Laguna Honda Hospital patients' rights and privacy settlement
Tommy O. Johnson, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.
Also known as LHH settlement; Johnson v. City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Department of Public Health; CPF-20-517064
The lawsuit claimed Laguna Honda Hospital broke patients' rights rules and shared patients' medical data.
Copied from the official notice. Last compared Nov 7, 2026.
- You could get
- $750 or $1,000 base
Source
“Confidentiality Class Members will be entitled to $750; Patients’ Rights Class Members are entitled to a $1,000 base payment”
From the administrator site: Official settlement website home page. Last compared Nov 7, 2026.
- Claims
- No claim form needed
Source
“11/10/2026 Deadline to Submit Distribution Election”
From the administrator site: Official Important Dates page. Last compared Nov 7, 2026.
- Who can file
- LHH patients 2022-2023, or LHH patients sent a privacy notice
Source
“If you are part of either the Patients’ Rights Class or the Confidentiality Class and satisfy the specific conditions therein, you are part of this settlement.”
From the administrator site: Official settlement website home page. Last compared Nov 7, 2026.
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S.
Source
“Patients’ Rights Class: All patients of Laguna Honda Hospital from April 14, 2022 through August 16, 2023. Confidentiality Class: All patients of LHH from March 23, 2017 to February 17, 2026 (or their responsible party) to whom the San Francisco Department of Public Health sent written notice that their private medical and health information was acquired and disseminated by Defendants to persons not privileged to receive it without the patient’s consent.”
From the administrator site: Official settlement website home page. Last compared Nov 7, 2026.
Quick answers
How much is the Laguna Honda Hospital patients' rights and privacy settlement payout?
$750 or $1,000 base.
Do I need to file a claim for the Laguna Honda Hospital patients' rights and privacy settlement?
No claim form. Payment is automatic. To choose cash (Option 1) or a pooled special needs trust (Option 2), make your Distribution Election online with the CPT ID and Passcode from your notice, or return the postcard, by November 10, 2026. If you make no choice you are treated as choosing cash; no postmark rule is stated.
When will the Laguna Honda Hospital patients' rights and privacy settlement pay?
Payment can only happen after the court gives final approval and any appeals are over.
The final approval hearing is set for Jan 29, 2027.
Is the Laguna Honda Hospital patients' rights and privacy settlement legit?
The settlement administrator (the company that handles claims) is CPT Group, and the official site is www.lhhsettlement.com. Real notices point there; if a link in a message goes anywhere else, do not use it.
The official site never asks you to pay to file.
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Case details
- Case
- Tommy O. Johnson, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.
- Court
- Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
- Case number
- CPF-20-517064
- Administrator
- CPT Group
- Official site
- www.lhhsettlement.com
- Settlement fund
- $5,750,000 (net amount for class members estimated at about $3,907,500)
- Full payout terms
- $750 per privacy notice class; $1,000 base for patientsConfidentiality Class members are each entitled to $750. Patients' Rights Class members are each entitled to a $1,000 base payment plus a Residency Days Payment based on the share of days they lived at LHH from April 14, 2022 through August 16, 2023. A person in both classes can receive both. Amounts depend on opt-outs and on the fees, costs and service payment the court approves; payment is contingent on final approval.
Other dates
- Opt-out (exclusion) deadline
- (ahead) source document
- Objection deadline
- (ahead) source document
- Final approval hearing
- (ahead) source document
The court’s exact words
Patients’ Rights Class: All patients of Laguna Honda Hospital from April 14, 2022 through August 16, 2023. Confidentiality Class: All patients of LHH from March 23, 2017 to February 17, 2026 (or their responsible party) to whom the San Francisco Department of Public Health sent written notice that their private medical and health information was acquired and disseminated by Defendants to persons not privileged to receive it without the patient’s consent.
Quoted from the official notice. Read the notice for the full definition.
Our notes: The lawsuit, filed in 2020 for residents of Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center (LHH) in San Francisco, claimed the City and County of San Francisco broke nursing home patients' rights rules (California Health and Safety Code section 1430(b)) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. The court certified two classes on July 26, 2024: the Patients' Rights Class (all patients of LHH from April 14, 2022 through August 16, 2023) and the Confidentiality Class (all patients of LHH from March 23, 2017 to February 17, 2026, or their responsible party, whom the San Francisco Department of Public Health sent written notice that their private medical and health information was shared with people not privileged to receive it without consent). A person can be in both classes. There is no claim form: class members who do not opt out get an award. The only choice is how to be paid, cash (Option 1) or a pooled special needs trust that protects SSI and Medi-Cal eligibility (Option 2), by November 10, 2026; anyone who makes no choice is treated as choosing cash. Payments come only if the court gives final approval (hearing January 29, 2027). A class member or legal successor who has not been paid can send a Distribution Request up to 90 days after the election period.
You may be included if you were a patient of Laguna Honda Hospital from April 14, 2022 through August 16, 2023 (Patients' Rights Class).
It covers LHH patients from March 23, 2017 to February 17, 2026 (or their responsible party) sent a written privacy notice by SF DPH.
Sources and checks (4)
Every fact people act on was copied from the official source and compared with it. How we check
- Official settlement website home page administrator site
- Official Important Dates page administrator site
- Official online Distribution Election login page administrator site
- Official class action settlement notice (PDF on the settlement website) administrator site
What changedLast change Nov 3, 2026
- Page created. No claim form: payment is automatic. source document
Questions
I already filed. What now?
There is no claim form, so there was nothing to file. The administrator pays class members automatically, usually after final approval and any appeals. Never pay anyone to check on a payment.
Opting out
To leave the settlement and keep your right to sue on your own, follow the official notice by Nov 10, 2026. If you opt out, you get no payment. Opting out and objecting have separate rules; we cannot tell you which is right for you.