This United States Army Court of Military Review decision sets aside a lower court's conviction of an HIV-positive staff sergeant of assault consummated by a battery and adultery. The staff sergeant and his wife, legally separated, entered into a for ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:11pm
The Court of Appeals for the First District of California held that a patient’s right to privacy was violated when a doctor included the patient’s HIV status, though irrelevant to the examination, as part of a medical report for a workers’ compensation cl ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
These OSHA regulations, effective as of 1992, provide guidelines for required workplace policies and procedures for protecting employees from bloodborne pathogens, including universal precautions that must be taken to prevent contact with blood or any oth ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
When plaintiff attempted to establish a residence for HIV-positive homeless people, community opposition persuaded the zoning board to amend its laws to exclude uses such as the proposed residence from residential areas. The defendant then rejected the pl ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 2/25/2020 3:58pm
The plaintiff purchased a two-family home with the intent to house seven homeless HIV-positive people. After a series of hostile public meetings and inquiries, the zoning commission determined that the proposed use of the facility would require applicatio ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 2/25/2020 4:04pm
Alleging a violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the plaintiff sued his landlord after the landlord questioned him about his HIV status and then evicted him from his apartment. Having determined that people living with HIV/AIDS have a handicap for purp ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 1/5/2019 2:02pm
Part 1630 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations was issued by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). According to the regulations themselves, “[t]he purpose of this part is to i ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 2/15/2018 4:42pm
Several medical organizations brought an Article 78 proceeding to compel the Commissioner of Health and the New York State Public Health Council to add HIV infection to lists of communicable and sexually transmissible diseases. The lower court dismissed t ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm