LabCorp Hit With Credit Card Privacy Class Action Lawsuit

Medical testing company LabCorp faces allegations that it printed enough consumer information on patient receipts that it could be possible for customers to end up victims of identity theft.

Lead plaintiff Christopher Legg alleges that after he went in for an appointment and paid with a credit card, he received a receipt that included his expiration date. That, the class action lawsuit argues, is a violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act which states that no company “will print more than the last 5 digits of the card number or the expiration date upon any receipt[.]”

The law took effect in 2006 and according to the credit card privacy class action lawsuit, businesses had until 2009 to comply with the the new statute. Legg’s lawyers allege that a multinational law firm reportedly worked with LabCorp on compliance, noting a link on the firm’s website regarding the project.

In spite of that, receipts generated at the medical testing company’s facilities include, “along with the expiration date, the receipt generated at the point of sale also displays certain other sensitive information, including the consumer’s name, address, telephone number, type of credit card, and date of service.”

The point-of-sale system in use, according to the class action lawsuit, allows for certain information to be excluded from the receipts that would reduce the possibility of identity theft.

Legg is seeking statutory damages found in the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, compensatory damages and other considerations on behalf of a nationwide class of “all persons in the United States (ii) who, when making payment to LabCorp, (iii) made such payment using a credit or debit card, (iv) and within the five (5) years prior to the filing of the complaint (v) were provided with a receipt of the payment (vi) which displayed the expiration date of said credit or debit card.”

The plaintiff is represented by Bret Leon Lusskin Jr. of Bret Lusskin PA and Scott David Owens of Scott D. Owens PA.

The Credit Card Privacy Class Action Lawsuit is Christopher W. Legg v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Case No. 14-cv-61543, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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