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Boxing Ref Sues Over Possible HIV Exposure in the Ring (October 26, 2009)
Boxers in California are required to have HIV tests regularly, but the referee found out only after a fight that a boxer was HIV positive.
In San Francisco Chronicle
ACLU Reaches Settlement for Veteran Denied State Department Contractor Job Because He Has HIV (August 25, 2009)
From American Civil Liberties Union
Florida: North Miami Man Files Notice to Sue VA Over HIV Infection (August 20, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Happy Ending for HIV-Positive Pregnant Woman Sentenced to Serve Jail Time Past Her Due Date (August 5, 2009)
In Bangor Daily News
Vets Affected by VA Hospital Errors to File Claims (July 28, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hawaii: HIV Case -- Medical Privacy Violator Gets One Year (June 11, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIVers Will Sue Top Hospital Over Records Left on a Boston Train (May 18, 2009)
A billing manager at Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the top HIV medical centers in the country, accidentally left a bundle of billing tickets from 66 hospital clinic clients on a train seat in the Boston public transit system.
In Bay Windows
Hamilton Spectator Examines Debate Over Criminalizing HIV Transmission (April 7, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Sues California Department of Health Care Services Alleging Violation of Contract Process (February 23, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Massachusetts: Woman Misdiagnosed With HIV Gets $2.5 Million (December 14, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Couple Whose Daughter Allegedly Died of AIDS-Related Pneumonia Without Having HIV Test Allowed to Keep Son (September 30, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Los Angeles County Investigating Couple After Child Died of AIDS-Related Pneumonia Without Ever Having HIV Test (September 27, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Former Serono Employees in Dispute Over How to Divide Portion of Serono's $725 Million Settlement Regarding Federal Investigation (August 4, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Fraud Case Filed Against Southern California HIV/Hepatitis Physician (July 21, 2005)
G. Steven Kooshian has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of deliberately underdosing his HIV and hepatitis patients, but billing insurance companies for the full amount of the medications.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida Storefront Clinics Under Investigation for Using HIV-Positive Homeless People to Allegedly Defraud Medicare (July 1, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
New York City Agrees to Pay Housing Works $4.8 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Alleged Retaliation by Giuliani for Criticism by Group (May 31, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
New York City to Pay AIDS Group in Settlement (May 27, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Aetna Files Lawsuit Against Abbott Over 400% Price Increase of Ritonavir (May 27, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Alabama: Settlement Reached in HIV Inmates' Health Care Suit (May 25, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Maryland Hospital Faces Congressional Review (May 19, 2004)
House subcommittee examines hospital lab that sent faulty HIV and hepatitis results to patients.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Illinois: Man Mistakenly Told He Was HIV Positive Sues Laboratory (September 15, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nebraska: Doctor Denies Blame in Hepatitis C Outbreak (September 9, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Judge Sentences Two San Francisco Men in Case Involving Harassing Phone Calls Over AIDS, Syphilis Campaigns (August 4, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Nebraska: Fremont Hepatitis Case Could Wipe Out Malpractice Fund (August 1, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York City: Suit Says School Ordered Girls Tested for Diseases After Party (July 9, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lawsuit Alleges Companies Sold Contaminated Blood Overseas (June 3, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Group Refiles Drug-Patent Challenge (April 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Officials Say Inmate Refused Consent to AIDS Blood Test (April 22, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Arizona: Appeals Court Upholds Sex Club Law (April 3, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York: Hospital Worker Sentenced to Jail for Forging AIDS-Drug Prescriptions (March 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Doctor Appears in Canadian Court on Charges Linked to Tainted Blood (December 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nebraska: Fifteen Lawsuits Filed in Hepatitis C Outbreak (November 26, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Police File Criminal Charges Decades After Canadian Tainted-Blood Scandal (November 21, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Carolina: $1.1 Million Awarded for False HIV Diagnosis (November 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Washington: Death Results in Record Judgment (October 31, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Father and Son in San Diego Admit Making Bogus Wasting Drugs (October 17, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Glaxo Faces Amended Suit Over HIV Drugs (October 16, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Massachusetts Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Needle Exchanges (October 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africa Man Jailed for Life After Raping Baby to Protect Self From HIV (July 29, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
San Francisco: Hate Crime Arrest for AIDS Memorial Vandalism (July 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chicago: Panel Allows Suit of Nurse Allegedly Exposed to HIV (May 29, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Texas Man Sues After Being Infected With HIV From Transfusion (April 1, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Catholic Health System Loses Bid to Take Over Oregon Hospital District (Spring 2001)
Compassion in Dying testifies Catholic doctrine would have interfered with patients' rights.
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
Compassion Opposed by Religious Right in Alaska (Fall 2000)
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
Woman Wins the Right (Summer 1999)
Mother allowed to refuse treatment for her HIV-infected son.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Internet Free Speech Upheld (July 4, 1997)
From AIDS Treatment News
PhRMA Drops Lawsuit on Government Drug Pricing (October 18, 1996)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
AIDS Project Update (Summer 1996)
From Lambda Legal
AIDS Legal Cases in Progress (Fall 1995)
From Lambda Legal
Violence Against People With HIV (Summer 1995)
In The Lambda Update, from Lambda Legal

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