Healthcare Defendants Move to Dismiss Privacy Case on Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

Plaintiffs in a June privacy class action can’t satisfy their burden of establishing the first two prongs of a three-part jurisdiction text, said defendants Desert Care Network, Desert Regional Medical Center, JFK Memorial Hospital, Palm Beach Health Network, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Tenet Healthcare and Tenet Healthsystem Medical Friday in a memorandum (docket 2:23-cv-05021) of points and authorities moving the court to dismiss the case. Plaintiffs B.K. and N.Z., California residents, and R.P., a Florida resident, sued Tenet’s Desert Care Network, including Desert Regional Medical Center in California; JFK Hospital in California; and Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center in Florida for collecting their confidential and private personal health information (PHI) -- including details about their medical conditions, treatments and providers sought, and appointments -- and then sending it to Facebook without prior, informed consent. The non-California defendants in the action aren’t subject to general or specific jurisdiction in California and have not purposefully directed activities at California, said the memorandum.