Plaintiff, Samsung Ask Court to Stay Complaint Until Consolidation Ruling

Plaintiff Kenneth Hasson and Samsung jointly submitted a motion Wednesday asking the U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh to stay Hasson’s complaint against the electronics company until the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation makes a ruling about consolidating the 14 Samsung data breach cases and transferring them to a single judge. Hasson filed a class action (docket 2:22-cv-01669) against Samsung Nov. 23 (see 2211250025) alleging the company failed to follow “basic security procedures,” resulting in a data breach that affected the plaintiff and “millions of other consumers.” Amid the possibility that Hasson’s action might not proceed in the Pittsburgh court, he and Samsung agree a stay would “save judicial and party resources,” said their joint motion. If the judicial panel denies consolidating the various cases, the parties will confer and submit a joint motion lifting the stay, it said.