· 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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