HIV and AIDS

We recently had a case where, over a decade ago, a man was unconscious for unknown reasons and subsequently admitted to the hospital. Upon admission, the hospital staff was unable to determine what was wrong with him so they conducted a serious of tests, including an HIV test. The hospital discharged him after only a few days and was unable to positively conclude what caused his unconscious state. Just days after his discharge, the hospital became aware that the patient's HIV test came back positive.

Unfortunately, two months after his discharge, he became intimate with a soon to be long-time girlfriend. The hospital failed to ever inform him that he had tested positive for HIV. The couple then lived together for the next eight (8) years. During that time, they also had a child together. For the next eight years, the hospital was silent and the patient never discovered he was HIV positive, quickly progressing towards AIDS.

In 2002, the couple discovered that they were both infected with the AIDS virus. This was attributed to the hospital's failure to ever warn of the positive HIV test result at anytime after discharge. Fortunately, their daughter has not contracted the HIV virus.

The original patient's case went to a trial before a jury in 2005. After only a few days of testimony, our office was able to settle the case for a large sum of compensation. If you have been a victim of a delay in diagnosis of HIV or AIDS please contact our office immediately at 1-877-529-9969.