A federal judge has granted class-action status for a breach-related lawsuit against an Alabama hospital where a former employee was convicted of identity theft that led to federal tax refund fraud.
In a March 17 ruling, a U.S. district judge said the lawsuit against Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Alabama, merited class-action status despite the lack of clear evidence that all of the individuals on whose behalf the lawsuit was filed suffered damages as a result of the 2013 breach incident, involving the theft of paper records.
