Horton et al. v. Willis-Knighton Medical Center (orig. Doe, Feb. 2023)
Five-hospital Louisiana system; $2.1M fund and a two-year suspension of sixteen tools.
Class action
Settled — preliminary approval
Secondary source
Last verified Sep 8, 2026
Settled — preliminary approval
Secondary source
Last verified Sep 8, 2026
The matter
- Matter ID
- SND-0100
- Organization
- Willis-Knighton Medical Center
- Location
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- Provider type
- Large or integrated health system
- Court
- 10th Jud. Dist. Ct., Natchitoches Parish, La.
- Docket
- 93767
Timeline
- Filed
- February 2023
- Preliminary approval
- Jul 22, 2025
- Final approval hearing
- Jan 22, 2026 (scheduled; outcome not yet recorded)
Outcome
- Structure
- Common fund
- Settlement fund
- $2,100,000
- Per claimant
- $38
- Non-cash benefit
- $38 InteliChart users; $15 Meditech users; $25 appointment requesters; plus 1 yr CyEx monitoring
Injunctive relief
Sixteen named tracking tools suspended for two years.
Status note
Settled $2,100,000; prelim. approval July 22, 2025; claims Dec. 18, 2025; final approval hearing Jan. 22, 2026. Sixteen tools suspended for 2 years.
Exposure
Pages covered Patient portal (authenticated)
Tracking technologies named
Amazon AdsGoogle Ads / DoubleClickLinkedIn Insight TagMetaPinterest TagThe Trade DeskTikTok Pixel
Plaintiff firms
Ahmad Zavitsanos & MensingHerman Herman & KatzKelly & Townsend
Source
HIPAA Journal Trade press
Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cite as SounderData.com Tracker Litigation Database, September 11, 2026.