A Montana healthcare organization will pay $4.3 million to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit filed in the wake of a 2021 hacking incident affecting nearly 214,000 individuals. The deal is the entity’s second multimillion-dollar lawsuit settlement in the last four years involving a major hacking breach.
Plaintiffs in the latest litigation alleged that Logan Health Medical Center failed to adequately protect their personal information and that they were injured as a result of a 2021 hacking incident (see: Class Action Filed in Logan Health Breach Affecting 214,000).
As part of its preliminary settlement, approved by a Montana federal court judge last month, Logan Health has denied any wrongdoing.
Logan Health – while operating under its previous name, Kalispell Regional Healthcare – in 2020 also agreed to a $4.2 million settlement in another class action lawsuit related to a separate 2019 hacking incident that affected 140,000 individuals. The entity also denied any wrongdoing as part of that settlement.
