$2M Lake Charles Memorial Health Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over 2022 Data Breach

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A $2 million settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit against Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMH) over an October 2022 data breach in which patients’ sensitive information was reportedly exposed to unauthorized parties.

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The Lake Charles Memorial Health class action settlement, which received preliminary court approval on May 22, 2025, covers all United States residents who were notified by LCMH in December 2022 that their personally identifiable information or personal health information may have been affected in the data breach.

The court-approved website for the Lake Charles Memorial Health settlement can be found at LakeCharlesSettlement.com.

Lake Charles Memorial Health settlement class members who submit a timely, valid claim form will be able to choose one of two forms of monetary compensation: either up to $5,000 in reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses and losses or an equal-share portion of the $2,000,000 settlement fund, after the payment of legal fees, lead plaintiff awards and out-of-pocket loss reimbursements.

Class members who submit a claim for up to $5,000 in reimbursement may also submit an out-of-pocket expenses claim for up to three hours of time spent dealing with issues related to the incident, at a rate of $25 per hour, the settlement website says.

To file a claim form online, class members can visit this page on the settlement website and log in with the unique ID and PIN provided in their copy of the settlement notice.

Alternatively, a PDF of the claim form is available to print, fill out and mail back to the settlement administrator’s address listed at the bottom of the first page.

A Spanish-language version of the settlement notice is also available on the Lake Charles Memorial Health settlement website.

All claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by September 5, 2025.

Out-of-pocket expenses, the settlement website clarifies, are documented expenses incurred during or after October 2022 that are reasonably and fairly traceable to the data breach, including:

• Professional fees, including attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees and credit repair fees;
• Unreimbursed losses related to fraud or identity theft;
• Credit monitoring costs;
• Costs associated with freezing or unfreezing credit with any credit reporting agency;
• Up to three hours of time spent dealing with issues related to the data breach at a rate of $25 per hour; and
• Other related expenses such as cell data charges (if charged based on the amount of data used), fax, copying, mileage, notary, cell phone charges (if charged by the minute) and long-distance telephone charges.

Additionally, all class members are eligible to claim two years of medical data monitoring and one-bureau credit monitoring services, the website shares.

The class action settlement website notes that Lake Charles Memorial Health has also agreed to implement certain remedial and cybersecurity-enhancing measures.

A hearing is set for November 3, 2025 to determine whether the settlement will receive final approval from the court. Compensation will begin to be dispensed to eligible settlement class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Lake Charles Memorial Health System class action lawsuit claimed that the 2022 data breach, which may have exposed the sensitive, personal information of patients, came as a result of the company’s negligence. Information exposed in the Lake Charles Memorial Health data breach included names, addresses, ID numbers, health insurance details, clinical information, payment details and, for some patients, Social Security numbers, the settlement website says.

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