Petta v. Christie Business Holdings Company, P.C.

Plaintiff filed a class action complaint in the circuit court against the defendant alleging that it negligently failed to prevent its patients’ private personal data from being exposed to an unknown third party who gained unauthorized access through a business e-mail account. The trial court dismissed the complaint and the appellate court affirmed, finding that plaintiff lacked standing. The supreme court also affirmed, explaining that plaintiff failed to allege in her complaint that any of her private information was actually used by the third party and that the allegations in the complaint were insufficient to confer standing. (THEIS, NEVILLE, OVERSTREET, HOLDER WHITE, ROCHFORD, and O’BRIEN, concurring)