Data Breach Class Claims Reinstated Against Health Plan That Lost Laptops

Individuals whose private data were used by others to open banking and electronic trading accounts are one step closer to obtaining relief from the company whose alleged negligence resulted in the disclosure of that information, following the Sept. 5 reinstatement of their would-be class suit by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Resnick v. AvMed Inc., 11th Cir., 11-13694, 9/5/12).

The Eleventh Circuit, in a 2-1 ruling written by Judge Charles Reginald Wilson said named plaintiffs Juana Curry and William Moore alleged sufficient facts in their complaint to make it plausible that AvMed Inc.'s ...