Sweat et al. v. Houston Methodist Hospital
Defense win at summary judgment (Sept. 2025); pixel was not on MyChart.
Class action
Dismissed with prejudice
Primary source
Last verified Sep 8, 2026
Dismissed with prejudice
Primary source
Last verified Sep 8, 2026
The matter
- Matter ID
- SND-0163
- Organization
- Houston Methodist
- Location
- Houston, Texas
- Provider type
- Academic medical center
- Court
- S.D. Tex. (Judge Rosenthal)
- Docket
- 4:24-cv-00775
- Beds
- 2,700
Timeline
- Filed
- March 2024
- Key ruling
- Sep 22, 2025
Key ruling
Summary judgment for the hospital on the Wiretap Act and unjust enrichment (crime-tort exception not met); privacy claim dismissed with prejudice earlier.
Status note
DEFENSE WIN: invasion of privacy dismissed with prejudice; summary judgment for defendant on Wiretap Act and unjust enrichment Sept. 22, 2025 (crime-tort exception not met). Pixel was not on MyChart. | Rare summary-judgment ruling; useful defense-side data point.
Exposure
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Tracking technologies named
Plaintiff firms
Source
Opinion Court order or opinion
Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cite as SounderData.com Tracker Litigation Database, September 11, 2026.