Pearson VUE / NCS Pearson Dismissed Filed Sep 5, 2019

Kylie S. v. Pearson plc and NCS Pearson, Inc.

N.D. Ill. case (specific docket not located in public sources reviewed)

Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Judge John Robert Lee)
Plaintiffs
Kylie S. (minor plaintiff via parent guardian); putative class
Defendants
Pearson plc; NCS Pearson, Inc.
Causes of action
Negligence; FERPA-based theories; Illinois School Student Records Act
Settlement
None

Allegations

Class action over the same November 2018 AIMSweb data breach affecting approximately 11.5 million student records.

Outcome / Status

Dismissed by Judge Lee for lack of Article III standing.

Appellate history

None
Source / docket ↗

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