BROWN v. MORTENSEN

No. S180862.

51 Cal.4th 1052 (2011)

126 Cal. Rptr. 3d 428

253 P.3d 522

ROBERT A. BROWN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STEWART MORTENSEN, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

June 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Robert A. Brown, Robert A. Brown ; Law Offices of Lyle F. Middleton and Lyle F. Middleton for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Arielle Cohen , Chi Chi Wu ; Seth E. Mermin ; and Elizabeth De Armond for National Consumer Law Center, Public Good, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Privacy Activism, The World Privacy Forum and National Association of Consumer Advocates as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Carlson & Messer, David J. Kaminski , Stephen A. Watkins and Charles R. Messer for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

In this case we address the remedies available to a patient when a debt collector, acting on behalf of a medical professional, is asserted to have illegally disclosed confidential patient medical information to various consumer reporting agencies in the course of a dispute over an alleged medical debt.

Individuals, as patients, have a substantial interest...

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