This is a United States Court of Military Appeals decision affirming a trial court's convictions of aggravated assault and indecent acts for an HIV-positive man accused of having unprotected sex with multiple women, some of whom contracted HIV. The c ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:21pm
This is a United States Court of Military Appeals decision holding that a military officer's failure to inform his sexual partner of his HIV-positive status supports an aggravated assault conviction, even when a condom was used. In this case, a milit ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:07pm
In this opinion, an Alabama court denied an appeal by an HIV-positive father after the trial court modified a custody order, granting full custodial rights to the mother. The mother had filed a petition for custody based on a change of circumstances, wher ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
In this consolidated case, the Illinois Supreme Court rejected two constitutional challenges to Illinois' criminal transmission statute brought by Caretha Russell and Timothy Lunsford in response to their convictions for criminal transmission of HIV. ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
Dempsey, 34-years-old, was convicted of aggravated criminal assault and criminal exposure to bodily fluids that could transmit HIV after he forced his 9-year-old younger brother to perform oral sex on him. Dempsey received a seven year prison sentence for ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
This opinion—which should be read with the cautions set forth below—concerns inmates' right to receive HIV testing and their right to confidentiality with regard to their HIV status. Doe, a state prison inmate, brought claims under the Eighth and Fou ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
In this opinion, the Second Circuit holds that there is a constitutional right to confidentiality regarding HIV status. The plaintiff, Doe, had filed an action against his former employer, Delta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta") with the City of New Yor ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed a decision of the District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights that a landlord could not refuse to send repair workers into an apartment occupied by a person with AIDS for fear that they would contract ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 3/31/2016 10:23am
In this opinion, the Fifth Circuit affirms the grant of summary judgment against an HIV-positive surgical assistant, dismissing his case against his employer, who re-assigned him to the purchasing department following the disclosure of his HIV status. The ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
To help entities that are considered places of public accommodation comply with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Department of Justice issued this guidance document, which explains each section of Title III and offers pract ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm