A court authorized the notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer. You are not being sued.
You received a notice because you are eligible for a cash payment and/or balance debt relief because of the settlement of a class action lawsuit involving a security deposit that you paid at a property managed by BH Management Services, LLC (“BH Management”). Plaintiff Douglas Chiodini (“Plaintiff”) filed a putative class action for alleged violations of Florida Statute § 83.49, the Florida Residential Landlord Tenant Act (“FRTLA”) and Florida Consumer Collections Practices Act, Fla. Stat. §559.55 et seq. (“FCCPA”). Plaintiff and BH Management conducted discovery and identified you as a person who is a member of this class action and is entitled to financial compensation.
What is this Class Action About?
Plaintiff Douglas Chiodini (“Plaintiff”) filed a putative class action for alleged violations of Florida Statute § 83.49, the Florida Residential Landlord Tenant Act (“FRLTA”) and Florida Consumer Collections Practices Act, Fla. Stat. §559.55 et seq. (“FCCPA”). Plaintiff alleges that the notice of withholding some or all of your security deposit prepared and sent to you failed to comply with FRLTA. Defendant strongly disagrees that its practices failed to comply with FRLTA or the FCCPA, but has agreed to resolve this matter to avoid the time and expense of litigation. The Plaintiff and Defendant agreed to settle these claims in a Class Action Settlement for the monetary and non-monetary benefits and releases set forth in the Settlement Agreement. All Class Members will release BH Management from all liability from the claims in the lawsuit. BH Management will release the Class Members from damages or amounts owed up to any amounts returned to Class Members pursuant to this Settlement Agreement, but not additional amounts that may be owed.
Options for Settlement Class Members
If you are a Settlement Class Member, you have a right to stay in the case as a Settlement Class Member, or you can choose to be excluded from the case. You need to decide this question very soon.
Option 1. Do Nothing Now. Stay in the Action and Receive Monetary Relief and/or Balance Relief.
You have the right to stay in this Action as a Settlement Class Member and wait for final approval of the Settlement. You do not need to do anything if you wish to remain in this case. It will cost you nothing. If you do nothing, and after the Settlement is finally approved, you will automatically receive a payment and/or balance relief in accordance with the settlement agreement. If you decide to stay in the case as a Settlement Class Member, you will be bound by all orders and judgments of the Court with regard to the Settlement Class.
Option 2. Exclude yourself from the Action.
You have the right to not be part of this Action by excluding yourself or “opting out” of the Settlement Class. If you exclude yourself, you will not receive a payment and/or balance relief in accordance with the settlement agreement. However, you will maintain your legal right to sue Defendants in a separate lawsuit at your own expense.
If you wish to be excluded from the Settlement Class, you must send a written Request for Exclusion to Chiodini v BH Management, c/o Settlement Administrator, PO Box 23489, Jacksonville, FL 32241 no later than October 9, 2025 stating your name, address, and the following statement: “I request exclusion from the Settlement Class in Chiodini v. BH Management, Case No. 6:23-cv-147-CEM-DCI.”
You do not need to hire your own lawyer to request exclusion from the Settlement Class, however you are entitled to retain counsel, if you so choose. If you exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you give up your right to receive money or other benefits awarded in this case, if any, and you will not be bound by any judgments or orders of the Court.
If the request for exclusion is submitted by someone other than the Settlement Class Member (i.e., a Legally Authorized Representative or attorney), then the third party signor (e.g., attorney, legal representative, or other third party) must include the following attestation on the exclusion request: “I certify and attest to the Court that the Settlement Class Member on whose behalf this exclusion request is submitted has been provided a copy of and an opportunity to read the Class Notice and thereafter specifically requested to be excluded from the Settlement Class.” Such third-party signor must include their full name, contact information, and the basis for that signor’s authority to act on behalf of the Settlement Class Member.