A Cincinnati woman who was diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease has filed a lawsuit against UC Medical Center after an employee allegedly posted the woman's medical records on Facebook. 
 
 Exhibit one of the lawsuit is a screenshot of this woman's medical record, showing all of her personal information including her diagnosis -- syphilis. 
 
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 Attorney Mike Allen said employees at UC Medical Center took the photo and posted it on Facebook. 
 
 "She was absolutely devastated. That is the most private of private medical information that was posted on Facebook and went out to a group on Facebook that had a huge dissemination," Allen said. "For an employee of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center to post that information on a social media device that millions of people have access to, it's above and beyond the law and that's why we feel that they're responsible." 
 
 The Facebook group is called "Team No Hoes." 
 
 Allen said the screenshot was followed by comments referring to his client as a "hoe" and a "slut." 
 
 "To have that kind of information in the public domain when it is clearly legally to be protected, that's a problem and that's a problem that UC's responsible for," Allen said. 
 
 In the lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Tuesday, the woman is suing UC Medical Center, an employee named Ryan Rawls, another unnamed UC employee who's believed to be a nurse, and the woman's ex-boyfriend, Raphael Bradley. 
 
 Allen said Bradley convinced the UC employees to release the medical records, violating state and federal laws. 
 
 WLWT News 5 went to both Rawls’ and Bradley’s houses for comment. Bradley returned our call. He wouldn't comment but confirmed the woman is Rawls' girlfriend. 
 
 Rawls called WLWT Thursday to say she, "did not leak the records. The plaintiff is aware that I am not the person who leaked the records. The plaintiff also knows that I am not the one who posted the records." 
 
 "We have not received a copy of the lawsuit but we will certainly investigate it and we cannot comment on pending litigation," UC Medical Center spokeswoman Diana Lara said. 
 
 Allen said the consequences to his client have been devastating. 
 
 "She doesn't want to go out. She doesn't want to talk to people. People who were formerly her friends have made fun of her for it. She's chastised in the community and all of this could've been avoided if UC Med Center had proper protections in place," Allen said. 
 
 In the lawsuit, Allen is asking UC Medical Center to look at its procedures to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. 
 
 His client is also seeking more than $25,000 in damages. 
 
 Allen is requesting that a jury hear his client’s case. ||||| . (Photo: Provided) Story Highlights Lawsuit: UC Medical Center employee posted patient's records to Facebook 
 
 Medical files showing woman's diagnosis of syphilis allegedly posted by an employee to Facebook group called "Team No Hoes" in September 2013 
 
 Woman seeking more than $25,000 in damages for invasion of privacy, emotional and malice 
 
 A Winton Hills woman who was being treated for a sexually transmitted disease at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center is suing the hospital, accusing an employee of posting her medical records to Facebook. 
 
 According to the lawsuit, filed in Hamilton Common Pleas Court this week, a screen shot of the woman's medical record showing her name and her diagnosis of syphilis was posted to the Facebook group "Team No Hoes" in September 2013. 
 
 An email that included the same screen shot was also sent to members of the closed group. 
 
 Shawntelle Turley is also suing Ryan Rawls, named as an employee of UC Medical Center, an unnamed employee at UC Medical and Raphael Bradley, her ex-boyfriend. 
 
 The lawsuit claims that Rawls, along with the unknown nurse at UC, posted records online at the request of Bradley. The lawsuit also claims the health system and UC Medical Center negligently supervised Rawls and has not done enough to identify the other unknown employee allegedly involved. 
 
 Officials at UC Health, which operates the hospital, said they could not comment on the pending litigation. 
 
 On Wednesday afternoon, UC Medical Center CEO Lee Ann Liska sent a memo to the hospital's employees noting the lawsuit and its claims. The memo also reads: 
 
 "(W)e take the privacy and safety of our patients very seriously. While the allegations are isolated to the people named in the lawsuit and by no means reflect the conduct of UCMC associates, who are dedicated to serving thousands of patients annually and safeguarding their PHI (or personal health information), I would like to remind everyone that the unauthorized access or viewing of medical records, or the unauthorized sharing of PHI, is a serious violation of federal medical privacy laws and regulations and cause for immediate termination." 
 
