Welcome to the Information Website for the Rogers v. BNSF Railway Company Settlement.
This settlement resolved two class action lawsuits brought on behalf of persons who alleged that BNSF Railway Company (“Defendant”) required truck drivers to register their fingerprint information using an auto-gate system at BNSF’s Illinois facilities without complying with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS § 14/1, et seq. (“BIPA”). The lawsuits are: Rogers v. BNSF Railway Company, No. 19-cv-03083 (N.D. Ill.) and Rogers v. BNSF Railway Company, No. 2019-CH-04393 (Cook Cnty., Ill.).
Cash Payments. Defendant has created a $75,000,000.00 Settlement Fund to compensate Class Members. If you are a Class Member that cashed or deposited the check mailed to you, you will receive a second payment. Currently, payments are expected to mail in March 2025. Please check back on this website for updates. All checks issued to Settlement Class Members will expire and become void 120 days after they are issued.
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