On April 5, 2011, Keller Grover filed a class action complaint against Health Net and IBM over their alleged loss of several server hard drives containing personal and medical information associated with approximately 1.9 million current and former Health Net insurance subscribers, including an estimated 845,000 California residents.The lost personal and medical information is believed to be highly sensitive and includes subscribers' names, addresses, health information, social security … [Read more...]
Stanford Medical Information Disclosure Case: $4.1 Million Medical Privacy Class Action Settlement
In March of 2014, Keller Grover as co-counsel settled a class action complaint against Stanford Hospital and Clinics and two other companies alleging the improper disclosure of medical and psychiatric information on the internet. The Settlement was the largest for a breach of medical confidential data case at the time. The settlement provided for $4.1 million on behalf of approximately 20,000 Stanford emergency room patients whose medical information was publicly posted on a website called … [Read more...]
Uninsured Patient Overcharging Class Action: Tenet Health Care Cases II
Keller Grover was co-counsel in nationwide class action on behalf of uninsured patients against Tenet Healthcare Corporation alleging that Tenet charged uninsured patients excessive prices at well over 100 hospitals owned and operated by Tenet in multiple states. The suit claimed that Tenet took advantage of the uninsured and the working poor who did not have the ability to negotiate lower rates because they were uninsured, while at the same time Tenet was giving large discounts to HMO's and … [Read more...]