
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 22, 1993                   TAG: 9306220200
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

JUDGE: NO NEGLIGENCE IN NOT DISCLOSING AIDS

A judge ruled Monday that a woman wasn't negligent for failing to disclose to doctors before surgery that she was infected with the AIDS virus.

But Superior Court Judge David Horowitz refused to reduce a $102,500 jury award against the woman, upholding jury verdicts of fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Horowitz said Jan Lustig had "no duty" to be truthful about her medical condition and that government policy allows HIV-positive people to "maintain their confidentiality of their medical condition." - Associated Press

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