Courts tighten how healthcare breach suits must prove traceability
Original title: Traceability becomes the new battleground in healthcare data breach litigation
Standing is easier when fraud is alleged, but plaintiffs still often fail to tie that harm to one breach.
A commentary by lawyers at Kaufman Dolowich LLP says recent healthcare data-breach cases are shifting how courts treat standing. Courts are more open when plaintiffs allege actual misuse of compromised information, but they scrutinize whether that harm can be linked to the specific breach. Some plaintiffs still cannot establish causation between the theft of health information and claimed damages. The post points readers to a Westlaw article and does not describe a new incident.
- Defendants long argued future harm from unused health data was too speculative.
- Recent decisions recognize standing when fraudulent activity is plausibly tied to a breach.
- Causation remains a separate hurdle even when standing is found.
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- United States
From the original article
2 min read at databreaches.netAbbye Alexander, Esq. , Henry Norwood, Esq. , and Emily Taing, Esq.
By Dissent · databreaches.net
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