Pa. Judge Grants Joint Motion to Dismiss Privacy Class Action

U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter dismissed a privacy class action for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, said her order Friday (docket 1:23-cv-00330) in U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania in Erie. Plaintiff Robert Marrone and defendant Warren General Hospital requested an order dismissing Marrone’s Nov. 22 data breach class action against the hospital because more than 80% of proposed class members -- roughly 115,000 out of 142,000 -- live in Pennsylvania, said their joint motion Thursday (see 2312220037). Marrone intends to refile his case to Warren County Court, said the judge's order.