Federal Judge Declines To Remand Privacy Suit Against Pittsburgh Hospital

Mealey's (August 6, 2020, 1:19 PM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh hospital properly removed a putative privacy class action against it to federal court under the federal officer removal statute, a Pennsylvania federal judge found July 31, denying a motion to remand the lawsuit over the sharing of patient data to state court (Jane Doe I, et al. v. UPMC, No. 2:20-cv-00359, W.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136077)....