Pierre-Paul Incident and Subsequent Litigation Puts Spotlight on Medical Privacy Laws

By Fletcher Brown, Esq.   Earlier this month, Jason Pierre-Paul, a New York Giants defensive end, filed a lawsuit in Florida state court against reporter Adam Schefter and his employer ESPN, for inappropriately posting his medical records on social media last summer.   The lawsuit, filed in Circuit Court in Dade County, Florida (Miami), alleges that Pierre-Paul's privacy was violated — as was the state's medical records statute — by the ESPN reporter, who published Pierre-Paul’s