Insureds Tell D.C. Circuit They Sufficiently Pleaded Damages From Data Breach

Mealey's (June 26, 2019, 10:17 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On their second appeal of a ruling dismissing a putative class action over their health insurance provider’s 2014 data breach, a group of policyholders tell the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a June 24 appellant brief that they adequately pleaded damages from the breach to allow their negligence and contract claims to proceed (Chantal Attias, et al. v. CareFirst Inc., et al., No. 19-7020, D.C. Cir.)....