Case Information

• Castro v. CIMCO Resources Inc. et al.

• Circuit Court of Kane County, Illinois, Chancery Division

• Case No. 2023-CH-000031

• (866) 613-8351

About This Case

IF YOU USED AN ALLEGEDLY BIOMETRIC TIMECLOCK AT CIMCO RESOURCES, INC., CIMCO RECYCLING CARBONDALE, INC., CIMCO RECYCLING LOVES PARK, INC., CIMCO RECYCLING MARION, INC., CIMCO RECYCLING MILAN, INC., CIMCO RECYCLING OTTAWA, INC., CIMCO RECYCLING STERLING, INC., AND/OR PRECISION METALS, INC.’S BETWEEN MARCH 6, 2018 AND NOVEMBER 16, 2023 WITHOUT FIRST EXECUTING A WRITTEN CONSENT, YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A PAYMENT FROM A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT.

• The Court authorized notice of a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit entitled Juan Castro v. Cimco Resources, Inc. et al., Case Number 2023-CH-000031, that is pending in Kane County, Illinois (“Lawsuit”). The settlement would resolve the Lawsuit brought on behalf of the Settlement Class. You are receiving notice because you have been identified through Defendants’ records as a person in the Settlement Class.

• The named plaintiff, Juan Castro (“Plaintiff”), filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Defendants collected their employees’ biometric identifiers or biometric information without making the disclosures and receiving the written consent allegedly required by BIPA. Defendants denied and continue to deny Plaintiff’s allegations. Notwithstanding their disagreements, the parties have proposed a settlement that, if approved by the Court, will resolve the Settlement Class’s claims relating to the collection of biometric identifiers and biometric information.

• The information in this website is to advise you of the terms of the proposed Settlement, and your rights in connection with it. This website contains only a summary of the Settlement Agreement. Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act. Read the Notice of Class Action Settlement carefully.

• The proposed settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by Defendants, and Defendants deny that it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act or any other law. The Court has not decided who is right or wrong. Rather, to save the time, expense, and distraction of litigation, the parties have agreed to settle the lawsuit.