If my manager disclosed my medical records to other team members, do I have a case?
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If my manager disclosed my medical records to other team members, do I have a case?
Asked on June 11, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, California
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
You can only sue for actual economic injury in a case like this, or for significant damage to your reputation. If the records disclosed some embarassing sexually transmitted disease, or caused you to lose some work, opportunity, employment, etc., then you might have a valid case. But the law does not provide meaningful compensation for this sort of violation of your privacy, so without some significant reputational or economic loss, you would almost certainly recover less money than you'd spend on the lawsuit, making it a net loss.
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