Jane Doe v. Lehigh Valley Health Network, Inc.

  1. September 11, 2024

    Health Co. Owes $65M For Breach Of Medical Data, Nude Pics

    Pennsylvania-based healthcare company Lehigh Valley Health Network will pay $65 million to individuals who had their private information, including cancer patients' nude images, exposed in a data breach, the plaintiffs' lawyers announced Wednesday.

  2. June 26, 2023

    Hospitals' Nude Photo Leak Suit Returned To Pa. State Court

    A proposed class action accusing the Lehigh Valley Health Network of allowing ransomware hackers to swipe patient data — including nude photos used in the treatment of cancer patients — was sent back to state court Monday, after Lehigh Valley admitted that most of the potential class members lived in Pennsylvania.

  3. May 22, 2023

    Patient Wants Pa. Health Co. Nude Photo Leak Suit Alive

    A patient accusing Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Health Network of negligently allowing ransomware attackers to steal and publish her nude photos has asked a federal judge to keep her lawsuit alive, claiming that the hospital should have bolstered its defenses after acquiring a company that had suffered a prior data breach.

  4. May 08, 2023

    Pa. Health Co. Says Patients Can't Blame It For Stolen Nudes

    Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Health Network sought to toss out a proposed class action over online ransomers stealing and posting nude photos of patients from their medical files, arguing to a federal court that the complaint lacked specifics on how the hospitals, rather than the hackers, were at fault.

  5. April 06, 2023

    Health Co. Sued Over Leak Of Cancer Patients' Nude Images

    Pennsylvania-based health care company Lehigh Valley Health Network failed to protect the nude images of cancer patients receiving treatment, causing them "embarrassment and humiliation" after the images were leaked in a February data breach, according to a lawsuit removed to Pennsylvania federal court Thursday.