Residents v Sisters of St. Francis Health Services
Class Action Lawsuit Sought For Data Mishandling at Indiana Nursing Home
An Indiana man is suing Sisters of St. Francis Health Services over an incident in which the personal information of more than 200,000 patients was misplaced.
Michael Chaney's lawsuit also names Greater Lafayette Health Services, Advanced Receivables Strategy, Perot Systems Corp. and an unnamed employee.
Chaney is seeking class action status and asking for at least $5,000 per patient affected, a total of more than $1 billion.
The lawsuit accuses the companies of being deliberately indifferent to the danger of identity theft and failing to take reasonable corrective action.
St. Francis sent letters last month to more than 260,000 patients advising them that a CD with names, addresses and Social Security numbers was misplaced. The incident occurred in June, but notices were not sent out until St. Francis completed its own internal audit.
The lawsuit seeks to represent anyone affected by the personal information leak.
