Bloomberg Law
December 11, 2018, 4:41 PM UTC

YouTube, A&E Get ‘Frivolous’ Health Privacy Claim Dismissed

Mary Anne Pazanowski
Mary Anne Pazanowski
Legal Reporter

YouTube LLC, A&E Television Inc., and others didn’t violate federal health-care privacy law by broadcasting live as police transported a mental-health care patient to a medical facility.

The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act doesn’t allow a person to sue another for disclosing his or her private medical information. Chad Holley’s HIPAA claim, therefore, was frivolous and should be dismissed, a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio recommended Dec. 10.

Holley alleged he was involved in a “suicide situation” in Pasco County, Fla., that resulted in the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office ...

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