The Connecticut Court of Appeals upheld a $853,000 jury verdict in favor of a woman whose medical records were sent by a health care provider without permission, rejecting the defendant’s claims that the harm was actually caused by the New Haven Regional Children’s Probate Court when those documents ended up in a public file.

Andro Mendoza, the former partner of the plaintiff in the present case, Emily Byrne, filed a paternity suit against her and subpoenaed The Connecticut Court of Appeals upheld a $853,000 jury verdict in favor of a woman whose medical records were sent by a health care provider without permission, rejecting the defendant’s claims that the harm was actually caused by the New Haven Regional Children’s Probate Court when those documents ended up in a public file.her medical records from Avery Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology. The Avery Center did not alert Byrne of the subpoena and sent the files to the New Haven Regional Children’s Probate Court without permission, according to the appellate court’s opinion released Tuesday.