California Consumer Health Care Council v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

Opinion

HAERLE, Acting P. J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant, a “California non-profit public benefit corporation . . . concerned with protecting the interests of health care consumers throughout California,” sued on behalf of the general public to enjoin the practice of respondent Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (Kaiser) of transmitting to its attorneys allegedly “irrelevant” medical information concerning Kaiser patients who were either making or contemplating making medical malpractice claims against Kaiser. Appellant alleged that Kaiser’s practices violate California’s unfair competition law,…