Stein et al. v. Edward-Elmhurst Health
Endeavor Health subsidiary; Seventh Circuit interlocutory appeal on the ECPA crime-tort exception pending.
Appeal pending
Timeline
- Filed
- 2023
- Key ruling
- Mar 3, 2026
Key ruling
ECPA and negligence survived (Feb. 2025); Mar. 3, 2026 order denied reconsideration and certified a §1292(b) interlocutory appeal on whether ECPA’s crime-tort exception applies absent an alleged criminal or tortious purpose.
Status note
Feb. 21, 2025: MTD granted in part (ECPA and negligence survive). Mar. 3, 2026: reconsideration denied; §1292(b) interlocutory appeal certified. Seventh Circuit accepted the appeal; AHA/IHA and EPIC amicus briefs filed May 2026. No decision located as of Oct. 5, 2026. Cited as the reason for stay motions in the Illinois critical-access cases.
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