 "As this case is being handled through the legal system, we ask that you refrain from discussing it. Should any patients ask questions about the story or raise concerns about their PHI, please assure them that we strictly enforce our policies to safeguard their privacy." 
 
 According to the suit, "as a result of the inaction (of the hospital) ... the plaintiff's medical records are still in the possession of the other (unknown) employee and the plaintiff is receiving phone calls harassing her and her child," according the lawsuit. 
 
 Turley, whose lawyer is former Hamilton County prosecutor Mike Allen, is suing for more than $25,000 in damages for invasion of privacy, emotional distress, malice and negligence. 
 
 Allen did not return a call seeking comment. 
 
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 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah nurse who was arrested for refusing to let a police officer draw blood from an unconscious patient settled Tuesday with Salt Lake City and the university that runs the hospital for $500,000. 
 
 Nurse Alex Wubbels and her lawyer, Karra Porter, announced the move nearly two months after they released police body-camera video showing Detective Jeff Payne handcuffing Wubbels. The footage drew widespread attention online amid the national debate about police use of force. 
 
 The settlement covers all possible defendants in a lawsuit, including individual police officers, university police and hospital security guards. The payout will be divided among the city and the University of Utah. 
 
 Wubbels plans to use part of the money to fund legal help for others trying to get similar body-camera video. She said that in cases like hers, video is essential to being heard and believed. 
 
 "We all deserve to know the truth, and the truth comes when you see the actual raw footage, and that's what happened in my case," she said. "No matter how truthful I was in telling my story, it was nothing compared to what people saw and the visceral reaction people experienced when watching the footage of the experience I went through." 
 
 She said she also plans to give a portion of the $500,000 to a nurse's union and help lead a campaign to stop physical and verbal abuse of nurses on the job. 
 
 University of Utah hospital officials said in a statement they support Wubbels and have changed their procedures and training on how police and health care workers interact to ensure nothing similar happens again. 
 
 A spokesman for Salt Lake City didn't immediately return messages seeking comment. 
 
 Wubbel was following hospital policy when she told Payne he needed a warrant or the consent of the patient to draw blood after a July 26 car crash. The patient was not under arrest or suspected of wrongdoing. 
 
 Payne had neither. He eventually dragged Wubbels outside and handcuffed her as she screamed that she had done nothing wrong. 
 
 She was released without being charged but has said the incident left her feeling terrified and bullied. In a call for changes, Wubbel and her lawyer released the video they had obtained through a public records request. 
 
 Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown has since apologized and fired Payne after an internal investigation found he violated department policies. 
 
 Brown said in a disciplinary letter that he was "deeply troubled" by Payne's conduct, which he said brought "significant disrepute" on the department. 
 
 Payne is appealing that decision, saying the firing was an unfair reaction to the negative publicity. 
 
 The patient was an off-duty Idaho reserve police officer driving a semitrailer when he was hit by a man fleeing police in a pickup truck. He later died of his injuries. 
 
 Lt. James Tracy, a police supervisor who ordered the arrest of the nurse, was demoted to officer and also is appealing. He said he suggested Payne consider handcuffing the nurse and that his superiors had never informed him of the hospital's blood-draw policy, according to appeal documents. 
 
 Wubbels said she was relieved at the discipline and would be disappointed if it's overturned, though she stressed that decision is out of her control. 
 
 "The police have to police themselves," she said. "This is something I never would have expected to happen, but I'm also honored by the weight of it."
– A Cincinnati woman is suing the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after an employee allegedly posted her medical records—including her name, personal information, and diagnosis for syphilis—to a Facebook group called "Team No Hoes," WLWT reports. The lawsuit alleges that the woman's ex-boyfriend, Raphael Bradley, convinced two hospital employees to post the records. "That's a problem, and that's a problem that UC's responsible for," the woman's lawyer says. The suit names Bradley, the hospital, an employee named Ryan Rawls, and another unnamed employee believed to be a nurse—the plaintiff says the hospital hasn't done enough to identify that second employee. The hospital sent a memo to its staff yesterday urging them not to talk about the case, and reminding them that unauthorized sharing of medical records would be "cause for immediate termination," the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Team No Hoes is a closed Facebook group with 65 members as of this writing. Its cover image is a pair of shorts bearing the phrase, "Trust No Hoe!" (Click for another unusual STD story involving crickets.)