Plaintiff Vanessa Sims, a medical assistant, while working as an extern at a clinic operated by defendants-appellants (collectively, Burnside), pricked her finger in the course of discarding a needle she had used in attempting to draw blood from an HIV-positive patient. In this action, Sims—whose subsequent tests for HIV infection have all yielded negative results—asserted claims against Burnside and the school that trained her (Ultrasound) for the psychological...
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