Negligence Suits Filed in 2 Central Calif. Courts Over loanDepot Data Breach
Two more negligence class actions were filed against loanDepot Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Central California involving a data breach the mortgage lender announced Jan. 8 affecting 16.6 million individuals. Jesse Schmidt of Port Lucie, Florida, and Crowley, Texas,…
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resident Steven Jantzen’s class action (docket 8:24-cv-00200) was filed in U.S. District Court for Western California in Santa Ana, where most of the other negligence actions have been filed, about 10 miles from loanDepot’s Irvine headquarters. Plaintiff and Illinois resident Terry Rogers’ class action (docket 2:24-cv-00766) was filed in the Central District Court in Los Angeles. The plaintiffs, in filings from different law firms, allege that as a result of the breach, they suffered “ascertainable losses in the form of the benefit of their bargain, out-of-pocket expenses, and the value of their time reasonably incurred to remedy or mitigate the effects of the attack, emotional distress, and the present risk of imminent harm caused by the compromise of their sensitive personal information.” Both actions assert claims of negligence, invasion of privacy, unjust enrichment and violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law. Schmidt and Jantzen’s action adds breach of implied contract and violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.