A group of investors sued UnitedHealthcare Group on Wednesday, accusing the company of misleading them after the killing of its CEO, Brian Thompson.

The class action lawsuit — filed in the Southern District of New York — accuses the health insurance company of not initially adjusting their 2025 net earning outlook to factor in how Thompson’s killing would affect their operations.

The group, which is seeking unspecified damages, argued that the public backlash prevented the company from pursuing “the aggressive, anti-consumer tactics that it would need to achieve” its earnings goals.

  • FirstCircle@lemmy.ml
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    25 days ago

    This (the suit) is a glorious bit of trolling, meant to keep UHC’s evildoing high up there in people’s newsfeeds. It provides clickbait headlines and tasty bits of content (much more to come I hope) like “aggressive, anti-consumer tactics” that will keep the sharing machine running and the victim complaints in full view.

    This is brilliant, I wish I’d thought of the tactic. The class members have to own at least a share of stock while still being able to sleep at night. Where do you find such martyrs?