Florida Panel Affirms Data Breach Class Claims Barred By Sovereign Immunity

( January 26, 2026, 8:04 AM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Finding that a public, nonprofit hospital system did not waive its sovereign immunity, a Florida appellate panel affirmed the dismissal with prejudice of consolidated class breach of contract and negligence claims filed by former patients in the wake of a 2021 data breach....