Caterpillar Worker's Bankruptcy Dooms Genetic Privacy Claim

By Celeste Bott · April 3, 2026, 1:16 PM EDT

An Illinois federal judge has thrown out a Caterpillar Inc. employee's proposed class genetic privacy suit over allegedly illegal medical history probes, saying the worker's midcase Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing means...

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Case Information

Case Title

Branson et al v. Caterpillar Inc.

Case Number

1:23-cv-14329

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

P.I.: Other

Date Filed

September 29, 2023