A putative class action against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey over a data breach covering 839,000 members has been dismissed after a federal judge ruled the plaintiffs failed to show an injury sufficient to confer standing.
The suit stemmed from the November 2013 theft of two laptop computers containing member data from Horizon’s office in Newark. The suit argued that the four individual plaintiffs, and the class, were put at risk of identity theft as a result of the breach, which included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and medical histories. But U.S. District Judge Claire Cecchi of the District of New Jersey granted Horizon’s motion to dismiss on March 31.
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