SAN FRANCISCO The Second District Court of Appeal on Wednesday held that people with HIV/AIDS are protected from discrimination under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, finding that as a matter of law HIV is a disability.
The decision should make it easier for people to sue when they believe they’ve been discriminated against on the basis of their HIV status, said Arnold & Porter’s Sean SeLegue, who represented pro bono the woman who brought the case.
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