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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania presiding recently granted final approval to a class action settlement in a proposed class action suit lawsuit against Geisinger Health (“Geisinger”) and Nuance Communications, Inc. (“Nuance”).
The case is captioned In re: Geisinger Health Data Security Incident Litigation, Case No. 4:24-cv-01071. The deadline to submit claims pursuant to the settlement has expired. Class members who have submitted valid claims may be able to anticipate payments in 2026.
Visit the settlement website here for more information and up to date information.
Data Breach at Geisinger Health & Nuance Communications
Geisinger Health and Nuance Communications, an information management vendor for the hospital, previously sent notice to impacted consumers of a cybersecurity incident that occurred in November 2023 that impacted the health facility’s information systems, potentially putting patient information at risk.
Approximately 1.2 million former and current patients were impacted by the breach, with the unauthorized party gaining access to sensitive information such as patients’:
- full names
- dates of birth
- Social Security numbers
- health insurance information
- medical information
Geisinger Class Action Lawsuit and Final Approval of Settlement
In June 2024, Shub Johns & Holbrook LLP filed a class action lawsuit against Geisinger for the potential impact that the data breach could have or has already had on affected individuals.
The parties reached an agreement to settle the Geisinger/Nuance data breach case, which was preliminarily approved by the court in November 2025. Impacted individuals were notified in December 2025 about their eligibility to submit a claim pursuant to the settlement.
On March 16 2026, the Court granted final approval of the class-wide settlement following the Court’s hearing on the same day.
The deadline to submit claims pursuant to the settlement has expired. Class members who have submitted claims may be able to anticipate payments later this year.
The case is captioned In re: Geisinger Health Data Security Incident Litigation, Case No. 4:24-cv-01071. You can read the Final Approval Order here.
If you would like to see more information about the settlement, including important case documents or frequently asked questions, you can view them on the settlement website, accessible here.