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LAWSON v. HALPERN-REISS

No. 18-157.

212 A.3d 1213 (2019)

2019 VT 38

Elizabeth LAWSON v. Patricia HALPERN-REISS and Central Vermont Medical Center.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 17, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Sleigh and Kyle L. Hatt of Sleigh Law, St. Johnsbury, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Nicole Andreson and Angela R. Clark of Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington, for Defendant-Appellee Central Vermont Medical Center.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Skoglund, Robinson and Eaton, JJ., and Howard, Supr. J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

¶ 1. In this appeal, we are asked to recognize a common-law private right of action for damages resulting from the unjustified disclosure to a third party of information obtained by medical personnel during treatment. Plaintiff alleges in her lawsuit that she incurred damages as the result of an emergency room nurse informing

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