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Class Action Suit Nets $17M for HIV Patients, Preventers

A class-action lawsuit against Aetna yielded a more than $17 million settlement with customers whose HIV statuses were accidently revealed in July. So reports Gant News.

According to the lawsuit, nearly 12,000 customers received letters that made visible that they were taking HIV medications or a pre-exposure prophylactic aimed at preventing the virus.

The settlement, awaiting court approval, will also provide customers a chance to seek additional payments for "out of pocket expenses and emotional distress," the article reads. The plaintiff's lawyers indicated they were alerted to a number of instances in which customers were directly impacted as a result of the privacy breach.

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