Kansas Man Files Class Action Lawsuit in Wake of LabCorp Data Breach

The LabCorp data breach affected approximately 7.7 million patients after an unauthorized person allegedly got access to a database belonging to the American Medical Collection Agency Inc. (AMCA).

The news of the AMCA data breach has already spurred major legal action, including a class action lawsuit filed by a man from Kansas. Plaintiff David F. reportedly filed legal action soon after receiving notice of the breach, with his claim alleging his and many others’ personal information was compromised.

According to the announcement, the data breach exposed numerous pieces of vital personal information of patients including:

• Names
• Addresses
• Phone Numbers
• Date of Birth
• Date of Service
• Balance Information
• Credit Card Information
• Bank Account Information

The lawsuit points out that data thieves can use this information to commit various forms of fraud and identity theft, or selling it to individuals who would use this information to conduct these crimes. These include opening financial accounts in David or other class members’ names, taking out loans in their names, obtain medical benefits, and filing fraudulent tax returns.

For David specifically, his claim points out that he was in the process of a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy case pending in the District of Kansas when he received news of the LabCorp data breach. David has since had to amend his bankruptcy schedules, with the claim pointing out that his already vulnerable financial situation has been made more so by the breach.

Overview of Data Breach

David alleges the LabCorp data breach was made possible due to the company and AMCA allegedly failing to meet the standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) of 1996. This act requires healthcare companies to maintain a safe database that protects the personal and financial information of their patients.

LabCorp is one of the most prominent medical diagnostic testing service companies in the United States, performing a number of tests that help doctors diagnosis condition, detect diseases, and help physicians design recovery plans for patients.

LabCorp utilizes AMCA when patients do not pay their invoices on time, which is how patients’ sensitive information was transferred to the company.

According to USA Today, LabCorp reported the data breach to the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4. The company’s filings said that over seven million patients may have had their personal information compromised. According to AMCA, an unauthorized user gained access to their system between Aug. 1, 2018 and March 20, 2019, and collected patient information.

Furthermore, LabCorp told the SEC that it was currently “in the process of sending notices to approximately 200,000 LabCorp consumers whose credit card or bank account information may have been accessed.

According to Krebs On Security, AMCA has not yet provided LabCorp a list of the affected LabCorp consumers or more specific information about them.

Overall, the lawsuit alleges LabCorp and AMCA failed to ensure their security was sufficient, which may have helped prevent the data breach.

In addition to the damages related to negligence, David and other class members may incur out of pocket expenses for credit monitoring services, freezing debit or credit cards, asking for credit reports, along with other preventive measures against fraud and identity theft.

According to another recent class action lawsuit lodged against the medical billing company, Quest Diagnostics was also implicated in a recent data breach affecting AMCA.

This LabCorp Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit is David F. v. Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings, and American Medical Collection Agency, Inc., Case No. 2:19-cv-02307-DDC-GEB in the U.S. District Court of Kansas.

The TCA AMCA Data Breach Investigation is now open! If you were a patient at LabCorp, Quest, or another lab, and received notice that you were affected, submit your information here.

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