Oklahoma City, OK (January 18, 2022) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Southern Orthopaedic Associates d/b/a Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentucky (“SOA”) with respect to possible violations of state and federal consumer laws for a data breach incident that SOA announced on or around December 20, 2021 that occurred between June 24, 2021 and July 8, 2021.

Federman & Sherwood’s investigation focuses on the data breach of SOA’s system which involved unauthorized access to several SOA employee email accounts.  SOA advised that the following personal identifiable information (“PII”) was exposed: names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, financial account numbers and/or routing numbers, security codes (CVV), payment card numbers, online account usernames and passwords, PINs or account logins, medical billings/claims information, diagnoses, medical record numbers, Medicare/Medicaid identifications, health information, health insurance information, and patient account numbers.

If you are a current or former patient of SOA who received a Notice of Data Breach and have information about the data breach or wish to join this litigation as a potential lead plaintiff, please contact our firm. Federman & Sherwood has extensive nationwide experience representing affected individuals in class actions and has been appointed as lead counsel in multiple complex, data breach-related cases.

Tiffany Peintner

FEDERMAN & SHERWOOD

Telephone:  (405) 235-1560

Email to: trp@federmanlaw.com