Acadian Ambulance Ransomware Victims Move Forward With Lawsuit

A group of Acadian Ambulance Service employees and patients can proceed with their proposed class action after a federal judge adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny dismissal in part.

The plaintiffs, who seek to represent as many as 2.9 million people caught up in a ransomware attack, can pursue negligence, breach of implied contract, and breach of bailment claims in the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

Judge David C. Joseph adopted the recommendation Tuesday after briefly expressing “concerns” about the plaintiffs’ ability to prove standing to sue. “The standard to establish standing grows stricter as ...