John Austin Moore

John Austin Moore's Legal Cases (5)

Kansas City, MO

Class action Lawyer at Kansas City, MO

Practice Areas: Class Action, Litigation, Personal Injury

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Class action

NBEO Data Breach Lawsuit

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OUTCOME: $3.25 million settlement

Austin was appointed as class counsel on behalf of more than 61,000 optometrists who had their personal information compromised by the national optometry board. Following nearly three years of litigati ... on that included a successful appeal to the Fourth Circuit, the Court approved an “outstanding” $3.25 million settlement which permits class members to receive, among other benefits, $1,000 for self-certified time spent dealing with the breach, believed to be the most in any data breach settlement in history.

Class action

Anthem Data Breach Lawsuit

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OUTCOME: $115 million settlement

In August 2018, a federal district court in California granted final approval of a $115 million settlement to consumers whose personal information was hacked from Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield insuranc ... e companies in early 2015. Austin was responsible for overseeing the plaintiff vetting and selection process in the litigation and subsequent plaintiff discovery efforts.

Class action

Home Depot Data Breach Lawsuit

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OUTCOME: $29 million

Austin was a member of the leadership group appointed to represent consumers in multi-district litigation against the Home Depot following a massive data breach affecting more than 60 million consumers ... . In August 2016, the court approved a final settlement valued at over $29 million that the presiding judge called an “exceptional result” and observed that it “appears to be the most comprehensive settlement achieved in large-scale data breach litigation.” Austin chaired the team of attorneys tasked with investigating the case and handling all substantive briefing in the litigation.

Class action

Target Data Breach Lawsuit

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OUTCOME: $23 million settlement

Austin was a member of the leadership firms appointed to represent a class of consumers in multi-district litigation against Target over its massive 2013 data breach affecting more than 40 million cons ... umers. In June 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed approval of a settlement valued at $23 million that provided for $10 million in cash payments to class members and required Target to significantly upgrade its data security practices. Austin led nationwide plaintiff vetting and discovery efforts in the litigation.

Personal injury

Sexual Assault Lawsuit

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OUTCOME: $8.2 Million Verdict

Austin served as trial counsel on behalf of a sexual assault victim referred to as “Jane Doe” who sued her assailant for civil assault and battery. On June 14, 2019, a Jackson County, Missouri judge aw ... arded more than $7.2 million in economic and non-economic damages and $1 million in punitive damages.

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