Taft v. County of Ventura CA2/6
Opinion
Opinion
FACTS
In 2020, Taft sued David West in the Los Angeles Superior Court (No. 2OSTCV02326) (the West case), alleging personal injuries he sustained in a traffic accident caused by West. The law firm Veatch Carlson, LLP and Leslie Burnet represented West and issued subpoenas to VCMC to obtain Taft’s medical records. Taft filed a motion to quash the subpoenas. He claimed the subpoena issued to medical provider Elisabeth Bertoline for his medical records on June 15, 2020, was invalid because he did not receive notice of the subpoena until August 23, 2020, “eighteen days after the subpoenaed documents were produced.” The trial court denied his motion and found Taft had “not met his burden” and had not produced “any evidence supporting [his] motion.” Taft voluntarily dismissed that action on December 9, 2020. Taft then sued VCMC in the federal district court for the Central District of California (No. CV 20-7856-MWF) (Taft v. VCMC). He alleged VCMC violated HIPAA by releasing his medical records that did not comply with his authorization for a “limited release” of information. The federal district court
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