4th Circuit Reinstates Optometrists’ Class Complaints Over Theft Of Personal Info

(June 14, 2018, 10:35 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Optometrists may proceed with two related class complaints alleging their personal information was stolen and used to open credit cards after showing injury-in-fact that may be traced to an organization that administers exams, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled June 12 (Rhonda L. Hutton, O.D., et al. v. National Board of Examiners in Optometry, Inc., No. 17-1506, Nicole Mizrahi, et al. v. National Board of Examiners in Optometry, Inc., No. 17-1508, 4th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15748)....