Yath v. Fairview Clinics, N. P.

OPINION

ROSS, Judge.

This invasion-of-privacy case involves the Internet posting of embarrassing personal information taken surreptitiously from a patient’s medical file. A Fairview Cedar Ridge Clinic employee saw a personal acquaintance at the clinic and read her medical file, learning that she had a sexually transmitted disease and a new sex partner other than her husband. The employee disclosed this information to another employee, who then disclosed it to others, including the patient’s estranged husband. Then someone created a MySpace.com webpage posting the information on the Internet.…