At oral arguments Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court docket mulled whether or not a Chicago plaintiffs legislation agency’s press launch asserting a $4.2 million jury award in a medical malpractice go well with violated the Psychological Well being and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act by disclosing the main points of its now-former shopper’s psychological well being diagnoses.
The Illinois excessive court docket is now set to determine whether or not the appellate court was right find that legal professional Elizabeth A. Kaveny and her former agency Burke Smart Morrissey & Kaveny violated the act by redisclosing info pertaining to the plaintiff, recognized within the present matter as John Doe, that was protected by Well being Insurance coverage Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
