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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7929
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) court of first instance

Rejection of appeal for compensation for European official infected by AIDS virus

Luxembourg, 22/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Court of First Instance (CFI) refuses to recognise that a European official, Mr. N, has the right to compensation after having been contaminated by the AIDS virus following the accidental puncture of a condom. The fifth Chamber, over which the Swedish judge Pernilla Lindh presides, notes that, for lack of having been able to identify during which sexual encounter the condom had puncturedt, it is not a case of an accident for which the insurance of...

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