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Summary
A legal odyssey involving the contamination of France's blood supply with the AIDS virus in the mid-1980s appears to have ground to a conclusion. Last week, the Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) upheld a ruling that 30 health officials, doctors, and political aides cannot be held responsible for delays in blood screening that resulted in thousands of people becoming infected with HIV.
