The trial of a 2011 case filed by radiologist David Cheng against his former colleague, Laura Romo, alleging she violated the Stored Communications Act (SCA) and Massachusetts privacy law has ended with a jury awarding Cheng $325,000 in damages, Mondaq reports. “After the U.S District Court of Massachusetts denied (Romo’s) motion for summary judgment on both counts, the case went to trial and the verdict came down at the end of April,” the report states, noting “This case is significant in that courts have struggled to interpret the language of the SCA, yet the jury very clearly decided in favor” of Cheng as the plaintiff.
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