Published
August 27, 2026
Costa Del Mar has agreed to pay $23.9 million to resolve claims that it promised to fix damaged sunglasses for a “nominal fee” and then charged far more than one. If you live outside Florida and paid Costa more than $11.95 to repair a pair bought before 2018, your share arrives automatically — there is no claim form to file.
Current Status
There is no claim form in this settlement and no claim deadline. Costa Del Mar, Inc. has agreed to fund a $23,900,000 Settlement Fund, and every Settlement Class Member who does nothing is scheduled to receive a pro rata cash payment for each qualifying repair. The only dates that require action are the exclusion and objection deadlines, both October 26, 2026; the notice states them as calendar dates and does not specify a timezone.The settlement is not final. Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has set the Final Approval Hearing for December 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. in Orlando. No final approval order had been entered and no payment date had been announced as of August 27, 2026. Costa denies any wrongdoing or liability, and the Court has not decided the merits of the claims or Costa's defenses.
Status
Pending Final Approval
Opt-Out Deadline
October 26, 2026
Also the objection deadline · no claim deadline exists
Estimated Payout
Pro rata share of $23.9M
Paid per qualifying repair · no per-person figure published
Proof Required
Automatic Payment
No claim form to file — payment is issued automatically
What Changed Recently?
The Court certified this lawsuit as a class action in 2025 and notice went out then to tell class members the case existed. A second round of notice is going out now for a different reason: the parties reached a settlement, and it puts real dates on the calendar for the first time — an October 26, 2026 exclusion and objection deadline and a December 14, 2026 Final Approval Hearing.If you received a Costa notice years ago and assumed the matter was resolved, it was not. An earlier settlement that combined three Costa lawsuits, including Smith v. Costa Del Mar, Inc., Case No. 3:18-cv-1011, was vacated on appeal in Smith v. Miorelli, 93 F.4th 1206 (11th Cir. 2024). The settlement website for this case confirms that the Smith settlement is no longer in effect. The agreement described on this page is a separate, later deal reached in the Reed case.
Who Qualifies?
You are a Settlement Class Member if you are a citizen of the United States, you purchased nonprescription, non-promotional Costa sunglasses before January 1, 2018, and Costa charged you a fee between April 3, 2015 and January 28, 2026 to repair or replace components of those sunglasses that Costa determined were damaged by accident, normal wear and tear, or misuse.Two limits matter. First, the repair fee must have exceeded $11.95 — a repair billed at or below that figure does not qualify. Second, the class excludes Florida residents, who the notice says are covered by a settlement in a separate lawsuit, Haney v. Costa Del Mar, Inc. Also excluded are Costa itself along with its controlled affiliates and specified related persons, and judicial staff assigned to the case.
Prescription lenses and promotional pairs are outside the class definition, as are repairs Costa performed under a different arrangement than the damage categories above. If you are not sure whether a repair you paid for qualifies, the official settlement website is the place to check.
How Much Can You Get?
No per-person or per-repair dollar figure has been published, and the amount depends on arithmetic that is not finished yet. Payments are pro rata: the Settlement Administrator first pays Attorneys' Fees and Expenses and settlement administration costs out of the $23,900,000 fund, then divides what is left among qualifying repairs, one share per repair. A class member who paid for three qualifying repairs is paid three times.Two figures give a rough sense of scale, and both come with caveats. Class Counsel is asking the Court to award $5,736,000 in Attorneys' Fees and Expenses — the Court may award less. And the notice states that Costa performed approximately 494,000 sunglass repairs during the class period. If the full fee request is granted, roughly $18.2 million would remain before administration costs, which spread across all 494,000 repairs would be about $36 each. Treat that as an illustration rather than an estimate of your payment: the 494,000 figure counts every repair Costa performed, including repairs for Florida residents and repairs billed at $11.95 or less, none of which are paid here. Because the number of qualifying repairs is smaller than 494,000, the actual per-repair share should be higher than $36 — by how much is not something the published materials answer.
Anything left in the Net Settlement Fund after the payments are distributed goes to the American Saltwater Guides Association, subject to Court approval — a cy pres recipient rather than a reversion to Costa.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
Nothing is required to be paid. This is an automatic-payment settlement: the Settlement Administrator already identified the class from Costa's own repair records, so there is no documentation to submit, no receipts to dig up, and no code you have to enter to secure your share.There is one optional step. The official settlement website has a Submit Payment Selection page where you can choose how you would like to be paid, and that page is gated on the Unique ID and PIN printed in the email or postcard notice sent to you. Missing that notice does not cost you the payment — it only means you do not get to pick the payment method, and the Administrator issues it by its default route instead.
One thing genuinely is your responsibility: keeping your address current. If your mailing or email address changes before payments are issued, tell the Settlement Administrator through the official settlement website so the payment reaches you.
What Are the Deadlines?
