TI   "AIDS Suit Rejected"
 AU   Smith, Roberta
 SO   National Law Journal (12/27/93) Vol. 16, Nos. 17 & 18, P. 6
 AB   The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the lawsuit of a
      Minnesota man who blamed the federal government for the AIDS
      infection that swept through his family.  Doug Simon filed a suit
      over three years ago, accusing the government of negligence for its
      inadequate screening of blood donors.  The complaint also charged the
      government with failure to warn him that he was at high risk for
      exposure to AIDS.  Simon, 28, contracted the virus through a blood
      transfusion conducted at an Army hospital in Fort Benning, Ga.,
      during basic training.  His wife then contracted the virus and passed
      it on to their daughter either while pregnant or while
      breast-feeding.

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      Prevention (CDC), National AIDS Clearinghouse as a public service. 
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