By Janet Lundquist
Chicago Sun-Times
DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. — A DuPage County man has accused the Will County sheriff of breaking state law after a nurse at the jail told the inmate’s brother he was HIV positive, according to a lawsuit filed in Will County.
The stress caused by the disclosure has worsened the man’s infection, the lawsuit claims.
The man filed a lawsuit Friday under the name John Doe naming the county, the sheriff and the company contracted to provide medical services to county jail inmates, Correct Care Solutions, LLC., as defendants.
The Illinois Aids Confidentiality Act prohibits anyone who knows the results of someone’s HIV test to tell another person those results.
Full story: Former Will County jail inmate sues sheriff, nurse for revealing his HIV status