Appellate Court of Illinois· 9/29/2023

Flores v. Aon Corp.

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242 N.E.3d 340
2023 IL App (1st) 230140

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showing that the threshold for sustaining a contract action is higher than that of standing, as an injury may be “sufficient to establish standing” without amounting to “actual monetary damages”
finding that all factors relevant to determining whether a common law duty exists “support the conclusion that [the] defendant ha[d] a common law duty to protect the personal information of its clients, in addition to its duty under [PIPA]”
“We decline to hold that the alleged diminution in value of plaintiffs’ personal information amounts to actual monetary damages.”
“Although the Congregation of the Passion decision concerned a professional malpractice claim against an accounting firm, its reasoning equally applies to data breach cases.”
“To successfully make a breach of implied contract claim, a plaintiff must allege actual monetary damages.”
“Since plaintiffs’ common law tort claims are based on defendant’s common law duty to safeguard personal information rather than any express contractual duty, the Moorman doctrine does not prohibit plaintiffs from bringing their claims.”

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