WakeMed MyChart Lawsuit: $2.45 Million Meta Pixel Settlement, Claims Closed
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The WakeMed class action people search for is Weddle et al. v. WakeMed, a Wake County, North Carolina case over the Meta Pixel on the WakeMed MyChart patient portal and wakemed.org. WakeMed agreed to pay $2.45 million. The claim deadline was September 8, 2025, final approval followed in November 2025, and payments of $26.75 per approved claimant were reported as sent starting February 20, 2026. There is nothing left to file.
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What the WakeMed Lawsuit Was About
In March 2018 WakeMed placed Facebook’s pixel on wakemed.org and on the WakeMed MyChart patient portal (mychart.wakemed.org). On October 14, 2022 WakeMed announced that the code “may have also transmitted some of the information entered into the MyChart patient portal and appointment scheduling page back to Facebook.” WakeMed disabled the pixel in May 2022.
Per WakeMed, the data could include contact details, IP address, emergency contacts, allergy or medication information from online check-in, COVID vaccine status, and appointment type, date and physician. It did not include Social Security numbers unless a user typed them into a free-text box. The pixel was not in the MyChart mobile app. About 495,000 patients were notified, and the North Carolina Attorney General opened an investigation.
The lawsuit alleged negligence, invasion of privacy, unjust enrichment and violations of North Carolina’s unfair-trade-practices and electronic-surveillance statutes. WakeMed denies any wrongdoing, and no court found that it broke the law.
Case Details
Weddle et al. v. WakeMed, Case No. 2022CVS013860, Superior Court of Wake County, North Carolina, handled in the North Carolina Business Court by Judge Adam M. Conrad. It was filed in Wake County Superior Court in 2022. After WakeMed’s motion to dismiss, three claims remained: negligence, breach of implied contract and breach of fiduciary duty.
The administrator was Kroll Settlement Administration LLC. The final approval decision is reported as Weddle v. WakeMed Health and Hospitals, 2025 NCBC 71. This is a state-court case, not a federal one.
Status: WakeMed Settlement Approved, Claims Closed
Judge Conrad granted final approval on November 17, 2025, per published reports. Bloomberg Law reported that only sixteen members of the nearly 500,000-person class opted out, and a summary of the final approval opinion says just one person objected. Payments of $26.75 per approved claimant were reported as issued starting February 20, 2026.
We found no other open WakeMed lawsuit over website or MyChart tracking, and no WakeMed data breach from ransomware or a vendor with an open claim, as of October 8, 2026.
Who Was in the WakeMed Settlement
The class was US residents whom WakeMed sent a notice saying their information was transmitted or potentially transmitted to Meta through the pixel on the WakeMed MyChart patient portal or other WakeMed websites between March 2018 and May 2022. In practice that meant people who logged into WakeMed MyChart on the web or booked an appointment on wakemed.org in that period.
If you did nothing, you are still bound by the settlement and gave up the right to sue WakeMed over the pixel. A claim needed the Class Member ID from your notice.
If you used WakeMed’s website or MyChart after May 2022 and want to know whether anything else applies, our MyChart claim check asks whether you used the website or MyChart, what you did there and when you last used it.
What the WakeMed Settlement Paid
The reported payment was $26.75 per approved claimant. That is typical for a privacy case with no identity theft alleged. To see how other tracking settlements compare, use the MyChart settlement calculator or the data breach settlement calculator.
WakeMed Pixel Case Timeline
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March 2018 — Pixel Added
WakeMed places Facebook’s pixel on wakemed.org and the WakeMed MyChart patient portal.
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May 2022 — Pixel Disabled
WakeMed turns the pixel off and starts reviewing how it collects website user data.
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October 14, 2022 — Patients Notified
WakeMed announces the incident. About 495,000 patients are notified, and the class action follows in Wake County Superior Court.
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August 8 and September 8, 2025 — Deadlines
The opt-out and objection deadline is August 8, 2025, and the claim deadline is September 8, 2025. Kroll is the administrator.
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November 17, 2025 — Final Approval
Judge Adam M. Conrad approves the $2.45 million settlement after the October 16, 2025 hearing, per published reports.
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February 20, 2026 — Payments Sent
Payments of $26.75 per approved claimant are reported as issued. The case is closed to new claims.
Three Things to Watch For
With claims closed and payments sent, any new message about this case deserves a second look:
“Late WakeMed claim” offers
The claim deadline was September 8, 2025, and payments were sent in February 2026. Anyone offering to file a late claim or “recover your WakeMed payment” for a fee is not part of the settlement.
Messages asking for your MyChart login
Neither Kroll nor WakeMed needs your MyChart password to pay you. A text or email linking to a fake MyChart page “to confirm your settlement” is phishing.
Look-alike settlement websites
The official site was wakemedprivacysettlement.com, run by Kroll. Any other domain asking for your Social Security number or bank details to release a WakeMed settlement payment is not authorized by the court.
WakeMed Lawsuit — Questions People Actually Ask
Is there a WakeMed class action lawsuit?
Yes. Weddle et al. v. WakeMed, No. 2022CVS013860 in Wake County, North Carolina, was over the Meta Pixel on WakeMed MyChart and wakemed.org. It settled for $2.45 million, and claims closed September 8, 2025.
Can I still file a WakeMed settlement claim?
No. The claim deadline was September 8, 2025, and the settlement website said the deadline for timely claims has passed. Final approval was reported on November 17, 2025.
How much did the WakeMed settlement pay?
Published reports say approved claimants received $26.75 each, with payments starting February 20, 2026. That was an equal share of the $2.45 million fund after fees and costs.
Was the WakeMed data breach a hack?
No. The 2022 WakeMed data breach was a tracking-code disclosure: the Meta Pixel may have sent MyChart and appointment-page data to Facebook. WakeMed said Social Security numbers were not included unless typed into a free-text box.
What is the WakeMed patient portal called?
WakeMed MyChart, at mychart.wakemed.org. According to WakeMed, the pixel was on the web version of the portal and not on the MyChart mobile app.
I got a check or email about the WakeMed settlement. Is it real?
The administrator was Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, and the only authorized website was wakemedprivacysettlement.com. Since payments were reported as sent in February 2026, be suspicious of any new request for personal or bank details.
Are there other WakeMed lawsuits?
There have been a few. A retirement plan case, Conte v. WakeMed, No. 5:21-cv-00190-D (E.D.N.C.), settled for $975,000, and its claim deadline was Dec. 30, 2021. In 2016 a federal bankruptcy court fined WakeMed $70,000 for putting patient data in court filings and ordered one year of credit monitoring. Neither is open.
Is the WakeMed MyChart lawsuit the same as the Novant or UNC Health cases?
No. Those are separate cases against other North Carolina health systems. See the Novant Health MyChart lawsuit and UNC Health MyChart lawsuit pages.
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