[Dataloss] (update) OR: Ex-worker sues hospital in data loss

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http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1188960930183820.xml&coll=7

The Providence Health System employee who took home the computerized 
records of 365,000 patients that were later stolen from his van has sued 
the hospital, saying he was fired because he reported the theft to 
authorities.

The security breach has been reckoned the largest in state history.

Steven Shields, who was a Providence information systems analyst, says in 
his lawsuit that he was told to take the records to his Milwaukie home. 
The records were on 10 computer disks and data tapes in a bag that Shields 
left in his van when he parked it in his driveway Dec. 30, 2005.

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Shields is asking in his suit for at least $1 million in back wages and 
damages for "pain, suffering, humiliation, anger, lost sleep, lost 
enjoyment in life, anxiety, depression and skin disorders."

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