JO ELLEN SMITH PSYCHIATRIC HOSP. v. HARRELL

No. CA 88 0834.

546 So.2d 886 (1989)

JO ELLEN SMITH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL v. Marlise O. HARRELL, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah C. Foshee, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hobart O. Pardue, Springfield, for Robert Lailheugue.

Arthur W. Macy, Hammond, for Marlise O. Harrell.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and LOTTINGER and FOIL, JJ.


COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

This case involves the inadvertent release of insurance payment records to the parents of a former patient of Jo Ellen Smith Psychiatric Hospital, the plaintiff. These records, sometimes referred to as "Blue Cross Provider Registers," or "registers," contained the last name, beginning initial of the first name1 and social security number of 39 patients at the Psychiatric Hospital, who were Blue Cross insureds. These...

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