$100M Pilgrim's Pride Broiler Chicken Grower Class Action Settlement

Unsplash | Published: October 15, 2024

Claim Form Deadline: April 17, 2025

Payout: $100M Total

Proof required: Yes

What's the $100M Broiler Chicken Grower Class Action?

This $100 million broiler chicken growers class action lawsuit is about allegations that certain companies, including Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, conspired to artificially reduce the amount paid to broiler chicken growers for broiler grow-out services, violating certain federal antitrust laws, and the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921.

Who is Pilgrim's Pride?

Pilgrim's Pride is one of the world's largest poultry producers and a fully integrated pork producer. They provide food products to retailers, restaurants, foodservice providers and consumers globally, and have over 39 production facilities and 27 prepared foods facilities across the world. Pilgrim's Pride partners with over 4,900 family farms for poultry supply. Broiler growers, who are represented by the $100 million chicken growers class action, are farmers who raise young chickens (broilers) under contract with poultry companies like Pilgrim's Pride.

Class action members, some of which may qualify for a payout from the settlement, are farmers who may have provided "Broiler Grow-Out Services" by growing young chickens supplied by the poultry companies. There are over 24,000 broiler chicken farmers across the United States who work with major poultry processors.

What is the Total Settlement Amount?

The total settlement amount is $100,000,000.

How Do I Qualify For a Payout?

You may qualify for a payout if you are a person or entity in the United States or its territories who was paid for broiler grow-out services by any defendant or alleged co-conspirator at any time between January 27, 2013, and December 31, 2019.

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How Much Can I Get Paid?

The amount you may be able to get paid depends on the total payments you received from defendants and alleged co-conspirators during the class period as a proportion of the total payments received by all eligible class members with valid claims. The payment will be calculated based on the information provided in your claim form, which must be validated by the settlement administrator.

How Do I File a Claim?

To file a claim, you must complete and submit a claim form. If you received a pre-populated claim form with pre-populated payment information, you do not need to do anything further to receive a payment unless you disagree with the information. If you received an unpopulated claim form or did not receive a claim form, you must complete and submit a claim form with supporting documentation or answer a series of questions to estimate your claim amount by the final deadline of April 17, 2025.

Do I Need Documentation to File a Claim?

Yes, you may need proof to file a claim. You must provide supporting documentation of the total amounts you were paid by any defendant or co-conspirator for broiler grow-out services during the class period, such as settlement sheets for the broiler flocks you raised or year-end accounting statements provided by your integrator.

Alternatively, if you do not have this above mentioned information, you can provide the following:

• The years in which you provided broiler grow-out services,
• The name of the company for which you provided these services,
• The number of farms you operated,
• The number of flocks you grew in a given year if you performed broiler grow-out services for a partial year.

Claim Form Website: Chicken Settlement Site

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Filing Class Action Settlement Claims

Please note that your claim form will be rejected if you submit a settlement claim for payout with any fraudulent information. By providing this information and your sworn statement of its veracity, you agree to do so under the penalty of perjury. You would also be harming others that actually qualify for the class action settlement. If you are not sure whether or not you qualify for this class action settlement, visit the class action administrator's website below. OpenClassActions.com is only providing information and is not a class action administrator or a law firm. OpenClassActions is a participant in the Amazon affiliate advertising program and this post may contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission or fees if you make a purchase via those links.

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