Please note that the Court has revised the Final Approval Hearing date listed in the Order Granting Preliminary Approval to May 23, 2025 at 11:00 A.M. Pacific.
Nature of the Case
This lawsuit is known as John Doe v. Virginia Mason Medical Center, et al., Case No. 19-2-26674-1 SEA, filed in the Superior Court of Washington, County of King. The person who sued is called the “Plaintiff” or “Class Representative” and the companies he sued, Virginia Mason Medical Center and Virginia Mason Health System, are known as the “Defendants” in this case. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants installed computer code on their website, www.virginiamason.org and patient portal, MyVirginiaMason, that caused medical information to be disclosed to third parties, including Facebook and Google. Defendants deny any wrongdoing whatsoever.
Who Is a Class Member?
You are a Settlement Class Member if you are a Washington resident, you are or were a patient of Virginia Mason Medical Center or Virginia Mason Health System or one of their affiliates between October 10, 2015 and May 18, 2023, and you logged into the MyVirginiaMason patient portal or used Virginia Mason’s public website, www.VirginiaMason.org, to view or search for medical information. The Settlement Class excludes: (i) all persons who timely and validly request exclusion from the Settlement Class; and (ii) the Judge assigned to evaluate the fairness of this settlement.
Your Legal Rights and Options
Option and Deadline |
Your Legal Rights |
SUBMIT A CLAIM BY THE CLAIM DEADLINE OF April 28, 2025 |
This is the only option that allows you to get a payment.
If you are a member of the Settlement Class, you may submit a claim form to share in the settlement proceeds paid by Virginia Mason to settle the lawsuit. You may submit a claim for one or both of the monetary benefits described below, if you qualify. You can complete and submit a claim form electronically on this website or you can print the claim form and submit it by mail. If your claim form is approved and the settlement is approved by the Court and becomes final, you will give up your right to bring your own lawsuit about the issues in this case. |
DO NOTHING |
Stay in this lawsuit. Get no payment. Give up certain rights.
By doing nothing, you will not get a payment from the settlement. But, you will give up any right to sue Virginia Mason separately about the same legal claims in this lawsuit. |
EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE SETTLEMENT BY THE OPT-OUT DATE OF March 28, 2025 |
Get out of this lawsuit. Get no payment. Keep rights.
If you ask to be excluded, you will receive no benefits, but you will retain any rights you may have to sue Virginia Mason separately about the same legal claims in this lawsuit. |
OBJECT BY THE OBJECTION DATE OF March 28, 2025 |
Tell the Court why you disagree with the settlement.
If you do not exclude yourself from the settlement, you may object to or comment about the settlement and Class Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees, litigation expenses, and a service award for the Class Representative who brought this lawsuit. To object to the settlement, you must file a written Objection to the settlement with the Court explaining why you do not like the settlement, and serve copies of your Objection on the Settlement Administrator at the addresses listed in Response #14 in the FAQs page of the website (click here for FAQs). You must remain in the Settlement Class to object to the settlement. If you want to get the settlement benefits described above, you also have to complete a claim form. |
ATTEND THE FINAL APPROVAL HEARING ON May 23, 2025 |
If you do not exclude yourself from the settlement, you may ask to speak in Court about the fairness of the settlement. You do not need to attend the hearing to receive cash compensation. |
Dates and Deadlines
Claims Deadline
April 28, 2025
Exclusion Deadline
March 28, 2025
Objection Deadline
March 28, 2025
Fairness Hearing
May 23, 2025