Cases Related to People Living with HIV

Bell v. Wells Fargo Bank (amicus)
(Amicus) case on behalf of an HIV-positive man fighting for his right to sue for reasonable work accommodations

Bragdon v. Abbott (amicus)
(Amicus) Case arguing that a dentist cannot refuse care for a patient with HIV

Davis v. Hopper (amicus)
(Amicus) case challenging the state of Alabama’s segregation policy for those living with HIV in the prison system

Doe v. Chubb Sovereign Insurance
Case arguing against an insurance company's denial of life insurance coverage for the spouse of a man living with HIV

Doe v. County of Centre (amicus)
(Amicus) case arguing against a policy instituted by the Centre County Children and Youth Services, which barred placement of HIV-negative foster children in the care of foster families that are providing care for children living with HIV

Doe v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. (amicus)
Federal Privacy Act case brought by a federal employee after a workplace doctor revealed his HIV status to a co-employee without his permission.

Doe v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Case arguing against a health insurance provider's limiting policies for clients living with HIV

Flanigan v. University of Maryland Hospital System
Case challenging a hospital’s decision to keep a gay man from visiting his dying partner

Galanty v. Paul Revere Life Insurance Company
Case arguing against an insurance company’s denial of benefits to a client living with HIV

Gwin v. Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
Case arguing against state Medicaid program that denied HIV-positive woman a life-saving organ transplant.

Hickman v. Donna Curry Investments, LLC, et al.
Man fired from a Subway restaurant after disclosing his HIV status

In re Brenda Gwin
Administrative appeal of a state Medicaid program’s refusal to cover the cost of a life-saving organ transplant because the recipient is a woman living with HIV

In re Spera
Case arguing that a doctor cannot refuse to perform surgery on a man because of his HIV status

Matter of Kyle Smith
Case arguing against the Foreign Service's policy of not hiring anyone who is HIV positive

Matter of Matthew Cusick and Cirque du Soleil
Groundbreaking case arguing against Cirque du Soleil's decision to fire an employee because of his HIV status

Munson v. Del Taco, Inc. (amicus)
(Amicus) Case seeking to ensure effective access to antidiscrimination protections in business establishments for disabled Californians, including people living with HIV.

Murray
Matter of an individual who was denied eligibility for transplant procedure because of his HIV status

Rose v. Cahee, et al.
Case brought against a doctor, clinic and health care institution after a woman was refused necessary surgery because of her HIV status.

Rowell v. Rowell
Case arguing against a custody arrangement that is contingent on the children being blocked from seeing their HIV positive aunt

Saavedra v. Nodak Enterprises
Case representing a skilled glass worker who was fired because his employer claimed his HIV status posed a "direct threat" to others