James Barr, Mary Birdoes, Jeff Bowlin, Ryan Landis, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated v. Drizly LLC fka Drizly Inc., The Drizly Group Inc.
Published: Jun. 4, 2021 | Result Date: Mar. 30, 2021 | Filing Date: Aug. 7, 2020 |Case number: 1:20-cv-11492-LTS; COURT: USDC Massachusetts Settlement – $7,100,000
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Warren D. Postman
(Keller Postman LLC)
Russell S. Thompson IV
(Thompson Consumer Law Group)
Defendant
Robert F. Huff
(ZwillGen PLLC)
Kenneth B. Walton
(Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP)
Facts
Plaintiff James Barr filed a class action on behalf of himself and those similarly situated, against Defendants Drizly, LLC f/k/a Drizly, Inc. and The Drizly Group, Inc. when his personal information was compromised after a data breach by a third party on Defendants' websites.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS: Plaintiff contended Defendants failed to safeguard and protect its customers' highly sensitive and personal information as evidenced by the data breach. Plaintiff contended Defendants exposed its customers' information to a black market where illegal commerce occurs such as buying and selling stolen cards and identity. Plaintiff further contended as a result of Defendants actions, Plaintiff's personal information has been available to cybercriminals since at least February 13, 2020. Plaintiff additionally contended he sustained immediate, tangible injury as a direct result of the data breach.
DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS: Defendants denied Plaintiff's contentions and argued the information acquired by hackers included only customer email addresses, dates of birth, passwords, and delivery addresses.
Result
The parties agreed to settle for $7,100,000.
Other Information
JUDGE: Hon. Leo T. Sorokin. MAGISTRATE JUDGE: Hon. Donald L. Cabell.
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