Comcast, Plaintiff Seek Transfer of Fla. Citrix Data Breach Case to Pa. District Court

Plaintiff Raymond Goodrow and defendants Comcast and Citrix Systems jointly moved the U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Fort Lauderdale for an order transferring Goodrow’s class action to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia under the first-filed doctrine, said their motion Wednesday (docket 0:24-cv-60100). Goodrow’s negligence suit relates to the Citrix data breach in October in which Xfinity customers’ personally identifiable information (PII) was allegedly compromised. Goodrow also claims breach of implied contract, breach of third-party beneficiary contract, and unjust enrichment, alleging that the defendants failed to secure and safeguard his and class members’ PII. Since the first-filed class action related to the Citrix data breach was filed in Pennsylvania, 16 additional class actions have been filed and are pending in the district court in Philadelphia, the motion said. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks for Southern Florida granted two other joint motions for transfer involving the Citrix breach -- Carey v. Comcast Cable Communications (docket 0:24-cv-60008) and Metzger v. Comcast Cable Communications and Citrix Systems (docket 0:24-cv-60126) -- to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania this month.