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UC Regents v. Platter

On October 15, 2013, the California Court of Appeal in the Second Appellate District, consistent with CMA’s amicus letter brief, issued a published opinion in Regents of the University of California v. Superior County of Los Angeles County (Platter), a case interpreting the application of statutory nominal damages under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA). This class-action lawsuit arose from the theft of a computer hard drive containing confidential information on approximately 16,000 patients. The plaintiffs alleged that the UC Regents negligently lost possession of the hard drive in ...