A federal judge dismissed a claim by three county corrections officers that their constitutional rights to privacy was violated when others may have seen their medical records without permission.
Northern District Judge Norman Mordue determined in Hancock v. County of Rensselaer, 1:13-cv-1184 that while county employees may have seen the records of Keith Hancock, Tamera Thomas and Jason Dessingue without authorization, none of the reports concerned medical conditions carrying “the sort of opprobrium that confers upon those who suffer from it a constitutional right of privacy.”
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