Document 0675
 DOCN  M95A0675
 TI    Doctor's wife can't win damages arising from publication of studies.
 DT    9510
 SO    AIDS Policy Law. 1995 Apr 7;10(6):4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       AIDS/95700285
 AB    The Minnesota State Supreme Court ruled that a doctor's wife cannot
       collect damages arising from the publication of studies which revealed
       her late husband's positive HIV status. The court stated that the spouse
       is not entitled to recover damages on behalf of her late husband because
       the personal injury she claimed he suffered does not survive after his
       death. It stated that a jury would be hard-pressed to decide on the
       extent or nature of a claim of emotional distress if the party involved
       was not able to testify at trial.
 DE    *Confidentiality  *HIV Infections  Human  Marriage  *Physicians  Stress,
       Psychological  NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

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