Johnson v. Capital Area Permanente Group

By Judge Thomas A. Fortkort

This case is before the Court on defendants’ motion to set aside the verdict and enter judgment for the defendants or in the alternative for a new trial. The Court heard oral argument on the motion and took the case under advisement. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.

The facts underlying this case were debated over the course of a three-day jury trial which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, Virginia Johnson. Ms. Johnson was diagnosed with AIDS by Kaiser Permanente in January of 1989 when she was fifty-one years old. This diagnosis, and its…