NATION IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : AIDS Patient Sues Estate of Dentist
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A man who contracted AIDS as a dental patient filed a $1-million negligence lawsuit against the estate of the dentist he believes gave him the disease. Richard Lee Driskill also named as a defendant in the suit Cigna Dental Health of Florida Inc., the company that referred hin to Dr. David J. Acer of Stuart, Fla., who died last year of AIDS. The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has said there was a 99.99% probability Driskill contracted HIV from Acer.
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