People v. Home Insurance Co.

197 Colo. 260, 591 P.2d 1036 (1979)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

An investigator hired by Home Insurance Co. (D) was charged with theft for procuring the confidential medical records of two Denver hospital patients. The investigator got a verbatim reading of the records over the phone. D was charged with theft. The trial court granted a motion to dismiss; the confidentiality of records was not a thing of value. The State (P) appealed.