Legal Opinion
Chantal Attias v. CareFirst, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 1, 2017No. 16-7108PublishedCited by 201 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, Circuit Judge
In 2014, health insurer CareFirst suffered a cyberattack in which its customers’ personal information was allegedly stolen. A group of CareFirst customers attributed the breach to the company’s carelessness and brought a putative class action. The district court dismissed for lack of standing, finding the risk of future injury to the plaintiffs too speculative to establish injury in fact. We conclude that the district court gave the complaint an unduly narrow reading. Plaintiffs have cleared the low bar to establish their standing at the pleading stage. We accordingly reverse.
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