Hartley v. University of Chicago Medical Center et al.
Class-action waiver in portal terms defeated the class (Oct. 2025).
Class action
Active — motion to dismiss decided, proceeding
Primary source
Last verified Sep 8, 2026
Active — motion to dismiss decided, proceeding
Primary source
Last verified Sep 8, 2026
The matter
- Matter ID
- SND-0119
- Organization
- University of Chicago Medical Center
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Provider type
- Academic medical center
- Court
- N.D. Ill. (Judge Alexakis)
- Docket
- 1:22-cv-05891
Timeline
- Filed
- October 2022
- Key ruling
- Oct 1, 2025
Key ruling
ECPA claim survives, but class allegations struck under the portal’s class-action waiver; proceeds as an individual action.
Status note
ACTIVE as individual action. Oct. 1, 2025: MTD and summary judgment denied on ECPA, but motion to strike class allegations GRANTED (terms-of-service class-action waiver); portal claims abandoned after discovery showed no Meta tools on the portal. | Class-waiver defense data point.
Exposure
Pages covered Public website (unauthenticated)
Tracking technologies named
Source
Opinion Court order or opinion
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