Judge Dismisses Bailment Claim In Suit Over Nationwide Data Breach

(December 20, 2017, 10:20 AM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Adopting a magistrate’s recommendation, an Ohio federal judge on Dec. 13 dismissed the remaining bailment claim alleged against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. by two of its policyholders related to a 2012 data breach, with the judge finding that the plaintiffs did not establish that they relinquished control of their personally identifiable information (PII) to the insurer (Mohammad S. Galaria, et al. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., No. 2:13-cv-00118, S.D. Ohio, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 205304)....