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Change in AIDS Medication States Claim
Loaded on May 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2001, page 26
Change In Aids Medication States Claim A Virginia federal district court ruled prisoner Terry Lee Taylor stated a claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983 where a prison doctor order a change in Taylor's AIDS medication without notification. The new medication caused Taylor to suffer side effects, including rashes, drowsiness, discolored urine, …
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