NEW YORK – A New York judge says a cosmetic-surgery firm that denied surgery to three men with HIV violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Federal Judge Analisa Torres issued the written opinion Wednesday against Advanced Cosmetic Surgery of New York, which has offices in Manhattan and Long Island.
The U.S. government and a person brought the lawsuit in 2015, saying surgery had been refused to three men. Lawyers in the case haven’t commented.
The judge wrote the medical practice violated law in HIV-related cases by failing to investigate whether drugs taken by the three men would interfere with surgery. The judge says the company violated New York City Human Rights Law.
