Maple Leaf Foods Class Action Settlement

Compensation Grid

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS TO COMPENSATION IN THIS SETTLEMENT
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS	DURATION OF HARM	MEDICAL PROOF	PROJECTED PAYMENT
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS consistent with listeriosis, after consuming	24 to less than 48 hours	NONE	$750.00
	More than 48 hours	YES	$3,000.00 to $125,000.00, plus certain additional amounts
PSYCHOLOGICAL trauma only, after consuming	Onset after August 17, 2008	YES	$2,000.00 to $17,500.00, plus certain additional amounts
If you had physical symptoms but never visited a doctor or hospital or clinic, you may claim at Level 1 as this is the only level that does not require medical evidence to support your claim.

The specific amounts of compensation available to eligible claimants for pain and suffering along with the qualifying criteria and required documentation are set out in the detailed Compensation Grid below:

Compensation Grid

( Compensation Grid PDF)

PAYMENTS: once ALL claims, arbitrations and appeals have been completed, the Administrator must report to the Courts on the proposed total amounts payable to ALL approved claimants and no money shall be paid by cheque to anyone until Court approval.

PROCESSING: claims are still being processed. If you successfully filed a claim, you will receive a Decision Letter from the Administrator by regular mail in the summer of 2010.

TIMING: higher level claims require medical evidence and some hospitals have been slow to deliver what is needed. Since the Courts (SK, ON, QC) must approve all payments, we are unable to advise with certainty about when cheques will be mailed. We are presently aiming for early 2011.

The deadline for making a claim expired on November 2, 2009. If you failed to successfully make a claim before this date, payment cannot be made to you or any person that you represent no exceptions.