LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The mother of slain Little Rock TV anchor Anne Pressly should be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit against a hospital and three workers who illegally looked at her dead daughter’s medical files despite a judge’s ruling that privacy claims can’t be pursued after someone’s death, an attorney told the Arkansas Supreme Court Thursday.
Justices on Thursday heard oral arguments in Patricia Cannady’s lawsuit against St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center over claims that her daughter’s privacy was violated when the medical files were accessed. Cannady is appealing a Pulaski County judge’s ruling that the law doesn’t allow privacy claims to proceed after the affected person’s death.
