A negligence suit has been filed after a woman was wrongly diagnosed with HIV in 1995. She suffered severe emotional trauma from the diagnosis and found out that she wasn’t HIV positive 7 years later. She is deeply upset that she has lost 7 years of her life believing she had a terminal illness. She is suing for $20 million.
Source: summary of medical news story as reported by New York Daily News
About: $20 million negligence suit launched over misdiagnosed HIV
Date: 2 November 2004
Source: New York Daily News
Author: John Marzulli
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