Larry v. Powerski

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DAVID M. LAWSON, United States District Judge

Plaintiff Yolanda Larry was fired from her job as a patient representative at Flint, Michigan’s Hurley Medical Center. The hospital said it terminated Larry for improperly accessing patient medical records in violation of its policy under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, (HIPAA). The plaintiff says those accusations were trumped up…