French rule in favour of blood victims:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The French Appeals Court has ruled that people who contracted HIV or hepatitis C from contaminated blood at a public institution should be compensated in the same way as those infected at a private clinic - no-fault liability. Compensation for those infected with HIV from transfusions is set at about Fr 2 million ($330,000) and at Fr 200,000-800,000 for those infected with hepatitis C, says Les Echos.
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