Doe v. High-Tech Institute
Colorado Court of Appeals
972 P.2d 1060 (1998)

- Written by Miller Jozwiak, JD
Facts
John Doe (plaintiff), a student, enrolled in the medical-assistant training program at Cambridge College (Cambridge) (defendant). During a class, Doe informed the instructor that Doe had tested positive for HIV and requested that the instructor keep the information private. The instructor later told the class that all students were to be tested for rubella. Doe signed a consent form indicating that a rubella test (and only a rubella test) would be performed on his blood. Doe then gave the blood sample. But without Doe’s knowledge, the instructor had the lab perform an HIV test on Doe’s sample, which the instructor did for no other students. When the test came back positive, the lab was statutorily mandated to report the information to the state. As a result of the incident, Doe sued Cambridge for, among other things, intrusion on seclusion and unreasonable disclosure of private facts. Cambridge moved to dismiss the claims. The trial court dismissed the intrusion-on-seclusion claim but allowed the unreasonable-disclosure-of-private-facts claim to go to trial. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Doe on that claim. Doe then appealed the dismissal of the intrusion-on-seclusion claim.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Davidson, J.)
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