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can a hospital be sued for damages for id theft where they failed to verify a ssn and willfully participated by forwarding the false info to 3rd party
Asked on Nov 29th, 2012 on Civil Litigation - North Carolina
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A patient presented to hospital and provided false ssn. Hospital failed to verify accuracy of ssn resulting in false credit reporting, collection activity, personal physical and mental harm. Hospital then willfully participated in the fraud by submitting the false information to another hospital service provider. They have been provided correct information and refuse to take corrective action.
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You do not provide facts suggesting that the hospital knew of the fraud. You assume, without any legal or factual basis, the the hospital had some duty to you to "verify" the patient's information.
Answered on Nov 29th, 2012 at 1:27 PM