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Health Law Keyed to Furrow
Howe v. Hull
Facts
Howe (Plaintiff) was travelling with Charon through Ohio at the time Charon started taking "Floxin," a new prescription antibiotic. Charon apparently had an allergic reaction to the medication and got fever, headache, nausea, joint pain, and redness of the skin. Charon went to the emergency room of Fremont Memorial Hospital (FMH) to be treated and was initially diagnosed with toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), a serious, rare and frequently lethal skin condition. The doctor who examined him first was planning to admit him to FMH, but when the supervising doctor found that Charon was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), he ordered that Charon be transferred to the Medical College of Ohio (MCO). Testimony revealed that when MCO was called and asked to accept transfer of Charon there had been no discussion regarding a diagnosis of TEN. The only discussion about Charon's transfer regarded his status as HIV positive. Before he was transferred, the examining doctor basically admitted the transfer had been based on discrimination. Dr. Hull (Defendant) was the doctor in charge of admissions that day and told the examining doctor that, "if you get an AIDS patient in the hospital, you will never get him out." When Charon arrived at MCO, he was diagnosed with a simple allergic reaction, was treated, and released from the hospital. Charon's personal representative, Plaintiff, brought a discrimination action against Hull (Defendant) claiming violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 9FRA). Hull (Defendant) moved for summary judgment and this hearing followed.
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