There is no claim deadline, because there is no claim. The deadlines that exist are for class members who want out of the settlement or who want to tell the Court they disagree with it.To exclude yourself, a written, personally signed request for exclusion must reach the Settlement Administrator by October 26, 2026. Exclusion cannot be done by telephone or email, and the notice says group or "mass" opt-outs filed by a third party on behalf of multiple class members are not allowed unless each individual signed. See our explainer on opting out of a class action for what that choice costs and preserves.
To object, a written objection must be filed with the Court by October 26, 2026 and sent by U.S. mail to Class Counsel and Costa's counsel, received by the same date. The objection has to identify the case by name and number, give your name, mailing address, telephone number and signature, state the basis for the objection, and say whether you intend to appear at the hearing. Objecting and excluding yourself are mutually exclusive: you can only object if you stay in the class.
The notice gives all of these as calendar dates and does not specify a timezone, so no time-of-day cutoff is published.
How Do You Take Action?
For most people the answer is that no action is needed. Doing nothing keeps you in the Settlement Class, and you are paid automatically after the Court approves the settlement and it becomes final. Doing nothing also means you give up the right to sue Costa or the Released Parties over the claims the settlement releases, which are described in Section 10 of the Settlement Agreement.If you want to choose your payment method, or you need to update the address the Administrator has for you, both are handled at the official settlement website:
Costa Repairs Class Action — official settlement website
The Settlement Agreement, the notice, and Class Counsel's Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Expenses are all posted on the Documents page of that site. Filing on an official settlement website is always free.
What Happens Next?
The next milestone is the Final Approval Hearing on December 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. before Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. at the George C. Young Federal Annex Courthouse in Orlando. At that hearing the Court will consider whether the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate, will rule on Class Counsel's fee request, and will hear from any objectors who filed on time and asked to speak.The notice cautions that the hearing date and time can change without further notice to the class, and that the Court may hold it by video or telephone, so the settlement website is the place to confirm it. You are not required to attend, and an objection you filed on time is considered whether or not you show up.
If the Court grants final approval, payments follow after the judgment becomes final — which can be delayed if anyone appeals. No payment date has been announced. A hearing being scheduled is not approval, and approval would not by itself mean checks have been released.
Sources and Verification
This page is built from the official court-approved settlement website and the notice documents posted on it, plus the published appellate decision in the related case:- Official settlement website — home page, Frequently Asked Questions, and Documents page (Settlement Agreement, class notice, Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Expenses), administered by Epiq.
- Official class notice for Reed v. Costa Del Mar, Inc., Case No. 6:19-cv-1751-RBD-LHP (M.D. Fla.) — embedded in full below.
- Smith v. Miorelli, 93 F.4th 1206 (11th Cir. 2024) — the decision vacating approval of the earlier combined Costa settlement.
- The docket in Reed v. Costa Del Mar, Inc., Case No. 6:19-cv-1751-RBD-LHP, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Questions
Do I have to file a claim to be paid in the Costa Del Mar repair settlement?
No. There is no claim form and no claim deadline. If you are a Settlement Class Member and you do not exclude yourself, the Settlement Administrator pays you automatically once the Settlement is approved and becomes final. The only optional step is choosing how you are paid, which you can do on the official settlement website using the Unique ID and PIN printed in your notice.
Why are Florida residents excluded from the Costa settlement class?
The certified class in Reed v. Costa Del Mar, Inc. covers citizens of the United States other than Florida residents. According to the settlement notice, Florida residents are covered by a settlement in a separate lawsuit, Haney v. Costa Del Mar, Inc., so they are carved out of this one to avoid overlapping recoveries.
What happened to the earlier Costa sunglasses settlement I received a notice about?
An earlier combined settlement covering three Costa lawsuits, including Smith v. Costa Del Mar, Inc., Case No. 3:18-cv-1011, was vacated on appeal in Smith v. Miorelli, 93 F.4th 1206 (11th Cir. 2024), and is no longer in effect. Any notice you received under that deal has been superseded. The Reed settlement described here is a separate, later agreement.
What if I paid Costa $11.95 or less to repair my sunglasses?
Then that repair is not covered. The Settlement Class is limited to repairs where the fee charged exceeded $11.95. The named plaintiff argued that $11.95 was the most that could count as a nominal fee, though the Court never ruled on what a nominal fee is. A repair at or below that figure does not produce a payment, and a class member with several repairs is paid for each one that exceeded it.
What happens to money left over after the Costa settlement payments go out?
Under the settlement, any residual left in the Net Settlement Fund after the cash payments are distributed goes to the American Saltwater Guides Association, subject to Court approval. That is a cy pres recipient, meaning a third party that receives leftover class funds rather than the money reverting to the defendant.
Official Settlement Notice
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Settlement Amount
$23,900,000
Case Title
Reed v. Costa Del Mar, Inc.
Case Number
6:19-cv-1751-RBD-LHP
Court
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Final Approval Hearing
December 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Before Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. in Orlando · date and time subject to change
Administrator
Epiq
Official Website
Costa Repairs Class Action.com
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