Q: Are there legal remedies against medical facility with breech of records and neglige
A large hospital was careless. negligent and did not take REASONABLE care or even any possible protocol for transferring 7 years of medical records. We were notified by the Regional Director there has been a breech with this and of course I am sick with worry/ The hospital tried to cover up the breach and due to this I am concerned at there practices and would like to know if this is something a attorney may help with ? Thanks so much
A: Generally no. If you can show there was in fact some definite use of the information by someone for identity theft you may have a claim.
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