The group of investors alleged the company misled them by not adjusting its forecast after Brian Thompson was killed.

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.

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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.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    912·
    1 day ago

    The language used clearly spells out that the point of the lawsuit is to roast the company and make it part of the public record. I am surprised that more people here, given our vast experience with trolls, can’t see through this massive trolling.

    • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      19 hours ago

      I am surprised that more people here, given our vast experience with trolls, can’t see through this massive trolling.

      There was a recent inpour of people from the other site, and they spend all their time posting one-liners based on the headline. They don’t rea the article, most of the time they don’t even understand the headline, just the words in that order.

    • audaxdreik@pawb.socialEnglish
      17·
      1 day ago

      Reposted this to social media and got that pushback from my conservative friend almost immediately, it’s somewhat of a talking point.

      While there’s certainly nothing conclusive there, I’m not really sure I see the point? When the murder first happened, there were already all sorts of talking points about UHC having twice the national average of denials while pocketing billions in wealth and using AI.

      When you ask me who is angrier and has more legal capacity to take this kind of action, I’m gonna go with the shareholders. The American people should be the angrier party, but it’s a lot more abstract for them. Shareholders lost MILLIONS. Because, as the filing says, they didn’t make appropriate adjustments to reflect the reality of that situation.

      Biggest point of contention here is the language used and it’s ugly, but it’s direct. People can make false flag claims without evidence until the cows come home, but I don’t smell it here.