Ortiz v. Aurora Health Care, Inc. (In re Ortiz)

DECISION AND ORDER

LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge.

Before me now are two bankruptcy adversary proceedings in which the plaintiffs allege that Aurora Health Care, Inc., (“Aurora”) violated a Wisconsin statute prohibiting the unauthorized release of healthcare records, Wis. Stat. § 146.82. The plaintiffs’ claims are in federal court because Aurora made the allegedly unauthorized releases when it filed its proofs of claim in the plaintiffs’ bankruptcy cases. Before being assigned to me, the two matters were proceeding in the bankruptcy court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(a) and the general order of…