Solara Medical Supplies is on track to pay $5 million as part of a settlement with a group of individuals who claim that their personal and medical information was compromised when hackers breached the company’s computer system, after a federal court granted preliminary approval.
The 2019 breach exposed the Social Security numbers, names, dates of birth, insurance information, financial information, and medical information of tens of thousands of individuals, according to the six plaintiffs who brought the suit.
Judge Marilyn L. Huff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted preliminary approval of the deal on Wednesday.
The settlement requires Solara to undergo an audit, HIPAA IT assessment, and cyber incident response test, in addition to staff trainings about security and privacy and other remedial measures.
If Huff grants final approval of the deal, each class member with a valid claim will receive between $100-$1000 in cash. The settlement includes $2.3 million in attorneys’ fees and up to $4,000 for each of the class representatives.
The plaintiffs are represented by Federman & Sherwood, Abington Cole + Ellery, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Green & Noblin, Keogh Law Ltd., Carlson Lynch LLP, and Lynch Carpenter LLP. Solara Medical Supplies LLC is represented by Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.
The case is In Re: Solara Med. Supplies Data Breach Litig., S.D. Cal., No. 3:19-cv-02284, 4/20/22.
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