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Intermountain Healthcare Data Breach

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NOTICE: If you are a current or former patient of Intermountain Healthcare and received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation request form here.
Intermountain healthcare data breachOn May 17, 2021, Intermountain Healthcare received notification from Elekta, a business associate, that an unauthorized third party gained access to one of its cloud-based servers where sensitive patient data was stored between April 6, 2021, and April 20, 2021. In response to the incident, Intermountain Healthcare worked with Elekta and engaged a cyber-security specialist to identify all affected patients. Through investigation, it was determined that 28,628 Intermountain Healthcare patients were affected. Three months after the incident, on July 16, 2021, Intermountain Healthcare reported the data breach to the Maine Attorney General’s office, that between April 6, 2021 and April 20, 2021, an unauthorized party gained access to Intermountain Healthcare patient’s sensitive information.

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?

On July 16, 2021, Intermountain Healthcare began sending out written notices to 28,628 patients, notifying them of the data breach. The notice letters include the following affected information:
  • First and last names
  • Date of birth
  • Social Security number
  • Insurance card
  • Other identification cards
  • Demographic Information
  • Scanned image files
  • Medical Images
  • Medical Intake forms
Intermountain Healthcare is a Utah-based healthcare provider with a team of nearly 40,000 employees serving the medical needs of individuals across the Intermountain West, primarily in Utah, Idaho and Nevada. Intermountain Healthcare has 215 clinics, a medical group of 2,400 physicians, 3,800 affiliated physicians, 24 hospitals including; homecare and telecare, health insurance plans covering approximately 900,000 people and more. Intermountain Healthcare’s business associate, Elekta, is a Sweden-based leader in precision radiation medicine. Elekta provides radiotherapy solutions for cancer cure and brain disorders through personalized radiotherapy treatments.

NOTICE: If you are a current or former patient of Intermountain Healthcare and received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation request 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.