Burger v. Blair Medical Associates, Inc.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

We allowed appeal to consider the statute of limitations governing a claim for breach of physician-patient confidentiality-

Appellee Diana Burger received medical treatment from a physician employed by Appellant Blair Medical Associates, Inc. (“BMA”) from 1996 until 2001. In October 1999, Appellee sustained a work-related injury. On October 28, 1999, she signed a medical authorization, permitting her employer’s worker’s compensation consultant to obtain medical records for the purpose of calculating the medical expenses occasioned by the work-related injury. In addition…