In the first substantive ruling in last year's theft of four laptop computers at Advocate Medical Group in which 4 million patients' data were stolen, an Illinois court has ruled that plaintiffs cannot claim injuries based merely on potential losses.
While Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate is still unaware of the whereabouts of the laptops and their respective hard drives, which were stolen from their offices on July 15, 2013, there has been no evidence of identity theft as a result, according to Tuesday's ruling by a Lake County Circuit Court judge in Waukegan, Ill., in Veronica Vides, et al. vs. Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp./d/b/a/ Advocate Medical Group.