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Family sues over death of Memphis woman killed by AIDS treatment
Published in AIDS Weekly and Law, January 20th, 2005
One of the defendants, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, has research labs in Ridgefield, Conn.
Joyce Ann Hafford's mother and sister allege in the suit filed December 28, 2004, that doctors continued to give Hafford the drug regimen despite signs of liver failure. The suit also claims doctors didn't warn the 33-year-old HIV-positive woman of the trial's dangers. The family is seeking $10 million in damages in the lawsuit, filed...
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