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SUTTER HEALTH v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. C072591.

227 Cal.App.4th 1546 (2014)

174 Cal. Rptr. 3d 653

SUTTER HEALTH et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent. DOROTHY ATKINS et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

July 21, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, Bartko, Zankel, Bunzel & Miller, Robert H. Bunzel , William I. Edlund and Michael D. Abraham for Petitioners.

Crowell & Moring and Ethan P. Schulman for the California Association of Health Plans and the Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Lois J. Richardson for California Hospital Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Bradley S. Phillips , Michelle A. Friedland and Amelia L.B. Sargent for the Regents of the University of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Sedgwick, Stephanie Sheridan, Kelly Savage Day and Alison Andre for Alere Home Monitoring, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Ahdoot & Wolfson, Robert Ahdoot , Tina Wolfson , Theodore W. Maya , Bradley King ; Kershaw Cutter & Ratinoff, C. Brooks Cutter , William A. Kershaw , John R. Parker, Jr. ; Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski, Michael F. Ram , Jeffrey B. Cereghino , Matt J. Malone ; Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, Robert A. Buccola , Steven M. Campora ; Audet & Partners, William M. Audet , Joshua C. Ezrin ; Keller Grover, Eric A. Grover , Carey G. Been ; Law Offices of Scot D. Bernstein, Scot Bernstein ; Harris & Ruble, Alan Harris , Abigail A. Treanor , Priya Mohan ; The Law Office of Darryl A. Stallworth, Darryl A. Stallworth ; Clayeo C. Arnold, Clifford L. Carter , Kirk J. Wolden , Clayeo C. Arnold ; Meiselman, Denlea, Packman, Carton & Ebertz, James R. Denlea , Jeffrey I. Carton , Jeremiah Frei-Pearson ; Trial Law Offices of Bradley I. Kramer, M.D., Bradley I. Kramer ; Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller & Johnsen, David P. Mastagni and David E. Mastagni for Real Parties in Interest.

Kabateck Brown Kellner, Brian S. Kabateck , Richard L. Kellner and Scott M. Malzahn for Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Federation of California, Consumer Action, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Privacy Activism, California Alliance for Retired Americans and California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

NICHOLSON, Acting P. J. —

The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, which we refer to in this opinion as the Confidentiality Act, protects the confidentiality of patients' medical information. (Civ. Code, § 56 et seq.; all remaining unspecified code citations are to the Civil Code.) Among other remedies, the Confidentiality Act provides for an award of $1,000 in nominal damages to a patient if the health care provider...

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