Free Motion for Protective Order - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

Case 3:01-cv-01979-WWE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

: : v. : : OLD SAYBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT : SERGEANT DONALD HULL; PATROLMAN : DAVID PERRROTTI; PATROLMAN CHRIS : DEMARCO; PATROLMAN JAY RANKIN; : EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS POLICE : OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE OLD : SAYBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT; AND : THE TOWN OF OLD SAYBROOK :

KARL HOGFELDT

NO.: 3:01CV1979 (WWE)

APRIL 22, 2005

MOTION FOR QUALIFIED PROTECTIVE ORDER The defendants, Old Saybrook Police Department, Sergeant Donald Hull, Patrolman David Perrrotti, Patrolman Chris DeMarco, Patrolman Jay Rankin and The Town of Old Saybrook, herby move pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 164.512(e)(1)(V) that a qualified protective order enter from the court as follows: 1. That the parties be prohibited from using or disclosing any protected health information obtained by a subpoena for any purpose other than the litigation; and 2. That the parties return to the covered entity or destroy all protected health information at the end of the litigation. 3. This protective order applies to Karl Hogfeldt's protected heath information disclosed by the following providers: Middlesex Hospital 28 Crescent St. Middletown, CT 06457

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Dr. Edward S. Tucker 67 N. Main St. Essex, CT 06426 Dr. Langdon 5 Durham Rd. Guilford, CT 06437 Dr. Raji Mulukutkla 80 South Main Street Middletown, CT 06457 Wildwood Orthopedics One Wildwood Medical Center Essex, CT 06426 Dr. Carol E. Gordon 1156 Boston Post Road Old Saybrook, CT 06475 388-2020 Dr. Mark Lorenze Shoreline Orthopedics & Sports Medicine 12 Bokum Road Essex, CT 06426 767-9053 Dr. David Roberts 198 South Main St. Middletown, Ct 06457 346-7505 Monya Elgart, O.D. 1156 Boston Post Rd. P.O. Box 432 Old Saybrook, CT 06475 The defendants move the court for this protective order because they will be seeking medical records by subpoena pursuant to Fed. R.Civ. P. 45 and 45 C.F.R. § 164.512 (e).

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Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, the defendants have given prior notice to the plaintiff's attorney of their intent to obtain these records by subpoena. 45 C.F.R. § 164.512 (e) provides entities covered by HIPPA may disclose protected health information in response to a subpoena if the covered entity receives satisfactory assurance that the party seeking the information has made reasonable efforts to secure a qualified protective order that meets the requirements of paragraphs (e)(1)(v) of that section. These requirements are as follows: 1. That the parties be prohibited from using or disclosing any protected health information obtained by a subpoena for any purpose other than the litigation; and 2. That the parties return to the covered entity or destroy all protected health information at the end of the litigation.

DEFENDANTS, OLD SAYBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT, SERGEANT DONALD HULL, PATROLMAN DAVID PERRROTTI, PATROLMAN CHRIS DEMARCO, PATROLMAN JAY RANKIN AND THE TOWN OF OLD SAYBROOK

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CERTIFICATION This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing has been sent, handling charges prepaid, via U.S. Mail to the following counsel of record this 22nd day of April, 2005.

Bruce E. Newman, Esquire Newman, Creed & Associates 99 North Street, Route 6 P.O. Box 575 Bristol, CT 06011 A. Paul Spinella, Esquire Spinella & Associates One Lewis Street Hartford, CT 06103 /s/ John J. Radshaw, III John J. Radshaw, III

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