Goldman Gruder & Woods’ attorneys have become certified in eMortgages and eClosings in both Connecticut and New York. These certifications mean that the firm’s lawyers have received professional training in the process of how lenders handle eClosings and eMortgages, the benefits and time-saving nature for clients when closings are performed […]
WestFair Communications: A groundbreaking legal case involving a former New Canaan resident will change how medical offices go about making sure they are fully compliant with HIPAA statutes — and could lead to numerous other legal actions in the state, according to attorney Bruce Elstein. Elstein, who resides in Trumbull and […]
Ray Dunaway w Bruce Epstein 2/14/18 Fairfield County Attorney. Patients may now sue providers for breach of medical record confidentiality. Until Elstein recently won the case at the Supreme Court level, we all were never entitled to hold our Doctors accountable or sue them for sharing our personal medical information. […]
By Mandy Brown, American Association for Justice Reversing a lower court decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that patients have a state tort cause of action against health care providers who disclose patients’ confidential medical information without their consent. The court acknowledged that it was recognizing a new tort […]
One Patient and One Lawyer Create a Remedy for Patients Harmed by Wrongful Disclosure After 12 years
Attorney Bruce Elstein wins significant case. Connecticut doctors and medical practices finally required to protect patients’ records – if confidentiality is not protected, patients can now sue for damages. TRUMBULL, Conn., Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — On January 11th, Bruce Elstein, a prominent Fairfield County Attorney, implemented a groundbreaking change in Connecticut law that protects patient’s privacy and […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut‘s highest court has ruled on an issue that most people may think is already settled, saying doctors have a duty to keep patients’ medical records confidential and can be sued if they don’t. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/connecticut/articles/2018-01-11/court-yes-there-is-doctor-patient-confidentiality
by Evan Sweeny. Add Connecticut to the list of states that allow patients to sue providers for unauthorized disclosure of their medical records. The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled last week that patients have the right to bring legal action against a provider. Other courts throughout the state have ruled that although HIPAA […]
Hartford Courant: Edmund H. Mahony Reporter The state Supreme Court established Thursday that patients have the right to sue doctors and other health care providers for the unauthorized and negligent disclosure of their confidential medical records. Courts have held previously that private suits were blocked by HIPAA. (Handout / TNS) […]
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