Hopkins v. Balachandran

Opinion

ROBINSON, J.

The plaintiff, Gary Hopkins, appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion for partial summary judgment and granting the cross motion for summary judgment of the defendants, Kali-patti S. Balachandran, a physician, and New England Family Medical and Walk In Center, LLC. The disposi-tive issue on appeal is whether the plaintiff waived his right to claim confidentiality in a medical document improperly disclosed by the defendants to his employer in violation of the privacy regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub.…