Mealey's (August 3, 2017, 1:13 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The plaintiffs in a putative negligence class action against their insurer sufficiently alleged that the access of their personally identifiable information (PII) in a data breach created an increased risk of identity theft and, thus, an injury, a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 1, reversing a trial court’s dismissal for lack of standing (Chantal Attias, et al. v. CareFirst Inc., et al., No. 16-7108, D.C. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 13913)....