$918.5K Class Action Settlement Ends Physicians to Women, Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care Data Breach Litigation
by Chloe Gocher
Johnson et al. v. Physicians to Women, Inc. and Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care, PLC
Filed: February 23, 2024 ◆§ 7:24-cv-00144
A $918,510 settlement ends litigation against Physicians to Women and Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care over an April 2023 data breach.
A $918,510 settlement is set to resolve a class action lawsuit filed against Physicians to Women and Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care over an April 2023 data breach that gave unauthorized third parties access to patients’ personal information.
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The Physicians to Women and Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care class action settlement received preliminary court approval on May 12, 2025 and covers any U.S. resident identified by the defendants as having had their information accessed during the data breach.
The court-approved website for the Physicians to Women and Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care settlement can be found at PTWAndMAWCSettlement.com.
Settlement class members who file a timely, valid claim form may receive up to $10,000 in compensation for out-of-pocket losses related to the data breach that occurred between April 4, 2023 and seven days after the settlement notice is officially issued to class members.
Covered out-of-pocket data breach losses include:
- Expenses resulting from the data breach incident;
- Unreimbursed bank fees;
- Long-distance phone and cellphone charges if charged by the minute;
- Data expenses charged based on the amount of data used;
- Postage and/or gasoline for local travel;
- Credit report or monitoring fees; and
- Identity theft insurance products purchased because of the data breach.
Out-of-pocket loss compensation provided by the class action may be adjusted on a pro rata basis depending on the total number of valid claims that are filed, the settlement website states.
Claimants may also receive a pro-rata portion, or equal share, of the remainder of the $918,510 settlement.
The settlement also affords two years of one-bureau credit monitoring services, medical monitoring and identity protection services to all class members who submit a valid and timely claim form.
To file a claim form online, class members can head to this page and log in with the unique Class Member ID available in their settlement notice.
Alternatively, class members may download a PDF of the claim form to print, fill out and mail back to the address listed on the first page of the form.
All claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by September 9, 2025.
There will be a hearing on September 2, 2025 to determine whether the class action settlement will receive final approval from the court. Compensation will begin to be dispensed only if final court approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.
The class action lawsuit against Physicians to Women and Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care alleged that unauthorized third parties accessed customers’ sensitive information—including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and medical data—during a data breach on or around April 4, 2023. The suit alleged the companies failed to maintain basic cybersecurity measures to protect the sensitive data in their care.
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