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· 10/24/2008

Young v. Carran

Citations

  • 289 S.W.3d 586
  • 2008 Ky. App. LEXIS 317
  • 2008 WL 4683236

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that a HIPAA violation is not a proper ground for a § 446.070 claim
  • rejecting plaintiff's argument that KRS § 446.070 creates a state cause of action for HIPAA violations
  • declining to permit use of HIPAA in a state law negligence per se 11 GREG SHEPHERD V. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION Opinion of the Court claim
  • affirming dismissal of negligence per se claim because it was based on federal law
  • “Kentucky courts have held that the ‘any statute’ language in KRS 446.070 is limited to Kentucky statutes and does not extend to federal statutes and regulations or local ordinances.”
  • \This court has recently held that HIPAA does not create a state-based private cause of action for violations of its provisions. We also note that federal courts have uniformly held that HIPAA does not create a private cause of action even at the federal level.\

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Judges: Keller, Wine, Lambert

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