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YATH v. FAIRVIEW CLINICS, N.P.

No. A08-1556.

767 N.W.2d 34 (2009)

Candace YATH, Appellant, v. FAIRVIEW CLINICS, N. P., d/b/a Fairview Cedar Ridge Clinic, et al., Respondents, Navy Mao Tek, et al., Defendants, Net Phat, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

June 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Daniels, David J. Wymore, Daniels & Wymore, PLLC, Plymouth, MN, for appellant.

Paul C. Peterson, William L. Davidson, Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondents Fairview Clinics, N.P., Cedar Ridge Clinic, and Fairview Health Services, N.P.

Sylvia Ivey Zinn, Julia A. Lines, Brendel and Zinn, Ltd., Lake Elmo, MN, for respondent Net Phat.

Considered and decided by JOHNSON, Presiding Judge; ROSS, Judge; and CRIPPEN, Judge.

OPINION

ROSS, Judge.

This invasion-of-privacy case involves the Internet posting of embarrassing personal information taken surreptitiously from a patient's medical file. A Fairview Cedar Ridge Clinic employee saw a personal acquaintance at the clinic and read her medical file, learning that she had a sexually transmitted disease and a new sex partner other than her husband. The employee disclosed this information to another employee, who then disclosed...

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