Twin Cities Pain Clinic Settles Data Breach Litigation Involving 3,572 Patients
Twin Cities Pain Clinic has agreed to settle class action litigation arising from a July 2025 data incident that compromised patients’ personal and health data, with cash payments subject to a $385,000 cap and a final approval hearing scheduled for January 20, 2027.
Data Incident and Exposed Information
Twin Cities Pain Clinic is a pain management center located in Edina, Minnesota. The July 2025 incident involved a BEC (business email compromise) attack targeting one employee email account. Certain files containing private information were potentially accessed during the incident.
The potentially breached data included names, birth dates, mailing addresses, email addresses, contact numbers, Social Security numbers, financial account details, medical insurance information, medical record numbers, treatment records, and provider details.
The data breach report submitted to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights indicates that 3,572 patients were affected. Twin Cities Pain Clinic’s investigation has not received any report of fraud or data misuse as described in the settlement materials.
Consolidated Class Action Litigation
Pain Clinic faced multiple class action lawsuits after the data incident. The consolidated lawsuit, In re Twin Cities Pain Clinic Data Breach Litigation, Case No. 27-CV-25-16549, was filed in the District Court of Hennepin County, Minnesota.
The asserted lawsuit claims included breach of contract, negligence, negligence per se, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of implied contract, breach of confidence, unjust enrichment, and alleged violations of Minnesota’s Health Records Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practice Act.
Twin Cities Pain Clinic argues the claims and states that it did no wrong. The parties decided to settle the litigation to avoid the expenses, risks, and disruptions if proceeding with the case.
No court has found Twin Cities Pain Clinic responsible or to blame. The proposed settlement is still pending the court’s approval.
Settlement Payments and Financial Limits
The settlement offers cash payments to qualified class members. Twin Cities Pain Clinic has additionally consented to pay service awards to class representatives, attorneys’ fees and expenses, and settlement management costs.
The cash payments have a combined limit of $385,000. In case the total amount of eligible cash payments is greater than that limit, payments will be reduced proportionally.
Qualified class members may file claims for documented, unreimbursed expenses accrued from July 9, 2025 to November 9, 2026. The settlement offers reimbursement for ordinary expenses up to $450 and extraordinary expenses up to $4,500. Otherwise, class members may claim a cash payment of about $55 each.
Filing claims, opting out of the settlement, or filing objections must be done until November 9, 2026. Individuals who wish to receive settlement payments must file a valid and timely claim form. The claim form for receiving settlement benefits or payments is available on the settlement website.
The final approval hearing is scheduled for January 20, 2027, at 1:30 p.m. The court needs to approve the proposed settlement before it can take effect.