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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.

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[–] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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?

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 9 points 21 hours ago

There’s got to be a name for this kind of method. I had a similar insight. I want to run for a public office as an independent and have one of my initial campaign pushes be about how I am the first openly gay person to run for that office.

The person currently holding that office is openly gay. However, he is very comfortable and no longer makes a point about it anymore now that he has a secure seat. I have no interest in holding that office. I just want to make him talk about it.

I as a working class, gay man. I am quite disgusted with the Palm Springs homosexuals who hide behind their wealth now that we have achieved a modicum of social acceptance. The fight is far from over for people who have to work for a living, so I thought about this as a way to just get people talking again about the needs of people who don’t fit the standard molds.

It’s not quite rat fucking but more the political equivalent of shit posting.