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Chelan Douglas Health District Data Breach

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NOTICE: If you are a Washington Resident and received a NOTICE OF DATA INCIDENT letter from the Chelan Douglas Health District, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.
Chelan Data Breach On February 12, 2022, Chelan Douglas Health District (“CDHD”), discovered that between July 2, 2021 and July 4, 2021 an unauthorized third party accessed their network and removed private personally identifiable information of affected residents. The Chelan Douglas Health District is a state government agency which handles Vital Statistics and Services including the issuance of Birth and Death Certificates, promoting health, and working to prevent disease and injury in Chelan and Douglas Counties.  In total, the data of 108,906 residents of Chelan and Douglas Counties was compromised in the breach. If you received a data breach incident letter from CDHD, you were impacted by the breach.

What Information is Involved?

According to CDHD, the following information was exposed:
  • Social Security Numbers
  • Names
  • Dates of birth
  • Dates of death
  • Driver’s license numbers
  • Financial account information
  • Medical information
  • Health insurance policy information
This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Government agencies are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. CDHD is offering 12 months of free identity protection and credit monitoring services. The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible.

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from CDHD, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

Settlement - $3,767,000

Truck Accident

A 20-year-old man who had been married for just 12 days left home on his way to work. He was driving on Pleasant Grove Road in Sutter County in the early morning when he came upon a slow-moving truck. As he pulled out to pass the truck, the truck driver turned left in front of him. The young man attempted to steer back into his lane but his vehicle struck an un-flagged piece of metal extending from the back of the truck. He died in the resulting crash.

Expert witnesses brought in by the Arnold Law Firm proved that the truck, owned and operated by a hauling firm, should never have been on the highway that morning. Specifically, the rear and side turn signals did not work and the rear-view mirror was in a poor state of adjustment at the time of the collision. As a result, the driver, who had failed to properly inspect the vehicle before setting out that morning, couldn’t see the young man’s vehicle as it attempted to pass.

The poor condition of the truck, its lack of maintenance and the manner in which it was operated were found to be substantial factors in causing the collision that killed the young man. The testimony also established that the man had been making a lawful pass at the lawful speed limit and acted reasonably when he attempted to avoid the collision.

The man’s 20-year-old widow was awarded $3,767,000.77, his parents were awarded $185,131 and the family was reimbursed $11,899 in funeral expenses. Though money is a poor substitute for a young man’s life, this verdict demonstrates that drivers who endanger the lives of others will be held accountable for their actions.