How SettleWorth verifies settlements

We make public settlement information easier to find and understand. A published record may summarize the settlement identity, company or defendant context, jurisdiction, eligibility description, deadline, proof requirements, and official destination.

That summary is a starting point for review. When someone decides to continue, the next step belongs on the official settlement site or claim form, not inside SettleWorth.

A possible settlement can come to attention through an administrator, court material, a government source, official notice, class counsel, or another credible lead. Finding a mention is only the start of the work.

Secondary reporting and directories can help locate a claim, but they do not by themselves establish material facts for publication. We look for authoritative source material before treating a record as ready for the public catalogue.

Source priority depends on the fact being checked, but the general order is straightforward: use the source closest to the official settlement process, and use supporting material to corroborate or locate it.

Before information is presented publicly, the relevant record is reviewed for details such as:

• settlement identity and company or defendant context
• jurisdiction, class description, and class period
• claim deadline and exact cutoff where known
• proof or document requirements
• official claim URL and administrator or contact source
• publication, sensitivity, and source-safety considerations

These checks support a useful public summary. They do not replace the official terms, forms, or decisions that govern a settlement.

If official sources materially disagree about a deadline, eligibility, class period, filing process, or official destination, we do not fill the gap with a guess.

The record may be held for another review or withheld from publication until the conflict is resolved. An inaccessible page is a reason to re-check the source, not a reason to invent a conclusion. The goal is to avoid sending someone toward an uncertain or unsafe filing path.

“Last verified” means the information was reviewed against its sources on that date. It does not mean that the settlement changed on that date. A review can confirm that the known facts remain the same.

This distinction matters because a current verification date is evidence of a review, not a made-up timestamp for when a settlement materially changed.

Active claims and approaching deadlines need closer attention than inactive or closed records. Freshness checks therefore treat an open filing window, deadline proximity, and the reliability of the available source boundary as relevant signals.

If information becomes stale, uncertain, or difficult to verify, the safer outcome is another review or withholding rather than presenting old information with new confidence.

Not every researched record becomes a public catalogue entry. A record may be withheld when verification is incomplete, material sources conflict, official claim information is unavailable or unsafe to hand off, or publication needs additional sensitivity review.

Absence from the catalogue is not a statement about whether a person qualifies. It means the information has not met the threshold for a safe public summary.

If you notice a possible factual error, use the Report an issue channel and include authoritative evidence when you can. A correction report is reviewed as an information question; it is not a claim submission.

SettleWorth is not a settlement administrator, court, law firm, or legal advisor. The official administrator and court-approved settlement terms control eligibility, deadlines, proof, payment, and the filing process. Review those requirements directly before taking action.

Browse public settlements or visit the official destination linked from an individual settlement record.