Employees Say Hospital Had A Duty To Safeguard Electronically Stored Info

(October 31, 2017, 11:51 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — In an Oct. 24 brief, a group of hospital employees ask the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to find that employers have a duty to safeguard electronically stored information (ESI) containing employees’ personally identifiable information (PII) from hackers, seeking revival of their class claims for negligence and breach of contract (Barbara A. Dittman, et al. v. UPMC, et al., No. 43 WAP 2017, Pa. Sup.)....