CohenMalad, LLP, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., and Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios LLP announce settlements have been reached with Thomas Concrete, Inc. and Thomas Concrete of South Carolina, Inc. (“Thomas”), and Evans Concrete, LLC (“Evans”), in a class action lawsuit against Thomas, Evans, Lafarge North America, Inc., Argos USA LLC, Argos Ready Mix LLC, Coastal Concrete Southeast II, LLC, and Elite Concrete, LLC, claiming that, from January 1, 2010, through July 31, 2016, these companies participated in an unlawful conspiracy to raise, fix, maintain, or stabilize the price of Ready-Mix Concrete sold from certain Subject Plants. The lawsuit, entitled Pro Slab, Inc., et al. v. Argos USA LLC, et al., Case No. 2:17-cv-03185-BHH (“Lawsuit”), is pending in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and is scheduled to be trial ready by October 2025.
The Lawsuit affects the rights of direct purchasers of Ready-Mix Concrete from Lafarge, Argos, Coastal, Thomas, Evans and Elite. Thomas and Evans have agreed to settlements (the “Settlements”). The Lawsuit will continue against the other Defendants.
Who is included? You are a “Settlement Class Member” if you purchased Ready-Mix Concrete directly from one or more of several “Subject Plants” at any time from January 1, 2010, through and including July 31, 2016. A list of the Subject Plants can be found at www.SavannahConcreteCase.com.
What do the Settlements provide?Thomas has agreed to pay $7,600,000 (“Thomas Settlement Amount”) to resolve the Lawsuit. Evans has agreed to pay $5,800,000, which will be reduced to $5,650,000 if the reduced amount is paid in full no later than 10 days after the Effective Date of the Evans Settlement (“Evans Settlement Amount”), to resolve the Lawsuit.
If the Settlements are approved and become final, information about the proposed distribution of the Settlement Amounts will be provided to known Settlement Class Members with contact information on file, along with a Claim Form and instructions for completing a claim. Settlement Class Member payments will be made after deducting Court-approved Class Counsel's attorneys' fees and expenses, notice and administrative costs and class representative payments from the Settlement Amounts.
What are my options?You may (1) participate in the Settlements and receive your portion of the Settlement Amounts when they become available, (2) request to exclude yourself from either or both of the Settlements, or (3) object to either or both of the Settlements.
Participate in the Settlements. If you wish to participate in the Settlements, you do not need to do anything now. If the Settlements are approved and become final, a Claim Form and instructions for completing a claim will be mailed at a later date to known Settlement Class Members with contact information on file. If you did not receive a Notice by U.S. Mail, but believe you are a Settlement Class Member, you should complete a contact form on www.SavannahConcreteCase.com in order to directly receive future communications about the Settlements and a Claim Form, and to receive communications about any future settlements or other significant developments in the Lawsuit.
Exclude Yourself from the Settlements. If you do not want to be legally bound by one or both of the Settlements, you must exclude yourself by September 19, 2025. Unless you exclude yourself, you will not be able to bring your own lawsuit against Thomas or Evans for any claim released by the Settlements. Instructions on how to exclude yourself from the Settlements are available atwww.SavannahConcreteCase.com.
Object to the Settlements. If you wish to object to one or both of the Settlements, you must mail a written objection to Class Counsel, Counsel for Evans and/or Thomas, and the Court. Objections must be postmarked by September 19, 2025. Instructions on how to object to the Settlements are available atwww.SavannahConcreteCase.com.
The Court's Fairness Hearing.The Court will hold a Fairness Hearing on November 3, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. At this hearing, the Court will decide whether to approve the Settlements, Class Counsel's request for up to 1/3 of the Settlement Amounts in attorneys' fees, plus expenses up to $3.6 million and incentive payments to the class representatives. The petition for fees, expenses and incentive payments will be available on the Settlement Website. You may appear at the Fairness Hearing, but you do not have to. You also may hire your own attorney, at your own expense, to appear or speak for you at the Fairness Hearing. Additional instructions on how to appear and speak at the Fairness Hearing are available at www.SavannahConcreteCase.com, or you may contact the Settlement Administrator at 1-888-999-5317, or info@savannahconcretecase.com.
Please do not contact the Court regarding this Notice.
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