Ugly KKK Lawsuit Between Nurse, Lawyer and Claims Adjustor Takes Bizarre Twist in California Courts

HIPAA, the national medical privacy law, now an issue in $40 Million lawsuit against John Rea of the Department of Industrial Relations

Sacramento, Calif. (PRWEB) December 19, 2005 -- A lawsuit -- originally filed under the anti-Ku Klux Klan law (42 USC 1985) by a nurse against a claims adjustor and a lawyer for alleged intimidation -- took a new twist today when the plaintiff, nurse Barbara Clark, filed a complaint letter with the U.S. Attorney for Sacramento (See: Clark vs. Rea, et. al. 05-2410, U.S.D.C. for E.D.C.).

In a letter to John K. Vincent, the assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Clark complains that attorney Dennis Hershewe has sent her the medical records of other patients at the Adventist Health System, who Hershewe represents. Nurse Clark’s letter to AUSA Vincent claims that Hershewe may have violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 by sending her the medical records.

“I have turned these medical records over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Health and Human Services,” Clark said.

Recently, Clark filed pleadings to obtain a temporary restraining order against Carol Pope, a claim adjustor, for the Adventist hospital chain, to approve of spinal surgery that Clark is awaiting.

Clark gained notoriety when interviewed on a taped television show last week by an activist for disabled and handicapped injured workers.

The show, “Injured on the Job”, will be broadcast in San Francisco on Monday, Dec. 19th., 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. (see www.ciaw.org for more information).

Court pleadings in Clark vs. Rea case and the letter to AUSA Vincent can be viewed at: www.MyStateFundStory.com.

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