Class-action Lawsuit Against UPMC Thrown Out

Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, threw out two claims in a class-action lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) regarding a data breach that affected 62,000 current and former employees. The lawsuit alleged that UPMC had a duty to protect employees' sensitive data, and it included one claim for negligence and another for breach of contract. The data breach resulted in employees' personal information being obtained. Judge Wettick found that no cause of action exists for negligence that solely results in economic losses but not physical injury or property damage. He also . . .