MELO v. BARNETT

No. 2003-SC-0200-DG.

157 S.W.3d 596 (2005)

Julio MELO, M.D., Appellant, v. Steven G. BARNETT, et al., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher P. O'Bryan, Cathleen Charters Palmer, O'Bryan, Brown & Toner, Michael Brian Dailey, Louisville, Counsel for Appellant.

A. Thomas Johnson, Louisville, Counsel for Appellee.

David A. Friedman, Louisville, Jonathan Givner, Hayley Gorenberg, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York, NY, Aids Volunteers of Lexington, Amicus Curiae, Kentucky Aids Life Alliance, Amicus Curiae, The Kentucky HIV/AIDS Advocacy and Action Group, Amicus Curiae.


GRAVES, Justice.

This matter comes to this Court on discretionary review of a claim for breach of medical confidentiality and unreasonable violation of privacy by an HIV positive patient seeking damages from a consulting physician for disclosing his HIV status in a medical record which was forwarded to the employer.

During the course of his employment as a veterinary assistant, Appellee, Steven Barnett, was bitten by a cat. After developing an infection, he...

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