Judge Orders Consolidation of 3 Washington College Data Breach Actions
U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett ordered three privacy class actions vs. Washington College to be consolidated in U.S. District Court for Maryland in Baltimore, said his order Thursday (docket 1:23-cv-03258). Collins v. Washington College (docket 1:23-cv-03258), Bresnahan v. Washington College…
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(docket 1:23-cv-03319) and Creasy v. Washington College (docket 1:23-cv-03377) are now consolidated under In re: Washington College Data Security Incident Litigation, it said. Plaintiff Abigail Collins sued the Chestertown, Maryland, college Dec. 1 (see 2312040021) alleging unauthorized third-party cybercriminals gained access to her personally identifiable information (PII). Collins’ information was stored with the college, which informed her of the breach in a Nov. 15 notice, the complaint said. Though Collins was aware a cybersecurity incident occurred in March, she didn't know her PII might be involved until she received the letter, it said. The plaintiffs in the cases were injured by time spent dealing with consequences of the data breach and the risk to future harm they may suffer as a result of their PII being exposed, said the complaints. The consolidated complaint is due in the next 45 days, and the order applies to any subsequently filed putative class action alleging the same or substantially similar allegations, it said.