Healthcare Defendants Move to Dismiss Privacy Case on Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
Plaintiffs in a June privacy class action can’t satisfy their burden of establishing the first two prongs of a three-part jurisdiction text, said defendants Desert Care Network, Desert Regional Medical Center, JFK Memorial Hospital, Palm Beach Health Network, Palm Beach…
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Gardens Medical Center, Tenet Healthcare and Tenet Healthsystem Medical Friday in a memorandum (docket 2:23-cv-05021) of points and authorities moving the court to dismiss the case. Plaintiffs B.K. and N.Z., California residents, and R.P., a Florida resident, sued Tenet’s Desert Care Network, including Desert Regional Medical Center in California; JFK Hospital in California; and Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center in Florida for collecting their confidential and private personal health information (PHI) -- including details about their medical conditions, treatments and providers sought, and appointments -- and then sending it to Facebook without prior, informed consent. The non-California defendants in the action aren’t subject to general or specific jurisdiction in California and have not purposefully directed activities at California, said the memorandum.