Idaho Tackles HIV and Tort Law Policy Questions in Cramer v. Slater

The Leonard Link has an interesting brief of a recent Idaho Supreme Court Case, Cramer v. Slater, that considers the tort policy issues surrounding a doctor incorrectly reporting the results of an HIV test. As Leonard Link describes, this case has a peculiar twist:

[O]ne of the defendants, Idaho Center for Reproductive Medicine, is being sued in connection with the apparent suicide of an HIV+ man who was told by ICRM that he was not infected with HIV, only to discover more than a year later that he was infected.