The plaintiff in Felthauser v. United States claims that the VA took four years to respond to his request for copies of his medical records, and then sent the records to somebody else. When he sued for violations of the Privacy Act and HIPAA, the VA moved to dismiss.
Judge John Sedwick denied the VA’s limitations […]
Filed under Statute of limitations, Sovereign immunity
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