McAlpin v. Wood River Medical Center

TROUT, Justice.

This appeal arises from an order of the Industrial Commission finding the appellant ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits.

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BACKGROUND

Raymond McAlpin was employed by Wood River Medical Center (Wood River) in August of 1993 to work in its two hospitals as a respiratory therapist. Wood River has a written policy restricting access to patient medical records to only those instances where the patient has given proper consent or where a request is made under court order. In furtherance of this policy, Wood River has a procedure in place to process requests for medical…