California
An 11-year-old El Toro hemophiliac whose blood contains AIDS-linked antibodies was not expelled from school and will be admitted, district officials said Wednesday, following a suit by the boy’s guardian aunt claiming that he was denied an adequate education.
Nov. 28, 1985
Deborha Jean Franckewitz pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge that she stole $52,000 from her 18-year-old nephew, a hemophilic AIDS patient.
Dec. 18, 1992
A Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that an 11-year-old hemophiliac barred from school because his blood has AIDS antibodies should be reinstated unless new examinations show that the boy is contagious.
Feb. 6, 1986
As her distraught family looked on, Deborha Franckewitz on Monday took the first steps toward returning a car and a portion of trust fund money she is accused of stealing from her 18-year-old nephew, Channon Phipps.
Dec. 15, 1992
Channon Phipps, an 11-year-old hemophiliac from El Toro, took a blood test last August that revealed he had AIDS antibodies in his blood.
Feb. 2, 1986
When Channon Phipps grew ill with AIDS earlier this year, the aunt who raised him as her own helped him endure the painful complications caused by the HIV he contracted from tainted blood products.
Dec. 13, 1992
An 11-year-old hemophiliac with AIDS antibodies in his blood will be admitted to classes and has not been expelled, despite that claim in a lawsuit, Saddleback Valley Unified School District Supt.
A Laguna Hills woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that she stole the trust fund of the AIDS-infected nephew she had raised since he was a toddler and agreed to pay him $20,500 in restitution.
April 15, 1993
A court commissioner Thursday rejected a lawsuit that claimed an Orange County school district harmed an 11-year-old with AIDS antibodies by barring him from classes.
Oct. 31, 1986
One certainty in the case of Phipps versus the Saddleback Valley Unified School District is that Channon Phipps, an 11-year-old hemophiliac whose blood contains AIDS antibodies, has been barred from attending his El Toro school since November.
Jan. 13, 1986