Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company

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• asserting that public policy in support of actionable breach of confidentiality is reflected in medical profession's code of ethics, privileged communication statute, and state medical licensing statute
• “The unauthorized revelation of medical secrets, or any confidential communication given in the course of treatment, is tortious conduct which may be the basis for an action in damages.”
• “Almost every member of the public is aware of the promise of discretion contained in the Hippocratic oath, and every patient has a right to rely upon this warranty of silence.”
• coercion by insurance company's attorneys

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).