6782
You may also view the Settlement Agreement here.
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Settlement Class Members may choose between two claim categories. You may choose one or the other, not both.
Claim Category 1: Credit Monitoring Services and Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses
Credit Monitoring Services. All Settlement Class Members who select Claim Category 1 may elect to receive 2 years of credit monitoring services.
Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses. If you incurred documented out-of-pocket expenses between April 12, 2024 and September 8, 2025, as a result of the Data Incident, you may file a claim for reimbursement. Documented Out-of-Pocket losses will not exceed $10,000 per Settlement Class Member.
Documented Out-of-Pocket Losses may include expenses such as:
unreimbursed bank fees;
long distance phone charges;
cell phone charges (only if you pay by the minute);
data charges (only if you pay based on the amount of data you use);
postage;
gasoline for local travel;
unreimbursed losses due to fraud or identity theft; and
any other charge or loss reasonably related to the Data Incident
You must send proof, like receipts, to show what you spent. You can add your own notes to explain other papers, but those notes alone are not enough to make a valid claim. Self-prepared documents will not be accepted.
Claim Category 2: Alternative Cash Payment
Instead of claiming Claim Category 1 benefits, you can submit a claim for a one-time $25.00 cash payment.
If over 800 valid and timely Claim Category 2 claims are submitted, everyone’s cash payments will be reduced evenly so that the total does not exceed $20,000.00.
If you have questions about these benefits, you can ask for free help any time by contacting the Settlement Administrator at:
Senecal v. Wilson & Co. Settlement
c/o Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 25226
Santa Ana, CA 92799
info@W2025Settlement.com
(833) 360-6782
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Unless you opt out of the Settlement, you are choosing to remain in the Settlement Class. If the Settlement is approved and becomes final, all Court orders will apply to you and legally bind you. You won’t be able to sue, continue to sue, or be part of any other lawsuit against the Released Parties about the legal issues in this Action that are released by the Settlement. The “Release” section of the Settlement Agreement (Section VIII) describes the legal claims that you give up if you remain in the Settlement Class. The Settlement Agreement is available here.
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The fastest way to submit your Claim Form is online here. If you prefer, you can download the Claim Form here and mail it to the Settlement Administrator at:
Senecal v. Wilson & Co. Settlement
c/o Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 25226
Santa Ana, CA 92799
You may also contact the Settlement Administrator to request a Claim Form by telephone, toll free, at (833) 360-6782, by email at info@W2025settlement.com, or by U.S. mail at the address above.
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If you submit a claim form online, complete your claim by September 8, 2025. If you are mailing a paper copy, your signed Claim Form must be postmarked by September 8, 2025.
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The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing on August 4, 2025 (see Question 18). If the Court approves the Settlement, there may be appeals. We do not know if appeals will be filed, or how long it will take to resolve them if they are filed.
Settlement payments will be distributed if the Court grants final approval, and after any appeals are resolved.
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Yes, the Court appointed attorney Cassandra P. Miller of Strauss Borrelli PLLC to represent you and other Settlement Class Members (“Settlement Class Counsel”).
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You will not be charged for Settlement Class Counsel’s services. If you want your own lawyer, you may hire one at your expense.
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Settlement Class Counsel will ask the Court to approve attorneys’ fees and costs up to $145,000.00, which will be paid by the Defendant.
Settlement Class Counsel will also ask for Service Awards of $3,500.00 for both Settlement Class Representatives. Service Awards will be paid by Defendant.
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If you do not want to be part of the Settlement, you must formally exclude yourself from the Settlement. This is called a request for exclusion and is sometimes also called “opting out.” If you opt out, you will not receive any benefits from the Settlement, but you will keep any rights you may have to sue Defendant on your own about the legal issues in this case.
If you exclude yourself, you are telling the Court that you do not want to be part of the Settlement. You will not be eligible to receive any Settlement benefits if you exclude yourself.
The deadline to exclude yourself from the Settlement is August 8, 2025.
To be valid, your request for exclusion must have the following information:
your full name and current mailing address;
personal signature; and
the words “Request for Exclusion” or a clear and similar statement that you do not want to participate in the Settlement.
