On July 28, 2026, in Doe v. Wellstar Health System, Inc., Case No. 1:24-cv-01748-JPB, Judge J.P. Boulee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, granted preliminary approval of a health data privacy class action settlement. The settlement resolves claims that Wellstar Health System, Inc. disclosed patients’ personal information to third parties through tracking technologies on Wellstar’s web properties.
In granting preliminary approval, Judge Boulee certified the following class for settlement purposes: all persons residing in the United States whose information was disclosed to a third party between February 19, 2020 and July 22, 2026. The Settlement Class consists of approximately 870,000 individuals.
The Court appointed David Almeida and Britany Wessan of Almeida Law Group LLC, Brandon Wise and Andrew Tate of Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise, LLP, and C.J. Cuneo of Milberg LLC as Class Counsel.The final approval hearing is scheduled for December 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM.
Almeida Law Group is committed to protecting consumer and patient privacy, striving to keep holding healthcare services accountable for digital practices that can compromise patient confidentiality.