SAN FRANCISCO - A jury in New Haven, CT, has awarded $12.2 million to "Jane Doe," a physician infected with the AIDS virus, finding that Yale University was negligent in ordering her to undertake a risky medical procedure after providing her with minimal "universal precautions" training. The woman pricked herself with an infected needle nine years ago, just seven weeks into her internship at the hospital, after ordered to insert a blood line into the arm of an AIDS patient. Her attorney presented evidence
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