You may only exclude yourself, not any other person. You cannot opt out (exclude yourself) by telephone or by email. “Mass” or “class” requests for exclusion filed by third parties on behalf of a “mass” or “class” of Settlement Class Members or multiple Settlement Class Members where the request for exclusion has not been signed by each, and every individual Settlement Class Member will not be allowed.
Mail your request for exclusion to the Settlement Administrator at:
Senecal v. Wilson & Co. Settlement
c/o Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 25226
Santa Ana, CA 92799
Your request for exclusion must be postmarked by August 8, 2025.
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If you are in the Settlement Class and do not like the Settlement, you can object. That means telling the Court you do not agree with all or any part of the Settlement. The Court will consider what you say.
You cannot object if you have excluded yourself from the Settlement (see Question 15).
To be valid, your objection must provide the following information:
the name of the Action: Roberta Senecal v. Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, Case No. Case No. 1:24-cv-00904, pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico;
your full name, current mailing address, and telephone number;
information that proves that you are a Settlement Class Member (such as a copy of your postcard notice or original Data Incident notice);
a written statement explaining of all the reasons you object; include any legal support you may have for your objection;
if you have hired your own lawyer to represent you at the Final Approval Hearing, provide their name and telephone number;
whether you and/or your lawyer will appear at the Final Approval Hearing;
your signature (or, if you have hired your own lawyer, your lawyer’s signature).
For your objection to be valid, it must meet each of these requirements and your objection must be timely postmarked. Any Settlement Class Member who fails to comply with the requirements for objecting, detailed above, shall waive and forfeit any and all rights the Settlement Class Member may have to appear separately and/or to object to the Settlement Agreement and shall be bound by all the terms of the Settlement Agreement and by all proceedings, orders, and judgments in this Action.
You must send copies of the objection to Settlement Class Counsel and counsel for Defendant by August 8, 2025. Settlement Class Counsel will file your objection with the Court as an exhibit to Plaintiff’s Motion for Final Approval.
Settlement Class Counsel | Defendant’s Counsel |
Cassandra P. Miller | Casie D. Collignon |
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Objecting is telling the Court that you do not like something about the Settlement or requested attorney’s fees and expenses or Service Awards. You can object to the Settlement only if you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement. Excluding yourself from the Settlement is opting out and is telling the Court that you do not want to be part of the Settlement. If you opt out of the Settlement, you cannot object to it.
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The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing on August 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Mountain Time, via Judge William P. Johnson’s Webex teleconference line at 1-855-244-8681, Meeting/Access Code: 2311 463 0701.
At the Final Approval Hearing, the Court will decide whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate, and decide whether to approve the Settlement, Settlement Class Counsel’s request for attorney’s fees and costs, and the Service Awards to the Settlement Class Representatives.
If there are objections, the Court will consider them and listen to people who have asked to speak at the Final Approval Hearing, if the request was timely made. (see Question 16).
Note: The date and time of the Final Approval Hearing may change without further notice. Please check this webiste for any updates.
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No. Settlement Class Counsel will answer any questions the Court may have. You may attend at your own expense if you want to, but you do not have to.
If you file an objection, you do not have to come to the Final Approval Hearing to talk about it; the Court will consider it as long as it was submitted properly and on time. You may also pay your own lawyer to attend, but you do not have to.
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If you are a Settlement Class Member and you do nothing, you will not receive any Settlement benefits, and you will give up the rights described in Question 8, including your right to start a lawsuit, continue a lawsuit, or be part of any other lawsuit against the Released Parties about the legal issues in this Action that are released by the Settlement.
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This website and the Notice are a summary of the proposed Settlement. The full Settlement Agreement and other related documents are available on the Important Documents.
If you have additional questions, you can ask for free help any time by contacting the Settlement Administrator at:
Senecal v. Wilson & Co. Settlement
c/o Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 25226
Santa Ana, CA 92799
info@W2025Settlement.com
(833) 360-6782
You can obtain copies of publicly filed documents by visiting the office of the Clerk of the Court, United States District Court, Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse, 333 Lomas Blvd NW, Suite 720, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
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