A Judge Has Preliminarily Approved a Settlement in Which Wawa Will Pay Customers Up to $8 Million in Gift Cards
A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement that would require Wawa to pay customers up to $9 million in gift cards and cash after a massive data breach exposed customers’ payment card numbers.
U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter gave her initial approval of the deal Friday and provisionally certified the class of consumers who would qualify for the settlement. Pratter must still give final approval to the agreement, with a hearing set for January.
Now, Wawa and plaintiffs’ lawyers can notify customers of the agreement and give them the chance to submit claims for payments, opt out of the settlement, or object to the deal by November. The settlement would end the class-action case filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
