Clark County has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a class action lawsuit filed last year in Clark County Superior County over an October 2023 data breach. The suit claimed negligence, breach of implied contract and unjust enrichment when the county failed to secure its network and allowed residents’ information to be compromised.
James Reese, Jessica Hardwick, Melissa Parker and Tanya Severson consolidated their individual lawsuits into a class action suit in September.
While the county denied any wrongdoing or liability for the data breach, the settlement agreement said it wanted to “put to rest all controversy and to avoid the uncertainty, risk, and/or expense of burdensome, protracted, and costly litigation.”…